ABOUT CHARLOTTE

(Note: If you enjoy this column, please make your way over to the CBA Message Board and share your thoughts. All of us Welcome Columnists love to hear from you!)She waddled and snuffled right into my life, the biggest puppy I had ever seen, when I had just turned...

Absent-mindedness makes the heart grow fonder

Nancy Zuniga’s recent column about the whimsical nature of fate and how the fanning of a butterfly’s wing can cause a hurricane in one’s life some years down the road brought to my mind the most momentous “mistake” I ever made. A casual bit of absent-mindedness that...

Actual Bluegrass Content

Since my column from last month never saw the light of day due to a website glitch, and since everybody and his brother has already commented on Grass Valley and Susanville, and since it had more than my usual Bluegrass content, I’ve recycled it as follows: As I write...

Advance Gift Suggestions for 2016

Every year we all face the same tough choices – what gift to buy for the people on your list. Complicating matters is the spectrum of recipients. There are relatives, closed friends, not-so-close friends, acquaintances, everyone else. Well, here’s some good news...

Advice from a Legend

As the fresh-faced cub reporter wound his way up the long driveway leading to the palatial home of renowned fiddler Burnell “Beau” Prater, he noted a crew of gardeners busily at work, pruning the lush topiary lining the driveway…carefully sculptured bushes in...