by Christine | Dec 9, 2009 | Welcome Column
I recently attended my wife Cassy’s company’s Christmas party, and it was fun. It was at a restaurant that was within walking distance of my house, so that’s cool. The food was good, and I enjoyed the company of the people there. There was only one problem: there was...
by Christine | Apr 22, 2007 | Welcome Column
I am relatively new to the world of bluegrass music. I didn’t grow up listening to the likes of Bill Monroe or Jimmy Martin, although I did know who Lester and Earl were. Instead I whiled away the hours with Johnny Cash, Willie and Waylon, and Jerry Reed. It wasn’t...
by Christine | Oct 26, 2019 | Welcome Column
Lost in thoughts of my past, I sat in what felt like all colors of what is poignant, on a special day of anniversary. I thought of all of my dreams, passed—now a little too late to live—and all the dreams lived, that I hadn’t realized I was dreaming about. It was the...
by Christine | May 9, 2014 | Welcome Column
I heard a preacher say one time, that we ought to have an attitude of gratitude. I figure that’s his job, helping to keep us in the mind to count our blessings, and all that. And I was thinking about that in relation to music and the bands that play that music. I’ve...
by Christine | Nov 25, 2012 | Welcome Column
I’m writing this on the evening of my birthday. I’ve been using my share of the earth’s natural resources for 68 years. I turn on the faucet and there’s water, flip a light switch and I have light, set the thermostat and I have heat, open the fridge and there’s food,...
by Christine | Feb 18, 2020 | Welcome Column
Odd that last month I wrote a column about Earl Scruggs, and then the great banjo master passed away last Wednesday. The column was about a radio show I did about Earl for KPFA on the occasion of his 50th birthday, and how I didn’t exactly cover myself with glory in...
