Miracle’s, past and hoped for

(Editor’s Note: Resurrected from 2013)I’m sure that if all of us sat down and reflected on our past life,we could probably come up with at least two or three genuinemiracles that have happened to us. You may ask, what got me tothinking about this subject...

Mish-Mash Monday

Dear friends, It’s mish-mash Monday, when your brain addled correspondent (me) tries to create the image of a man with his finger on the bluegrass button. Good morning and welcome to the CBA website. Well, I survived another CBA board of directors meeting yesterday....

Miss the Mississippi and You (Part 1)

“I’m growing tired of the big city lights Tired of the glamour and tired of the sights In all my dreams I am roaming once more Back to my home on the old river shore” A few months ago the Daily Welcome Column ran some information about a very special trip my sister,...

Missing My Buds

By the time you read this we will have moved on from the TYRO virtual FDF and will be thinking about next year’s FDF and other festivals to come.. We’ll be moving from the tease of June to the gut of summer with long languid days hot, maybe humid days, but alas...

Missing the Good Old Days

Just got the word – there’s no new Welcome Messages during the week leading up to the Father’s Day Festival. This is because so much of the hoi polloi of the CBA are bugging out to Grass Valley during the week. There’s nothing wrong with this practice – I...