by Christine | Oct 16, 2007 | Welcome Column
Greetings to all of you! This being my fifth appearance here, I thought I should say a little about myself. When you get “older”, there are a lot of chapters in life to reflect back on, so it is a matter of “which little” do I choose today…. I guess the appropriate...
by Christine | Jun 17, 2014 | Welcome Column
Many years ago a good friend asked me if I owned anything that didn’t have someone’s advertising emblazoned all over it. After some reflection and a lot of closet cleaning, I’d discovered that I’d indeed fallen prey to the corporate...
by Christine | Aug 7, 2011 | Welcome Column
(Editor’s Note: Today is Marcos’ second anniversary as a Welcome columnist. His presence on the scene has made this spot that much brighter an each-morning-of-the week destination for many of us. Thanks Marcos!) Gene Autry or Roy Rogers? Clint Eastwood or John Wayne?...
by Christine | Aug 1, 2019 | Welcome Column
Bluegrass, blues, a little swing, beer and of course, the fruit of the agave, are just a few of the topics I’ll hit on this month. I might even mention my bass a couple of times. You’re right nothing new here. Ah, but it is my job to make it interesting, Let’s see if...
by Christine | Feb 23, 2013 | Welcome Column
Every performer who’s ever worked a coffee house atmosphere has probably had the same complaint. And that is the incessant chatter from the audience who think a conversation while the band is playing is something that every other single person there actually...
by Christine | Oct 14, 2018 | Welcome Column
Some places you just don’t want to go back to. One such place for me until recently was the Coffey Park neighborhood of Santa Rosa. North Santa Rosa was destroyed by a raging wildfire last October. The fire jumped from the hillsides of the upscale Fountain Grove...
by Christine | Dec 26, 2019 | Welcome Column
This a repost of mine from a year ago. I repost it because of several reasons – because it is certainly my most memorable Christmas; because I like to continue to thank the US Navy crew who picked me up in Hamhung Harbor on Christmas Eve, 1950; and because too many of...
by Christine | Dec 27, 2016 | Welcome Column
In 1952, after I got lucky and married into the Burnett Clan, we did what most young marrieds did – we planned the best Christmas experience we could. When our three children came along, we always made certain that they enjoyed Christmases to remember. However,...
by Christine | Mar 18, 2015 | Welcome Column
Playing music with other people – whether you’re jamming or “officially” performing – it’s a collaboration that creates a whole, greater than the sum of its parts. The most stark example of this is in vocal harmonies. Have you noticed that when a harmony...
by Christine | Apr 5, 2014 | Welcome Column
As some of you guys are aware, I am in my senior year in high school, which means that I have been spending much of the past six months deciding where I will go to college. Late last year was spent researching and deciding which colleges I should apply too along with...
