by Christine | Jan 22, 2012 | Welcome Column
If someone were to ask me to describe my Christmas of 1984, I wouldn’t be able to recall a thing about it. As a matter of fact, I can’t remember a thing about the whole year of 1984 or 1983 and many other years for that matter. I have large blocks of time that I can’t...
by Christine | Feb 24, 2016 | Welcome Column
I’ve been viewing a LOT of live music. All kinds of music (well, light on modern jazz), and all kinds of skill levels. I’ve discovered some things, mostly about myself I guess. One is, live music is usually exhilarating. One is, the activity brings out the analyst in...
by Christine | Feb 10, 2013 | Welcome Column
Everybody knows the term “red neck”. It’s usually used in a derogatory fashion to refer to unsophisticated southerners. Hillbilly. Cracker. White trash. Not something you’d want to be it seems, and yet some southerners have adopted the term to...
by Christine | Mar 21, 2013 | Welcome Column
Good morning from Whiskey Creek, where the wife and the dogs and the llamas and the two cats are sawing logs while I sit waiting for the sun to come up. Each morning I spend an hour or so sipping coffee and visiting a dozen or so web sites getting my fix of news...
by Christine | May 16, 2013 | Welcome Column
Good morning from Whiskey Creek, where my special, once each year list that’s headed Things to Do Before Grass Valley is mercifully down to a mere 32 items, items like: download audible.com book for I-Phone (I listen to books like the twenty-two hunredred page Rise...
by Christine | Dec 14, 2014 | Welcome Column
One of the great things about the music we all love is that there is so much room for interpretation. Any good artist can take a tune people have heard many times before and put their own spin on it. As a listener, I’m often wedded to the first version I hear of a...
