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Message from the Mountain
September 2026 / Issue #27 Hide and Seek It is slowly becoming that time of year when the fawns are big enough to fend for themselves and become braver to be seen in public. It is amazing to watch them go from little butterballs on the ground, hidden by tall grass and curled up like cats in a cat bun, to little Bambi-esque creatures, trying so hard to look suave and non-awkward. Eventually, these cute little devils will learn to play chicken with cars, as part of a culling of

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Aug 302 min read
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Message from the Mountain
August 2026/Issue #26 The Terrorist Within Rob Jones is a retired U.S. Marine Corps Sergeant, combat engineer, Paralympic medalist, and motivational speaker. He lost both of his legs in Afghanistan to an IED. Rob has pushed the limits of human endurance by completing 31 marathons in 31 cities in 31 consecutive days. Rob cycled 5,180 miles from Maine to California for veterans charities. He won a bronze medal in mixed double sculls rowing with Oksana Masters at the 2012 Summer

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Jul 312 min read
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Message from the Mountain
July 2026/ Issue #25 "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness." That is my favorite sentence from the Declaration of Independence. The Continental Congress actually voted for independence on July 2, 1776, not the 4th. Only John Hancock and Charles Thomson signed the Declaration of Independence on the 4th. Most

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Jun 292 min read
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