by Christine | Jan 11, 2013 | Welcome Column
I’ve been playing in bands since I was fourteen. About every kind of band combination and style of music that came by at the right time. The first one, in Kansas City Missouri, was called the vettes four, and we were named after the Corvette. Don’t ask me why that was...
by Christine | Jul 6, 2016 | Welcome Column
“Quality of life” is a phrase that gets bandied about quite a bit and a lot of different contexts. I first heard the term in a “right to die” context – the phrase referred to the argument against heroic measures to keep someone alive, even as all their...
by Christine | Jan 4, 2007 | Welcome Column
Editor’s Note–Because of the nature of our respective careers, (she applications programmer, me team leader of a Internet development business), my wife and I have side-by-side computers set up on a wall-length counter in our study. And that’s where, most...
by Christine | May 19, 2018 | Welcome Column
“Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved.” –Helen KellerThis quote, poignant, turns my thoughts directions I haven’t...
by Christine | Feb 4, 2014 | Welcome Column
Many of us can remember the days when driving any long distance without a tape player in the vehicle was sure to present some surprises and also some disappointments. Surprises, because sometimes you’d actually get to hear something absolutely wonderful,...
by Christine | May 23, 2015 | Welcome Column
Many of us can remember the days when driving any long distance without a tape player in the vehicle was sure to present some surprises and also some disappointments. Surprises, because sometimes you’d actually get to hear something absolutely wonderful,...
by Christine | Aug 21, 2019 | Welcome Column
Moving stuff around in my cluttered basement the other day I came upon a box containing a reel-to-reel tape (kids, ask your parents) that brought back somebittersweet memories.It was 1973 and Earl Scruggs, my musical hero, was coming to play the Boarding House...
by Christine | Sep 9, 2012 | Welcome Column
If you visit this web site often, you probably like to listen to Bluegrass, Old Time and Gospel music whenever you get the chance. You go to live venues, jams and festivals to hear your favorite music. You probably own a few CDs that you can pop into your car stereo,...
by Christine | May 24, 2014 | Welcome Column
Liners, Drops, Bumpers. There are about as many different names for them as there are radio stations and musicians. Now, if you’re not a musician or a radio announcer, what they are is those short little pre-recorded announcements in an artist’s voice...
by Christine | May 20, 2019 | Welcome Column
Enough of this rain already! The atmospheric river is really getting me down this May. We’ve never had this much rain in Sonoma County for as long as I can remember. Forty seven inches since the season started in October versus less than twenty this time last year. On...
