by Christine | Mar 12, 2020 | Welcome Column
Today seemed to be one of those “nostalgic” days for me. I cant tell you why, but it seemed that every thing I heard or did all day reminded me of some instance of long ago, that is etched indelibly in my memory. I’m sure that everyone has these kind...
by Christine | Mar 23, 2017 | Welcome Column
Today seemed to be one of those “nostalgic” days for me. I cant tell you why, but it seemed that every thing I heard or did all day reminded me of some instance of long ago, that is etched indelibly in my memory. I’m sure that everyone has these kind...
by Christine | Nov 25, 2018 | Welcome Column
Today seemed to be one of those “nostalgic” days for me. I cant tell you why, but it seemed that every thing I heard or did all day reminded me of some instance of long ago, that is etched indelibly in my memory. I’m sure that everyone has these kind...
by Christine | Apr 12, 2013 | Welcome Column
Simple kind of life never did me no harm Raising me a family and working on the farm Days are all filled with a certain country charm Thank God I’m a country boy This music we all love is rural. I know there are a few good city songs in the mix, but most of them are...
by Christine | Feb 15, 2020 | Welcome Column
The topic of my column this month was all decided and mapped out. Ready to go, actually. All decided, mapped out and ready to go until a 2:00am Facebook post changed it all. The legendary Roland White (he of the impeccable bluegrass pedigree, one of Bill Monroe’s...
by Christine | Sep 9, 2014 | Welcome Column
In the past I’ve written a couple of columns on Claude, The “Singing” Dog. I wrote about how Claude was homeless in Oregon, and how he made his way up the driveway of friends of mine, a house on a five acre, tree studded paradise that became Claude’s home for the last...
by Christine | Oct 4, 2011 | Welcome Column
Seems like a couple of years ago I wrote a CBA Welcome Column about Claude The “Singing” Dog. Claude is a Jack Russell Terrier who lives near Cave Junction, Oregon. I have a singing, guitar playing buddy who adopted Claude. Claude was nameless some years ago when he...
by Christine | Jul 25, 2017 | Welcome Column
To Clean As I GoMy life stripped bare is barely here -just bone and skin and promises.Yet it is mine, that you may see the who and what I hoped to be.Although I dress in modest whiteand clean though I am out of sight,regard this plan for laying outa single path ‘tween...
by Christine | Jan 20, 2020 | Welcome Column
I got a brand new FM/AM console radio for Christmas. That may not sound very exciting to you but for me it was life changing. You see the year was 1969 and if I tuned my dial to 89 FM after 10 o’clock I might hear something like this:(Innocent voice): “I wonder what’s...
by Christine | Jul 8, 2019 | Welcome Column
Bluegrass has always been a parody music if one is using the term’s original definition which was simply a song that relied on previously composed material. Today, of course, it is associated with comedy which has disconnected bluegrass from its history of...
