by Christine | Jan 25, 2016 | Welcome Column
THE DAILY GRIST…“We grew from a small seed.”–Carl Pagter (Today’s column is a reprint of an article I wrote back in 2006 for Bluegrass Now magazine. With the start of this fresh new year, we also look back at our past so I thought it would be...
by Christine | Feb 4, 2020 | Welcome Column
Lynn and I actually have a manger here at Whiskey Creek. No, we don’t, nor have we ever, had visiting dignitaries stop by the place to deliver precious gifts or sing the praises of He who shall bring peace on earth. But we DO have a mnager, complete...
by Christine | Apr 14, 2013 | Welcome Column
Good morning from Whiskey Creek, where just like it has for the past twelve years since Lynn and I and the dogs moved here, nature is renewing itself in spectacular fashion. All blossoms and greenery and some of the most enjoyable weather we’ll see all year....
by Christine | Sep 29, 2020 | Welcome Column
Fifty-one years ago I knocked on an apartment door on the south side of San Jose, out near Tully Road, an unremarkable act that I did not realize would change my life.I needed to use a telephone to get phone service for the apartment two doors down where my three San...
by Christine | Dec 14, 2012 | Welcome Column
I’ve lived sixty one years, and would like to live another sixty one. By my calculations that means I’ve lived through sixty one Christmas’s. I really like Christmas. Maybe it’s just where I’m sitting, but it seems to me that on that day, once a year, the world’s a...
by Christine | Dec 23, 2011 | Welcome Column
Sometimes things happen that are bigger than life. It was last Christmas, and Deb Livermore, Armondo Garcia, Chef Mike, a saxophone playing friend of Armondo’s and myself decided to spread a little holiday cheer. Mike can sing those syrupy Christmas songs like Andy...
by Christine | Dec 29, 2011 | Welcome Column
I’ve always thought it would be cool to be a disk jockey on the radio. Spin just the right tunes from a vast music collection for all you listeners to enjoy, just as if you were at a party with your closest friends. My little brother was a DJ in college and even...
by Christine | Dec 17, 2015 | Welcome Column
(Editor’s Note: Third Saturdays are normally Don Denison days but, as you probably know, Don has been hospitalized for a while now and has missed a few months. The good news is that Bob Thomas posted an update on Don yesterday on the Message Board...
by Christine | Feb 25, 2019 | Welcome Column
The United Methodical Church for the Preservation of the True Definition of Bluegrass Music is located in an out of the way, off the beaten track, small town near Weaverville, California. The name of the town is Monroe Town Junction (its Sister City is Lake Wobegon,...
by Christine | Nov 26, 2015 | Welcome Column
Daily grist; “One man with courage makes a majority.”– Andrew Jackson, 1767 to 1845. Seventh American president.The circle is been severely stressed and tested, but remains unbroken. We have all heard the song Will the circle be unbroken,...
