65 years ago – 1950 The Town Crier, which first saw the light of day in the Maxwells’ attic, moved into the rock building at Fern Valley Corners. 60 years ago – 1955 Dispensing mountain hospitality with all modern conveniences was the new Singingwood Motel, which opened the prior week, on the Banning highway…
“The mountains are calling and I must go,” wrote John Muir in a letter to his sister. Now, good old John Muir didn’t say, “The mountains are calling, but I just have to finish this TV marathon of ‘Frasier’ first.” Nope. He clearly focused his priorities to fulfill his purpose, to do what he needed…
Here when we think we’re headed into summer months, precipitation and a drop in temperature brought snow to the mountains last Friday. You know the old saying up here that snow is still likely until after Mother’s Day? That holds true for many years but not all. I can remember a year when we had…
65 years ago – 1950 Mildred Thorn, Theda and Bob Simpson and Emsy Dunn were selected as leaders of the Chamber of Commerce’s July 4th celebration. The event was called Wild Idyle Days. 60 years ago – 1955 The Idyllwild Library moved to new quarters at Fern Valley Corners. 55 years ago –…
It is that time of the year again, the time we typically call springtime. For those of you who follow the annual trip of the Earth around the Sun, you know that usually the beginning of spring is designated as the place in that trip where the tilt of the Earth is such that everywhere…
Poppy has been adopted. Yea, for finding your forever home. Introducing the survivors from Highway 243: Catnis, the Maltese, Peeta the brown and white, and Rue, the Chihuahua-mix (photo at bottom). For days the community and animal control tried to capture these three from the highway. Patience from our Hill community finally won out. They…
I appreciate the walkable convenience of one-stop shopping at the post office, food markets, bank, pharmacy and library, all situated in and around Strawberry Plaza. On the other hand, viewed from surrounding mountain ridges, this asphalt patch is one of the most prominent scars on the forest landscape, out of keeping with the overall character…
I enjoyed a birthday last week but for once in some birthdays, acknowledged my aging. The camera and mirror seem to show an older woman than the day before. Who cares? Who “feels” wrinkles? I feel, instead, the aches. Over the weekend, after many hours of planting a container garden on my deck, getting up…
Around the house we can always find pests that are more of a nuisance in our everyday lives than they are damaging — irritants like ants on the kitchen counter, cobwebs in the corners, flies and even that moth flying around the dinner table light at night. No harm is done. We live with them…
Editor: A couple of years ago, I was at the little store on Hiway 243 in Pine Cove (where I live). It was cold and we had some snow. As I waited my turn at the check-out, a young woman was asking for directions to the nearest campground. It was obvious she was a Pacific…
