by Christine | Nov 12, 2011 | Welcome Column
It’s that time of the year again. How many of you think that Christmas should last three months? The stores started carrying Christmas items in October. The only things I think you should buy for Christmas in October are a guitar, banjo, mandolin, fiddle, bass,...
by Christine | Oct 31, 2008 | Welcome Column
Bluegrass music is full of songs about home. Cabins in hollers is Tennessee. Mountain homes in Kentucky. Even city living. ?I?ve got a home In Baltimore Streetcar running By my door? (Hillmen) I guess most of us wax nostalgic about our childhood homes, and the home...
by Christine | Aug 29, 2014 | Welcome Column
(Editor’s Note: Seeing as how today is a fifth Friday and none of our Welcome columnists are scheduled to turn in a piece, and seeing as how yesterday Jean Ramos made a derned interesting suggestion, (when we run previously posted columns, why not ask our team of...
by Christine | Aug 23, 2009 | Welcome Column
If you have ever had your property vandalized, I think you will sympathize with me. Three months ago we had our front yard re-landscaped with beautiful lush green sod. We went to the added expense of having a sprinkling system installed and decided to hire a gardener...
by Christine | Jul 21, 2014 | Welcome Column
I was going through the newspaper the other day and I came across an article about how the east bay city of Albany recently relocated homeless people from a waterfront peninsula called the bulb in order to make way for a new park extension. A couple dozen or so of the...
by Christine | Aug 8, 2014 | Welcome Column
I was remembering the first time I saw Homer Meeds house. I thought to myself this here looks like a movie set about some mountain man in Alaska who plays with grizzly bears. I guess I wasn’t too far off, turns out he got bit by a bear once. It took a hunk out of this...
