by Christine | Oct 7, 2011 | Welcome Column
Item 1: From the Associated Press in Stockholm: A seemingly drunk Swedish moose found stuck in a tree: Per Johansson, 45, says he heard a roar from his vacationing neighbor’s garden in southwestern Sweden late Tuesday and went to have a look. There, he found a female...
by Christine | Dec 2, 2011 | Welcome Column
Last Monday November 21, Sheila and I, bleary eyed and half asleep bundled up in our warmest coats, got into our Saturn Aura at 4:30 A.M. for the foggy, chilly ride to Doctors Hospital in Modesto. Even though my minimal invasive microlaminectomy wasn’t’ scheduled...
by Christine | Mar 30, 2012 | Welcome Column
One The S.F. Chronicle has had a long history of well known and famous writers. As a v. young child I was weaned on the daily columns of Delaplane, Hoppe, Caen, and my favorite Charles McCabe. As I grew older the inimitable Ralph J. Gleason was a daily read as well as...
by Christine | Jul 5, 2013 | Welcome Column
Thought for the day: Would you rather be attacked by 50 duck sized horses or 1 horse sized duck? Item 1: I hope everyone had an excellent 4th of July. It is a cool 107 degrees in Turlock and our unheated swimming pool is reading 86 degrees. This brings to mind my past...
by Christine | Feb 3, 2012 | Welcome Column
Today’s column is dedicated to the memory or my sister-in-law of 40 years, Mary Katherine Gulley Pacheco, who after a 5 month long battle passed away December 15 from complications of pancreatitis. Mary was an older sister to Sheila and Billy, my sister-in-law for 40...
by Christine | Jul 29, 2010 | Welcome Column
Item 1: Recently Jeanie Ramos had a wonderful and well appreciated “Welcome Column” about the old home place. Sheila and I purchased our beautiful home in Turlock May 1980 and here is a little bit about our old home place. 2010 home interest rates are at an all time...
