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Ask the realtor: Should you wait for lower mortgage rates?

If you’ve been watching mortgage rates like a hawk, you’re not alone. At the time of this article being written, the average 30-year fixed rate is 6.01 percent. The week prior it was 6.09 percent and last month it averaged 6.04 percent, according to Freddie Mac’s...

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...

Dear Sidney

Dear Sidney, When, oh, when did my adult daughter become so much wiser than her 65-year-old mother? She’s a stay-at-home mom with no college degree. She called, a big surprise, to check on me when I was in Home Depot admiring the pretty green fake grass. I shared that...

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