by Christine | Nov 23, 2016 | Welcome Column
Tomorrow is Thanksgiving – my favorite holiday. It’s completely secular, devoid of scandal or partisan taint. It satisfies a very important, and very human, need: Step back from the bustle and bother of daily life, and give thanks. Hopefully, this is not the...
by Christine | Mar 31, 2013 | Welcome Column
Happy Easter everybody! I had another column all written for you today. But I sent it to to my web posting emissary (a guy who actually owns and raises llamas, if you can believe that), when I realized that today is Easter! It falls early this year and even earlier in...
by Christine | May 28, 2011 | Welcome Column
Several years ago, when the CBA suffered its SuperGrass financial disaster, Association members came up with many and varied ideas for generating revenue to restore our fiscal house. We implemented many of the schemes and, happily, our reverses are back where they...
by Christine | Jul 16, 2019 | Welcome Column
This is a re-post of an interview that previously appeared in the CBA Breakdown.This interview is from a hot August Sonoma afternoon where I the privilege of chatting with the legendary fiddle and mandolin player Ed Neff.DB: Tell us a little about your background?EN:...
by Christine | Aug 31, 2014 | Welcome Column
(Editors Note: Two summers ago, smack in the middle of a churning mad-making major league baseball season, Bert introduced us to Eddie, whom he met while working as an orderly in a hospital. If Bert had his druthers, and he does, he’d like to bring Eddie back for a...
by Christine | Jul 8, 2012 | Welcome Column
After my junior year in college, I got a summer job as a hospital orderly. That’s how I met Eddie. I’m really glad I met the guy because Eddie was a real character. If you’re going to spend your last free summer as a kid working at a menial job, the...
by Christine | Aug 31, 2015 | Welcome Column
Monday, August 31, 2015When Eddie DuCommun died several weeks ago it sent a shock wave through our bluegrass family. Like his sister Diana Donnelly, Eddie had a phenomenal amount of music in him, and like his sister, he was loved by all who knew him. Over...
by Christine | Feb 15, 2017 | Welcome Column
I’ve said many times, one of the things that bluegrass and baseball have in common is, they’re both fun to argue about. Bill Monroe or Jimmy Martin? Mickey Mantle or Joe DiMaggio? One of the life’s little pleasures is arguing back and forth the points that make either...
by Christine | Jan 17, 2016 | Welcome Column
The thing that basically drives El Niño is heat, hot water, and more hot water from the south Pacific, pumping moisture into the atmosphere that just happens to make landfall on the California coast. As the clouds go higher over the Sierras, the temperature gets...
by Christine | Aug 15, 2018 | Welcome Column
Soon, the members of the CBA will asked to vote for the next Board of Directors. For many, this is considered too trivial to command even a moment’s attention. Nothing could be further from the truth. An organization must have leadership to survive, and the CBA has...
