by Christine | Jul 17, 2013 | Welcome Column
Maybe you’ve noticed (or maybe you haven’t noticed) my absence in the past two Wednesdays. I went on a vacation to the UK for a couple of weeks – I assumed I’d be able to post “reports from the road” as it were, but my Chromebook’s charger didn’t play well with my...
by Christine | May 16, 2011 | Welcome Column
It’s sunny here at Whiskey Creek this morning. But it’s not going to last; storm advisory starting this afternoon and going until Wednesday. My friend Ken Reynolds says I should put on my big boy pants and deal with it. I suppose that’s good advice, but I don’t like...
by Christine | May 14, 2015 | Welcome Column
There is a really good book out right now called The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right, by Atul Gawande. Gawande is an American-born medical doctor of East Indian heritage. He started writing for Salon.com some years ago, then was invited to contribute to...
by Christine | Sep 3, 2019 | Welcome Column
Perhaps I am alone, but I suspect there are others who recognize that they spend a great deal of time and energy trying to do something and frequently miss the point of why we are doing it as a result. We try to do something for fun, but we want to be “good” at it. So...
by Christine | Jul 8, 2010 | Welcome Column
There is a really good book out right now called The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right, by Atul Gawande. Gawande is an American-born medical doctor of East Indian heritage. He started writing for Salon.com some years ago, then was invited to contribute to...
