by Christine | Apr 28, 2018 | Welcome Column
Being a writer and artist; being a daughter who cares for her 91 year old Mother; being a partner to one of the most wonderful men in the world: well let’s just say life doesn’t get much better. To be my age and have stories to tell; and a spirit to...
by Christine | Dec 23, 2015 | Welcome Column
I am just about to finish another season of the best job in the world: Playing Santa for our town. Martinez has a little red house they put on the square off Main Street for a most of each December, and hundreds of children come through there each winter to see Santa....
by Christine | Dec 21, 2010 | Welcome Column
As the festival season winds down, new bands are formed, band members play musical hop-scotch, and fans mostly watch from the sidelines, I’ve been thinking about what makes a good festival good. During the past several months a number of people have posted or...
by Christine | Jul 20, 2016 | Welcome Column
I have written columns previously about all the things that go wrong at a gig. It was fun and cathartic to recall all the weird things that have happened in decades of playing live gigs in a bewildering variety of venues. Murphy’s Law (“Anything that can go wrong,...
by Christine | Jul 11, 2010 | Welcome Column
Had a big shindig yesterday at our house. Fed about seventy people. Exhausted today so I’ll run a story I posted here six years ago about how I like to cook a lot. I Like to cook a lot a lot. January, 2004 I enjoy cooking a lot a lot. Which is to say I enjoy cooking...
