by Christine | Aug 1, 2020 | Welcome Column
(WARNING! Mandolin Geek Content).“Timber!” The two giant trees were falling from grace at precisely the same time in different parts of the world. Neither one could know that they would eventually meet and become as one. A sudden chill in the noontime air accompanied...
by Christine | Sep 16, 2019 | Welcome Column
I’m not really a guitar picker but the first fretted instrument I ever picked up as a kid was a guitar and I have loved them ever since. For some reason when it came time for me to pick a bluegrass instrument and enjoy the full experience with my like-minded friends,...
by Christine | Nov 5, 2017 | Welcome Column
(from 11/24/2016) Daily Grist…”Can we not all come together on one day, especially the one day set aside in America for giving thanks for all the blessings that we enjoy. Can we not all come together, foregoing the titles that we call ourselves politically...
by Christine | Jan 5, 2018 | Welcome Column
“The evil that men do lives long after them,The good is oft interred in their bones.” W.Shakespeare… I think the words by Mr. Shakespeare speak volumes to our current state of affairs. Starting off the New Year. Somber, sad, devastating...
by Christine | Dec 25, 2014 | Welcome Column
(Editor’s Note—From Christmas time last year.) In the living room of my house there is a beautiful old fireplace that I just dearly love. The first time I used that fireplace in the fall of 1994 it filled the whole house with smoke, due to the fact that the smoke...
by Christine | Jun 29, 2020 | Welcome Column
In the living room of my house there is a beautiful old fireplacethat I just dearly love. The first time I used that fireplace in thefall of 1994 it filled the whole house with smoke, due to the factthat the smoke shelf was not high enough. That ain’t no problem...
by Christine | Jun 21, 2007 | Welcome Column
I had a friend who for many years was the chairman of the board of a fairly large food co-op in the south bay. The non-profit co-op ran two medium sized full-service grocery stores and had a pretty large, very loyal dues-paying membership. My friend, whose name was...
by Christine | Nov 29, 2009 | Welcome Column
(With all the talk of the cooking in Welcomes and on the Message Board recently, I thought it might be a good time to re-share my own cooking story. It’s one I shared nearly six years ago right here.) I Like to Cook A Lot A Lot January 2004 I enjoy cooking a lot a...
by Christine | Jun 23, 2019 | Welcome Column
Daily Grist; “No nation can be great unless its sons and daughters have in them the quality to rise level to the needs of heroic days.”–Theodore Roosevelt, President of the United States, October 1918I have a shaving mug that one time was a...
by Christine | Dec 10, 2017 | Welcome Column
It was just about a year ago that I first hooked up with Sophronie. I know that some of you who know me, CBA or otherwise, may be shocked by this admission. Although you have likely never met my beautiful wife Joyce (because she hates Bluegrass), you might know from...
