by Christine | Nov 28, 2012 | Welcome Column
I have suffered some vision problems lately; no, it’s nothing serious! I just can’t view the CBA Website from my work anymore. I never thought I spent all that much time at the CBA Website, but once I couldn’t do it, I was taken aback by how disconnected I feel. It’s...
by Christine | Jan 27, 2012 | Welcome Column
Greetings from the road! I’m up in the Pacific Northwest this weekend, playing in Oregon and Washington with my solo show and teaching workshops at Dusty Strings in Seattle. I make this road trip each year about this time and I’ve luckily escaped the snow and rain...
by Christine | Jul 11, 2013 | Welcome Column
Back in the 1970s I worked for the Oakland Tribune as a copy editor, headline writer and layout person. The Trib in those days had an annual Music in the Home section, which was basically designed to encourage advertisers (piano stores, stereo stores, music stores,...
by Christine | Aug 9, 2012 | Welcome Column
I mailed in the paperwork yesterday to the California Department of Consumer Affairs to turn in my beloved old 1983 Dodge van to the cash for clunkers program. In one way it’s a brilliant deal: I paid $2,600 for that car back in 1994. Eighteen years later I’ll be...
by Christine | Apr 8, 2018 | Welcome Column
I listen to a lot of music in my spare time but I’m sorry to say that only a very small percentage of the professional music I hear is live music. Of course I can’t very well hire a live band to make music for me in my car during my drive to work. Even if I made it...
by Christine | Dec 12, 2018 | Welcome Column
OK, I can’t lie – I am caught up in the holiday season. (Living as Santa Claus all month can do that to you!) I call it the “holiday season” not to be politically correct, but simply because the period from mid-November through the 1st day of the new year is...
