by Christine | Sep 14, 2011 | Welcome Column
Yesterday, I did something I’ve never done – I solicited story ideas on Facebook. I received several good ideas almost immediately, but one caught my eye and fired my imagination up. I will quote the suggestion verbatim: “Why is it that people expect a female musician...
by Christine | May 24, 2010 | Welcome Column
If you’re gonna be a Bluegrass fan, you gotta have a nickname. It’s as simple as that. Fortunately for me, I was reared in the Southeast, (where Bluegrass was born). Colorful nicknames are the rule there. My mom called me “Bert Boy” almost before I was born. I kid you...
by Christine | Jun 5, 2010 | Welcome Column
A couple of weeks back, Bert Daniel wrote a column about nicknames that engendered a lengthy thread on the Message Board. It got me thinking…. If you’re reading this, you know me as Slim. That’s fine with me. I’ve been tall all my life (6’ 4”) and , for most of it...
by Christine | Jun 29, 2016 | Welcome Column
I’m on vacation, but the miracles of the Internet allow me to write today’s column and get it to you, dear readers.I’m in Nashville! I have been here a few times before, working the CBA Hospitality for the IBMA World of Bluegrass event when it was in Nashville. Those...
by Christine | Jan 15, 2016 | Welcome Column
Good morning from Whiskey Creek, where we’ve welcomed yet another mammal into the household, this time an eight month old kitten whose name is Stewart. Lynn and I tend to be frugal with pet names, which is to say if we can find the least bit of an excuse we’ll...
by Christine | Jul 5, 2018 | Welcome Column
Did it work, the no walking bass thing at his year’s festival as introduced in my last month’s welcome? The answer is mostly. Tuesday night there was a pretty good jam at my campsite and plenty of jams in the nearby campsites the rest of the week. However, I was...
by Christine | Nov 3, 2012 | Welcome Column
So how bout them Giants? After a terrific year based on timely hitting and a dominating starting pitching staff led by the no hit stuff of Matt Cain. That doesn’t mean that this year didn’t have diversity, the loss of your closer is usually a death sentence to winning...
by Christine | Jun 27, 2012 | Welcome Column
Good Wednesday morning from Whiskey Creek. It’s rare that I find myself writing a Wednesday Welcome, and rarer still that my mind is as utterly void of ideas for the column as it is this morning since, typically, I have the advantage of a few days of warning and I can...
by Christine | Apr 14, 2011 | Welcome Column
Surely you’ve all heard the old joke about the fellow marching along in the circus parade, carrying a broom and dustpan and rolling a wheeled garbage can along behind the elephants. And an old friend sees him and says, “You need to do something more worthwhile with...
by Christine | Feb 11, 2020 | Welcome Column
Surely you’ve all heard the old joke about the fellow marching along in thecircus parade, carrying a broom and dustpan and rolling a wheeled garbage canalong behind the elephants. And an old friend sees him and says, “You need todo something more worthwhile with your...
