by Christine | Jul 15, 2004 | Welcome Column
Saturday morning at Hollister’s Good Old Fashioned Festival I had the great fortune of wandering by the camper of Tim and Sue Edes just as they were sitting down to breakfast….and the even greater fortune of being told Tim’d cooked too much. Over eggs easy-over, fried...
by Christine | Mar 31, 2015 | Welcome Column
I AM NOT…REPEAT…NOT A LAZY PERSON March 31, 2015 I’m at home, out of the hospital, feeling well and also, very grateful to my wife, Lynn, for getting me out of the jam I was in, as well as to the many, many, many friends who showed their concern and support. Several...
by Christine | May 30, 2008 | Welcome Column
Well, not really. I mean, unless I did or said something. In which case, I do apologize. Sincerely. No, my welcome today is not about making a public apology to the visitors of cbaontheweb.org, (though I’ve done that a few times in the past eight years, always for an...
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...
