by Christine | Mar 3, 2019 | Welcome Column
Okay, let’s face it, time marches on, and if we are fortunate so do we. The birth years become the early years. The early years become the teen years. The teen years become the young adult years. The young adult years become the adult years, leading to the senior...
by Christine | Mar 11, 2016 | Welcome Column
Roger Jones called me up one night a couple of weeks ago and he said, “I’ve got a twelve string guild I’ve been working on that I don’t know what to do with. Would you like it?” And since I had a few square feet of floor space left that didn’t have a guitar resting on...
by Christine | Feb 11, 2019 | Welcome Column
Rain DanceThey squinted and danced through the rain as they crossed the studio parking lot. Then they clambered up the steps to the door, balancing drums, cymbals, and hardware, all wrapped in towels and blankets to keep them dry. Scott Clark had brought the good drum...
by Christine | May 18, 2020 | Welcome Column
The Daily Grist: “Behold, I am toward God as you are; I too was pinched off from a piece of clay” (Job 33:6)We all grow up somewhere and we all get used to those surroundings like it’s the only place on earth. The land forms a certain way. The contour is what we...
by Christine | Sep 10, 2020 | Welcome Column
To walk in amber glow while knowingglow in daylight means a devil ember in the wind and hither, not so far to yon,and on its own for all this red sky morn.Hear it whisper in it’s trickster voices:”I’ll be for the country roses bloomingyou know...
by Christine | Sep 9, 2010 | Welcome Column
Monday was Labor Day and it got me thinking about how the labor movement affected my life. My father worked most of his life at the American Smelting & Refining Company (ASARCO) lead refinery in the tiny village of Selby, just west of Crockett, where I grew up....
