by Christine | May 23, 2012 | Welcome Column
For about a week next month, there will be a new village in Nevada County. Like grebes returning to next, bluegrass pickers will begin amassing the weekend before Father’s Day, and gradually, tents and RVs will begin cropping up around the Nevada County Fairgrounds....
by Christine | May 12, 2012 | Welcome Column
Ol’ Samuel Mosey had been going to the Grass Valley Fathers Day Festivals in June ever since they began over thirty years ago in the 1970’s. When he attended his first festival he peered down into the small lake and saw his reflection that mirrored his coal black...
by Christine | Mar 27, 2018 | Welcome Column
“I have given up the pursuit of perfection; I shall instead just seek to have both my shoes tied at the same time.” – Charles Brady to his daughter, Kate.I used to think that it was the job of the writer to seek perfection in his or her...
by Christine | May 22, 2010 | Welcome Column
Love is the strongest emotion known to man. It’s what defines us and generally directs our life paths. From the moment we leave the womb, and possibly before that, we are bonded with our mothers by this powerful feeling. This a good thing, since a mother is endowed...
by Christine | Mar 30, 2017 | Welcome Column
Let’s try one more time to run the very first article I wrote for the website. If I’m lucky, it might run all day this time:TWO ANECDOTES(Author’s note: My life changed for the better on September 25, 2008 when I got this e mail from Rick Cornish. I had sent Rick a...