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Mountain Musings with Uncle Mott: I Love a Rainy Night

Some folks never tire of complaining about the rain. They complain when there’s not enough, and they complain again when we finally get some and they want it to stop. I call them “Complainers.” Yes, we’ve had more than our fair share of precipitation in the last few...

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...

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...

Roll Out the Barrel

Mountain Musings with Uncle Mott Roll Out the Barrel It’s that time of the year again when we get to roll out the barrel and, what do you know, it’s Oktoberfest time. Well, we already had the Lake Arrowhead Brewfest a couple of weeks ago to usher in the beer-swilling...

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