by Christine | Jul 23, 2011 | Welcome Column
Last weekend I spent as “Cooky” to a very special group of people, the members of CHAS , the California Historical Artillery Society. CHAS sponsors and puts on an American Civil War reenactment and Living History event about the middle of July each year in Duncan’s...
by Christine | Jul 12, 2007 | Welcome Column
A few days after Grass Valley, wife Barbara and I were going to be passing through Sonora. I called Rick Cornish about a visit, and when we showed up he and Lynn took us to a lovely restaurant near their home. As the glow of friendship and the aromas of delicious food...
by Christine | Dec 19, 2017 | Welcome Column
Good morning and Merry Christmas and the Happiest of Holidays from Whiskey Creek. We’re kind of busting with anticipation around here this week. Both our boys and their families will be driving up to the mountains. Thirteen years ago I posted a Welcome column...
by Christine | Dec 12, 2003 | Welcome Column
My son Phillip arrived on Thanksgiving Day with another of his get rich quick schemes. He and his brother and I would pan for gold in Whiskey Creek and split all proceeds three ways. Cynic Peter balked at the idea until I pointed out that fortune hunting in our own...
by Christine | Mar 8, 2020 | Welcome Column
Daily Grist #1: “The more populous the world and the more intricate its structure, the greater must be its fundamental insecurity. A world structure too elaborately scientific, if once disrupted by war, revolution, natural cataclysm or epidemic, might collapse into a...
by Christine | Mar 23, 2014 | Welcome Column
I recently went to a Country Music jam at the home of our friends, Jim and Carol Johnston. They live on a mountaintop in Aromas, a quaint little town near the coast. There were many people there that I had met and jammed with at CBA functions. It dawned on me that if...
by Christine | Aug 12, 2014 | Welcome Column
I’ve noticed recently at bluegrass festivals hearing bands say something like, “Does anyone want to hear a REAL country song?” which is always greeted with applause, even cheers. The songs, often covers of George Jones or Hank Williams, but including many other...
by Christine | Dec 27, 2018 | Welcome Column
I was raised in Stockton California, a wonderful place for ateenager to grow up in the 50’s. That was such a wonderful carefreetime for young boy to grow up in the Central Valley of California.Especially after I got my drivers license and my 1936 Ford...
by Christine | Jan 23, 2020 | Welcome Column
I was raised in Stockton California, a wonderful place for ateenager to grow up in the 50’s. That was such a wonderful carefreetime for young boy to grow up in the Central Valley of California.Especially after I got my drivers license and my 1936 Ford...
by Christine | Jul 26, 2009 | Welcome Column
Everybody wants to feel significant, loved and wanted, it’s just human nature. I have been getting several enticing and provocative letters each week from various sources, wooing me, trying to win my heart. These suitors promise that I will be able to maintain the...
