It never ceases, the weather, that is. First it was the blizzard, then weeks and weeks of rain, followed by a hurricane and mudstorm, which occurs when it rains at the same time as there’s a duststorm, which we had back in June, when everyone was driving around with...
Sadly, we lost another music legend on Sept. 1 when Jimmy Buffett crossed over to the other side. I was just getting over the untimely… OK, so it was the timely death of Tony Bennett. By the way, you may not know this but, in France and in Canada, Jimmy’s last name is...
I guess I don’t have to tell you that the recent spread of gun violence in America, especially hate-inspired gun violence, has paid a visit to the mountain. As you no doubt read in the Aug. 24 issue of this newspaper, a Lake Arrowhead woman was shot and killed at her...
You may recall an article in the Aug. 17 issue of this newspaper entitled “The California Fair Plan is everything but fair.” No duh! Well, today I’m going to expand on this shameful unfair plan that is being foisted upon the thousands of mountain area...
On Thursday, Aug. 25, Rhea-Frances and I will be celebrating our 50th anniversary, so I thought it would be appropriate to share with you some of the memories and highlights of our 50 years of wedded bliss. And, believe it or not, us California-born natives are still...
Seems there’s been a rash of motorcycle accidents on mountain area roads of late, some with fatalities and some not. This is not surprising since motorcycles, or “murdercycles” as I like to call them, are inherently dangerous. In case you’re wondering where I came up...
