Transition from high school to college is full of unknowns as coronavirus danger rages By TOM WOOD / May 12, 2020 It has been more than four decades (and — wow — closer to five) since I graduated from high school in Atlanta, but I remember everything like it was yesterday. Cliche, I know, but it’s true. All the weeks leading up to that night, walking across the Continue reading →

As coronavirus danger continues to worsen, we’re trying to inform, inspire and entertain By TOM WOOD / April 2, 2020 This isn’t a blog I expected to ever be writing, not by any stretch of the imagination. I am a journalist and I have a story appearing in the March 27-April 2 edition of the Nashville Ledger about the effect the coronavirus pandemic is having on the construction Continue reading →

In aftermath of Middle Tennessee tornadoes, media shows the horror and the humanity By TOM WOOD / March 4, 2020 This isn’t the blog I intended to write, but in a roundabout way, it does tie to the story I’ve written for the March 6-12 edition of the Nashville Ledger. But before I get to that, I want to talk about the tireless media coverage of the devastating Continue reading →

You’re invited to Sisters in Crime Writing Seminar on Saturday on Brentwood Library By TOM WOOD / February 25, 2020 Happy Leap Year! If you haven’t already made plans to celebrate 2020’s extra day, then — Leapin’ Lizards — I hope you’ll join us at the Sisters in Crime writing seminar in Brentwood, TN. Jess Lourey is the featured panelist. But you can call her Jess … Here’s Continue reading →

By TOM WOOD / February 14, 2020 Ten days ago, everything changed in the direction that Vanderbilt University’s athletics department was headed. On February 4, the school stunningly announced that Candice Storey Lee had been named interim vice chancellor for athletics and university affairs and athletics director following the shocking resignation of Malcolm Turner after only one year on the job. It was a historic moment in time Continue reading →

The business of sports booming in Nashville, but can we afford to keep the ball rolling? By TOM WOOD / January 23, 2020 When Nashville was crowned 2019’s king of the sports world last December by Sports Business Journal, my first thought was, “Great, but what do we do for an encore?” Some of the answers can be found this week in the Nashville Ledger, when I look at the Continue reading →

By TOM WOOD / December 23, 2019 It sure has been a busy December between getting ready for Christmas, spending a weekend with fellow authors at Dickens of a Christmas and working on my next articles for the Nashville Ledger weekly newspapers, which will be posted online on the day after Christmas and in print in the Tennessee Ledger and Hamilton County Herald editions in East Tennessee and the Continue reading →

Three Nashville universities welcome new coaches It sure is cold outside as I write this, but things are heating up as what is shaping up as a unique season in Nashville’s college basketball arenas. For the first time as far back as I can remember, three of Nashville’s universities are debuting new men’s basketball coaches at the same time. You already know a couple of Continue reading →

After ‘Words on Water’ launch in Franklin, we hope you’ll dive into our anthology By TOM WOOD / October 26, 2019 What a bunch of fun! The Harpeth River Writers want to thank everyone who attended the October 23 launch party for our water-themed anthology WORDS ON WATER at Kimbro’s Pickin’ Parlor in Franklin. If you weren’t able to make it, here is the WilliamsonHomePage.com story on our event. Continue reading →

By TOM WOOD / October 1, 2019 The calendar says Autumn, but it is only starting to feel like there is a touch of fall in the air . . . which leads to today’s topic — an invitation to join our Nashville authors at this weekend at Fall Fest at the Hermitage. You can read more about the event at the below. This event comes hot on the heels Continue reading →