by Christine | Jan 15, 2016 | Welcome Column
Good morning from Whiskey Creek, where we’ve welcomed yet another mammal into the household, this time an eight month old kitten whose name is Stewart. Lynn and I tend to be frugal with pet names, which is to say if we can find the least bit of an excuse we’ll...
by Christine | Jul 5, 2018 | Welcome Column
Did it work, the no walking bass thing at his year’s festival as introduced in my last month’s welcome? The answer is mostly. Tuesday night there was a pretty good jam at my campsite and plenty of jams in the nearby campsites the rest of the week. However, I was...
by Christine | Nov 3, 2012 | Welcome Column
So how bout them Giants? After a terrific year based on timely hitting and a dominating starting pitching staff led by the no hit stuff of Matt Cain. That doesn’t mean that this year didn’t have diversity, the loss of your closer is usually a death sentence to winning...
by Christine | Jun 27, 2012 | Welcome Column
Good Wednesday morning from Whiskey Creek. It’s rare that I find myself writing a Wednesday Welcome, and rarer still that my mind is as utterly void of ideas for the column as it is this morning since, typically, I have the advantage of a few days of warning and I can...
by Christine | Apr 14, 2011 | Welcome Column
Surely you’ve all heard the old joke about the fellow marching along in the circus parade, carrying a broom and dustpan and rolling a wheeled garbage can along behind the elephants. And an old friend sees him and says, “You need to do something more worthwhile with...
by Christine | Feb 11, 2020 | Welcome Column
Surely you’ve all heard the old joke about the fellow marching along in thecircus parade, carrying a broom and dustpan and rolling a wheeled garbage canalong behind the elephants. And an old friend sees him and says, “You need todo something more worthwhile with your...
by Christine | Apr 26, 2020 | Welcome Column
Surely you’ve all heard the old joke about the fellow marching along in thecircus parade, carrying a broom and dustpan and rolling a wheeled garbage canalong behind the elephants. And an old friend sees him and says, “You need todo something more worthwhile with your...
by Christine | Sep 5, 2019 | Welcome Column
Summer’s gone, mostly. I really don’t know where it went. When I last left you in August I was telling you about the Sutter Creek Jug Band festival my old friends (either connotation as usual) and I were prepping to play. The tour, as I am want to call it, included a...
by Christine | Jan 26, 2010 | Welcome Column
Last week in my Tuesday morning Welcome column I summarized our January board of directors meeting. In the paragraph on current rent negotiations with the Nevada County Fairgrounds board, I made the following statement….. Additionally, the fairgrounds people will,...
by Christine | Jul 24, 2011 | Welcome Column
Have you ever noticed that some of the most pleasant and fun experiences you’ve had were those that just “happened?” They weren’t planned, but the circumstances were just right, there was the right combination of people, the timing was perfect, weather was great,...
