by Christine | Feb 1, 2020 | Welcome Column
Sitting in an upright position on the couch, I am reading a popular national magazine that keeps readers current with all-things-bluegrass. Looking at one of the regular features that lists the top thirty songs which make their way to the top, middle, or bottom of the...
by Christine | Mar 14, 2011 | Welcome Column
Ah, the good old days. We miss them so much, don’t we? And the fact that no one can really agree on just when those days were doesn’t seem to diminish the longing. Bluegrass blogger and monthly Welcome message contributor Ted Lehmann spot an insightful piece and...
by Christine | Mar 12, 2015 | Welcome Column
Good morning from Whiskey Creek, where, for me at least, the prime directive for the past month, officially labeled PROJECT REDESIGN, (as in re-build from the ground up the CBA web site,) has managed to turn everyday life upside down, which can be an okay thing, and...
by Christine | Sep 20, 2017 | Welcome Column
Martinez, California (where I live) is unusual in a number of ways. One of those ways is, we had a town crier just a few years ago. His name was Redmond O’Colonies, and he was a real character. He was not from Martinez – he was a brit. A teller of stories, a...
by Christine | Sep 23, 2009 | Welcome Column
The day started out like any other. I began my day with strenuous calisthenics, which consisted of lifting 220 pounds just getting out of bed. I padded into the kitchen, put on a pot of some “nerve mud”, pried the cat off of my leg and sat down to check my e-mail....
by Christine | Dec 29, 2007 | Welcome Column
Good Saturday morning. In deference to one of our regular web site visitors who asked, via an e-mail yesterday, why it is that I seem to think anyone would be interested in the weather here in Jamestown, I will not start today’s Welcome column by telling you that the...
