Jim Nutter goes for a “ringer” Saturday as he plays during the annual horseshoe tournament at the Idyllwild Community Center site.

Author, teacher, “book coach” and Idyllwild resident Eduardo Santiago smiled and shook his head as he recounted how his popular series began. “When you look back, what is odd is that I started this series just two months after buying the house in Idyllwild,” he said. He recalled starting without funding simply because he wanted…