by Christine | Mar 20, 2017 | Welcome Column
Sometime during the recent unpleasantness (hospital talk), THAT question raised itself up again and hit me in the eye. No, not THAT question – the other one about who is deserving enough to be given a second act and …who should be kicked in the butt...
by Christine | Sep 25, 2018 | Welcome Column
GRAND OLD OPRYAt the Civic Centerwatching George Jones singHe Stopped Loving Her Today,I thought, Hell he’s drunkas a skunk! As drunkas daddy in 1958when the two of us out huntingheard Roy Acuff singGreat Speckled Birdon the pickup radio – WSM.That night I learned...
by Christine | Sep 13, 2012 | Welcome Column
This often is described as a quote from Mark Twain. Actually, it’s a paraphrase, as I discovered as I began researching on the interwebs a few minutes ago. The internet is so amazing (and Google’s ability to sort through millions of entries in a fraction of a second);...
by Christine | Sep 15, 2017 | Welcome Column
(Editor’s Note: Well, some mornings just never go quite the way they’re supposed to. We’ve got a very thoughtful, heartwarming column from a guest writer, Kara Kundert, and I’ve spent the last hour trying to load her into our columnist...
by Christine | Jan 18, 2019 | Welcome Column
The time to write rolls around once more and I find myself on a soap box. I don’t claim any personal ownership of this particular soap box; I certainly didn’t invent it. There have been many who have stood on it and shouted to the point of exhaustion in hopes that...
by Christine | Mar 7, 2017 | Welcome Column
This is the column that immediately came to mind when asked to submit my favorite Welcome Column for March. It just so happened that these events were unfolding as the column was due. There have been other incidents of repurposing and repair since this one (let’s face...
