by Christine | Dec 2, 2007 | Welcome Column
Through the pines I hear, so clearly now, A song both old and new, Carried by a gentle breeze, As it peacefully passes through. With ageless hands so tenderly, It embraces, and holds me tight, A deep breath I take and am at ease, Upon this winter night. I scan the...
by Christine | Jun 25, 2020 | Welcome Column
Something FishyJust twenty minutes ago I was awash in stress hormones while riding the painful frenzy of simultaneous deadlines (Calculus midterm! Turn in tutoring hours! Gallery essay for Art History! Mount new tires! Spanish 4 presentation!). I had already exhausted...
by Christine | Mar 15, 2015 | Welcome Column
Something old, Something new, Something borrowed, Something blue, And a silver sixpence in her shoe This olde English rhyme describes a tradition of what brides should wear on their wedding day. Like most rhymes similar to this one, its origins are lost in history....
by Christine | Sep 16, 2015 | Welcome Column
I’ve always been a “glass half full” kind of person. On social media, I often try to deflect the “people are awful nowadays” or “america used to be great” posts with a dose of perspective. I still feel, in general, people are wonderful way more often than not, and our...
by Christine | Jan 7, 2015 | Welcome Column
I have a large collection of books, and when people see them, they have two questions: One, “Did you read all of those?”, and two. “Why keep ’em after you’ve read ‘em?” The fact is, I enjoy revisiting books. Many books (not all) have rewards in rereading them a...
