by Christine | May 22, 2012 | Welcome Column
Good morning from Whiskey Creek, where one dog is a dog but three are a pack, where Jamestown springs make you feel like you’ll live forever, where there are as many shades of green on a May afternoon as there are grains of sand on Poipu Beach and where all is well...
by Christine | Nov 29, 2011 | Welcome Column
Seems like there’s a giant caldron of it these days….here’s a splash. We’ve got two new Regional Vice Presidents as of our last CBA board meeting. Larry Phegley has replaced the retiring Duane Campbell down in Santa Clara, Santa Cruz and Monterey Counties and Jenny...
by Christine | Sep 14, 2011 | Welcome Column
Yesterday, I did something I’ve never done – I solicited story ideas on Facebook. I received several good ideas almost immediately, but one caught my eye and fired my imagination up. I will quote the suggestion verbatim: “Why is it that people expect a female musician...
by Christine | May 24, 2010 | Welcome Column
If you’re gonna be a Bluegrass fan, you gotta have a nickname. It’s as simple as that. Fortunately for me, I was reared in the Southeast, (where Bluegrass was born). Colorful nicknames are the rule there. My mom called me “Bert Boy” almost before I was born. I kid you...
by Christine | Jun 5, 2010 | Welcome Column
A couple of weeks back, Bert Daniel wrote a column about nicknames that engendered a lengthy thread on the Message Board. It got me thinking…. If you’re reading this, you know me as Slim. That’s fine with me. I’ve been tall all my life (6’ 4”) and , for most of it...
