by Christine | Sep 21, 2016 | Welcome Column
There are a number of ways to learn how to play music – lessons, tapes, books, listening to records, natural talent or, my favorite: someone can show you stuff along the way. Formal (or semi-formal) lessons are a good way to get things started, Learn where your...
by Christine | Dec 8, 2020 | Welcome Column
Years ago, comedian Woody Allen gave a most unfunny interview in which he advocated “capital punishment” for movie producers who had the audacity to colorize classic black-and-white films in order to make them more appealing to modern audiences....
by Christine | Apr 11, 2018 | Welcome Column
A few years ago, I attended a lecture where the speaker described the effects of the hormones serotonin and dopamine and oxytocin. His subject was actually the modern phenomenon of tech dependency – especially smart phones and social media. What he said was,...
by Christine | Feb 8, 2019 | Welcome Column
I have two grandchildren, both boys, ages six and three. I would kind of like another one or two (maybe a girl in there somewhere?) but it’s not looking like that’s going to happen. They’re both bright, active, healthy boys, for which I am most thankful. And they live...
by Christine | Nov 14, 2019 | Welcome Column
I am running around Australia at the moment, about to go see the Steep Canyon Rangers at the Melbourne Arena, and trying to figure out exactly what time I need to post this column so that it’s Friday in California. Friday is nearly over here, but Thursday’s still...
by Christine | Oct 9, 2015 | Welcome Column
When I was fourteen I bought my first guitar. It cost me $27 dollars, and I sweated blood to get it. I got it because I saw the Beatles in a news reel in my Junior high school the year before, and there were all these girls screaming and acting crazy and I figured...
