by Christine | Jan 21, 2017 | Welcome Column
(From February 2016)Written by Guest Columnist: Charlotte, Ranch Dog of the SierraIt was one of those ranch projects that seemed like a good idea at the time. Until things started to happen. It was a cool, sunny day in spring, and my sidekick,...
by Christine | Jul 2, 2016 | Welcome Column
(Editor’s Note–From last September.)A month ago, on the first Saturday of August, I was at the bluegrass festival of La Roche-sur-Foron in France when I received an email from Rick Cornish with this short but perfectly clear message: “Welcome column,...
by Christine | Aug 10, 2018 | Welcome Column
A month ago, on the first Saturday of August, I was at the bluegrass festival of La Roche-sur-Foron in France when I received an email from Rick Cornish with this short but perfectly clear message: “Welcome column, please.” Oh, soot! I had gone to France directly...
by Christine | Jul 22, 2011 | Welcome Column
The last month has been a musical turning point for me. After attending the Mandolin Symposium at UC Santa Cruz by myself, I realized just how hard I have to work if I ever want to be on the same level as any of the instructors there—people like David Grisman, Mike...
by Christine | Oct 7, 2009 | Welcome Column
Dateline: Nashville, TN; October 4, 2009 As I write this, I am sitting in a seedy, run down motel near the airport in Nashville, Tennessee. I just returned from a brief walk in a chilly, albeit gentle rain to get a couple of bottles of beer. I walked past rows of...
by Christine | Apr 21, 2010 | Welcome Column
What a time the 2010 CBA Spring Campout was! The weather, always a dodgy issue in April in northern California, was spectacular. We had been trained to believe that dry but windy was as good as it got. How about bright and sunny all day? Yeah, we’ll take that! With...
