Coincidence stories are in everyone’s repertoire. They boggle the mind in a pleasant way. It’s more than just “What are the odds?” In their unlikeliness they seem to be some kind of a sign, if you will, from wherever you believe signs come from. A kind of cosmic poetry.
It wasn’t just the pace that made an impression on me. It was the size of this new Resource and Distribution Center just off River Road: 22,400 square feet, shelves of food to the ceiling, forklifts staying busy. It’s huge because it consolidated several other facilities, including two job training programs, and was built to meet future needs.
Don’t decide you just don’t like Captain Ahab or that Holden Caulfield is a whiner, or you think Bridget Jones makes bad choices and you just can’t identify with any of the characters in “The Godfather,” just see what happens. Let it sit, let it resonate, try to figure out…
Two years ago, I wrote a column about a new direction taking shape at United Way of Greater Cincinnati that seemed like quite a departure. Moira Weir, who had recently become the president and CEO, wanted to focus the agency fiercely on one thing: fighting poverty.
I have a deeply fond childhood connection to the train; my six-kid family would travel from Indiana to California on the Zephyr, sleeping two nights in our coach seats. Train whistles still remind me of seeing antelope out the observation car windows, and the collections of Classics Illustrated Comic Books…
The decline of arts in education is not an isolated occurrence. For years the arts have been de-prioritized in primary and secondary education, and it would seem that the humanities in general are an endangered species. Yet daily we see proof of the desperate need for the critical and creative thinking and true cultural literacy such programs foster.
The Art Academy of Cincinnati has been a key creative catalyst in our region for over 150 years. Our graduates have gone on to create work that imbues our everyday lives with a sense of civic pride and collective identity. Our alumni put Cincinnati on the map with work featured in art history books, prominent museums and public spaces worldwide. Moreover, our alumni contribute significantly to the region’s economic impact.
In addition to a good stable relationship and close friends, we all need those next-level friendships, people we see from time to time on a repeating basis. We need people we catch up with and talk about what’s going on with us, even on a superficial level.
When, in 2003, I first read about the restaurant in New York that served nothing but rice pudding, I was excited in a way that’s hard to understand 20 years later. I felt cheated that I didn’t live in New…
After a lecture, a workshop, a staff meeting, my hand almost always shoots up. I can’t stand that moment of waiting while the speaker looks around. It feels so rude not to ask a question, to let the speaker know I was listening. I’m often embarrassed by this habit. But I can’t seem to help it.
