by Christine | May 29, 2018 | Welcome Column
(Editor’s Note–Marty wrote this column while still in high school. A couple of days ago he graduated from college, and in the fall he’ll be starting his graduate studies at U.C. Irvine, What will he be studying? Take a wild guess. RC)Junior Sisk and...
by Christine | Oct 19, 2020 | Welcome Column
The Daily Grist: “I got rhythm. I got music.” (Ira Gershwin)Rhythm. Music. Who could ask for anything more? Well, depending on your preference, just add in my gal or my guy and you’re pretty much on anyone’s path to happiness.Notice what comes first in those classic...
by Christine | Dec 26, 2015 | Welcome Column
As a new monthly Welcome Columnist, I ask you to allow me to introduce to you who I am, through a theory realized early on in my life. I am a woman who spent her youth being raised in rural America: Talent Oregon. My parents–salt of the earth:...
by Christine | May 8, 2019 | Welcome Column
“Nobody goes there – it’s too crowded!” said Yogi Berra (probably). For a few months, I have been hosting a bluegrass jam session at Bonehead’s BBQ in Lafayette. The first few months it was a raucous, rollicking event, with maybe 10 pickers. I’m sure the...
by Christine | Dec 29, 2019 | Welcome Column
Ring out the False, Ring in the True– Alfred Lord Tennyson// For 12 years I had taken the same route to a facility for my Mother, 3 days a week—sometimes four–where my Mother would get her dialysis. And in those days, we were always slotted for the same...
by Christine | Jul 28, 2020 | Welcome Column
My sincere thanks to John Hettinger, who always manages to keep our bluegrass community current on happenings in the greater Sacramento area. Unfortunately, the piece I’m posting today, written by John, comes as a blow to all who knew our friend...
