by Christine | Jul 15, 2016 | Welcome Column
(Editor’s Note–Here’s one of my favorite archival offerings from Nancy Zuniga. It goes all the way back to 2007, yet sounds like she could have written it yesterday. Yes, we’re running another oldie today. In case I...
by Christine | Jul 5, 2007 | Welcome Column
Anyone who knows me, knows that I take pictures…and lots of them. I have no training in the art of photography, and don’t know an aperture from an F-stop. But I love pointing and clicking and trying to capture something that might, years later, help to recall...
by Christine | Feb 4, 2009 | Welcome Column
When I was a younger (read: thinner) man, one of the hobbies I enjoyed was spelunking. If you don’t know the word already, spelunking is cave exploring as a hobby (as an avocation the same activity is speleology). I liked the tight spaces, the darkness, the chaotic...
by Christine | Sep 19, 2011 | Welcome Column
A bluegrass jam was just ending. Friends both with and without instruments were all smiles from the last song they finished. The evening had been perfect. Everyone had gathered over a potluck where a long table became covered by dishes of food from the guests....
by Christine | Oct 13, 2013 | Welcome Column
Sometimes it’s a real chore for me to come up with a fresh welcome column for all you folks out there in CBA land. That’s not the case for me today. Words are just flying off my computerized pen and if you keep reading long enough I promise I can bore you...
by Christine | Nov 28, 2018 | Welcome Column
We listen to, and play bluegrass music because it’s fun. The fact that the California Bluegrass Association exists (40+ years and thousands of members strong) shows we are many. An association dedicated to such a fun pursuit might lead an outsider to think CBA members...
