by Christine | Jul 5, 2011 | Welcome Column
Already quite hot here at Whiskey Creek. The dogs are already in their stretch-as-much-body-surface-on-the-floor-as-possible sleeping position, Lynn’s got her swi suit on for water aerobics and I’m wearing as few clothes as are legally permissible. (And no, I won’t...
by Christine | Aug 4, 2011 | Welcome Column
It’s never too early to start getting the word out, so I’d like to use today’s column to give a head’s up about Bluegrass on the Mountain, an event that Henry and I are organizing in our local area this coming fall. On October 15th, we will be presenting two fine...
by Christine | Oct 22, 2009 | Welcome Column
I know that a lot of you folks in the CBA remember Vic Cearly, more often referred to as “Moonshine Vic”. Vic passed away a few years back, but he will be remembered as long as there are those of us that had the good fortune of sampling his “Mountain...
by Christine | Aug 10, 2007 | Welcome Column
As is my habit, I occasionally go to the Message Board and re-read, from start to finish, some of the longer, more controversial threads, almost like a narrative than like reading individual posts made over a week or two or even three. I find that by doing this...
by Christine | Feb 28, 2013 | Welcome Column
Most everybody that I know in this world loves a good practical joke that, a. Doesn’t hurt anybody physically b. Or intentionally hurt anybody mentally. I know that every once in a while all of us have been in a situation where a practical joke presents itself,...
by Christine | May 5, 2012 | Welcome Column
Good morning from Whiskey Creek, which is actually the name of the little gravel cul de sac on which we live, and more interestingly, I think, the name of the creek that bifurcates our six acres just outside the little town of Jamestown, a speck of a berg whose...
by Christine | Jul 6, 2011 | Welcome Column
Every year, soon after the Father’s Day Festival, the subject of Board Elections comes up. I don’t have the long experience with the CBA that some folks have, but in my relatively brief involvement with this fine organization, I have seen an interesting phenomenon...
by Christine | Aug 15, 2013 | Welcome Column
Bluegrass music is special. We all know that. It is distinct from other forms of music but at the same time, it is a unique blending of many of those other forms of music. Blues, Old Time, Country and Gospel music had to exist before Bluegrass could ever hit the air...
by Christine | Jul 18, 2018 | Welcome Column
In business, there’s a saying that “failing to plan is planning to fail”. In baseball, the most successful hitters approach the at-bat with a plan, based upon the situation. On the other hand, an American president brags about going into a high-level meeting with...
by Christine | Jan 8, 2012 | Welcome Column
“Got Milk?” You all know the slogan by now. A number of years has passed since the launch of that classic advertising campaign. I vividly remember the very first spot I saw on TV for “Got Milk?”. An obsessed and possibly deranged individual is...
