Mountain Gardening
Mountain Musings with Uncle Mott – Bluebird
What a beautiful blue-sky day it was when I stepped out onto the deck here at the stately Motley Manor the other morning and heard the blue jays (actually, they’re called Steller’s Jays) chirping their unique mating calls as they jumped from tree to tree in...
Dear Sidney – 5/25/2023
Dear Sidney, I have been diagnosed with age-related macular degeneration. My ophthalmologist is injecting shots into both my eyes for relief, although he says that the left eye will not be getting any better as I waited too long to seek treatment. I’m...
Veteran Veritas – A month of silence for Memorial Day
By Vietnam Veteran Michael Brewer - Special to The Alpine Mountaineer In these days of polarized, pugnacious pundits of doom and gloom, it strikes me that the most honorable tribute to our fallen warriors would be a month of silence commencing on Memorial Day and...
Game of Skate honors Daunte Symonette
By Douglas W. Motley - Senior Writer Last Saturday’s Game of Skate held from 12-noon to 3 p.m. at the Crestline Skate Park was dedicated to the memory of then 16-year-old Daunte Symonette, who tragically passed away on May 7, 2021, from fentanyl poisoning. This event...