by Christine | Nov 29, 2019 | Welcome Column
There’s much I like about my volunteer jobs for the CBA; probably my single favorite derives from my web master’s job, since each holiday I get to write a greeting from the California Bluegrass Association to, well, the entire world. A big responsibility...
by Christine | Mar 24, 2013 | Welcome Column
“When the springtime comes on the mountain, and the wildflowers scatter o’er the plains, I will watch for the leaves to return to the trees, and I’ll be waiting when the springtime comes again.” Last summer and fall I did some landscaping in our backyard. Everything...
by Christine | Dec 1, 2013 | Welcome Column
9-1. That was the score Friday afternoon as the Cuzzies beat the Ol’ Aunties and Uncles at our post Thanksgiving whiffle ball game at the park. We had 23 family members over for dinner Thanksgiving Day. I had never cooked for that many before. After two turkeys, a...
by Christine | Jan 13, 2013 | Welcome Column
The words “Hard Times” appeared the other day in our local newspaper as a crossword puzzle entry. That got me thinking about our recent hard economic times and it got me wondering about whether or not this new year would finally bring an end to them. Since...
by Christine | Jun 27, 2014 | Welcome Column
Welcome and howdy to you travelers out on Harmony Road. Wasn’t Father’s Day Bluegrass Festival at Grass Valley FUN? How did you like the new stage lighting panels? In the daylight I wasn’t sure I liked those gauzy panels but at night they were really amazing and so...
by Christine | May 18, 2012 | Welcome Column
Doug Dillard – we lost another musical hero yesterday with the passing of Doug Dillard. He led the popular bluegrass band The Dillards and appeared on Andy Griffith’s TV show shortly after moving from the Ozarks to LA in the 1960s. He introduced plenty of...
