by Christine | Feb 22, 2012 | Welcome Column
I know it’ll be Wednesday when you read this, but as I’m writing it, it’s actually Fat Tuesday – the Tuesday before Ash Wednesday, and this reminds of what? New Orleans, of course! Tonight is Mardi Gras, and having been to The Big Easy, I can tell you I would NOT want...
by Christine | Aug 31, 2018 | Welcome Column
THE DAILY GRIST: “If nature has ever produced a more perfect thing than the mesmerizing beauty of this starling swarm, I have yet to encounter it. No other phenomenon has ever stopped me in my tracks quite like this, made me forget everything else in the world except...
by Christine | Aug 25, 2011 | Welcome Column
For the better part of 35 years I made my living welding pipe. It is a trade that I thoroughly enjoyed, and I looked forward to each and every day I went to work. I guess that you can say I was one of the luckiest men in the world, because I loved what I did fer a...
by Christine | Jul 21, 2010 | Welcome Column
Ain’t nothing; quite like music. You know this, of course. You’re re adding this because you’re involved in some way with the California Bluegrass Association, and that means you’re likely a fan of that particular genre of traditional American music. So you’re aware...
by Christine | Oct 14, 2014 | Welcome Column
We’ve been resting, a luxury those of us who are supposedly retired can enjoy, in Shelby, NC after the five hectic, inspiring, demanding, and action-filled days of IBMA’s World of Bluegrass and Wide Open Bluegrass in Raleigh. We find attending IBMA gives...
by Christine | Jan 27, 2013 | Welcome Column
Last night I had to take an emery board to my callused finger tips; a sure sign that my new year has started out great. While most people get callused hands from hard work, I get calluses from hard play, but either way, there are wonderful rewards. Of course we began...
