March 17, 2020
by jenniferpuryear
I asked my friend and neighbor Mary Jo Shankle to send a few photos for today’s post. “OK now that I am finished sheltering in place (meaning 45 minutes soaking in the tub with a double pour) I will look,” she texted back. I can’t wait for you to see them. Today, Mary Jo answers a few questions for Bacon as we all try …
August 21, 2014
by jenniferpuryear
Book Title: Bye and Bye: Selected Late Poems
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 Southern wedding.) Gus expressed a few concerns about the inclusion of the poem in the service but wisely deferred. We celebrated 20 years of marriage …