Not So Stupid Jam Tricks

A family emergency prevented me from writing a fresh column last night – hope you enjoy this “rerun” from April of last year! How often has this happened to you? You get together with some friends, at someone’s house, or at a festival. You’re in a...

Not Your Average Mother’s Day

By all rights I should be in Parkfield right now at my first ever Mother’s Day Festival.  I heard so many great things about that festival that I decided to go this year and pass on my second Sunday welcome column.  Alas, we are in crazy times and that plan...

Not Your Momma’s Hayride

Today’s Column by Charlotte, Watchdog of the SierraIt was one of those ranch projects that seemed like a good idea at the time. Until things started to happen.It was a cool, sunny day in spring, and my sidekick, Natasha-the-Slobberian-Husky, was slacking off/napping...

Not Your Momma’s Hayride

(From February 2016)Written by Guest Columnist: Charlotte, Ranch Dog of the SierraIt was one of those ranch projects that seemed like a good idea at the time. Until things started to happen. It was a cool, sunny day in spring, and my sidekick,...

Note Salad

(Editor’s Note–From last September.)A month ago, on the first Saturday of August, I was at the bluegrass festival of La Roche-sur-Foron in France when I received an email from Rick Cornish with this short but perfectly clear message: “Welcome column,...