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Mountain Musings with Uncle Mott: That’s Amore

According to astronomers, Asteroid Apophis, a ~340-meter (1,115 ft) near-Earth object will make an exceptionally close, safe flyby on April 13, 2029, passing within 32,000 km (20,000 miles) of Earth, closer than many geo-stationary satellites, only a short three years...
Mountain Musings with Uncle Mott – High Hopes

Mountain Musings with Uncle Mott – High Hopes

Well, here we are in the middle of March and you know what that means. Yep, it means it’s time for the annual march of the ants, straight into my pantry. Dagnabit, those critters better not mess with my Frosted Flakes or – even worse – my Honey Smacks, cuz “I Dig...

Mountain Musings with Uncle Mott – Act Naturally

Mountain Musings with Uncle Mott – Act Naturally

I’m watching the Academy Awards show as I write this week’s weak musing. I say weak only because I rarely go to the movies since the closing of Blue Jay Cinema. By the way, I don’t plan on shopping at that so-called discount supermarket that plans to open in its...

Nice weather we’ve been having lately…nice weather for ducks, that is. It just keeps on raining and raining like there’s no tomorrow, but tomorrow always seems to arrive after today, which it just did once again… and what do you know, it’s raining again. Oh, it’s...

Mountain Musings with Uncle Mott – Fixing a Hole

Mountain Musings with Uncle Mott – Fixing a Hole

Well, I’d like to congratulate the county Road Department for the fine job they did on filling in last winter’s potholes and resurfacing Lake Drive in Crestline. Also, kudos to Caltrans for repairing all of the potholes on our state highways. But wait, there’s more –...

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