It’s not too often that you get thunder and lightning around these parts but, good grief Charlie Brown, last weekend’s thunder and lightning storm, along with hail, was what I like to call, “gnarly.” Reminds me of growing up in the OC back in the 60s, when we had...
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Mountain Musings with Uncle Mott – Survivors
Even though it’s not considered polite to discuss religion or politics, especially in a mixed crowd, I feel compelled to do so today. As for the recent election, I was rooting for Pedro…perhaps I should explain… Pedro was a young high school student in a 2004...
Mountain Musings with Uncle Mott – The Boys of Summer
How about those Boys in Blue? That’s right, I’m talkin’ bout the one and only Los Angeles Dodgers, you know, the ones that just won the World Series after beating the New York Yankees 7-6 in Game 5 of what NBC News called a “roller-coaster game.” You probably already...
Mountain Musings with Uncle Mott – Hero From the War
In case you haven’t noticed, there are a series of Hometown Hero banners flying from light posts throughout the mountain communities, recognizing local residents who have served or are currently serving our country in various branches of the armed forces. These...
Mountain Musings with Uncle Mott – Across the Universe
The past two weeks have been rather cosmic, what with the comet, followed by the so-called “Hunter’s Moon,” which was very large and bright in the night sky (like some people I know) and, finally, the so-called “Super Moon,” that was supposed to be very large (like...
Mountain Musings with Uncle Mott – A Simple Song of Freedom
I know this is repetitious, but it’s important. If you had read the edition of this newspaper last year that talked about Crestline being named a “City of Peace” – and I trust you, as a loyal reader, did – you would, no doubt, have seen and hopefully read the article...





