The Art of Living in an Impermanent World
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In Joshua Ferris’s latest novel, To Rise Again at a Decent Hour (recently long-listed for the Man Booker Award), a dentist protagonist asks the big questions we all sometimes ponder: what is the meaning of life, and what is the meaning…
Mary Jo Shankle, my friend and neighbor, keeps it real and makes me laugh. She claims that her special talent is knowing when to turn off the rice. “Seriously, I have an instinct. I am also very good at intuiting…
My dear husband has been humoring me for a long time. At our otherwise very traditional wedding, I insisted that one of my friends read from a poem by Michelangelo about death. (Said poem really had no place in a nice…
We read some books because of the buzz, right? The Boys in the Boat or Unbroken. Gone Girl or The Goldfinch. If you’re on the fence about the latest somewhat buzzy book, Edan Lepucki’s California – maybe wait for the movie. Alternatively,…
Kate Satz drove a pick-up truck to Woodmont Christian Preschool when our children were young and in mother’s day out together. The rest of us safely trundled around in our SUV’s and minivans while Kate rocked the parking lot in that kickass…
University School of Nashville math teacher and all-round great guy Joel Bezaire recommended some summer reading for me a while back: The Housekeeper and the Professor, by Yoko Ogawa. I’ve since learned that Ogawa’s novel is also the Harpeth Hall…
A free range reader takes chances on new authors, new genres, old classics, and books with great covers. Sometimes these choices lead to brilliant discoveries! But the free range reader sometimes buys a book in haste or confusion, leading to distressing…
Summer comes to a screeching halt for many of the kids in Nashville tomorrow, but it doesn’t have to come to an end for you! It’s still in the 90’s, for heavens sake. Turn up the AC and turn off your phone…
Regular Bacon contributor Monica McDougall (far left) recently spent “the most magical week” dove hunting in Argentina. Her husband and sons enjoyed the hunt, while she and daughter Ellie fell in love with the land and the people. Their happiest moments…