As I have matured (read gotten older), often the journey has become more important than the destination. The exception to that rule came on our last h...
Outside Idyllwild: Photographing birds; it’s harder than I thought …
We live in a place that is filled with bird life. You can’t go outside your door without seeing all manner of avian species. They are in the air, in t...
Fire and Forest: ‘Citizen of the Year’ and other lessons from the Woodies …
The Woodies are the rock stars of California fire safe councils. As the volunteer arm of the Mountain Communities Fire Safe Council, they abate...
Before Our Time: Two early and longtime Idyllwild fore-fathers …
Frank Strong and George Dickinson get relatively little attention as pioneer developers in Strawberry Valley. Unlike George Hannahs, Walter Lindley or...
Past Tense: Aug. 2, 2012
65 years ago - 1947 A new telephone service was inaugurated, offering six trunk lines to Hemet. 60 years ago - 1952 Paul and Mary Gormley were ...
Creature Corner: Aug. 2, 2012
Hurray for Buddy who went for a long hike and finally returned home to his worried humans. Paws up to Jake, the Anatolian shepherd found just wanderin...
Idyllwild Botany: Travails of a lemon lily …
It is a very bad year for lemon lilies in the San Jacinto Mountains, or at least the portion of Tahquitz Valley that we surveyed on July 16. On June 1...
Outside Idyllwild: Birding on the Hill …
One of the best things about living in a forest is seeing the wide array of wildlife that lives in the trees and under the forest canopy. In th...
Lola’s Kitchen: Dining for cooler weather …
Before you know it, cooler weather will be upon us. What’s not to love about hearty fall and winter food. Thick stews, soups, paella, cassoulet, pasta...
Creature Corner: July 26, 2012
Reunited this week was young Diego in Idyllwild, and a springer spaniel camping in Pine Cove. Found Thursday evening on Highway 243 by Idyllwil...