by Christine | May 16, 2018 | 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 48,000 people in it, so my “real” small town friends may scoff at me. My wife and I love the...
by Christine | Sep 14, 2013 | Welcome Column
The Healdsburg Guitar Festival is not in Healdsburg; Healdsburg, California that is. That doesn’t seem to make sense, like much of what is going on in the world today. This guitar festival, that is held only once every two years, did actually start in Healdsburg,...
by Christine | Nov 9, 2012 | Welcome Column
Good morning from Whiskey Creek, where instead of Jack Daniels, our stream runs with ice cold water for the first time since last March, where a stone walk-way leading from the house to our parking compound lies half-completed and is likely to remain so for quite a...
by Christine | May 11, 2012 | Welcome Column
Surrounded by cough syrup and Kleenex at four-thirty in the morning, I’m thinking about Smiley camp, where I’m not gonna be this weekend. I was supposed to be. I meant to be, but life has a way of changing your schedule. The Rumiano’s yearly bash is an event I...
by Christine | Dec 11, 2016 | Welcome Column
Don’t let Smoky Mountain smoke get in your eyesIf you do, I’m telling youYou’ll want to live there the rest of your lifeSmoky Mountain, Tennessee.I spent my childhood not very far from the beautiful Smoky Mountains of North Carolina and Tennessee. It was a treat every...
by Christine | Jan 30, 2017 | Welcome Column
George Martin’s “Rattlesnake” post on the message board last week, reminded me of an incident a long time ago that was pretty hair raising. I cant remember the exact year it happened. I think it was about 1976 or ’77. Any way, it was in the...
by Christine | Jul 25, 2009 | Welcome Column
George Martin’s “Rattlesnake” post on the message board last week, reminded me of an incident a long time ago that was pretty hair raising. I cant remember the exact year it happened. I think it was about 1976 or ’77. Any way, it was in the...
by Christine | Feb 23, 2015 | Welcome Column
Contrary to Bill Monroe’s Footprints in the Snow lyrics above, lots of northerners try to get away from all that snow, and go south for the winter months. They are known as “Snowbirds.” Snowbird – Noun; A snowbird is someone from the U.S. Northeast, U.S. Midwest,...
by Christine | Sep 15, 2019 | Welcome Column
It doesn’t feel like the third Sunday of the month…this one snuck up really fast. So what bluegrass news do I have, what CBA philosophies to peddle, and what updates are pending? I will be able to tell you more this afternoon. The CBA Board is having our annual FDF...
by Christine | Sep 25, 2008 | Welcome Column
So, what’s up with ‘so’? Can anybody tell me? Any theories? Am I the only one who’s bothered by this? Well, not bothered. More perplexed. And curious. So, here’s what I’m talking about: the habit of a growing number of young folks, let’s say twenty-five to thirty-five...
