Last week in “Days of Our Nine Lives,” the cats talked about ARF’s new puppies. Terra: Break out the catnip! We are having an epic celebration. Tillie: I’m always up for a party. But what is the celebration all about? Terra: Okay everyone, you’d better sit down. Mr. Gray found a forever home! Zeus: Oh…
70 years ago – 1949 Pete Hibbert passed away. He had been the lookout atop Tahquitz Peak for many years. 65 years ago – 1954 The American Legion Post 800 held a turkey shoot at the Idyllwild Rifle and Pistol Club near Mountain Center. 60 years ago – 1959 Golfers were testing the Hill’s new…
Last week in “Days of Our Nine Lives,” the cats tried their hands at poetry. Terra: Well, not any adoptions this week, but there was a lot of snow! Tillie: No kidding! ARF volunteers didn’t even open the doors on Saturday or Sunday. Mr. Gray: They worked hard just to get through the snow to…
Terra: Let’s have a pre-Thanksgiving meeting. Tillie: We are all here, including our three kittens. Mr. Gray: Three kittens? I thought we had five. Terra: Albany and Anita found their forever homes last weekend. Zeus: That is wonderful! So now, there’s three babies and all of us adults. Tilly: The three kittens have something they’d…
70 years ago – 1949 Chuck and Mary Roberts’ dog, Red, was a hero. His persistent barking at 2 a.m. alerted Chuck that the Cedars Cafe was ablaze. Chuck turned on the alarm. Bunny Brown, on the switchboard, called Bill Price and the firefighters. 65 years ago – 1954 Forest Service Ranger John Gilman announced…
70 years ago – 1949 Work was progressing on the first building of the Idyllwild School of Music and the Arts (now Idyllwild Arts Academy), with Clarence Bischof as contractor. 65 years ago – 1954 The first rain of the season finally arrived on Nov. 11. 60 years ago – 1959 The mysterious X Disease,…
There is no way to avoid her. She comes for you whenever you make that “selfish” choice and you put your needs first — “The Mom Guilt Monster.” That inner she-devil whispers to you: “Wow, your poor children have a mother that would do this. How could you?” I had what I hoped to be…
Having been a trauma psychotherapist for nearly 30 years — now retired — I still think about how to help those of us who are suffering from traumatic incidents. Many of you, also, wish to be a healing presence for family and friends experiencing urgent states of highly charged emotional/physiological stress. Such stress can be…
70 years ago – 1949 A group of volunteer searchers plucked a lost deer hunter out of the rugged North Fork canyon just as he was about to spend his second night in freezing weather without food. 65 years ago – 1954 The Izaak Walton League honored its Woodsmans Breakfast crew for a year of…
Last week in “Days of Our Nine Lives,” ARF cats discussed how adopting a pet actually saves two lives. Terra: Gather around everyone! Arnold, the kitten, has found his forever home! That leaves four kittens still looking but I’m certain they’ll find their homes soon. Mr. Gray: Uh, Terra. Who is hanging around you? Terra:…
