by Christine | Mar 9, 2015 | Welcome Column
I hope those whom know where I am living right now feel sorry for me. I can’t say I regret the decision I made, but I am thinking about the California winters where it is surprising when it hits 32 degrees. For those of you who don’t know, I am living in Worcester,...
by Christine | Nov 7, 2012 | Welcome Column
As I write this, I don’t know who won the national elections. By the time you read this, we’ll have a pretty good idea of who won which races, and this time, let’s not use the results as a sign that America, or democracy, is doomed. I’ve been voting since 1976, and I...
by Christine | Nov 13, 2013 | Welcome Column
Despite my devotion to the principles of Peace, Love and Happiness, I have never had an issue with appreciation for those who have served in the Armed Forces for their country. To serve, whether voluntarily, or by conscription, is not necessary an alignment with the...
by Christine | Nov 1, 2019 | Welcome Column
SF 49 ers in first place, Washington Nationals win the World Series.. And just the other day I observed what I believe was a V formation of purple cows heading south. What is happening?On this day in History: 1938: Seabiscuit defeats War...
by Christine | Oct 6, 2008 | Welcome Column
Dear friends, Up here in Boulder Creek, the loveliest town in the Santa Cruz Mountains, if I do say so myself, there are blackberry bushes everywhere. My daily walks or runs along the country lanes that radiate out from our little burg take me by long stretches of the...
by Christine | Mar 12, 2018 | Welcome Column
As some of you may be aware, I have been on the Volume Five Train for now officially 10 years. The liner note for their new project Milestones talk about the bands experiences ten years later and what has changed and what has stayed the same. In some ways, this band...
by Christine | Apr 19, 2015 | Welcome Column
There’s almost nothing more southern than NASCAR, except maybe for football, grits, and guns; oh and I almost forgot “Live Atlanta Wrestling”. Growing up in Atlanta there was about as much auto racing on TV as baseball and other sports. It was kind of difficult to...
by Christine | Jul 29, 2014 | Welcome Column
I don’t know if this was the first Welcome column we posted by George Martin, but I know it’s an early one. My mother, whose name was Millie, was the stuff of legends when it came to fishing. Many a time when the entire extended family went to the Delta for a weekend...
by Christine | Nov 25, 2011 | Welcome Column
Happy Day After Thanksgiving, everyone! If you’re like me, you wake up to this day wishing that the Thanksgiving holiday feeling could linger for a day or two longer as you’re not yet ready to be so forcefully plunged into the Christmas shopping season with the...
by Christine | May 26, 2019 | Welcome Column
What kind of mess have I gotten into this time?Okay, I’m going to jump into some bass playing jibber jabber this month. You’ve been warned early. This subject doesn’t bode well for reader demographics. How many bass players are out there reading this? I’m talking...
