by Bert Daniel | May 26, 2023 | Welcome Column
Editor’s note: I searched the archives for a good article by Charles Brady, who passed away recently. I didn’t have to go very far. Here is the very last welcome column Charles published, at the age of 89! “I have given up the pursuit of perfection; I shall instead...
by Bert Daniel | May 17, 2023 | Welcome Column
Sometimes things happen that completely change our life direction. I know this well. If I had not taken a “gap year” in middle age to ride my bicycle through all fifty states almost thirty years ago, none of the wonderful stuff that happened after that would have ever...
by Bert Daniel | May 7, 2023 | Welcome Column
(editors note: It is with great pleasure that I welcome Rick Cornish back to the welcome column. Rick FOUNDED the welcome column years ago and I was very fortunate to be able to share a love of writing with him over many years. I thought about parsing this rather long...
by Bert Daniel | Apr 28, 2023 | Welcome Column
(The daily grist quote on the splash page you just clicked is from Ludwig van Beethoven. He was a really great musician and I wonder what he would have thought of bluegrass music). We all do it. No matter how good a musician you are, you will mess up occasionally....
by Bert Daniel | Apr 23, 2023 | Welcome Column
(Editors note: this post comes a day late because we were all enjoying the simple pleasures of gathering with friends at Lodi without internet) Let all things now living a song of Thanksgiving If I haven’t sung that line a hundred times I’d be very surprised. When I...
by Bert Daniel | Mar 28, 2023 | Welcome Column
Well it Ain’t gonna rain no more no more. It ain’t gonna rain no more How in the heck can I wash my neck when it ain’t gonna rain no more? Sadly, this is not the weather forecast I got for the next few days. More rain is on the way and many of us here in California...
