by Christine | Feb 19, 2013 | Welcome Column
One never knows when the inspiration hits. Maybe listening to a favourite recording or the radio, sometimes watching on television or stage, oftentimes it comes from having a friend or relative who plays. But one day, early or late, the fire to play an instrument is...
by Christine | May 26, 2018 | Welcome Column
I had sorrow walk—no, wait, not walk, but rather race–into my life this spring: A small death of sorts. After weeks of being ill, I ended up in ER and spent a day of being sent from one specialist to another. I could tell by the tone in the...
by Christine | Dec 24, 2014 | Welcome Column
Seems like there’s been a lot of nasty things happening in the news lately. Whether there’s more cruelty in the world, or it’s easier to report with modern media, I don’t know. But any student of history knows that mankind’s capacity and willingness to inflict harm on...
by Christine | Oct 25, 2016 | Welcome Column
There Once Were PeachesI used to pick firm peaches, and they were good ones too.They looked and smelled like peaches, tasted like peaches do.Fruit trees then were greener; soil sweetened by the dew -that was back in Georgia, when I was ten and two.I found a sort...
by Christine | Jun 2, 2008 | Welcome Column
Dear friends, Despite a brief flirtation with allowing pets at the upcoming Father’s Day Festival the final word from above is a big negatory on our friends with hooves, claws, feathers and fur. In this case the delineation of species is blurred by the fact that the...
by Christine | Sep 2, 2014 | Welcome Column
Where would we be without festivals? Hopefully, this is something we will never be faced with. But sadly, some festivals, after years and years of struggling, are calling it quits. There are new festivals being born each year, but I’m afraid the number of...
