by Christine | Aug 20, 2013 | Welcome Column
This is a second set of papers I came across while rifling through my therapist’s files while she was out of the room. It summarizes some of the methods therapists can use to help bluegrass pickers make a clean break and get their lives back, if they want them....
by Christine | May 10, 2015 | Welcome Column
Today is Mother’s Day. Happy Mother’s Day to all you mothers out there! Today also happens to be the birthday of Maybelle Carter. “Mother Maybelle”, as she was called even in her forties, was born on May 10, 1909 in Nickelsville, Virginia. She was certainly a mother...
by Christine | May 13, 2018 | Welcome Column
Today is Mother’s Day. Happy Mother’s Day to all you mothers out there! Today also happens to be the birthday of Maybelle Carter. “Mother Maybelle”, as she was called even in her forties, was born on May 10, 1909 in Nickelsville, Virginia. She was certainly a mother...
by Christine | May 12, 2013 | Welcome Column
Sometimes it seems like everyone these days is part of their own live reality show on streaming video. When I was a kid, that sort of technology was just getting started. Personal photography was pretty established and some people I knew were even able to make their...
by Christine | Apr 3, 2014 | Welcome Column
I spent more than a couple of these 1st Thursdays talking about being retired and what I would be spending my copious free time on. I’ve talked many times about bass playing, rehearsing or practicing, taking lessons, walking with lots of flats, jamming and...
by Christine | May 3, 2020 | Welcome Column
I spent more than a couple of these 1st Thursdays talking about being retired and what I would be spending my copious free time on. I’ve talked many times about bass playing, rehearsing or practicing, taking lessons, walking with lots of flats, jamming and...
by Christine | May 1, 2014 | Welcome Column
Last month I told you of my motorhome hobby and the commitment of keeping it running and ready. A few of you commented and offered much appreciated advice particularly David Lange’s colorful instructions regarding towing. I leave it to you readers to look it up on the...
by Christine | May 5, 2016 | Welcome Column
Since we last talked I’ve been a very busy camper…literally. Beginning with three days at Walker Creek Music Camp and followed very closely by an eight day trip down the coast to San Diego and back. Anyone driving a motorhome these days must be aware of...
by Christine | Dec 25, 2012 | Welcome Column
When my brother and I were growing up in Lima, Peru, we were surrounded by a kind of music that you hear these days at every big outdoor attraction: those high flutes, the little armadillo-shell stringed instruments, the big booming bass drum. This was before Paul...
by Christine | Nov 6, 2016 | Welcome Column
Time to FALL BACK. Oh yes, it’s that time again to set our clocks back an hour. We will now be back in Standard Time. Be aware, if you don’t. You’ll be the only one sitting out in the parking lot waiting an hour for everybody else to show up and unlock the door on...
