by Christine | May 26, 2016 | Welcome Column
Daily Grist–“Once you get to be 78 years old like myself, one of the most important things I’ve learned in life is this. You never get too old to learn something stupid.” JD RhynesStarting in 1985 until 1991 I think, if I remember right,...
by Christine | Oct 25, 2019 | Welcome Column
(EDITORS NOTE–Many times when I bump into a CBA member they ask me how J.D. Rhynes is doing…lots and lots of folks asked me at the camp out at Lodi last week. My response is ALWAYS the same. The old man’s Parkinson’s is ravaging his body but it...
by Christine | Nov 17, 2012 | Welcome Column
Bluegrass festivals and related activities cause memories, and the intensity varies depending on your blood-to-coffee ratio. Memories have such a way of being…let me search for the right word here. Memorable. Many are fond memories, like the first time we hitch...
by Christine | Sep 23, 2018 | Welcome Column
Bluegrass festivals and related activities cause memories, and the intensity varies depending on your blood-to-coffee ratio. Memories have such a way of being…let me search for the right word here. Memorable. Many are fond memories, like the first time we hitch...
by Christine | Dec 22, 2019 | Welcome Column
(EDITOR’S COMMENT: It’s been nearly three years now since Nancy retired from her Welcome writing chores. I’ve missed her pithy, always spot on columns. Here’s one of my favorites from back in early ’17. RC)This coming Sunday, I’m...
by Christine | Jan 27, 2015 | Welcome Column
(It’s hard to believe it’s been this many years since Nancy retired from her Welcome columnist job. Here’s one of her pieces from 2010. As always, a fun read with a point worth making.) This coming Sunday, I’m looking forward to a visit with one of the greatest...
by Christine | Sep 2, 2010 | Welcome Column
This coming Sunday, I’m looking forward to a visit with one of the greatest people I’ve ever been privileged to know. Flossie Lewis was my English teacher during my sophomore year at Abraham Lincoln High School in San Francisco. As the classic nerd, I...
by Christine | Apr 8, 2016 | Welcome Column
I went on to facebook Wednesday after work and that’s how I found out that Merle Haggard had died. My friend Armando Garcia had posted about seven videos playing pieces of his songs and reading the news of his demise. It hit me hard. It surprised me, really, that it...
by Christine | Jan 7, 2007 | Welcome Column
(Editor’s Note—Once again we bring you a recollection from that master recollector, J.D. Rhynes. Does he make this stuff up? Are the stories true or are the stories figments of his fertile imagination? Since they’re always good ones, guess it doesn’t really matter.)...
by Christine | Dec 25, 2019 | Welcome Column
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