by Christine | Dec 18, 2008 | Welcome Column
My father, like J.D. Rhynes, was an avid admirer of the wonderful talented Rose Maddox. Though my father never knew Rose personally or played music with her, he did go out of his way to see her shows in the Central Valley back in the early 50’s and enjoyed her shows...
by Christine | Feb 21, 2010 | Welcome Column
You’ve probably heard of botnets, networks of personal computers enslaved by malicious software viruses to do their evil bidding. Well my personal organic-computerhead, the one that sits on top of my shoulders and controls my every movement (even the words being typed...
by Christine | Sep 24, 2007 | Welcome Column
Mildred White, which is what we always called our aunt, my father’s sister, was always in her dark bedroom with the shades pulled down. She’d been in a sick bed since I could remember. For my entire remembered life, my aunt had been ever so slowly dying, shut in her...
by Christine | Nov 18, 2015 | Welcome Column
It has been said that there are two kinds of people: dog people and cat people. It’s a simplistic generalization, but it’s not too far off the mark. We have a cat and a dog in our household, and I like ‘em both, but that cat ain’t my friend, but my dog is. I know all...
by Christine | Feb 24, 2018 | Welcome Column
I sat holding my friend Ed’s hand for a good hour today. He is special to me: wise; persnickety—which I love in a man—experienced; worldly and a reminder of my Father, because he possesses a velveteen-like strength: Velvet of a hypnotic...
by Christine | Sep 22, 2018 | Welcome Column
He stood with boiled fish eye, Yet, hadn’t had a drink.He had the wisdom in his family;Yet they felt he couldn’t think.He walked a different kind of path; Not a bit like all the rest:He was a rock-hound in the nature,As he rode the wild-west.He’d roam the graves in...
