by Christine | Dec 2, 2011 | Welcome Column
Last Monday November 21, Sheila and I, bleary eyed and half asleep bundled up in our warmest coats, got into our Saturn Aura at 4:30 A.M. for the foggy, chilly ride to Doctors Hospital in Modesto. Even though my minimal invasive microlaminectomy wasn’t’ scheduled...
by Christine | Mar 30, 2012 | Welcome Column
One The S.F. Chronicle has had a long history of well known and famous writers. As a v. young child I was weaned on the daily columns of Delaplane, Hoppe, Caen, and my favorite Charles McCabe. As I grew older the inimitable Ralph J. Gleason was a daily read as well as...
by Christine | Jul 5, 2013 | Welcome Column
Thought for the day: Would you rather be attacked by 50 duck sized horses or 1 horse sized duck? Item 1: I hope everyone had an excellent 4th of July. It is a cool 107 degrees in Turlock and our unheated swimming pool is reading 86 degrees. This brings to mind my past...
by Christine | Feb 3, 2012 | Welcome Column
Today’s column is dedicated to the memory or my sister-in-law of 40 years, Mary Katherine Gulley Pacheco, who after a 5 month long battle passed away December 15 from complications of pancreatitis. Mary was an older sister to Sheila and Billy, my sister-in-law for 40...
by Christine | Jul 29, 2010 | Welcome Column
Item 1: Recently Jeanie Ramos had a wonderful and well appreciated “Welcome Column” about the old home place. Sheila and I purchased our beautiful home in Turlock May 1980 and here is a little bit about our old home place. 2010 home interest rates are at an all time...
by Christine | Nov 2, 2012 | Welcome Column
Item 1. Thought for the day: “Very often the encyclopedist finds odd relevant octuplicates buried after many ages.” Item 2: Fall has arrived bringing with it wind, darkened skies, downed tree branches and a layer of dust on everything visible and invisible. The leaves...
by Christine | Oct 5, 2012 | Welcome Column
Item 1: Last week we had a belated 6th birthday party for my grandson. He had told his mother that for part of his birthday celebration he wanted to perform with his Grumpy (me) some selected music on the banjo and my beloved bass. My grandson came over a day early...
by Christine | Nov 4, 2011 | Welcome Column
1. Call me sentimental, call me crazy, but there are many things we can be grateful for. 2. In our CBA community, we actually had people running for positions on the CBA Board. I certainly don’t want to rain on the parade but wouldn’t it be exciting to see some folks...
by Christine | Oct 4, 2013 | Welcome Column
1. I watch with measured regret as my brothers and sisters become more attached and obsessed to the latest revelations in cell phones. The more we become “connected” the more we become emotionally detached. The air waves are infested with the newest and latest “must...
by Christine | Sep 7, 2018 | Welcome Column
Folks: Mr. Judd had his left knee surgically removed and replaced last Tuesday at Kaiser in Modesto. Things went well but to say I feel chipper and not hurting would be an untruth. I spoke to Mr. Cornish about covering for me which he agreed to do. In the...
