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Don’t know what you’re gonna get yourself into this weekend?  Skip that trip to the Gulch & step into the world of Southern literature.

The annual Southern Festival of Books comes to Nashville once again.  All this weekend celebrate more than 200 authors from around the nation, representing every possible genre with book signings,panel discussions and readings.

Venue of the festival is the War Memorial Plaza and Tennessee Capitol & the schedule is as follows:

Friday 12:00pm-6:00pm
Saturday 9:00am-6:00pm
Sunday 12:00pm-5:00pm

Now I can’t stop singing the Reading Rainbow song….take a look, it’s in a book, the Reading Rainbow….

The 10th annual Walk Nashville Week kicked off October 4 and will end tomorrow, sadly enough.

Sponsored by Nashville Community Health and various local vendors, the walk week features daily walks with certain locales or people in mind. 

Today, for instance, is Walk for Active Aging, which means that you & your friends would walk at a senior center and get to know the residents there.  Tomorrow, the ending day, sees Walk to Lunch where Nashvillians city-wide will strive to see what they can find in walking distance.

Unfortunately, the rain over the last couple of days has been tough on the outdoor walking, but we’re gonna make up for it today & tomorrow, right?

The day has arrived!  Tonight sees Belmont University host the second Presidential debate of the 2008 election year.

Things are already starting to get hairy downtown with road blockage, candidate supporters & country stars.  You know, the usual Music City Tuesday morning.

Tonight’s debate will be a town meeting format which means it will include any & all various issues raised by members of the audience.  An audience, sadly, that I will not be a part of.   I telephone Belmont some months ago when the debate was first scheduled, but no dice unless you are a randomly selected undecided voter.

So, who am I totally jealous of out there?  Who’s making it to the debate tonight?

It may not feel like it, but Labor Day has come & gone, and with it our white shoes and bikinis.  But don’t feel too beach-bummed yet, end your summer on the best high note, with a bucket full of bargains.

That’s right, with the end of summer so too is the end of garage sale season, I hate to say goodbye to either.  So to send of the season with a bang, I’m breaking down the best of the weekend treasure finds.

As you well know, some of the best scavenging takes place at moving sales & boy do I have a doozie.  Down in South Nashville, a couple who is getting hitched later this year is selling off the unwanteds:  kitchen duplicate items, holiday decor, lamps, furniture and plenty more.

Over in Antioch one family is selling off some king bed items, tons of clothes and interesting office furniture if you’re setting up that home office for the first time.

And last, in Nipper’s Corner, there is a hip, happenin’ yard sale that’s advertizing free lemonade & naming your own price on the goods.  Now that’s what I call a worthwhile event!

Here’s to some good finds & a great weekend!

Seven years ago today we were beginning to understand the news reports about the World Trade Center and Pentagon.

Let’s not think of today as a highly-politicized and fought-over series of numbers, but as a solemn remembrance of those who perished and of those who risked their lives.

Well folks, the Presidential election is less than 60 days away!  That means that if you’re not up-to-date on your voter registration card or an unregistered voter, it’s high time to get moving on that.  No time for the guilty, just get ’er done.

It generally takes around 30 days to receive your new or update registration card, so if you get on that this week you might still have time for early voting!

Come on, Nashville!  Let’s beat those voting records from four years ago, no matter how you end up voting!  I’ve even made it easy for you, click here & you’re on your way.

Awww, come on!  How can you resist that adorable face!  Say hello to your new pal, Daisy.  At a mere two years of age, Daisy is quite the accomplished pooch.

Weighing in at 30 pounds, this Beagle & Terrier mix is the perfect size for snuggling and side-by-side long walks.  Can’t you just see yourself & Daisy enjoying Shelby Park together?

All you have to do is go by the Nashville Humane Association & say you saw Daisy here!
 
 

So, I’ve been trying to research local adult swim & volleyball teams in my spare time, which isn’t much these days.  I’m a little guilty of being enraptured by the Olympic spirit & am ready to tackle any volleyballs that are heading towards me.

Funny thing is that all the adult swim teams in the area, like the two that I found, cost $50 to $65 per month.  Now all that is well & good if you’re not already paying around that much per month at your favorite YMCA, which don’t, by the by, have their own adult swim teams.  So that’s a no-go.

On to volleyball.  Now, I remember playing the game once or twice in middle school, so I’m obviously not a baller, but you would think there would be a place for a 6′1″ athletic girl on someone’s team.  A team that would be willing to be a bit on the patient side & offer some pointers or two.  Ummm, after checking out a ‘practice’ session at a local Y last night, apparently that’s going to be a hard thing to pull off since I felt like I was at a cut-throat match even as an onlooker.

I guess that means that it’s back to couch-sitting, TV-watching sports.  Well, at least football season is just about to flower, right?

So, have you been inspired by the Olympics in some way?  Maybe competitive chip eating?

Well, besides finally getting a good deal of steady rain so that this August will not go down in history as the driest we’ve ever seen, we also finally have a holiday coming up. 

Labor Day is just around the corner & I’m trying to figure out what my Monday should be full of.  First off, I think a local pool should be involved and then maybe a picnic or two & maybe trying to find a new chocolatier since The Cocoa Tree in Franklin seems to be MIA.

What about you?  Cost of gas limiting your Labor Day plans? 

OMG!  I think I just felt some sunshine!

Give a warm welcome to your new pal, Little Bit.  The pet of the week is a fine specimen of the short-haired calico kitty cat.

At just three-years-old, this little girl has plenty of playful fun & has the benefit of having been already potty trained and neutered!   Can’t you imagine how soft & comfy Little Bit would be on a rainy day like today?!

She’s just one little Nashville Humane visit away…!