Idyllwild resident Darien Martus, independent recording artist and member of the Recording Academy and American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, is under consideration for two Grammy awards — one for best pop vocal album, “Side Trip,” and a second for best pop duo performance, “Something Comes Along,” a gospel pop piece with collaboration from…

  What is it about Halloween that attracts us to the night? How, as children, did we summon up our courage to cross through unlit areas and onto the front porches of homes reputed to have ghosts or evil residents lurking within, seeking a treat and boastfully promising a trick if we did not get…