By Callie Wight Nothing in this article is meant to be medical advice. Please consult your own healthcare provider. Some info below taken from: https://upliftconnect.com/what-nobody-ever-says-about-grieving/ Back in August, I wrote an extended article on grief and trauma, but our little colony on the Hill keeps getting struck with tragic loss. Sometimes tragic loss brings the…
Last week in “Days of Our Nine Lives,” the ARF cats were a slight bit irritated that ARF dogs get more attention. Indigo: No surprise. I just took a head count, and we are all here. Still. Pepper: (Begins to cry) I don’t know why. I really don’t. Zeus: Aw, don’t cry Pepper! We try,…
70 years ago – 1948 Sen. William Knowland, an overnight guest at the Idyllwild Inn, met formally with Hill residents to discuss local affairs. 65 years ago – 1953 Ladies of the American Legion Auxiliary met to sew gift projects for the Veterans Hospital. 60 years ago – 1958 The Rotary Club announced a Halloween…
A rough year hit the mountain and two months remain. The Cranston Fire destroyed homes and property, but no lives were lost because of it, as happened with California communities elsewhere. Yet in the past months, this community has lost people — Charlie Clayton, Paul Kirk and Lilah Whitney, to name but a few. I’m…
Editor: It’s rare to have trick or treaters in Idyllwild, but this year, imagine my surprise. I have a 5-gallon covered metal can where I keep about 20 pounds of dog food. A week ago, I saw the top off and about half the food gone. Raccoons, no doubt. I locked the lid with its…
Music Review Idyllwild Arts Academy Orchestra program: Rossini: “Overture, Guillaume Tell” Villa-Lobos: “Ciranda das Sete Notas” Tchaikovsky: “Symphony #5, E Minor, Opus 64” For the inaugural concert of conductor Scott Hosfeld’s third season this past weekend, a unified program centered around IAAO’s normally outstanding string sections seemed the order of the evening, and as usual,…
Last week in “Days of Our Nine Lives,” the ARF cats met new arrivals. Mr. Gray: Hey, Indie, what’s wrong with you? You look agitated. Indigo: I am. There is always so much talk about ARF dogs that I think we cats get left behind. Just this past week, Topper the Corgi-mix was adopted, but…
70 years ago – 1948 Halloween passed without a major mishap. One prankster painted white ribs on all the horses at the stables. 65 years ago – 1953 In the first official survey of bighorn sheep in the mountains, 141 were observed. 55 years ago – 1963 County supervisors sent plans for a 66-foot right-of-way…
I have been intending to write to explain some of the nuances of a single-payer healthcare system, commonly referred as “Medicare for All.” Confusion and attempts at distortion abound, but a short essay can, unfortunately, only serve to lay the groundwork for more homework on the part of every voter. There have been various proposals,…
Editor: Starting last week, we have observed a mural being painted on the rear of our public library. It will be honoring our firefighters. We all agree that they should be honored and all of us appreciate their heroic efforts saving our town. But what about the process — how the subject and the artist…
