Margaret Littman

Nashville

Writer and Editor at Freelance

Writer at Nashville Scene

I tell the stories of the people and places of the South. @MoonGuides author. Best to find me on other platforms.

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Articles

Worth the Drive: The Horse Shoe Farm

4 weeks ago | nfocusmagazine.com | Margaret Littman

When you check into The Horse Shoe Farm in Hendersonville, N.C., you’ll be given a folded piece of paper, about the size of a business card. As you open it, you’ll see an invitation to The Ponder Wander. This is an illustrated encouragement to take a meditative, self-guided exploration of the farm’s 85 acres, with four intentional stops: the banks of the French Broad River (water), the Silo Meditation Tower (air), the Labyrinth (earth) and the Silo Fire (fire).
Browse 13 Architecturally Interesting Libraries

1 month ago | savingplaces.org | Margaret Littman

By: Margaret Littman Urban sociologist Ray Oldenburg coined the term “third spaces” to describe the public places that are neither home nor work where people congregate. These spots are crucial to community building. Be they coffee shops or barber shops, they’re places where we get to know our neighbors. We hear the local gossip and learn about ways we can be more engaged, informed, and involved.
Summer Guide 2025: 11 of Nashville’s Best Patios

1 month ago | nashvillescene.com | Margaret Littman

“Go outside!” It’s the command of the Scene’s Summer Guide and of parents everywhere. When the weather is good and the living is easy, there’s a push to get out and enjoy it. Some folks are more indoorsy-outdoorsy. They want to be outside, but not camping or hiking or swimming in the lake. For them and … well, anyone who enjoys some fresh air, we have this list of 11 of the best patios in the city.
Sam Jett Takes Executive Chef Toque at Audrey

1 month ago | nashvillescene.com | Margaret Littman

Sam Jett has been named executive chef at Audrey, the East Nashville Appalachian restaurant founded by chef Sean Brock in 2021. Jett, like Brock, has family roots in Appalachia, and after years running operations at Audrey, Jett tells the Scene he’s excited to return to the kitchen. “It’s been really great to dive back into the kitchen these last two months,” says Jett, who has worked with Brock for years, first as part of the opening team at Husk Nashville.
Sam Jett Takes Executive Chef Toque at Audrey

1 month ago | williamsonscene.com | Margaret Littman

Sam Jett has been named executive chef at Audrey, the East Nashville Appalachian restaurant founded by chef Sean Brock in 2021. Jett, like Brock, has family roots in Appalachia, and after years running operations at Audrey, Jett tells the Williamson Scene sister publication Nashville Scene he’s excited to return to the kitchen.
Rosenwald School

1 month ago | williamsonscene.com | Margaret Littman

Built between 1912 and 1937, Rosenwald Schools were a network of nearly 5,000 schoolhouses created to help Black children in the segregated South access to an education. About 375 of them were in Tennessee. Many of these historic landmarks were demolished, but thanks to the Heritage Foundation, the Lee-Buckner school, which was the last standing Rosenwald School in Williamson County, was moved in 2024 from rural Spring Hill to downtown Franklin.
Moore-Morris History and Culture Center

1 month ago | williamsonscene.com | Margaret Littman

In February 2024, Williamson County opened this 6,000 sq. ft. interactive facility to explore history in a more comprehensive way than downtown Franklin has offered in the past. Though it could soon be moved, as the Heritage Foundation seeks to sell the property, the museum is currently housed in a 1905 building.
Drive the Natchez Trace Parkway

1 month ago | williamsonscene.com | Margaret Littman

My love of the Natchez Trace Parkway is well documented. I love all 444 miles, and the way the landscape changes between Natchez, Miss. and Nashville. But the section of the National Park Service-managed roadway that runs through Williamson County is an absolute gem. It takes only minutes to get away from the congestion of Brentwood and the buzz in downtown Franklin to be cycling or driving through rolling hills with no commercial businesses, no billboards, no distractions.
Music City Archery

1 month ago | williamsonscene.com | Margaret Littman

I’m leaning into activities that require my complete focus and require me to put my phone away. A few years ago, I started to get into archery. If you have one hand on your bow and one hand on your arrow, your phone has to be in your pocket. Now, I regularly make the drive from Inglewood to Music City Archery in Franklin because they have climate-controlled lanes that let me shoot arrows no matter the weather. Reserve a lane and a bow and practice your precision.
Tea Time: 11 Options for Mother’s Day Tea in Nashville

1 month ago | nashvillescene.com | Margaret Littman

Some obvious choices are obvious for a reason — because they’re good ideas. An example is taking Mom or Grandma to afternoon tea for Mother’s Day. The beauty of afternoon tea, with its multiple trays of savory and sweet little bites, and tea that takes time to steep in a charming teapot, makes it an inherently leisurely pursuit.