by Christine | Jan 24, 2018 | Welcome Column
I still consider 2018 a new year, but the next thing we know it’ll be much older. The change from one calendar year to another is an arbitrary transition, but it gives an annual pause to mark the passing of time and the conditions of things, which we will...
by Christine | Sep 13, 2018 | Welcome Column
There are a lot of great banjo players in the world, we all know. I guess if you had to pick one as the Very Best you’d have to go with Bela Fleck. A few weeks ago I watched a live stream on the internet from Nashville as Bela performed his own concerto for banjo and...
by Christine | Feb 26, 2017 | Welcome Column
There are a lot of great banjo players in the world, we all know. I guess if you had to pick one as the Very Best you’d have to go with Bela Fleck. A few weeks ago I watched a live stream on the internet from Nashville as Bela performed his own concerto for banjo and...
by Christine | Mar 15, 2017 | Welcome Column
(Author’s note: Back when I started writing welcome columns, only a few were saved each month for inclusion in the archives. This one didn’t make the cut but I remember having a lot of fun creating it. So here it is again. I hope you enjoy it.)It was nighttime at...
by Christine | Apr 2, 2018 | Welcome Column
A few days ago I was up at the barn looking through a file cabinet full of old documents trying to find some paper work on the 1979 purchase of my Martin D-35 guitar…going to find out if they’re serious about their lifetime guarantee policy. Never did find what...
by Christine | Aug 28, 2018 | Welcome Column
Road Trip Once in a while a man must runoutside to find and gas his car -to wend his way through streetsand get the hell way out of town -a road of lanes, just two, will dofor feeling out the clime, and timewill let him know if west or east is best of free that...