by Christine | Oct 23, 2009 | Welcome Column
Last morning I was awakened in my hotel room in L.A. by the telephone. It was Lynn. She sounded breathless. “I won,” she said, “I actually won.” What my wife won was afirst, a second and an honorable mention for three of her water colors at the first ever judged art...
by Christine | Feb 10, 2011 | Welcome Column
Being in a band can be like being in a family — or not so much. I read somewhere that the Rolling Stones dislike each other so much they go months without even talking, until it’s time to go make a few million dollars, at which time they meet, rehearse, go on...
by Christine | Nov 4, 2017 | Welcome Column
Being in a band can be like being in a family — or not so much. I readsomewhere that the Rolling Stones dislike each other so much they go monthswithout even talking, until it’s time to go make a few million dollars, at whichtime they meet, rehearse, go on the...
by Christine | Dec 26, 2009 | Welcome Column
Have you ever gone to take a bite out of a piece of food, expecting one thing and then been totally surprised because it is not, I mean WAY not what you’d expected? Well I have. I can think of three examples right now, two that I personally experienced, and one in...
by Christine | Dec 26, 2014 | Welcome Column
Good morning from Whiskey Creek, which, even during the height of a down pour, which we’ve had, thank you Lord, plenty of, isn’t running much this year because a landowner upstream from us has decided, for whatever reason, not to replace a 36 inch culvert that has...
by Christine | Nov 16, 2003 | Welcome Column
One of our cbaontheweb.org visitors raised a good question on the Message Board yesterday. In part here’s what the visitor said—“How can we have a compition (sic) such as how I Got Hooked on Bluegrass or name that Musician or who wants so called Jamgrass when you are...
by Christine | May 11, 2005 | Welcome Column
When I got home from Stockton the evening evening before last, Lynn reported in her matter-of-fact way that I’d gotten some CBA mail and it was next to my computer, that a woman from San Bernardino called me about a job I’m doing for her, that she’d taken Sidney to...
by Christine | Nov 29, 2018 | Welcome Column
Playing banjo for 58 seconds — how hard could it be? Well, if the tape is running, harder than one would expect.I got an e-mail recently from a fellow who was making a CD and said he had got my name from someone who knew me and he needed 58 seconds of banjo...
by Christine | Dec 7, 2020 | Welcome Column
Many of you will get a day off tomorrow for the Columbus Day Holiday, but not me. September is the holiday month for me. Not only do I get Labor Day on the first Monday of the month like everybody else, I also get Native American Day on the fourth Friday. I work as a...
by Christine | Oct 11, 2009 | Welcome Column
Many of you will get a day off tomorrow for the Columbus Day Holiday, but not me. September is the holiday month for me. Not only do I get Labor Day on the first Monday of the month like everybody else, I also get Native American Day on the fourth Friday. I work as a...
