Last December found Nashville book lovers mourning the loss of our city's last full service independent book store. It was a sign of turbulent times in the publishing world. Soon, three Borders here would also turn off the lights and permanently close their doors....
Tomorrow night I will do something I do six times a year. I will stand before a room of parents, grandparents, teachers and other greater Nashville community members. I will follow an hour presentation by a speech therapist, a psychologist–by...
I am my mother's daughter. I am my mother's daughter when I entertain company. Any occasion for her was an occasion to serve her signature chicken curry or chocolate fudge-icing bundt cake and Maxwell House coffee. I love to entertain. She used to say I was...
"When we innocently pass through a day without acknowledging our good, we are denying ourselves a sense of pleasure and delight. We lose a consciousness of expectation that things will continue to get even better. Gratitude is it's own prayer."...
"Look! There's our silver lining." My friend pointed to the blackened sky, the full moon hidden by swollen clouds yet rimming their tops in silver. It was Saturday night and I'd driven The Divorce Mobile, top down–my friend riding shot...
