M ark the date for the next Council Meeting with a one hour special meeting on garbage /recycling pickup. It’s Wednesday, August 10, starting at 6 p.m. (Last week’s column had the wrong date. And, the city’s website showed the wrong date.)   •••   How in tarnation did a frog hop into KissMe’s kitche...

I t seemed a good idea to test a recipe for moth bait that popped in to me from a publisher. First, let me be straight with you. The recipe did not test out. The recipe tested out against other “moth bait” recipes on the internet. All I found were similar. Mix mashed banana, molasses, dark rum, brow...

C atch more flies with honey than vinegar?  An infestation of fruit flies in my kitchen sent me surfing for a solution on Father’s Day Eve. With everything on hand for a YouTube recipe, I had nothing to lose.  What a gift I would have for RonTom if it worked.  I poured an inch-and-a-half or so of ap...

A  constant parade of birds visits our limestone boulder water feature these hot days. The shallow water and soft flow of recirculating water beckons birds. Hummingbirds, Eastern Bluebird, Bewick’s Wren, roadrunner, Black-crested Titmouse, Golden-fronted Woodpecker, Summer Tanager, cardinal, Painted...

By Pauline Tom V rooom. Vrooom. “Ladies and gentlemen, start. your. chainsaws.” This word came (via email) from Mayor Tiffany Curnutt on the evening of June 30. Why June 30? That’s the last day for “no pruning or wounding live oaks” period (with a few exceptions), according to TexasOakWilt.org’s pro...

By Pauline Tom G LORY!!! If last week’s headline had you asking, “WHAT?!”,know that I am in that same boat with you. Some wondered why I gave the column such a headline. The headline is an element that’s in with my name and photo.  But, inserting a headline is not within my boundaries. Normally, the...

T alk about a big big-boy toy! Roland Garza’s sporting a big shiny black dump trailer. Roland put it to good use on Saturday, picking up 3-weeks of trash for neighbors with Mr. Green’s service, for those who placed an order with him. You didn’t know of this service? Official emails from the city com...

O h my goodness! Wow! Do I ever have an announcement for you! Right here in our little city that is still somewhat out in the country, right here in our little slice of paradise, SEVENTEEN Black-bellied Whistling Ducks hatched in a live oak tree hollow in Eric Perucca’s back yard. And, earlier, Blac...

I ’m proud to live in Mountain City, a little city still somewhat out in the country, where neighborly Burna Erwin brought her umbrella to the street when RonTom, KissMe, and I got caught in a shower last week. Montage brings me some friends who do not live in Mountain City. One is M.C. Forister. Sh...

H ow many roadrunners do we have hanging out in Mountain City? Friday morning we stopped to watch one on Live Oak Drive at Ash. Ellis Craig walked out to get his newspaper saying, “He’s been hanging around for several days.” Saturday morning we saw a roadrunner running along Maple Drive. Saturday af...