by Christine | Jul 16, 2018 | Welcome Column
The Daily Grist:I think that I shall never seeA poem lovely as a tree. (from Trees by Joyce Kilmer)Trees are very special plants to me. Often when I stare in wonder at a soaring redwood or stately elm I recall the lines above which I learned in childhood. When it...
by Christine | Aug 24, 2014 | Welcome Column
The drought continues to be a frequent topic of conversation this summer. It is wreaking so much havoc in our beautiful state of California. The forests and grasslands are so very parched but the electrical storms that bring summer rains are sparking forest fires from...
by Christine | May 11, 2013 | Welcome Column
It was the trees that changed, the too many to count trees, unless you had a great deal of extra time on your hands. This tall mass of living trees on the eighty acre parcel of land became not what they once were. The change was, indirectly, caused by the humans who...
by Christine | May 3, 2018 | Welcome Column
Last month on 1st Thursday, I explored a theory proposed by some Brits that offered that playing gigs extends your life. I’m sure you all remember that after minutes of the extensive research and based on my own gig experiences that this theory was…..what’s the...
by Christine | Aug 8, 2016 | Welcome Column
All readers of this article today had their introduction to bluegrass in their own seemingly unique way, but not really. I, the special young man that I am, did have the unique experience of hearing bluegrass for the first time at festivals like Grass Valley Father’s...
