I started riding herd over JPR’s Redding studios 14 years ago this week. I remember it well because there were a bunch of guys in cowboy hats and yellow shirts kicking up dust in the street in front of my… Continue Reading
So there we were, driving down Highway 101 a few weekends ago, when my husband suddenly exclaimed, “WHAT IN THE…..Did you guys see that?! Tell me you saw that!!!!!” Sophia and I immediately brought our noses up out of our… Continue Reading
I was crushed when I got the news Thursday that Prince had passed away. Not the Prince of Wales. Our Prince. That sexy, songwriting powerhouse, the musical glue of my generation. He wrote and recorded songs that everyone….cowboys, jocks, punks,… Continue Reading
Back in 1984, on the day yearbooks were handed out at Ashland High, Michael Arciniega brought me his to sign. Mike was a few years behind me, in my sister’s class, and had already decided to be an artist. My… Continue Reading
To put it mildly, I was kind of a rebel back in the day. I was the kind of kid who liked to march to the beat of my own drum. I just thought I knew what was best for… Continue Reading
Show of hands. Who’s had a crappy week? Seems like almost everyone I’ve encountered this week has had to deal with some incredible level of defeating, life-sucking crap, kind of like Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad… Continue Reading
It’s a beautiful day. Of course it’s grey and raining where I am as I write this from a week long vacation along the Southern Oregon coast, and I have no idea what the weather is like back home in… Continue Reading
There’s no way that today’s column could be about anything else other than David Bowie, his passing, and his musical influence in my life. I can even tell you exactly where I was and exactly what I was doing the… Continue Reading
Hey 2016, nice to meetcha. I know, you’re new around here, and people are going to have a hard time remembering your name for a few weeks, but by February we’ll have it down. And by this time next year,… Continue Reading
‘Tis the season of Joy, readers. And by that, I mean for this last season, my staff at the Redding studios of Jefferson Public Radio has doubled to a grand total of two (if you include me). Because of that,… Continue Reading
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