Out Loud: October 22, 2015
Co-publisher and Editor Becky Clark is recovering well from a small heart attack suffered last month and is expected to return within weeks. Thank you all for your concern.
Jack Clark, Co-Publisher/General Counsel
Co-publisher and Editor Becky Clark is recovering well from a small heart attack suffered last month and is expected to return within weeks. Thank you all for your concern.
Jack Clark, Co-Publisher/General Counsel
A bill for economic relief finally passed Congress. Here’s the thing though … this bill provides more relief to big corporations than small businesses ($377 billion of the $2 trillion, but wait … there’s more) and individuals (approximately $560 billion between cash and unemployment payments, according to a story by NPR). It isn’t $500 billion…
Jazz in the Pines goers experience a different idea of the festival than community members. The visitors enjoy extraordinary music and a relaxed ease that comes from the meandering festival layout, floating parachutes, artistic vendors and wafting scents of roasting almonds, Thai food and barbecue, among other delights. They probably also notice, because they can’t…
In late January 2000, the Associates of Idyllwild Arts Foundation held Idyllwild Alive History II, a multiple-weekend event of long-time Hill residents reminiscing. I recorded the event and transcribed it for a series in the newspaper. The first panelist, and one of the most memorable to me, was Mary Sigworth whose family bought a vacation…
Annually, around the first of the year, we review the top 10 stories affecting Idyllwild of the prior year and also list all those we know we lost in the prior year in “Flowers of the Forest.” 2018 proved to be a horrific year for many of us because of the Cranston Fire. But most…
Like my friend, Lola, I enjoy cooking — just not for myself and/or Jack. I’m a social cook; I enjoy cooking with and for others, particularly family and friends. Our family typically celebrates holidays around food and they sometimes culminate around a theme. For Easter, my daughter-in-law, Mandy, suggested a New Orleans theme — one…
Monday morning, Jack greeted me with “Happy Anniversary.” I paused, suddenly feeling guilty for not remembering our anniversary. (I’m the one who forgets in the marriage.) I suddenly realized September was months away and looked at him puzzled. “For what?” I asked. Sunday, June 28, marks two years since we bought the TC. In those…