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...
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...
