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Dang that was sick

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We did move to the mountains.

Amish neighbors, community, locally sourced food, magical landscape.

It's what we always wanted but never thought possible.

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Mar 1·edited Mar 1Liked by Christopher Cook

i escaped to the jungle

i learned many things

namely

it is much more effective to fight tyranny

when your body is not being consumed by three phylums of nature

also - water - food - health care

these all came up in a big way

oh yeah, and money

i did not have a car at the time

and the local snakes

did not give you enough time

to take a bus

-fight from the edges

-or the middle

assassins looking for you in NY

are not happy assassins

finding you alone on a mountain

is not going to go well

~

so if you do go

bring friends and money

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Mar 2Liked by Christopher Cook

I concur. The fact that I have children and 3 very young grandchildren keeps me feisty and in the game, too. It is hell in Colorado. However, I take a small bit of pleasure in the fact that I now see people where I work daring to wear T-shirts that read ‘Non-compliant’ after I showed up wearing one. I have an assortment of T-shirts such as ‘I’m already naturally immune to bullshit’, ‘I’d rather be a rebel than a slave’, ‘It seems to be mutating into a communist dictatorship’ with a microscope on it, ‘not my new normal’, ‘stop medical tyranny’, ‘bring wholesome back’, ‘still complying? They are coming for your bank account next’, etc. I wondered if I’d be fired but I see others beginning to follow suit. I consider it a small win. I will be thinking of you. I think that having children in this world makes everything matter so much more. I know I don’t want to leave behind a shit show for them. I feel for you, Jessica.

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Mar 1·edited Mar 1Liked by Christopher Cook

We may not be in the right place now. I see these tyrants as bullies and the more they push the more I see how vulnerable they are. Without hope there is no faith. I have to have both. This country was created by hope faith and honestly miracles. I can move but I won’t hide, and I won’t go down without a fight. https://www.google.com/search?q=did+washington+meet+an+angel&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en&client=safari#fpstate=ive&vld=cid:83465fdc,vid:jeq-wWU4qTg,st:0

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Mar 1Liked by Christopher Cook

Now you understand why I want to move back to WV.

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Mar 1Liked by Christopher Cook

I like the lyrics. There's something that stirs when certain drums hit just right. Like this one I found. While the younger guy needs to dial it back that performance a bit, the song still gets the blood flowing.

https://youtu.be/AFgIbCQoq8o?si=fni3NQRvJSRGncyn

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Mar 1Liked by Christopher Cook

Very much a style of music I like, great track.

Thanks.

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Mar 1Liked by Christopher Cook

Oh hell yeah!

We ride at dawn.

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Mar 1Liked by Christopher Cook

Chris

Here is link to lyrics

https://songmeanings.com/songs/view/3530822107858616060/

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Mar 1Liked by Christopher Cook

Chris

A song by Jarvis Cocker

“Running the World”

Has lyrics that resonate with me with me

Referencing the political class and bureaucracy

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Mar 1Liked by Christopher Cook

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDOHhx_dk1g

Chimes of Freedom. Worth a listen!

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