by Christine | Apr 19, 2018 | Welcome Column
Too busy!A UK television commercial for a well-known credit card caught my attention a few months back. The opening sequence shows a London music shop, with a woman looking at a window display of fretted instruments described as ‘ideal for...
by Christine | Apr 12, 2007 | Welcome Column
When I was twenty-one and enrolled in graduate school at San Jose State University I entered a short story in a writing contest. The short story was called ‘Just About Four Seconds Flat’ and the contest was called the Phalen Competition, which included entrants from...
by Christine | Jan 22, 2015 | Welcome Column
I apologize to you folks for missing my fourth Thursday welcome column last month. About two or three times a year, for some unknown reason I cannot focus my eyes properly for a day or so, and that struck me again on the Wednesday before the fourth Thursday when my...
by Christine | Mar 14, 2010 | Welcome Column
I did it again. Despite the fact that I already have scores of bluegrass tune books lying around all over the house, I succumbed to yet another book sale appeal from Elderly.com. Now I’m the proud owner a few more books of great music that I can barely play. It’s past...
by Christine | Oct 4, 2007 | Welcome Column
On any given day, there are somewhere around 5,000 acoustic guitars listed on eBay available for viewing and bidding from one‘s home computer. Additionally, one may find up to 800 mandolins, 300 resophonic guitars, and perhaps 800 banjos (yikes!). For the bluegrass...
