by Christine | Apr 14, 2017 | Welcome Column
Good morning from Whiskey Creek, where the aquifer smack dab under our six acres is so recharged it’s pleading with us to start watering again, despite much more rain in the forecast. A nice problem, I must admit.Used to be that, in the old days, every now and...
by Christine | Aug 16, 2020 | Welcome Column
I wanted to let ya’ll know about two important CBA announcements today. First, the CBA Board of Directors regretfully had to announce cancelation of the 2020 Golden Old Time Campout scheduled for August 29-30, our 2020 Fall Campout scheduled for October 12-18, and the...
by Christine | Jan 20, 2017 | Welcome Column
Thanks to CBA’s Youth Program, traditional bluegrass will withstand the test of time. So long as kids have a bluegrass community and opportunities to pick and fiddle together, future generations will be able to continue to enjoy bluegrass. The Youth Academy at...
by Christine | Jul 3, 2017 | Welcome Column
About five years ago we instituted the CBA VolunTeen Program for teens to volunteer at the Father’s Day Bluegrass Festival. The program goal was to recruit and mentor teens to enter our volunteer base. We realized early that teens like to perform jobs together and...
by Christine | Nov 10, 2011 | Welcome Column
One of our CBA members retired some years back from a job as manager of the Golden Gate Bridge maintenance operation and he’s told me many a fascinating story about what it takes to keep that marvel of engineering safe and spiffy. You probably won’t be surprised...
by Christine | Nov 25, 2014 | Welcome Column
Good morning from Whiskey Creek, where, if you weren’t a member of the human race and thus hadn’t been inundated with news about the worst drought in California’s history (and that’s no exaggeration…not but a few months ago I saw a piece in a London newspaper about...