Your own body follows a clock. All of its processes flow in a sweeping daily rhythm, merging into a larger seasonal cycle. Our daily clock is set by our interaction with the natural world around us, especially the movement of the Sun. Exposure to bright-morning light sends a cascade of wakefulness chemicals through our bloodstream….
Editor: Gov. Brown signed SB 350 (De León) into law, a bill that mandates that half of California’s electricity come from renewable sources in 15 years. This law will dramatically increase energy cost for Californians, who are already living with one of the highest electricity rates in the nation. Currently, the average Californian residential electricity…
Editor: Congrats on sharing “Bobbie Rants” with us. Reading her is like getting in the ring with a champion: She dances around you, eyes gleaming with irrepressible energy, and after a few quick jabs, head spinning, you’re on the ropes, a bit dizzy and a bit punch-drunk from the dazzling left-rights of her lightning thoughts….
65 years ago – 1950 U.S. Forest Service officials inspected the newly paved Banning-Idyllwild Highway before it’s acceptance into the national forest system. 60 years ago – 1955 At a hearing before the County Board of Supervisors, a group of about 75 people demanded that the supervisors throw out all mountain zoning and place the…
Yay for Mrs. Magu.She is in her forever home. We will always love you, Magu. We have two new kittens at ARF, Charlotte and Webster. And maybe more to come. Now, if you are interested in a lap cat, Bubbles is the perfect match. She is an 8-year-old female calico, declawed and the best office…
Editor: Living next to the County Park, or next to state and national forest lands, as many do, is to live with the wildlife of our mountain. When a pack of coyotes is heard in the night, crying in group frenzy, it is a fearsome sound, which we need to respect and bring our pets…
Last Tuesday, the day I went home after deadline, was my last day of feeling tired following the Sept. 25 heart attack. I woke up Wednesday feeling energized and it hasn’t stopped. In fact, I feel better than I have in years. I finally visited my new cardiologist Thursday and need to undergo some tests…
Editor: The only reason we are citizens of the United States of America rather than citizens of the Commonwealth of Nations such as Canada, Australia or New Zealand is because in 1775 the colonists did have guns which gave them the ability to assert their rights. The first battle of the Revolutionary War was the…
By Bobbie Glasheen Dr. Simon annoyed the daylights out of me. He always had. Or at least since the time he remarked in one of our family counseling sessions, “Mrs. Glasheen, are you aware you laugh at inappropriate times?” Those present were Mrs. Glasheen (she is I), Mr. Glasheen (he is him), and our three…
With the drought persisting in our area, a lot of concern, and rightfully so, has arisen regarding the loss of many of our trees. As usual, when we have trees dying, especially after a forest fire, we hear the arguments that these trees need to be cut down so they don’t go to “waste.” When…
