by Christine | Mar 3, 2020 | Welcome Column
“Daily grist; political correctness is pure cyanide to common sense.”–UnknownI first met Lance LeRoy on Labor Day weekend of 1983 at the Nevada County Fairgrounds. Back then the California bluegrass Association put on two...
by Christine | Dec 24, 2011 | Welcome Column
It seems to be the nature of humans to take ideas, core beliefs, and basic philosophies and condense their essence down to mottos and sayings, abbreviations and acronyms. The athlete says, “No pain without gain,” and the die-hard Bluegrass traditionalists say, “If it...
by Christine | Jun 28, 2019 | Welcome Column
A while back, trying to be funny, I coined the phrase “three basses is one too many” to describe my collection of upright basses and in particular, too many, from my wife Linda’s point of view. All were out and scattered through a couple of rooms in our house. I would...
by Christine | Mar 22, 2011 | Welcome Column
First, let me stipulate, I’ve been sick. I know, having a cold doesn’t sound like it’s that big of a deal, but this has been a HUGE cold. Rumbling deep in my chest, sinuses impacted like wisdom teeth, arsenic-like achiness. This has been my seventh day and finally I’m...
by Christine | Nov 19, 2017 | Welcome Column
Scamp: an impish or playful (young) personScoundrel: a disreputable person: a rascalScallywag: scamp, reprobateIn most walks of my life I run into a few notable people…some better avoided, but some are notable for their creative approach to living life, more so living...
