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Mountain Paws owner Diane Thompson celebrated the store’s one-year anniversary on Sunday. Photo by Barbara Reese

Editor’s note: “Baby Doll” is a fictional story, not based on a true incident. Eduardo Santiago, in addition to helming the Idyllwild Author Series and continuing his own major career as a novelist, is very proud of his work coaching other writers. Hollie Overton, one of his students, closes year six of Santiago’s series on…
The notice advertised at the head of the program for the Monday night Jan. 20 concert at Idyllwild Arts Academy read “A celebration of equality in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.” Taken at a glance, the celebratory nature of the event, as scheduled on the day set aside for the civil rights champion’s…
For many, the palm tree symbolizes Southern California. But for any who are from colder climes, seeing outsized Christmas snowflake decorations hanging next to palm trees is not the Currier and Ives Christmas that has become enshrined in the U.S. as the “perfect” Christmas. For this writer, it has always been a stretch to feel…
Larry and Janet Everitt, artist owners of Idyllwild’s Everitt’s Minerals and Gallery on North Circle, met by chance and formed a relationship based on a shared fascination with rocks, stones and fossils. “We met in D.C. I walked into Larry’s gallery in Georgetown,” said Janet. “He had these antique Japanese woodblock prints. One of our…
Idyllwild Nature Center Volunteer, Nancy Salvatierra, left, introduced Candyce Waters, right, who was showing off her pet spider. The spider was part of the daddy long leg species called a harvest man spider.