by Christine | Mar 27, 2018 | Welcome Column
“I have given up the pursuit of perfection; I shall instead just seek to have both my shoes tied at the same time.” – Charles Brady to his daughter, Kate.I used to think that it was the job of the writer to seek perfection in his or her...
by Christine | May 22, 2010 | Welcome Column
Love is the strongest emotion known to man. It’s what defines us and generally directs our life paths. From the moment we leave the womb, and possibly before that, we are bonded with our mothers by this powerful feeling. This a good thing, since a mother is endowed...
by Christine | Mar 30, 2017 | Welcome Column
Let’s try one more time to run the very first article I wrote for the website. If I’m lucky, it might run all day this time:TWO ANECDOTES(Author’s note: My life changed for the better on September 25, 2008 when I got this e mail from Rick Cornish. I had sent Rick a...
by Christine | Aug 13, 2011 | Welcome Column
Spurred on by Randy Morton’s California Bluegrass Association’s Welcome Column of July 11, 2011, “My Drug Of Choice,” it got me thinking what a thirteen-step program for bluegrass musicians might look like (yes, adding one step to any twelve-step programs...
by Christine | Mar 15, 2018 | Welcome Column
BBC Radio in UK has a program series called “The Tingle Factor”. The brief is simple: musical, artistic or literary personalities share pieces of music which make the hair stand up on the back of their neck, and try to explain why. As you would...
by Christine | Feb 1, 2020 | Welcome Column
Sitting in an upright position on the couch, I am reading a popular national magazine that keeps readers current with all-things-bluegrass. Looking at one of the regular features that lists the top thirty songs which make their way to the top, middle, or bottom of the...
by Christine | Mar 14, 2011 | Welcome Column
Ah, the good old days. We miss them so much, don’t we? And the fact that no one can really agree on just when those days were doesn’t seem to diminish the longing. Bluegrass blogger and monthly Welcome message contributor Ted Lehmann spot an insightful piece and...
by Christine | Mar 12, 2015 | Welcome Column
Good morning from Whiskey Creek, where, for me at least, the prime directive for the past month, officially labeled PROJECT REDESIGN, (as in re-build from the ground up the CBA web site,) has managed to turn everyday life upside down, which can be an okay thing, and...
by Christine | Sep 20, 2017 | Welcome Column
Martinez, California (where I live) is unusual in a number of ways. One of those ways is, we had a town crier just a few years ago. His name was Redmond O’Colonies, and he was a real character. He was not from Martinez – he was a brit. A teller of stories, a...
by Christine | Sep 23, 2009 | Welcome Column
The day started out like any other. I began my day with strenuous calisthenics, which consisted of lifting 220 pounds just getting out of bed. I padded into the kitchen, put on a pot of some “nerve mud”, pried the cat off of my leg and sat down to check my e-mail....
