Author: Dot

In her latest Mountain Musings column, Dottie Simmons reflects on a predawn adventure—meteor showers, frozen pipes, and the quiet life on an eastern Humboldt homestead.

In her latest Mountain Musings column, Dottie Simmons reflects on apple-pressing, shifting seasons, and the gratitude woven into rural life in eastern Humboldt.

She asked for help, and her community answered with the kind of care that reminds you how good people can be.

In her guest column, eastern Humboldt County resident Dottie Simmons reflects on decades of volunteering at rural polling places—from Dinsmore to Bridgeville to Fortuna—and the deep sense of community and civic pride that comes with helping neighbors vote.

In a guest column, Dottie Simmons shares the quiet triumph of finally harvesting jelly apples from a long-grafted mystery tree on her Eastern Humboldt homestead.

In this guest column, Dottie Simmons of eastern Humboldt shares her ongoing battle with invasive weeds—and her enduring love for life in the garden.