by Christine | Aug 5, 2010 | Welcome Column
It’s a sad reality that the success of a business often depends upon a certain degree of deception. Have you ever bought a new pair of shoes that felt good when you tried them on, only to find that when you wore those shoes out in the real world, they...
by Christine | Sep 19, 2009 | Welcome Column
Sometimes, life can be cruel. As I prepare to post this, many of my best friends and acquaintances are having their morning coffee, rubbing sore fingers, and planning what to do first. Some are nursing hangovers, most are trying to overcome late nights of sublime...
by Christine | Feb 20, 2017 | Welcome Column
How important is playing your instrument to you? Ask yourself that question. Would it be more important than being able to walk? That is exactly the question Gaelynn Lea faced recently and she chose playing her violin over walking. Most of us take these two choices...
by Christine | Aug 22, 2018 | Welcome Column
I am often impressed by the dedication to improvement I see in bluegrass musicians. A good friend of mine, who is already one of the best banjo pickers around, just spent a week in North Carolina attending a very exclusive (invitation only) master banjo class. His...
by Christine | Oct 2, 2018 | Welcome Column
Our story begins with a journey, rolling north from Grass Valley on Highway 5 in a possibly, ever so slightly, overloaded Ford F-350, towing a cargo trailer laden with deep-friers, freezers, coolers, a commercial-grade cotton candy machine, tarps, canopies, vast...
by Christine | May 4, 2018 | Welcome Column
Readers: Instead of boring you with an ego driven column about the wild celebration the Fog Valley Drifters receivedat the spring campout (how gauche) since it was spring warming up to summer I would resurrect a column from many years ago that brings to mind the joys...
