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...
by Christine | May 17, 2015 | Welcome Column
Strange weather. You would think that drought weather this time of the year would be consistently sunny, hot, dry. Rather, I’m sitting here at my desk in the East Bay and the weather is overcast, chilly, windy, and just enough precipitation to tease and fool us. Right...
by Christine | Jul 8, 2007 | Welcome Column
Well, it’s been nearly a week now since the passing of our friend Jake Quesenberry and for me at least, it still hasn’t completely sunk in that he’s gone. I had an interesting relationship with Jake, different, I’m thinking than most given the posts I’ve read on the...
by Christine | Jan 9, 2011 | Welcome Column
Happy New Year to all you Bluegrass fans out there! This year happens to be a very special year because it marks the centenary of the birth of the greatest Bluegrasser of them all. In case you didn’t already know, Bill Monroe, the revered founder of a very...
