by Christine | Aug 24, 2010 | Welcome Column
Good early morning from Jamestown, California, population 961. We’ll have a hot time in the old town today. First story I viewed sipping my coffee this a.m. on mymotherlode.com……”Portions of the Motherlode could –emphasize could — see temperatures of up to...
by Christine | Jul 6, 2014 | Welcome Column
(Editors Note: Marcos has taken very, very few passes during his years as a Welcome columnist, and when he has it’s been for good reason. This morning, for example, he’s tooling around Europe with his wife…derned good excuse we at cbaontheweb.org Towers believe. But...
by Christine | Oct 6, 2011 | Welcome Column
Have you ever caught yourself lapsing into an unlikely speech pattern influenced by the person to whom you were speaking? In the late ‘seventies and early ‘eighties”, I made my living driving trucks, and found myself adopting the patter of my fellow road jockeys....
by Christine | Mar 10, 2011 | Welcome Column
Legendary restaurant owner Juanita Musson died Feb. 26 at a hospital in Sonoma after suffering a stroke. The 87-year-old was a well-known character in the greater Bay Area. In her earlier years she was often mentioned in Herb Caen’s column in the San Francisco...
by Christine | Sep 25, 2019 | Welcome Column
No, this is not an article about drinking at a jam session. I’m sure most of you have heard the expression “Circle of Fifths”. The notion is if you move from one tone to another 5 tones higher, eventually it circles back around to the beginning spot. Interestingly (or...
