by Christine | Nov 9, 2013 | Welcome Column
Bessie named her upright acoustic bass, “Helen.” This was done because of the fond memory of her great grandmother, who also was a bass player. So Bessie did herself proud by nurturing the musical branches of her family tree. The diminutive, somewhat frail Bessie...
by Christine | Nov 7, 2015 | Welcome Column
During the past couple of weeks in the Low Lands, hommage has been given to two great banjo players who are no longer with us. The news of Bill Keith’s passing has been received with sadness all over Europe, as many people not only greatly respected and admired him as...
by Christine | Apr 28, 2015 | Welcome Column
Hello from Whiskey Creek, where the rain we had over the weekend and the mid to high 80’s sun shine we’re having this week promises to coax into bloom the last hold outs. (That same one-two punch will also cause an explosion of tasty shoots from our lawn, to the sheer...
by Christine | Dec 16, 2018 | Welcome Column
Abject apologies for posting my column late. I actually got up early this morning focused on getting a storage shed built before the rains come this afternoon. Sometimes tunnel vision gets some things accomplished at the expense of others. But I did get the shed up...
by Christine | Sep 20, 2009 | Welcome Column
This week I’m just about all wrote out. I’ve been in the midst of what I call “grant writing hell” and have been oh so slowly, excruciatingly, painfully plodding along writing my sections of a large grant that will probably end up well over 200 pages. All the...
by Christine | Oct 17, 2010 | Welcome Column
This week I’m just about all wrote out. I’m in the midst yet again of what I call “grant writing hell” and have been oh so slowly, excruciatingly, painfully plodding along writing yet another grant. I’m behind schedule, which means I’m not getting much sleep and...
by Christine | Sep 3, 2016 | Welcome Column
(Editor’s Note–Loes van Schaijk, our European columnist, is still on vacation so we thought we’d dig way, way back to one of Geoff Sargent’s very first Welcomes…RC)This week I’m just about all wrote out. I’m in the midst yet again of what...
by Christine | Aug 9, 2019 | Welcome Column
Hello stranger, put your loving hand in mineHello stranger, put your loving hand in mineYou are a stranger, but you’re a pal of mineSometimes these lyrics just go on repeat in my head; to me they signify exactly what the bluegrass community is about....
by Christine | Nov 11, 2009 | Welcome Column
Happy Veteran’s Day, and Happy Birthday, Dad! We all know what dogs do when they greet each other. Bluegrass pickers have their greeting rituals, too. Being people, (instead of dogs), the greeting usually starts as a verbal exchange, ranging from mere “Hello,...
by Christine | Sep 6, 2014 | Welcome Column
Well, here I am. The other side of the country does have its fair share of culture shocks, like the fact that Mexican food is made with American cheddar cheese, but in general I am loving my time seeing and absorbing a different part of the world. I guess I have an...
