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Mountain Musings with Uncle Mott: A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall

As if we didn’t have enough to worry about already – war, pestilence, plague, drought and Ice agents waiting in the wings – a consortium of 100 scientists recently announced that California is overdue for what’s being called a “super-storm” of biblical proportions....

Uncle Mott

Mountain Musings with Uncle Mott   So You Want To Be A Rock And Roll Star   Being a skeptic, I wasn’t so sure I wanted to watch this year’s Grammy Awards presentation on Feb. 5, but now I’m glad I did. I figured they would mostly be honoring a bunch of...

Dear Sidney

  Dear Sidney,   I’m not one to complain, but my heart is aching from the lack of attention I get from my husband of 32 years. St. Valentine didn’t come down my chimney this week. Here I was shamelessly dressed in a sparkling red bra, red lace panties and...

Veteran Veritas

By Michael Brewer Special to The Alpine Mountaineer Because not all mountain veterans are members of organizations like the American Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars, Disable American Veterans or the Marine Corps League, The Alpine Mountaineer has elected to offer...

Dear Sidney

Dear Sidney, I moved up to the mountains as a single mother of two. Got a pretty good job as a server. Suddenly my SoCal Gas bill is more than my car payment. I’m frightened. My doggie is wrapped in two sweaters. I’m sleeping in sweatpants and two sweatshirts, cuddled...

Mountain Musings with Uncle Mott

California Dreamin’ So, how do you like all this cold weather we’ve been blessed with lately? Just how cold is it you ask? I’m glad you asked. Why, it was so cold the other day that I saw a snowman have a temper tantrum – and it was a complete meltdown. As a matter of...

Uncle Mott

Mountain Musings with Uncle Mott Lost Another One A few weeks ago we lost Jeff Beck and Lisa Marie Presley and now David Crosby has taken that long journey away from Planet Earth, over to the other side of the Universe. I pray it was a safe journey for “Cos,” as he...

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