To Christmas or to Holiday?

by | Dec 18, 2013 | Welcome Column

Every year about this time, a debate rages anew. At some point, a few years ago, someone suggested to associate this season with a single, non-secular holiday (that would be Christmas) was insensitive to people of other faiths. So, an effort was made to remake the...

To each her own

by | Apr 12, 2016 | Welcome Column

To each his own at a campout.  Musicians gather at many of our campouts in any form in order to play with friends.  They arrive in 40 foot motorhomes with every bell and whistle possible.  It is good to get to know these attendees in case there is...

To Each His Own

by | May 3, 2015 | Welcome Column

Ron Spears just wrote critical piece about “corporate country.” I happen to concur with his point of view that the bottom line of commercial country industry is the bottom line, but hasn’t this always really been the case for decades? Maybe one’s taste and...

To Each His Own

by | Mar 3, 2018 | Welcome Column

Ron Spears just wrote critical piece about “corporate country.” I happen to concur with his point of view that the bottom line of commercial country industry is the bottom line, but hasn’t this always really been the case for decades? Maybe one’s taste and...

To Plug In, or Not To Plug In?

by | Oct 2, 2013 | Welcome Column

One of the enduring iconic visuals of classic bluegrass is the band clustered around a single ribbon microphone, usually with some radio station’s call letters attached to it. Despite its acoustic instrumentation, bluegrass has been played through a microphone (or...

To sleep, perchance to dream…

by | Jan 31, 2013 | Welcome Column

Good fifth Thursday of the month from Whiskey Creek, where from one day to the next we, the human residents of our little mountain retreat, have no idea what new little surprise wrought by that natural of all process, aging, will be visited upon us next. My own...

To sleep, perchance to dream…

by | Jul 31, 2017 | Welcome Column

(EDITOR’S NOTE–On this, the last “5th Day” I’ve reached back in time to a piece I wrote a long while ago.  I choose it because it’s about dreams, and I had a whopper last night.  R)Good morning from Whiskey Creek, where...

Today I Turn 70

by | Nov 7, 2019 | Welcome Column

Today I turn 70 years old. I don’t feel any older than yesterday or last year for that matter. There seems to be cumulative effect though. I feel older than I did 10 years ago or for sure 20 years ago but when did it happen, I don’t know, but it certainly did. I’m...

Today is Tuna Day

by | May 2, 2020 | Welcome Column

 May : Named for  Maia ,Greet goddess of fertility.Fifth month of the yearThe emerald  is May’s jewel.May 1:  On this day in 1952  Mr. Potato Head was introduced.May 1: School Principal’s DayMay 2: World  Tuna DayMay 5-11  Root Canal...