by Christine | Nov 10, 2012 | Welcome Column
They were hippies. Admittedly they were. But this was then, and now is now, and as they embraced the now they weren’t sure if they were hippies or not. Tom, his wife, and three children made up the Sawyer family. The Sawyers had waited until later in their life to...
by Christine | Feb 7, 2017 | Welcome Column
They were hippies. Admittedly they were. But this was then, and now is now, and as they embraced the now they weren’t sure if they were hippies or not. Tom, his wife, and three children made up the Sawyer family. The Sawyers had waited until later in their life to...
by Christine | Jul 1, 2014 | Welcome Column
As a child, my playmate and I once put ice cream and mud together and then tried to serve it as pie. We both thought we were creative geniuses but when she gave it to her mother, that combination didn’t go over too well. I once worked for an employer who liked...
by Christine | Nov 30, 2013 | Welcome Column
I was talking to J.D. Rhynes some time back, and mentioned that a couple of my bandmates played in other bands. J.D. said, “that’s the death of a band.” I’ve had reason to think about that as time has past, and as you might expect there’s a certain wisdom in what that...
by Christine | Jun 3, 2013 | Welcome Column
Dear friends, I’m back after a whole month off. Rick was kind of enough to allow me a furlough from Welcoming the welcomees so I could bivouac in my mountain retreat. I’ve been fighting the Battle of the Breakdown June Issue-slash-Father’s Day Event Program. Though...
by Christine | Nov 17, 2014 | Welcome Column
Murder is a subject that will always fascinate people. The evening news never fails to mention the most disturbing murder of the day and if a newspaper web site has an intriguing murder mystery, that article never fails to get a lot of hits. Bluegrass and Old Time...