by Christine | Jul 11, 2009 | Welcome Column
Bluegrass, Old Time and Gospel music is not universally appreciated around our house. I’ve admitted this deep dark secret before on the welcome column. So far I haven’t been asked to turn in my CBA membership card, so I’ll elaborate. In our family the great musical...
by Christine | Jul 18, 2012 | Welcome Column
In the book “The Right Stuff”, Tom Wolfe wrote about test pilots, and the stringent physical and mental requirements for the job, with regards to eyesight, agility, etc. The test pilots live in fear of failing these requirements, because, as Wolfe said, “It [the Right...
by Christine | Sep 5, 2020 | Welcome Column
Never before have I offered a Web welcome column that already has been published in the Bluegrass Breakdown, but I have been such a Vern & Ray fan for nearly 50 years that I decided this piece I did for the April CBA paper would be the exception. Another reason is...
by Christine | Nov 29, 2016 | Welcome Column
Are we thinking about IT already?You bet we are. Yes ….Father’s Day 2017 is only a little over 5 months away. I know, it is like advertising Christmas in June! But really, it is never too early to talk about the best festival this side of the...
by Christine | Dec 31, 2019 | Welcome Column
Daily Grist: We have always heard that breakfast is the most important meal of the day and here’s why. If you aren’t home by then, you are in a heap of trouble. JD RhynesAs I write this month welcome column it costs is close to 1030 in the...
by Christine | Jul 27, 2011 | Welcome Column
I’m feeling pretty good about humankind right now. It’d be REAL easy to feel just the opposite. There’s been some events in the news that leaves most people saddened and wondering “How can people do that to each other?” With a planet of 6 billion people, the odds are...
by Christine | Feb 15, 2012 | Welcome Column
I worked at a business that had about 8000 customers, and at one time or another, I spoke with nearly all of them. The law of averages dictates that among these 8000 people, I would encounter just about every type of person there is. Well, who am I to defy the law! I...
by Christine | Dec 31, 2012 | Welcome Column
Good New Year’s Eve Day from Whiskey Creek, where our annual holiday telephone line fail is in full bloom. Yes, the land-line telephone dial tone went silent Friday afternoon and, like an angry spouse who’s ‘had it up to here’ and resorts to the silent treatment, has...
by Christine | Mar 25, 2019 | Welcome Column
The Kathy Kallick Band has received some blush-worthy reviews of their latest release, Horrible World. Derk Richardson (who also hosts a radio show on KPFA) made the album a pick in Oakland magazine and provides a nice summary:”As a founding member of Good Ol’...
by Christine | Nov 5, 2011 | Welcome Column
As some of you know, I’m a Deputy Sheriff for Kern County. One of our regular duties is to provide police services for the fair in Ridgecrest twice a year. It’s a nice little fair, but since it’s not a big fair in a major metropolitan area, the entertainment is...
