by Christine | Feb 5, 2019 | Welcome Column
An old sergeant I knew in the Army of long ago would often tell us underlings, “There are three ways to do something: The right way, the wrong way and the ARMY way. For me, there is always the POET’S way!(That same sergeant could freeze a charging elephant with...
by Christine | May 3, 2013 | Welcome Column
Thought for the day: I’ve been reading a book about Anti-Gravity and I can’t put it down. Item 1: Annual Spring Camp Out in Turlock. I set my old fashioned alarm clock to 5 a.m. so I could get an early start, beat the traffic and make the long drive to the...
by Christine | Sep 26, 2015 | Welcome Column
THE DAILY GRIST…”We can communicate with the man on the moon but sometimes it seems as if we can’t get through an inch of skull” – Anonymous Radio AnnouncerOne of my radio friends was having an unusually and incredibly tough...
by Christine | May 14, 2017 | Welcome Column
Father’s day welcome columnists often write about the column that nobody reads (because we’re all at the Grass Valley Festival). Mother’s Day might be the column that almost nobody reads because you’re all off to the great annual festival in...
by Christine | Jan 14, 2008 | Welcome Column
Happy belated New Year! It’s my belief that you can make this comment until about the 15th of January without being too weird. And so, it’s my fervent wish that this year brings everyone only the best that life has to offer. That said, just what is the best that life...
by Christine | Oct 19, 2014 | Welcome Column
Good morning. Barely. Third Sunday’s belong to Geoff Sargent, but Geoff gave his slot this month to Lucy Smith in order that she might use the space to report on the CBA’s IBMA involvement this year, Lucy being the Czarina of that activity, but the dear woman wasn’t...
