by Christine | Jun 1, 2012 | Welcome Column
(It’s the little old lady from Turlockdenia) I am the Public Advocate/ Board member for Friends of the Turlock Public Library and one of my current duties is setting up information tables at various grocery stores to hand out information on the “Yes on T” Save...
by Christine | Dec 3, 2010 | Welcome Column
1. Calling Captain Kirk, Scotty and Spock: Any idea where all the anti-matter has gone? From my San Francisco Chronicle:“Scientists claimed a break through recently in solving one of the biggest riddles of physics, successfully trapping the first “anti-atom” in a...
by Christine | Mar 2, 2012 | Welcome Column
1. It is February 29, 2012 Leap Year. Had I been born February 29 in 1948 instead of June 30, 1948 I would be turning 16. I don’t know if that would be a good thing or not but I guess there is a lot to be said about being 16. I just can’t think of any right now. 2....
by Christine | May 6, 2011 | Welcome Column
1. The Spring camp out began casually with folks filtering in on Monday and by Wednesday things began to really start cooking. By Friday, the camp grounds were full and alive with the sounds of bluegrass music resonating throughout the campgrounds. It appears that...
by Christine | Apr 1, 2011 | Welcome Column
1. Two months ago I wrote about three wonderful teachers who impacted my life. Last month I wrote about one teacher who was just plain mean and dreadful. A lot of you shared stories of your favorite teachers and your not so favorite teachers. Thank you. I did get a...
by Christine | Aug 5, 2011 | Welcome Column
1.) It’s August, schools are opening, Sheila, now tenured (God Bless her) will begin another school year as an excellent special education teacher, her husband, b.judd will begin his 24th year as a substitute teacher, their grandsons are getting older, Rhiannon and...
by Christine | Jan 3, 2014 | Welcome Column
1.A fond farewell to 2013 and can anyone tell me what that was all about? It seems that the years keep on appearing with great promise, and then like a passing freight train they seem to depart off into the distance leaving nothing but a trace of smoke and a bevy of...
by Christine | Nov 5, 2010 | Welcome Column
1957-2010: What a loooonnnnggg strange trip its been……… 1) Snowflakes: I still don’t understand this. There is a universal “belief” that no two snowflakes are alike. Billions upon billions of “freshly fallen silent shrouds of snow” (thank you Paul Simon) flakes drift...
by Christine | Jun 7, 2013 | Welcome Column
80-year-old Japanese man scales Mt. Everest. (What a show off!) Item I: My father, born in Texas and one of millions who struggled through the Depression years used the carrot and stick motivator technique with me by saying, “If you get tired of walking walk a bit...
by Christine | Apr 5, 2013 | Welcome Column
Beginning thought: Rice is a good meal if you like 1,000 of something. Item 1: Last week I was leading my weekly bible study group for some of our neighborhood youngsters. Each weekly session has a theme, and the young faithful would brainstorm to come up with ideas...
