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...
by Christine | Dec 3, 2009 | Welcome Column
{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 subject of gifts...
by Christine | Sep 22, 2020 | Welcome Column
It hasn’t been that long ago that Facebook started dominating my residual time: the dominatrix of spare moments which used to be assigned to simply looking up into the sky on a sunny day; or wondering, how many stories could be told by the Redwood Tree which...
by Christine | Jan 23, 2011 | Welcome Column
We recently attended the Forty-Eight Hour Jam in Bakersfield, what a great event! It’s just what I needed to get me out of the winter time “blahs.” Winters on the Delta are often cold, gray and gloomy and can bring out the worst in a person. I sometimes sit under my...
by Christine | Oct 8, 2010 | Welcome Column
I love to sing. I love to harmonize. I don’t back off much. I just let it roll. Body and soul. Not everyone feels that same freedom when they sing. That thing where you unbutton your sternum, pull open your ribs and just let her rip. Some folks approach singing like a...
by Christine | Jun 30, 2020 | Welcome Column
Most folks love to sing whether they admit it or not. Singing is a very natural thing to do for most people no matter if they have a good voice or not. Still many of us are embarrassed to sing in public. We’ve heard professional singers and they are...
by Christine | Oct 14, 2013 | Welcome Column
Jack Norman’s mother wanted to be the proud parent of twins. She didn’t get her way, because Jack was her first and only child. And there he was some twenty-four years ago coming into this ol’ world all by his lonesome. Oh it wasn’t Jack’s fault, but nevertheless,...
