by Susan Stewart | May 1, 2019 | Community, People, San Luis Obispo
IN THE AWARD-WINNING DOCUMENTARY, PERFECT STRANGERS, Eldonna Edwards’ three-year odyssey to become a kidney donor is chronicled. She would later write her own memoir of that journey, Lost in Transplantation, a first book that would launch her career as a writer and...
by Susan Stewart | Apr 1, 2019 | Atascadero, Community, Cover story, People, San Luis Obispo
Nature versus nurture: which one has more influence? It’s an age-old argument. If you’re on the side of Nature, look no further than Rich Ferguson. Consider, if you will … A 16-year-old girl gives birth to a baby boy and takes him home to a squalid house in...
by Susan Stewart | Mar 1, 2019 | Cambria, Community, People, San Luis Obispo
At 82, Francesca Nemko is the very definition of self-actualized. Born and raised in London, England, she was one of two daughters raised by a glass and china shop owner and a stay-at-home mother. Introduced to the creative world of American jazz music by her older...
by Susan Stewart | Feb 1, 2019 | Business, Community, Cover story, People, San Luis Obispo
SLO-bispans talk about this show all year long. I mean, who can ever forget Katcho Achadjian doing The Oak Ridge Boys’ “Elivra,”” or Dave Romeo and Christine Mulholland singing Sonny & Cher’s “I Got You Babe,” or Pam Copeland flying onto the...
by Susan Stewart | Jan 1, 2019 | Community, People, San Luis Obispo
If you’re good at languages, chances are you’re also good at math. Far from being the polar opposites many of us once thought, numbers and words have a lot in common. Both disciplines use deductive reasoning, require abstract thought, have well defined...
