by Christine | Jul 18, 2020 | Welcome Column
(EDITOR’S NOTE: Here’s an oldy but goody from our dear friend way up north. I’d dearly love it if Carolyn could be persuaded to write some new columns. Such a clever, off the wall thinker. RC)OK, Who really knows what one could manage to choke down...
by Christine | Jul 19, 2019 | Welcome Column
(Editor’s Note–Carolyn, long-time CBA Membership Vice President, gifted old time claw hammer banjo player and former California Honey Bee Princess, is above all else an incredible cook. If we can believe her recommendations for fine recipes, and I think we...
by Christine | Jul 17, 2010 | Welcome Column
OK, Who really knows what one could manage to choke down if one were starving? I’ve never been starving. I’ve never even been really hungry, I mean really hungry. So if ever I were in that position, I suppose I may have to eat my words. But gladly. I think I could...
by Christine | Dec 15, 2013 | Welcome Column
When it comes to our CBA Music Camp, modesty is not one of my strong points! I can’t begin to tell you how proud I am of our Directors and teachers and volunteers and students and I can only hint at how excited I am about our 2014 Music Camp; the whole shebang...
by Christine | Dec 8, 2013 | Welcome Column
There may not be all that many bluegrass fans out there who like Hawaiian music but I am definitely among those who do. When the weather starts to turn cold, I love to pop some Hawaiian music into the CD player, turn up the heat full blast, and imagine that I’m...
by Christine | Aug 13, 2009 | Welcome Column
Author?s note: I have been struggling not to bore everybody by writing too much about my grandson, Cassens Jameson Martin, as I attempt to gently point the lad into a love for music. You can check out his progress by dialing up YouTube and searching for CJ unplugged,...
by Christine | Jul 14, 2019 | Welcome Column
I hate it when I play sloppy notes. We all play them and we all hate them. The question is what should we do about them? What can we do about them? The obvious answer to the second question is practice (actually three answers: practice, practice, practice). We all...
by Christine | Apr 19, 2011 | Welcome Column
My wife tells me that I’m a slow learner. That is to say, Lynn tells me what I should do, need to do, ought to do, for my own good, our good, for the dogs’ good, for the good of the United States of America, and I’m very slow to translate the lesson into concrete...
by Christine | Mar 11, 2012 | Welcome Column
A lot of people would say I live in a small town, but it doesn’t seem that way to me. Healdsburg is about the same size as the town I grew up in but since it sits right in the heart of the Sonoma County wine country, it’s harder to find a place where you...
by Christine | Mar 25, 2015 | Welcome Column
I love living in a small town! Now, let me admit, my “small town” isn’t super small. I know several CBA pals who live in REALLY small towns. My town, Martinez, has about 45,000 people in it, so my “real” small town friends may scoff at me. My wife and I love the...
