by Christine | May 31, 2014 | Welcome Column
Good morning from Whiskey Creek, where the better part of the day will be spent on a massive, well-coordinated, take-no-prisoners campaign to return the Cornish home and surrounding property to the pristine condition in which it was left ten days ago when the boss...
by Christine | Dec 26, 2017 | Welcome Column
Christmas, Georgia, 1939Stop by our house half way between Nevils and Register on this county roadwith ruts carved by wagons through six layers of clay,but we don’t dress up’cept on Sunday – six days we plow and gather.From the porch we’ll say git...
by Christine | Dec 4, 2019 | Welcome Column
Author’s note – this first appeared in this space in 2013, so it is a retread, for which I apologize. It contains little to no bluegrass content, for which I apologize. Now I’m done apologizin’!Every year about this time, a debate rages...
by Christine | Dec 12, 2014 | Welcome Column
It’s Christmas time, and I’m thinking about gifts. The family sent a bunch of them to Samaritans purse, a faith based organization that disperses them to third world children and spreads a little cheer to places that could probably use it. Gift giving is fun. It makes...
by Christine | Dec 18, 2012 | Welcome Column
It comes every year. On schedule. Ready or not. “Christmas is my favourite time of year” is a catchphrase that tugs at a multitude of hearts. The weather may be bleak, the coin purse sparse, but the spirit of the holiday of lights and tinsel brightens the...
by Christine | Dec 25, 2010 | Welcome Column
Holidays are always good for spending a few extra hours in the kitchen, and spending them cheerfully to create those wonderful, special dishes that we cannot justify the costs of, the calories in, or the time spent in creating and eating them during the rest of the...
by Christine | Dec 23, 2017 | Welcome Column
Christmastime is a special time in our household. My Mother and Father taught us well. They taught us about giving and receiving—what that means and the reasons we celebrate it and the importance of receiving. And those reasons, surprise, is...
by Christine | May 2, 2019 | Welcome Column
I’m in the middle of an extended multi day tour and I’m already wiped out. The tour, the Cinco de Mayo Commemorative Tour sponsored by Tequila (no particular brand, just tequila) and by Airfield Supply Co. in San Jose will end after another performance on Sunday. That...
by Christine | May 7, 2015 | Welcome Column
Uno de Mayo Mayday, mayday, mayday, or as they say around my joint only 4 more shopping days until Cinco de Mayo. I’m not really a traditionalist so for my celebration I’ll skip the Coronas and have some craft beers with my tequila and you can count on the...
by Christine | Apr 2, 2014 | Welcome Column
No, this is not an article about drinking at a jam session. I’m sure most of you have heard the expression “Circle of Fifths”. The notion is if you move from one tone to another 5 tones higher, eventually it circles back around the beginning spot. Interestingly (or...
