Spoiler Alert: Today’s column, which is lengthier than usual, will not conclude with a cure for homelessness. Neither will this decade, for that matter. Homelessness has become a seemingly eternal, often tragic dilemma.
My lunch chat with Theresa Rodgers, president and chief executive officer of St. Francis Catholic High School, takes place on her 49th birthday and ninth wedding anniversary. It also follows some trials by fire from which she and her school emerged relatively unsinged and rededicated to social justice.
The young couple, Larsen and Sarah, were determined to have their wedding on a completely undeveloped 10-acre lot they own in the middle of scenery in Marsing, Idaho.
Kevin Dobson, founder, director and on track to be the first principal of the yet-to-be-built Capital College & Career Academy (CCCA), says he works out most mornings at 4:30 “mainly because I love to eat.”
Among the instruments musician and private teacher Chet Chwalik plays are the trumpet and piano. He sometimes plays them simultaneously.
Legendary guitarist, likely racist and noted simpleton Eric Clapton has taken the courageous stand that he won’t play any concerts at which attendees must prove they’ve been vaccinated against COVID-19, or its increasing number of spin-offs.
When I ask him to summarize his workday for the past 21 years as associate director and chief curator of the Crocker Art Museum—the oldest art museum west of the Mississippi (and one of the most modern, as we’ll discover in a moment)—Scott Shields grins.
The book is subtitled “The Next Stage of Jobs for Adults with Autism, ADHD, and Other Learning and Mental Health Deficiencies.” Released by Skyhorse Publishing and available at amazon.com, it’s a collaboration between Vismara and Michael Bernick.
In a number of industries, it’s often said that a new product or idea has “legs”—meaning it’ll be around for a long time to come. That must be good news for Jennifer Forsberg Meyer, whose new essay collection has four of them.
A small irony to me is that the only near-memorable song in Andrew Lloyd Webber’s “Cats” is called “Memory.”
