In an age of digital communication, it’s a remarkable achievement to keep friendships alive through handwritten, mailed letters. As a result, pen pal friendships can have unique and extraordinary stories worth telling.
We have more access to each other than ever before, and yet, familial estrangement, distracting technology and divisive politics are increasing feelings of loneliness and disconnection.
Three decades ago, singer-songwriters Gillian Welch and Dave Rawlings came to Nashville and fleshed out a very modern and influential take on an old-time country music sensibility.
With only four official floors, Downtown Presbyterian Church (Rep. John Lewis Way and Church St.) used to be one of the tallest buildings in Nashville. Now dwarfed by skyscrapers, her history is way bigger than her small stature.