by Christine | Dec 29, 2020 | Welcome Column
Introduction to the old B-Westerns I wanna try and talk about real cowboys but who knows how they stank, and thanks but nope, for romance crap – I ain’t frantic to get that close when they’ve been squat in the saddle, addle-brained from direct Arizona sun and...
by Christine | Mar 18, 2021 | Welcome Column
I have a clear childhood memory of the occasion when I first met someone who spoke a foreign language fluently. I still remember the excitement of discovering that this person could understand my simple schoolboy French and that I could understand her replies....
by Christine | Dec 28, 2020 | Welcome Column
I don’t know anybody in this world that cannot say the aforementioned statement with any truth to it. We all wish we had not done some things, and in retrospect after the moment has passed, we all wish we had done certain things. Every year as the month of June...
by Christine | Feb 2, 2021 | Welcome Column
My introduction into the Bay Area bluegrass community began, oddly enough, at an Oscars party. It was March 2003 when I walked several blocks in the rain to a Sunday night gathering of movie buffs, and a few jammers, none of whom I had ever met. I was expecting a jam,...
by Christine | Feb 28, 2021 | Welcome Column
(Editor’s note. Reading Carolyn’s column from the past is making me hungry. It is not easy to find truly worthy biscuits and gravy) Nothing is more comforting, savory, tasty and satisfying to eat for breakfast than biscuits and gravy. Objectively, it’s just a pile...
by Christine | Feb 3, 2021 | Welcome Column
Like a lot of folks, I have spent considerable time during the pandemic sheltered in place, and passing the time without going nuts involves a considerable amount of reading – and watching TV. I have read a lot of good books and immersed myself in movies and...
