by Christine | Sep 22, 2019 | Welcome Column
I hate singing. That was awkward, wasn’t it? Yet somehow, it feels strangely soul cleansing, getting it out in the open like that. There just might be something to this Confession stuff.Now don’t get me wrong. I love singers. This afternoon, I was enjoying listening...
by Christine | Feb 26, 2016 | Welcome Column
OK, I admit it, I’m a nerd. A true-blue, dyed-in-the-wool, techno nerd. I don’t admit that to just everyone, so I must really like you. in fact, I like you so much I’m going to tell you a bit more about my love affair with technology.It’s all ...
by Christine | Nov 15, 2019 | Welcome Column
How does one tell a real, but less than beautiful, family story in a way that allows just enough feeling to get the story out, reveals his attitude about the story, and then winds it up and makes it palatable to the real family members who will read it? ...
by Christine | Nov 13, 2011 | Welcome Column
How many times has this happened to you? You’re in a jam with mostly strangers and you start into a solo of a tune that you thought you knew cold. Your break starts out OK but along the way you lose the thread and your solo begins to fall apart. In the past...
by Christine | May 11, 2016 | Welcome Column
It’s a pretty common thing for folks to reminisce about a time when they lived in a town where they never locked their doors. It’s usually a prelude to a diatribe about how rotten people have become since those idyllic days. I suspect that the apparent safety of those...