Sunday Morning

The Rusty Nail is one of those Nashville bars where songwriters come to celebrate songwriters. Country music is, after all, about stories, and Ashley McBryde had notebooks full of hopefuls. “When you’re playing in places like this, you’re trying to find out where you are in the pack,” she said. She was good! Unafraid to write lyrics that both struck …

Former President Jimmy Carter has been in hospice care for a year, and yet, the 39th President of the United States lives on. Thoughts on that from his grandson, Jason Carter: My grandfather was born in 1924. Had no running water, no electricity, and he grew up plowing fields behind a mule. He lived to see both his life and …

Is it better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all? Not necessarily. While most say they have a relationship in the past that they regret, they are less likely to look back and wish they had more actively pursued an old crush. And among those who have both in their past — more regret the …

“Three, two, one. Let’s lay some bricks!” The SpecMix Bricklayer 500, held each year in Las Vegas, is full of wall-to-wall action. IN the main event, masons are given an hour to lay as many bricks as possible. It’s a competition full of trials and tribulations. And, you know what? It’s probably better if I just let them hype it …

Once a year, a lucky few get the chance to actually visit Hope Valley, an early 20th-century town on the Canadian frontier with a church, a school and a big heart. Most of the time, the only way folks get to visit is by watching the place on TV. Hope Valley is the set of the Hallmark Channel’s “When Calls …