by Christine | Mar 10, 2020 | Welcome Column
It was late February, and WinterGrass beckoned. This late-winter oasis of eclectic music, col-legiality and love was the bright light that far outshone the lurking threat of a pandemic. I often combine projects to extract the maximum equity from travel, so I had set...
by Christine | Aug 8, 2012 | Welcome Column
I don’t know about other cultures, but this one we have here seems to value purity. We want to buy water that is 100%, we buy Dove soap because it’s 100% (pure what? I don’t know!) The push for purity has a very ugly side too, as applied by Hitler or the Ku Klux Klan....
by Christine | Aug 23, 2019 | Welcome Column
(Editor’s Note: On the Trail of Steve Martin was one of the earliest Welcomes written by John Karsemeyer. Back in September of 2009 when it appeared here we really had no idea of what to expect from John. Many years later, we still don’t.)The Bear. Not your average...
by Christine | Sep 12, 2009 | Welcome Column
The Bear. Not your average bear. The Golden Bear. The Golden Bear was a club in Huntington Beach, California. Southern California that is. It’s gone now, but not forgotten (R.I.P. 1926-1986). You could go there and hear live music. The opportunity arouse in 1967...
by Christine | Jan 8, 2016 | Welcome Column
I don’t know…there’s just something about Bakersfield. Every time the highway gets me close, my heart seems to beat a little faster. Coming up to Oildale. Thinking about Merle Haggard, and about the time he walked through a jam down at the doubletree during the great...
