by Christine | Jun 7, 2013 | Welcome Column
80-year-old Japanese man scales Mt. Everest. (What a show off!) Item I: My father, born in Texas and one of millions who struggled through the Depression years used the carrot and stick motivator technique with me by saying, “If you get tired of walking walk a bit...
by Christine | Apr 5, 2013 | Welcome Column
Beginning thought: Rice is a good meal if you like 1,000 of something. Item 1: Last week I was leading my weekly bible study group for some of our neighborhood youngsters. Each weekly session has a theme, and the young faithful would brainstorm to come up with ideas...
by Christine | Jul 6, 2012 | Welcome Column
Happy Belated 4th of July! Item 1: A guy walks into a bar. He orders 12 shots of Jack Daniels. The bartender sets them up all in a row. The man picks up the first shot glass and dumps it on the floor. He then picks up the 12th shot glass and dumps that one on the...
by Christine | Sep 29, 2011 | Welcome Column
It’s been ten short years since the widely acclaimed movie “O Brother Where Art Thou, hit the theaters and blew the bluegrass community away. Not only did the movie give a shot in the arm to bluegrass folks, it opened the eyes to the general public to the joy of...
by Christine | Aug 3, 2012 | Welcome Column
Item 1. If you are reading this today Friday August 3, Sheila and I will entering the sights and sounds of wonderful Alaska. We departed Wednesday August 1 from San Francisco on the Princess Cruise Lines and are excited at being on our very first cruise. We have spent...
by Christine | Feb 7, 2014 | Welcome Column
Item 1: “I never said most of the things I said.” Y. Berra Only in Turlock: Two men were recently arrested for engaging in a fist fight in a fast food parking lot. When questioned what they were fighting about the men explained that the fight was over what states...
