by Christine | Oct 21, 2009 | Welcome Column
Most of us, at one time or another, have pondered what we would do if we were told we had a specific short time to live. Usually, the proffered answers involve traveling, living it up, smelling the roses – stuff like that. It’s a fun intellectual exercise. Unless, of...
by Christine | Dec 29, 2012 | Welcome Column
I have often wondered what my life would have been like had I not heard Bill Monroe on the radio that early morning back about 1943 or 44. I’m sure my bluegrass family has heard me tell this story before about the first time I heard Bill Monroe on the radio. It...
by Christine | Jun 6, 2009 | Welcome Column
Today’s column from Stuart (Slim) Sims Saturday, June 6, 2009 Lacking a compelling subject for this month’s column, I offer musings on some random topics culled from the CBA website. Actually, it’s all Rick’s fault. When he first asked me to try my hand at this,...
by Christine | Jan 17, 2007 | Welcome Column
Being a CBA board member is a lot of work; burn out is an occupational hazard. But it seems that each year, just about the time I start running out of steam, something will happen to provide a boost. Last year it was running into an old friend at the Fathers Day...
by Christine | Dec 23, 2012 | Welcome Column
Just a few days ago, I woke up feeling great, all seemed right with the world. After doing my morning devotions and prayers, I logged onto the CBA site and read my friend Cliff’s Christmas Welcome Column. Next, I made a post on the Message board; something lame… “What...
by Christine | Aug 24, 2010 | Welcome Column
Good early morning from Jamestown, California, population 961. We’ll have a hot time in the old town today. First story I viewed sipping my coffee this a.m. on mymotherlode.com……”Portions of the Motherlode could –emphasize could — see temperatures of up to...
by Christine | Jul 6, 2014 | Welcome Column
(Editors Note: Marcos has taken very, very few passes during his years as a Welcome columnist, and when he has it’s been for good reason. This morning, for example, he’s tooling around Europe with his wife…derned good excuse we at cbaontheweb.org Towers believe. But...
by Christine | Oct 6, 2011 | Welcome Column
Have you ever caught yourself lapsing into an unlikely speech pattern influenced by the person to whom you were speaking? In the late ‘seventies and early ‘eighties”, I made my living driving trucks, and found myself adopting the patter of my fellow road jockeys....
by Christine | Mar 10, 2011 | Welcome Column
Legendary restaurant owner Juanita Musson died Feb. 26 at a hospital in Sonoma after suffering a stroke. The 87-year-old was a well-known character in the greater Bay Area. In her earlier years she was often mentioned in Herb Caen’s column in the San Francisco...
by Christine | Sep 25, 2019 | Welcome Column
No, this is not an article about drinking at a jam session. I’m sure most of you have heard the expression “Circle of Fifths”. The notion is if you move from one tone to another 5 tones higher, eventually it circles back around to the beginning spot. Interestingly (or...
