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Mountain Musings with Uncle Mott – Bluebird

  What a beautiful blue-sky day it was when I stepped out onto the deck here at the stately Motley Manor the other morning and heard the blue jays (actually, they’re called Steller’s Jays) chirping their unique mating calls as they jumped from tree to tree in...

Dear Sidney – 5/25/2023

Dear Sidney,   I have been diagnosed with age-related macular degeneration. My ophthalmologist is injecting shots into both my eyes for relief, although he says that the left eye will not be getting any better as I waited too long to seek treatment. I’m...

Mountain Musings with Uncle Mott – Shangri-La

Mountain Musings with Uncle Mott – Shangri-La

There were some anxious moments back in March when some of our mountaintop communities were literally islands unto themselves, as all routes into and out of the area were rendered useless by torrents of rain, snow, flowing mud and falling rocks. Welcome to Shangri-La,...

Dear Sidney – May 18, 2023

Dear Sidney, I’m still shaking and pounding my fists. What in the heck has got into people? This morning, after feeding peanuts to the very friendly squirrels—there are just two in the family now, as Big Thumper was hit in the head before the snowstorm—and pacifying...

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