by Christine | Dec 19, 2018 | Welcome Column
I have been a voracious reader for as a long as I can remember. For me, at least, I can soak up information many times faster by reading than by watching or listening. I typically read at least two books at a time, but sometimes, I’ll juggle more than that, and read...
by Christine | Apr 1, 2017 | Welcome Column
Folks: Shiela and I have been moved to a hotel for a few days. Our washing machine got agitated and dumped 400 gallons of hot water on our two year old laminated recently installed floor. Our flooring, baseboards, partial walls, etc. have been uprooted while...
by Christine | May 6, 2016 | Welcome Column
Those of us born after WW11 between1946-1964 have been called the Baby Boomer generation. A staggering 76,000,000 children were born during these years. Top 40 music was emerging as a driving force in the daily lives of the young boomers. It seemed that every living...
by Christine | Oct 19, 2008 | Welcome Column
Those of us born after WW11 between1946-1964 have been called the Baby Boomer generation. A staggering 76,000,000 children were born during these years. Top 40 music was emerging as a driving force in the daily lives of the young boomers. It seemed that every living...
by Christine | Apr 16, 2013 | Welcome Column
The country shakes its head again at horror within our midst. We are shocked and sickened and we feel the thread of fear of “where next?” and “when?” How scary has the world become since the days of log cabins and old home places. Sometimes it...
by Christine | May 21, 2013 | Welcome Column
I was born and raised a southerner, but I have very strong connections to the city of Boston, Massachusetts: the “Athens of America”, “Bean Town” or “Our Fair City” as Tom and Ray Magliozzi refer to it. Tom and Ray (of NPR fame)...
by Christine | Mar 28, 2015 | Welcome Column
Coca Cola does it, Disney does it, Southwest Airlines and almost every major corporation doing business anywhere in the world does it. That is to create a loyalty, among consumers of their product, so fierce that they’d rather “fight than switch.”...
by Christine | Sep 15, 2015 | Welcome Column
Coca Cola does it, Disney does it, Southwest Airlines and almost every major corporation doing business anywhere in the world does it. That is to create a loyalty, among consumers of their product, so fierce that they’d rather “fight than switch.”...
by Christine | Dec 2, 2019 | Welcome Column
This is a reprint of the PorchTal column.Master Fiddler Brandon GodmanBrandon is a Kentucky native master fiddler and relatively new transplant from Nashville to San Francisco. He has played with greats such as Dale Ann Bradley, Melvin Goins, Karl Shiflett, Doyle...
by Christine | Oct 24, 2003 | Welcome Column
At 5:30 a.m. this morning, Lynn informed me we were going to the cow cafe for breakfast. It’s actually named something else but we call it the cow café because the entire décor is done in post-modern bovine—cow place mats, cow coffee cups, cow wall hangings and...
