by Christine | May 5, 2017 | Welcome Column
I suppose it is only natural that someone who hates waste has also made a habit of making do. It seems those things go hand in hand, although when I think about it, there certainly is no requirement for them to go together. It is a fairly logical step from repurposing...
by Christine | Mar 20, 2017 | Welcome Column
Sometime during the recent unpleasantness (hospital talk), THAT question raised itself up again and hit me in the eye. No, not THAT question – the other one about who is deserving enough to be given a second act and …who should be kicked in the butt...
by Christine | Sep 25, 2018 | Welcome Column
GRAND OLD OPRYAt the Civic Centerwatching George Jones singHe Stopped Loving Her Today,I thought, Hell he’s drunkas a skunk! As drunkas daddy in 1958when the two of us out huntingheard Roy Acuff singGreat Speckled Birdon the pickup radio – WSM.That night I learned...
by Christine | Sep 13, 2012 | Welcome Column
This often is described as a quote from Mark Twain. Actually, it’s a paraphrase, as I discovered as I began researching on the interwebs a few minutes ago. The internet is so amazing (and Google’s ability to sort through millions of entries in a fraction of a second);...
by Christine | Sep 15, 2017 | Welcome Column
(Editor’s Note: Well, some mornings just never go quite the way they’re supposed to. We’ve got a very thoughtful, heartwarming column from a guest writer, Kara Kundert, and I’ve spent the last hour trying to load her into our columnist...
by Christine | Jan 18, 2019 | Welcome Column
The time to write rolls around once more and I find myself on a soap box. I don’t claim any personal ownership of this particular soap box; I certainly didn’t invent it. There have been many who have stood on it and shouted to the point of exhaustion in hopes that...
by Christine | Mar 7, 2017 | Welcome Column
This is the column that immediately came to mind when asked to submit my favorite Welcome Column for March. It just so happened that these events were unfolding as the column was due. There have been other incidents of repurposing and repair since this one (let’s face...
by Christine | Oct 22, 2019 | Welcome Column
White Hair – No HairHow old would you be if youcould not see the calendar or clock?Is the click of the knee or tic toc of the hearta factor for you and your docs?Do others around find you dodder a lotwhen you think nobody is near?Is there fear in your eyes when...
by Christine | Nov 12, 2020 | Welcome Column
Being raised in rural America, I was taught at a very young age, there is really no sense to invest in boredom. There is always something to conjure up; do; prepare. And so I always had a dream. For that matter, I still have and I imagine as long as I can take a...
by Christine | Jan 15, 2015 | Welcome Column
If you’re like me, you get really excited about having a brand new year stretching out in front of you…the possibilities are endless and as to probabilities, well fuggedaboudit! I love watching all those “Year in Review” shows too as they look back over the major...
