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Idyllwild used to be a summer home…

December 7, 2013 by KR

…for the Cahuila Indians, and then it was a logging town and a place to recover from tuberculosis. Now it houses the Idyllwild Arts Academy …

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…which for the past few days has hosted Abby Beckel, Caryl Pagel, Zach Schomburg, and me as part of their creative writing and publishing program’s book fair and visiting writer series. Last night, the four of us read to an audience that looked like this… 018

…and this… 020

And the rest of the time, Kim Henderson …015

…& Kat Factor have been showing us around town, which looks like Twin Peaks…002

…and has petroglyphs…007

…and mysterious structures:023

Thanks to Kim and Kat and everyone at Idyllwild for having us–we’ve loved it:

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