by Christine | Feb 22, 2015 | Welcome Column
Sometimes when I get a phone call from one of my three sisters, I can’t tell which one I’m talking to. In fact they all sound like me and we all sound like our mother. I’m assuming that the same genetic make-up that gives us similar facial features is at work in the...
by Christine | Sep 16, 2016 | Welcome Column
(Editor’s Note—Henry (Hank) Zuniga wrote a monthly Welcome column for a number of years and never once in this years did he pull any punches about who he was and where he came from. Many of his pieces were inspirational, including this one from 2007.)Life is funny, or...
by Christine | Feb 28, 2016 | Welcome Column
(Nine years ago Henry wrote his first Welcome column, in which he explained how he fell in with this lot of “hillbilly” bluegrass lovers. Time to hear that story again. RC)Life is funny, or cruel, or wonderful, depending on whom you ask. When...
by Christine | Nov 4, 2010 | Welcome Column
(Editor’s Note: No doubt most of you are aware that Henry (Big Hank) Zuniga underwent quite serious surgery yesterday. By his wife’s account he’s pulled through nicely and is on the mend. Nancy, dear girl, is exhausted and will not be delivering her always fine first...
by Christine | Feb 27, 2015 | Welcome Column
(Editor’s Note—Henry (Hank) Zuniga wrote a monthly Welcome column for a number of years and never once in this years did he pull any punches about who he was and where he came from. Many of his pieces were inspirational, including this one from 2007.) Life is funny,...
by Christine | Aug 2, 2007 | Welcome Column
Life is funny, or cruel, or wonderful, depending on whom you ask. When you ask is also something to take into consideration because life is in a perpetual state of change and we are merely players on this unfolding stage we call earth. When asked if I would do...
by Christine | Feb 17, 2013 | Welcome Column
Some of you know that I am a tea snob and bloody proud of it. I don’t drink coffee, not because of any particular reason except that I never learned to appreciate the taste. My life would be so much easier if I did drink coffee though…..how many business meetings have...
by Christine | Aug 14, 2014 | Welcome Column
At Grass Valley this year someone had a deal on a CD purchase that included a set of the recently released Tony Rice Martin guitar strings. The box said “Monel” on it, which piqued my interest; reminded me of the “Gibson mona-steel” strings that used to be around....
by Christine | Jun 8, 2011 | Welcome Column
There’s a funny Far Side cartoon that shows a forlorn dog, violin in hand (paw?), staring out the plate glass window of his house, at his friends who are out chasing cats. It’s a play on a common cultural theme, of kids being forced to take music lessons and grieving...
by Christine | May 30, 2016 | Welcome Column
(From Nancy, 209){NOTE: I wrote this column the day before Bruce Campbell’s “Holiday Gift Ideas” welcome message appeared on the CBA web site yesterday. Hopefully, the content is different enough that readers won’t be bored with columns dealing with the...
