by Christine | Mar 24, 2015 | Welcome Column
Having lived in both Northern and Southern California, I am well aware of the enormous length of this state, and, really, how we are split into basically two main north and south geographical areas. That said, when festivals roll around, many of us are faced with a...
by Christine | Jun 23, 2020 | Welcome Column
Somebody once said, “Writing is easy; all you have to do is sit down and open up a vein!” I say that sometimes it is a matter of scribbling and cussing! In High School, my English teachers praised my ideas and cussed my handwriting. Early in my writing,...
by Christine | Aug 8, 2008 | Welcome Column
Thankfully I’ve resisted the temptation to dedicate this morning’s Welcome to the opening day of the Summer Olympics in Beijing. I say thankfully because I know less about the Olympics than my sheep, which means that what ever I’d have written would have been mostly...
by Christine | Dec 20, 2019 | Welcome Column
I’m here, wrapping up another semester, and getting ready to hit the road (well, the tracks — Amtrak, that is) for the Northwest to see the family for the holidays. It’s that time of year when we’re all beset by the busy-ness of the season....
by Christine | Nov 18, 2012 | Welcome Column
You know you are scratching for ideas when you start brain-riffing at 11PM Saturday night on trying to write a Sunday column around a play on words for “jam” and come up with a column about recipes for making jam…..as in bluegrass jam, which led to me thinking about...
