by Christine | Apr 10, 2015 | Welcome Column
Yes sir. I can feel it. Getting close. It’s about that time. I was driving down the delta today. Hitting that delta loop. Past the B & W resort. Past the Willow Berm marina. Smelling that fresh air. Looking at that lazy water. Pulled into the lighthouse marina....
by Christine | Jul 4, 2019 | Welcome Column
(Today I’m posting a reprint as I’m traveling back to my family home. My number one reader and fan, my 92 year old Mother passed this week and I’m headed to her funeral. She told me she liked this column but of course she said that every month.) Last week on Thursday...
by Christine | Mar 7, 2018 | Welcome Column
Sometimes, playing a band, you have a gig where everything seems to be going right with the band. All the stuff you worked on is going just as planned, the vocals are crisp and the solos are sparkling. It feels great – but then you look at the audience, and they...
by Christine | Nov 27, 2020 | Welcome Column
Last week on Thursday there was a news item on the CBA splash page regarding the concept of gigs potentially extending your life. As a wanna be gig playing bass player, I took a second (and third look) at this article. I was hoping for a Ponce de Leon moment and an...
by Christine | Mar 26, 2019 | Welcome Column
This is off the subject perhaps, but it has a purpose. Has anyone ever pulled this on you? Have you ever been handed a sentence, a paragraph or a poem – by Emily Dickinson, perhaps, and asked to do something to prove a point? Let’s take as an...
by Christine | Jul 30, 2010 | Welcome Column
Good morning from Whiskey Creek. There’s a sense of relief here at the old homestead. For close to a month we’ve been dealing with a llama who just pretty much stopped eating. Lynn’s tried everything. Sarahfina has been on four different medications, we’ve had two...
