Q. What is the best knot to use on shoe laces? –Darwood, West Covina A. Depends on what you’re using the shoe laces for. My friend Lumpy uses them like suspenders to hold his pants up. In that case, I’d suggest a trouser hitch. Q. I have very long, very thick blonde hair that is…
65 years ago – 1951 Ideas for community betterment were discussed at a Chamber of Commerce meeting. Among the suggestions offered: youth projects and recreation facilities, trash cans around the village, conservation education and individual meditation. Seems like some individuals have been meditating on these issues for some time. 60 years ago – 1956 The…
Congratulations to Rey, who has left the cast for a new gig with a forever family. She will be missed. When we left off last week in “The Days of Our Nine Lives,” the human visitor was lured out of the cattery into the ARF office to meet Leia, the new office cat. Sadie: Good…
Sometimes when I sit here early Tuesday afternoon, ruminating on a topic to write about, I read some of the Post-it® notes stuck on the edges of my computer screen. These notes help me access online research sites, list the numbers of each Xerox tray and jog my memory about things I might write about…
One of my favorite things about backpacking is the way your body shifts over time to fall in line with natural cycles of dark and light. There’s nothing like snuggling sleepily into your sleeping bag at 8 p.m. (which somehow feels like midnight) and waking up in time to watch the first golden-pink blush of…
Editor: For the past the past few days, persons sitting in front of the Idyllwild Post Office have been collecting signatures for various ballot measures without being able to explain what the ballot measures were for. And the worst part was that people were actually signing the petitions without knowing what they were signing. Is…
Editor: My letter to the editor re: snow visitors did not get written so here, instead, are a few thoughts: 1. I see this issue as “a teachable moment” for our community as it is mostly about how we manage to deal with visitors from a different cultural background. For those from “south of the…
Back in early 2006, we started a news meeting in a local cafe, outside the confines of the office, to plan our weekly news budget. It became a habit and now we hold our news meetings most Wednesday mornings — publicly. The idea was to improve our news coverage through the give-and-take public interchange that…
65 years ago – 1951 The Lions Club was making plans to construct a children’s playground adjacent to Town Hall. 60 years ago – 1956 It was Civil Defense Week on the Hill. Local stores were displaying emergency supplies and residents were asked to learn about being prepared for an emergency. 55 years ago –…
Breaking news: Chewy’s agent has found him a new gig as a forever member of a forever family. The cast is happy for him, but will miss his charming antics. When we left off last week in The Days of Our Nine Lives, Sadie was charming a visitor in the ARF cattery, much to…
