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Mountain Musings with Uncle Mott – Lightning Strikes

Some folks love a rainy night. Me, I like a rainy night with a thunderstorm. Well, we had a humdinger the other day few weeks ago, what with the bolt that struck the bell in the belltower here at the stately Motley Manor.  And it’s a good thing there were no bats in...

I Dig Rock and Roll Music

Mountain Musings with Uncle Mott I Dig Rock and Roll Music It’s been an amazing year for all the concerts me and the Missus have seen in Laughlin and Las Vegas. So far, we’ve seen Foreigner at the Venetian in Vegas, America (“Horse with No Name,” “Ventura Highway,”...

Four Strong Winds

Mountain Musings with Uncle Mott Four Strong Winds The arrival of autumn heralds the arrival of the windy season in Southern California, especially in the San Bernardino Mountains, after it’s compressed by the Cajon Pass, causing big rigs to overturn on the 210 and...

The Name Game

Mountain Musings with Uncle Mott The Name Game How would you like to play a little game? Thank you, I knew you would. After all this media talk about mass shooting incidents, high gas prices, global warming and being on the brink of World War III, it’s about time we...

The Old Fire Remembered

The Old Fire Remembered

By RHEA-FRANCES TETLEY Staff Writer On Oct. 25, 2003, with the temperature in the 100s in the San Bernardino Valley, during hot Santa Ana winds, the Old Fire was intentionally started in Old Waterman Canyon, causing the evacuation of every mountain resident from...

Talking World War Three Blues

Mountain Musings with Uncle Mott Talking World War Three Blues Ever since Putin started waving his nuclear sword, threatening to unleash the Genie in the bottle and use tactical nuclear (or “nucular,” as George W. Bush would say) weapons in Ukraine, I’ve been having...

Mother Nature’s Son

Mountain Musings with Uncle Mott Mother Nature’s Son Now that the summertime visitors have mostly left the mountain and the weather is still wonderful, I decided to mosey over to Lake Gregory to sit and relax on its tree-lined shore. Since I neglected to bring a...

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