by Christine | Mar 23, 2016 | Welcome Column
Being the audacious so-and-so that I am, I contacted a friend last week and said, “Hey, why don’t I come visit you – can you put together a jam?”This friend who lives a few hours away, graciously accepted the challenge and generously added a gourmet dinner...
by Christine | Aug 1, 2013 | Welcome Column
If you didn’t know, last Thursday July 25 was National Tequila Day and I want to begin this month by thanking all of you who sent me cards and messages celebrating this holiday. This is a big one for me. Heck if I weren’t retired I’d take the day off. One of my...
by Christine | Dec 11, 2013 | Welcome Column
This week, a close friend of mine announced that he was going to have to close his music store in downtown Martinez. He has run the store for about 7 years, and it’s become a treasured part of our downtown. Remember in the Andy Griffith show, where Floyd’s Barber Shop...
by Christine | May 8, 2014 | Welcome Column
Shortly after I retired in 2002 I began taking my mother to lunch three days a week at the C.C. Cafe, the senior lunch program in the little town of Crockett run by the Meals on Wheels Senior Outreach people in Contra Costa County. When I saw how much she enjoyed it,...
by Christine | Oct 11, 2013 | Welcome Column
I was taking a nap on the couch the other day with iTunes playing on the T.V. through the computer, and I’m off in dream land when I hear Bean Creek playing Dixie Darlin’, and one eye half opens and it watches the T.V. as though it’s really watching Pete Hicks playin’...
