by Christine | Nov 2, 2012 | Welcome Column
Item 1. Thought for the day: “Very often the encyclopedist finds odd relevant octuplicates buried after many ages.” Item 2: Fall has arrived bringing with it wind, darkened skies, downed tree branches and a layer of dust on everything visible and invisible. The leaves...
by Christine | Oct 5, 2012 | Welcome Column
Item 1: Last week we had a belated 6th birthday party for my grandson. He had told his mother that for part of his birthday celebration he wanted to perform with his Grumpy (me) some selected music on the banjo and my beloved bass. My grandson came over a day early...
by Christine | Nov 4, 2011 | Welcome Column
1. Call me sentimental, call me crazy, but there are many things we can be grateful for. 2. In our CBA community, we actually had people running for positions on the CBA Board. I certainly don’t want to rain on the parade but wouldn’t it be exciting to see some folks...
by Christine | Oct 4, 2013 | Welcome Column
1. I watch with measured regret as my brothers and sisters become more attached and obsessed to the latest revelations in cell phones. The more we become “connected” the more we become emotionally detached. The air waves are infested with the newest and latest “must...
by Christine | Sep 7, 2018 | Welcome Column
Folks: Mr. Judd had his left knee surgically removed and replaced last Tuesday at Kaiser in Modesto. Things went well but to say I feel chipper and not hurting would be an untruth. I spoke to Mr. Cornish about covering for me which he agreed to do. In the...
by Christine | May 4, 2012 | Welcome Column
My mother grew up during the Depression. She shared a tiny house surrounded by alfalfa fields with her two sisters and four brothers just a few hundred yards away from the Old River in Tracy. They would walk the mile and a half to school, crossing the Old River Bridge...
