oland Garza was startled when he noticed rustling on a wall décor cross made of sticks. “Rat?” Then, he heard, “cheep. cheep.” A few days earlier they’d opened the doors for fresh air. “Was it tiny with a long tail?” I asked. “Yes, and brown.” Ahhhh, a curious wren. Roland turned out lights, closed ...

od provided rounds of tidbits in Mountain City this past week, big and small, with and without wings. A hawk appeared on a bird feeding station by our front water feature on Tuesday, close enough that I captured him with my iPhone’s portrait feature that requires “within 8 feet.” I made like a panca...

A proposed new Kyle Fire Department substation has some Mountain City residents hot under the collar. Next year, the Kyle Fire Department plans to renovate an existing home in the 200 block of Mountain City Drive in Mountain City to accommodate the new substation. Kyle Fire Chief Kyle Taylor said th...

ll aboard!  At 4 p.m. on Saturday, the Ladybug Express made her inaugural run at Loving Mountain City’s Fire & Ice Festival, bringing a new dimension that literally expanded the event’s boundaries.   Tickets sales at the barrel train station all went to Sudden Unexpected Death of a Child Foundation....

ountain City residents tend to come and stay. Gathering this past weekend with three other Live Oak Drive cul-de-sac households, we marveled that the shortest residency was The Kiernan’s, with “only” 20 years. The Polley’s are original owners. Lynn Cobb (and Frances) came in 1990. RonTom and I arriv...

hanks to Beth and Everett Smith for hosting last Tuesday’s National Night Out, providing frozen treats, water, and jump houses for “who knows how many” kids. Monday evening, as the city alderpersons discussed reimbursing a portion of the cost of the inflated jump houses, someone estimated twenty kid...

et me eat some words, please.  Last week’s Montage, on first attempt, needed clarification on City stuff. The second attempt, which went back and forth with editing between myself and gracious Mayor Phillip Taylor, did not make the deadline. Here’s what you should have read last week: Week before la...

First, did you know that dachshunds are not a long-backed breed? Rather, dachshunds are a short-legged breed. And, since so many have asked … KissMe’s laminectomy removed not only his C2 C3 ruptured disc, but also his pain. A chunk of the ruptured fibrous exterior portion of the disc had lodged in h...

eaders, many of you follow KissMe, Our Great White Hunter With Red Spots. In fact, some of you found his FaceBook Page (KissMe@KissMeClown) The past two weeks, KissMe got pulled from his self-appointed job of keeping our backyard free of squirrels and lizards and such. KissMe went on bed rest and me...

common thread runs from house to house throughout Mountain City. Our hearts and prayers go out for those so severely impacted by Harvey.  Most of us know someone whose home flooded. Over and over, I hear Texans among us saying how proud they are to be a Texan. “We are Texas.” Patricia Porterfield on...