Mountain City has a 9th case of coronavirus.  Still, only one has recovered. Sadly, two in Mountain City did not survive. The temporary speed limit radar signs in Mountain City are on loan from the county. All roads in Mountain City, with the exception of 2770, have a speed limit of 25 miles per hou...

That first case of coronavirus in Mountain City is a friend of mine. On Day 12 of her confinement, we chatted back and forth by text. My Mountain City friend, young and extremely healthy, wears PPE in workplace. With 8 - 10 hour workdays, a standard mask was worn, for comfort, rather than the N-95 m...

Yard of the Week signs pop up faster than this column gets written /published, and one was missed at the beginning. Congratulations to: · Sally Kachoris on Pin Oak Court · James and Dianne Polk on Pin Oak Drive · Jeff and Vicki Senefeld on Live Oak Drive · Beth and Mitch Phillips on Pin Oak Drive We...

Loving Mountain City posted a photo of the first recipient of LMC’s Yard of the Week recognition, administered by Marjie Kelley. Congratulations to Mickey Vogel on Pecan. Mickey reported to Marjie that the gorgeous tall red flowers are wild, coming back each year. Patricia Porterfield commented, “Th...

A walk along Live Oak Drive offers messages of faith on lawns, intended for encouragement. First, you’ll come to a yard sign with gigantic individual letters, not quite midway on left. Spelled out in large yellow letters it reads, “Be Still and Know That I am God.” A few houses down is the home of M...

Mountain City, what a beautiful place to be confined during Covid 19 (for those of us who are not essential workers)! For those of you who are working, thank you. Nature abounds! While you’re in and around observing, contribute to science and have a record kept for yourself by reporting any “organis...

Have you noticed? The gigantic JOY we see at Christmastime on Live Oak Drive is displayed in the yard of Mayor Ralph and Marcia McClendon. Ralph explains for Montage readers: “My sister-in-law, Melissa Garraway, mentioned that she had heard that others were putting out their Christmas decorations to...

“Without the element of surprise, there is no delight,” Marketing wizard, Roy Williams, in his Monday Morning Memo, shared recently. My thoughts immediately went to bluebirds and Texas Bluebird Society www.txblues.org. No wonder the organization has been so successful. Bluebirds bring such beautiful...

H eads up! Up high in Mountain City trees crowds of masked Cedar Waxwings hide in plain sight. They gorge on hackberries. RonTom and I have counted upwards of 100 in the cedar elm above our front yard birdbath, drifting up and down, with a dozen or more on the birdbath. We saw a crowd of cows along ...

S ometimes life in Mountain City can only be understood by those who’ve been here awhile. Last week, a post showed up in NextDoor, “There are cows in front of a house on Maple Drive.” According to the emoji response, this brought laughs. It’s just funny, seeing cows on a city street. Someone joked, ...