It’s that time of the year when we need to start making your home and mine safe from the ravages of a wildfire, which could occur at any moment now that weeds and chaparral have grown taller due to the recent storm activity. In addition to removing all the limbs and...
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Mountain Musings with Uncle Mott – Green, Green Grass of Home
With the prospect of yet another unprecedented fire season looming, I recently began my seasonal weed and debris clearance earlier than usual. The recent spell of cooler weather made conditions ideal for dealing with this year’s bumper crop of already knee-high weeds....
Mountain Musings with Uncle Mott – Taxman
It’s that time of the year once again. Yes, it’s that dreaded time of the year when the taxman comes knock, knock, knocking at your door. Let me tell you how it will be; there’s one for you, nineteen for me, cause I’m the taxman. Yeah, I’m the taxman. (“Taxman” - The...
Mountain Musings with Uncle Mott – Fixing a Hole
Listen to Uncle Mott on KQLH Radio Here we go again – have you seen all the potholes that have popped up all over the place? Actually, to be more accurate, they’ve sort of popped down all over the place. We had this same vexing problem last winter when the so-called...
Mountain Musings with Uncle Mott – Operator
I keep getting annoying phone calls every day from someone with a foreign accent that asks to speak to Dooglas and wants to buy my house. I have to tell them it’s not for sale, but I do have some craters on the Dark Side of the Moon that I’d be willing to sell. I get...
Mountain Musings with Uncle Mott – Popsicle Toes
Well, here we are again in the midst of winter, and I’ll be danged…OK, so I’m danged but who gives a dang. So, it’s been snowing quite a bit of late, two snowstorms in as many weeks, and what do I have, besides snow? I’ve got a case of popsicle toes from...




