by Christine | Aug 3, 2020 | Welcome Column
Dear friends,Monday is my usual Welcome column day, but Rick and I switched this week. Rick thinks I fall back on the easy-to-hoe row of writing “birthday columns,” but I simply use the occasion of the anniversary of a performer’s birth as an excuse to talk about some...
by Christine | Jun 4, 2012 | Welcome Column
Dear friends, Years ago, when CBA webmaster Rick Cornish invited me to join him in posting welcome messages for visitors to cbaontheweb.org, it was a weekly task for me. It was not long before I was scrambling for topics even remotely related to bluegrass. And unlike...
by Christine | Oct 21, 2017 | Welcome Column
The treacherous California wildfires have subsided for now and despite still reeling from the recent catastrophes, we’ve had to shift gears to prepare for the impending fall and winter seasons. The bug out bag is stowed back in the garage. The firewood is covered and...
by Christine | Mar 23, 2013 | Welcome Column
I guess I never really thought of any bluegrass band having a category of fans different from other fans, as in the “A” List fans and then “all the rest.” I know that some groups will offer special bonuses for some fans who choose to join the V.I.P. Club at a premium...
by Christine | Sep 12, 2012 | Welcome Column
In the classic novel “Catcher in the Rye”, Holden Caulfield described one of his classmates as a “secret slob”. What he meant was, the classmate kept up a neat appearance to the outside world, but behind the scenes, he wasn’t as fastidious. In fact, he grossed ol’...
by Christine | Oct 7, 2020 | Welcome Column
Do remember Linus, from the Peanuts cartoon strip? He had a security blanket, and the term itself may have come into being from that character. I think we all identified with having an item we could embrace to feel safe and comfortable – and secure. All of my...
