by Christine | Feb 23, 2018 | Welcome Column
I found this passage on a wall hanging in the Redhook Brewery in Woodinville, WA (Seattle) describing the qualities of a writer and somehow relating it to brewing beer. Actually, this passage was hung in multiple spots in the brewery and the connected pub.A...
by Christine | Nov 17, 2020 | Welcome Column
I found this passage on a wall hanging in the Redhook Brewery in Woodinville, WA (Seattle) describing the qualities of a writer and somehow relating it to brewing beer. Actually, this passage was hung in multiple spots in the brewery and the connected pub.A...
by Christine | Jan 20, 2013 | Welcome Column
I guess you could say that jamming is a little like a communicable disease that we can’t immunize against. There is no protection against catching it and no treatments once you have the bug. Oh sure, you can slather on the hand sanitizer, wear a surgical mask (which...
by Christine | Dec 7, 2018 | Welcome Column
Friday, December 7, 2018 </b>Mom and Dad had been engaged for a few months and it was time to set a wedding date. Mother’s 21st birthday was coming up shortly and it was going to fall on a Sunday. She and dad decided to combine my mother’s 21st...
by Christine | Feb 1, 2019 | Welcome Column
Ground hog ,found fog. New snow and blue toes. Find and dandy for Valentine candy. Snow Spittin’, if you’re mitten-smitten, you’ll be frost bitten! By jing-y feels spring-y!I would certainly like to take credit for the above quote but I can’t. It is...
by Christine | Feb 7, 2020 | Welcome Column
49er Faithful Fans don’t despair. It was a fantastic year and we will be that much better next year. The wise Linus consoled Charlie Brown after he struck out to end the game by saying, “ Charlie, the sun will still come up tomorrow morning.”...
by Christine | Mar 6, 2020 | Welcome Column
“It was one of those March days when the sun shines hot and the wind blows cold; when it is summer in the light, and winter in the shade.” Charles Dickens Great Expectations.March: Ides of March, Mad as a March Hare, and March Madness, . The...
by Christine | Apr 3, 2020 | Welcome Column
“Crisis is what suppressed pain looks like ; it always comes to the surface. It shakes you into reflection and healing.” Bryant Mc GillToday’s column should have been my almost–annual April Fool’s day column. I had a host of bon mots and thoughts...
by Christine | Jul 6, 2018 | Welcome Column
Brooks is leaving for Pico Island in the Azores next week, while this week he and Sheila are watching the grandchildren, AND this week-end they are celebrating their daughter (Rhiannon’s) 40th birthday, her son, Zack, his 1st birthday and yours truly is celebrating...
by Christine | Jun 5, 2020 | Welcome Column
On June 5: National Doughnut Day in the U.S.: Labor Day in the BahamasJune’s flower is the rose or honeysuckle. It’s gem is the pearl, the moonston,e or Alexandrite. Both stand for health and longevity.June is of course the month of: graduations,...
