I have had a good run with the Boston Globe Home Section doing "At Home With..." features on notable people, mostly in Western Massachusetts. A few itinerant musicians, such as B.B. King, Willie Nelson and Ani DiFranco have also landed in my sights. These are fun and allow me to see a different side of people in the news.

 

In chronological order (of when the stories appeared), I have been

 

 

At Home With:

David Graham Du Bois

Stepson to W.E.B. Du Bois

 

Norton Juster

Author of 'The Phantom Tollbooth'

 

Greg and Toni Prince

President of Hampshire College

 

Robert Meeropol

Son of Ethel and Julius Rosenberg

 

Michael Albano

Mayor of Springfield

 

Paul Caron

Springfield mayoral candidate

 

Arlo Guthrie

Hippie icon

 

Phil Buck

Adventurer

 

B.B. King

Blues giant

 

Clare Higgins

Mayor of Northampton, MA

 

Beverly Daniel Tatum

Author of 'Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?'

Eric Carle

Author of 'The Very Hungry Caterpillar'

 

Ken Burns

Documentarian

 

Jay Healey

Commissioner of Agriculture

 

Matt Harp

UMass dorm dweller

 

Aaron Lansky

Founder of The Yiddish Book Center

 

Sister Clare

Buddhist monk

 

Jayne Pearl

Author of 'Kids and Money'

 

Jim Bouton

Former Yankees pitcher and author of 'Ball Four'

 

Edward Malinowski Jr.

Pumpkin farmer extraordinaire

 

Willie Nelson

Willie Nelson

 

Sean M. Dunphy

Chief Justice, Mass. Probate and Family Court

 

Henry M. Thomas III

VP, Mass. Board of Education

 

Jarvis Rockwell

Artist, son of Norman Rockwell

 

Joe and Jennifer (Trainer) Thompson

Director of MassMOCA

 

Noel Paul Stookey

Member of Peter, Paul & Mary

Jane Yolan

Childrens (and adults) book author

 

Shing Ying

PBS Zoom kid

 

Barney Frank

Congressman

Joan Baez

Folk singer

 

Ani DiFranco

Musician

 

Cathi Hanauer and Dan Jones

Authors of 'The Bitch in the House' & 'The Bastard on the Couch'

 

James Young

Juror on the 9/11 Memorial committee and previously on the Berlin Holocaust Memorial committee

 

Edward Parish

Worcester Polytechnic Institute president

 

Bianca de la Garza and David Wade

Boston Fox News anchors

 

Kate Maguire

Berkshire Theater Festival, director

Roy Jinks

Smith & Wesson company historian

 

Suzanne Strempek Shea

Author

Rachel Maddow

Air America Radio personality

 

Roland Merullo

Author

 

Ella Baff

Director of Jacob's Pillow