by Christine | May 10, 2020 | Welcome Column
By all rights I should be in Parkfield right now at my first ever Mother’s Day Festival. I heard so many great things about that festival that I decided to go this year and pass on my second Sunday welcome column. Alas, we are in crazy times and that plan...
by Christine | Feb 20, 2016 | Welcome Column
Today’s Column by Charlotte, Watchdog 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, Natasha-the-Slobberian-Husky, was slacking off/napping...
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...
