by Christine | Nov 9, 2014 | Welcome Column
You love Bluegrass music so you find your lawn chair and take a seat. Your chair is strategically positioned, near the center and close to the stage. Maybe it’s not as good a spot as you thought. The sun was in a different place when you snarfed that spot yesterday...
by Christine | Jul 7, 2018 | Welcome Column
Tristan Scroggins Tristan Scroggins is an award-winning mandolinist and composer from Denver Colorado. He has toured extensively with his father in the critically acclaimed bluegrass band Jeff Scroggins & Colorado. Now 22 years old, Tristan was nominated for the...
by Christine | Aug 30, 2012 | Welcome Column
Good Friday morning from Whiskey Creek, where no showers will be taken, no toilets flushed, not even a simple sprinkle and pat on the face to chase the sand man away. Last evening, shortly before dusk, my wife came home from a chat with the neighbor to tell me that a...
by Christine | Aug 21, 2016 | Welcome Column
Social media is kind of amazing. I know that some folks hate it and make a point out of not having a Facebook account or a smartphone, but I’m not one of those. I’m at the opposite end of the scale and when something new comes out I am drawn to it like a moth to a...
by Christine | Sep 22, 2019 | Welcome Column
I hate singing. That was awkward, wasn’t it? Yet somehow, it feels strangely soul cleansing, getting it out in the open like that. There just might be something to this Confession stuff.Now don’t get me wrong. I love singers. This afternoon, I was enjoying listening...
by Christine | Feb 26, 2016 | Welcome Column
OK, I admit it, I’m a nerd. A true-blue, dyed-in-the-wool, techno nerd. I don’t admit that to just everyone, so I must really like you. in fact, I like you so much I’m going to tell you a bit more about my love affair with technology.It’s all ...
by Christine | Nov 15, 2019 | Welcome Column
How does one tell a real, but less than beautiful, family story in a way that allows just enough feeling to get the story out, reveals his attitude about the story, and then winds it up and makes it palatable to the real family members who will read it? ...
by Christine | Nov 13, 2011 | Welcome Column
How many times has this happened to you? You’re in a jam with mostly strangers and you start into a solo of a tune that you thought you knew cold. Your break starts out OK but along the way you lose the thread and your solo begins to fall apart. In the past...
by Christine | May 11, 2016 | Welcome Column
It’s a pretty common thing for folks to reminisce about a time when they lived in a town where they never locked their doors. It’s usually a prelude to a diatribe about how rotten people have become since those idyllic days. I suspect that the apparent safety of those...
by Christine | Feb 3, 2016 | Welcome Column
It’s not possible to lead a normal life in modern society (likely any society) without some trust of your fellow humans. It’s easy to forget that. I used to work at an Internet Service Provider in the late ‘90’s, (back in the dial-up days) and more than once, I had...
