by Christine | Oct 21, 2011 | Welcome Column
I start off each day with 5 things to be grateful for and in the process end up counting so many more blessings. Its a great way to begin the day and adds so much more to life when one thinks about the big and small blessings of people, places and things that fill our...
by Christine | Aug 26, 2013 | Welcome Column
Jeanie and I recently participated in a sea chantey singalong at San Francisco’s Hyde Street Pier. Aboard the three-masted ship Balclutha we joined nearly a hundred other seaworthy souls in a rollicking good time. A song leader would quickly teach us the chorus and...
by Christine | Sep 24, 2012 | Welcome Column
Bluegrass music is unique in that a large percentage of its fans are musicians themselves. This is partly explained by the relative ease with which one can get started picking on a folk-based, stringed instrument. With the exception of the fiddle, which requires some...
by Christine | Feb 3, 2010 | Welcome Column
We all know The Jambuster, or we think we do. You’re at a jam, and everything is going swimmingly. The circle of jammers might be close friends, perfect strangers, or a mixture, but regardless, the jam is on a roll. Song and song is enthusiastically presented and...
by Christine | Jul 8, 2011 | Welcome Column
I enjoy cooking a lot a lot. Which is to say I enjoy cooking lots of food for lots of people. I’m told I do pretty well cooking for large groups, but that’s not always been the case. Mid way into adulthood, I’d never cooked at all. I was a wood worker and loved...
by Christine | Mar 17, 2019 | Welcome Column
I enjoy cooking a lot a lot. Which is to say I enjoy cooking lots of food for lots of people. I’m told I do pretty well cooking for large groups, but that’s not always been the case.Mid way into adulthood, I’d never cooked at all. I was a wood worker...
by Christine | May 31, 2015 | Welcome Column
January 2004 I enjoy cooking a lot a lot. Which is to say I enjoy cooking lots of food for lots of people. I’m told I do pretty well cooking for large groups, but that’s not always been the case. Mid way into adulthood, I’d never cooked at all. I was a wood worker and...
by Christine | Jan 29, 2004 | Welcome Column
I enjoy cooking a lot a lot. Which is to say I enjoy cooking lots of food for lots of people. I’m told I do pretty well cooking for large groups, but that’s not always been the case. Mid way into adulthood, I’d never cooked at all. I was a wood worker and loved...
by Christine | Jul 7, 2014 | Welcome Column
Dear Friends, The Father’s Day Festival was just a bunch of fun! So good, in fact, that we skipped my son Marty’s high school graduation ceremony to get up there on Thursday. Of course these days everyone is in immediate and direct contact with everyone else, what...
by Christine | May 14, 2009 | Welcome Column
Today’s Welcome Column from George Martin Thursday, May 14, 2009 At the the Turlock campout we ended up right next to Jim Genaw and Mikki Feeney. Besides a lot of excellent music, we enjoyed just hanging out at their camp, fondly remembering the now-defunct festival...
