Perhaps you are up early, dear friend, as I am. Perhaps you have a moment to call your own before the day begins. I’d love to share some music and poetry and a book with you. Plus the bald eagle…
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Most of the time I’d really rather stay home. I have to fight the good fight against inertia. Maybe you do too! Today’s post features five ways to drench yourself with words unspoken, to live your life with arms wide…
Presidential historian Jon Meacham and his wife Keith have been paying close attention to the election. Like the rest of us! (Unless you’ve had to avert your eyes at this point.) Keith answers a few questions for Bacon today, and you’ll…
Back in the day, the end of July was still the middle of summer. No more! But summer’s still going strong at Bacon, with four more Summer Reading specials to finish out the series. Today’s post features Louis and Karlen…
Today’s post checks in with Todd and Kate McKee on summer pleasures, summer memories, and summer reading! Todd McKee is, among other things, a craftsman of words and of wood. He’s an attorney by day and a woodworker by night (or…
Portrait Artist Michael Shane Neal doesn’t fly under the radar. If you’re walking down the streets of New York with him, he’ll wear a bowler hat with his pin striped suit. In Scotland, he’ll don the tartan of his clan….
The “Best Books of 2015” lists are a great resource, of course! There are just so many, lists upon lists. Here are the top five that I’ve enjoyed and found useful: #1: The New York Times Top 10 Books of 2015 This is the…
Jon Meacham is all over the news with his latest blockbuster biography, Destiny and Power: The American Odyssey of George Herbert Walker Bush. He’s good with an interviewer and a crowd – both a scholar and an extrovert – who…
Jennifer Frist and Kate Ezell bring high octane glamour and intellect to this year’s Literary Award Gala on November 14th supporting the Nashville Public Library Foundation and honoring local luminary Jon Meacham. You know what I’m talking about! Each of these ladies…