“All is swell here, I’m halfinated,” my friend Don texted last week – and I think he’s come up with the cleverest word I’ve heard in a long time. They’re giving out shots like candy in Georgia where my daughters…
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What if you were asked to give an account of your life for your 30th Reunion Class Report? Would you do it… and what would you say? * * *
Anthony Bourdain offered a surprising vision of Nashville in his travel and food show Parts Unknown in October. Tattoos as party favors made the biggest impact in my conversational circles. Is this the Nashville we live in? Well, yes! We also live in…
Over Spring Break, I had a chance to take a deep breath and feel some peace inside. It’s not hard when I’m walking on a beach, especially on a cool day when the sky is grey and it’s mostly just me and…
Louise Bryan was losing sleep. It wasn’t any one thing. I promise you she’s not complaining, but sometimes the stresses of parenthood, other family and volunteer obligations, and her work at Vanderbilt add up. In the dark hours of the night…
The dark days of February are behind us, and Spring lies just ahead – but March in Nashville tries our patience. The world stays gray and cold and all is tedium; the dogs are restless, and we with them. We…
In The News: A User’s Manual, Alain de Botton examines with his usual thoughtfulness and wicked humor the state of news reporting today. His conclusion: Journalists fail us, utterly! DeBotton is well known for his deep dives into subjects that interest…
You’ve probably seen or heard of the hot Netflix series, Orange is the New Black, which has introduced many of us to such concepts as “gay for the stay” and “going to the SHOE” (Solitary Housing Unit). Based on the memoir…
“Going to the Shoe” means solitary confinement (the Special Housing Unit/SHU). “Feelin’ some kinda way” means having a low day, while “feelin’ it” means everything’s great. If you’ve seen the Netflix series “Orange is the New Black,” you’re feelin’ it! …