by Christine | Sep 20, 2017 | Welcome Column
Martinez, California (where I live) is unusual in a number of ways. One of those ways is, we had a town crier just a few years ago. His name was Redmond O’Colonies, and he was a real character. He was not from Martinez – he was a brit. A teller of stories, a...
by Christine | Sep 23, 2009 | Welcome Column
The day started out like any other. I began my day with strenuous calisthenics, which consisted of lifting 220 pounds just getting out of bed. I padded into the kitchen, put on a pot of some “nerve mud”, pried the cat off of my leg and sat down to check my e-mail....
by Christine | Dec 29, 2007 | Welcome Column
Good Saturday morning. In deference to one of our regular web site visitors who asked, via an e-mail yesterday, why it is that I seem to think anyone would be interested in the weather here in Jamestown, I will not start today’s Welcome column by telling you that the...
by Christine | May 21, 2017 | Welcome Column
Some of you know that one of the jobs that I do is teach Biochemistry to college students applying to medical schools, dental schools, veterinary schools and so on. It’s sometimes thought of as a gateway course, a kind of a rite-of-passage class that has the...
by Christine | Aug 5, 2012 | Welcome Column
Do you remember that pinched face you’d get when your mom tried giving cod liver oil or some other foul tasting cold remedy? I thought I always took that stuff like a man when I was a kid, and the looks my sisters would make as my mom probed their mouths with the...
