This time of year can be a wonderful time to continue our exploration of gratitude and how consciously and purposefully practicing gratefulness can benefit us physically and psychologically by promoting health and healing. (See links at the end for the health impacts associated with gratitude). This practice can benefit us when we are already happy…
70 years ago – 1949 Postmaster Rita Patton reminded everyone that unsealed Christmas cards required 2 cents postage. 65 years ago – 1954 The big Christmas tree was lit in the lobby of the Idyllwild Inn. 60 years ago – 1959 The Chamber of Commerce asked the County Board of Supervisors to exclude Idyllwild from…
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…
