by Christine | Jan 24, 2012 | Welcome Column
Rain is on my mind. Whiskey Creek is wet, and it’s mammalian occupants, right down to the last bushy tail squirrel, are wearing wide grins this first day after the storm. (We’re guessing the big oaks are smiling too, but it’s so hard to read their mood.) We had rain...
by Christine | Sep 21, 2020 | Welcome Column
The Daily Grist:I love my dog as much as I love you, but you may fade. My dog will always come through (Cat Stevens)Pets have become very popular these days with so many people stuck at home and lonely. It could be argued that humans should not restrict other species...
by Christine | Oct 24, 2016 | Welcome Column
THE DAILY GRIST…”On the road again; Just can’t wait to get on the road again; The life I love is making music with my friends.”–Willie Nelson Some of you may remember a great columnist who wrote for the San Francisco Chronicle back in the day...
by Christine | Nov 28, 2016 | Welcome Column
HE DAILY GRIST…”On the road again; Just can’t wait to get on the road again; The life I love is making music with my friends.”–Willie Nelson This month I’m finishing up my journal notes here below that I started in my October 24th column on my 2016...
by Christine | Mar 10, 2020 | Welcome Column
It was late February, and WinterGrass beckoned. This late-winter oasis of eclectic music, col-legiality and love was the bright light that far outshone the lurking threat of a pandemic. I often combine projects to extract the maximum equity from travel, so I had set...
by Christine | Aug 8, 2012 | Welcome Column
I don’t know about other cultures, but this one we have here seems to value purity. We want to buy water that is 100%, we buy Dove soap because it’s 100% (pure what? I don’t know!) The push for purity has a very ugly side too, as applied by Hitler or the Ku Klux Klan....
