2 + 1 Always Equals 3 PART ONE:  The George Bailey Paradox :  The purpose of this writing project is going to be an attempt to argue and illustrate the importance of a belief in a god or deity in the formation of our view of the universe. Throughout this writing project, we will be taking historical trips into the past and fantasy voyages into the future. We will use historical facts, observations, and viewpoints from the past to predict an outcome a thousand years in the fut

Old as the Mountains, but Young as our Memory Raven Adventures and Training is excited to present a new writing (blog), podcast and video project coming on 10-31-2025. This project will take a deep dive into a common statement that is made by Atheists around the world that if all fiction, religious texts, religious iconography and science books were destroyed today, in 1,000 years only the science books will arrive back to the original factual material they started with. Rave

Popeye, the Sailor Man Alpha Lithos Theory Chapter 5: Popeye the Sailor Man AKA I'm on a Boat This might be the most difficult chapter...

Heart of Gold Alpha Lithos Theory Chapter 4: The Gold Standard            Of the four chapters thus far, this will certainly be the most...

Do You Get the Point? Alpha Lithos Theory: Chapter 3 Rock of Ages. After a short hiatus for the holidays, I am back bigger, better, and...

An Attempt at Perfection Chapter 2: Gleam the Cube   One of the fundamental things that I must do in order to test, and possibly show,...

A Model of Perfection! Chapter 1: The Great Model Railroader As I begin this new writing project nearly four years after ending Thoughts...

Stay tuned! I am very excited to announce after a four year hiatus that a new blog series will be released on Wednesday, November 27,...

This is the fifty-second and final chapter of a weekly blog series that will focus on leadership in the outdoors and how to get the most...

Chapter 52: The End of an Adventure When I first started in my camping career I did not realize that I would be leading adventure...

This is the fifty-first of a weekly blog series that will focus on leadership in the outdoors and how to get the most from the least....

Chapter 51: The Trapper’s Oath The definition of an oath is “a solemn promise, often invoking a divine witness, regarding one’s future...

This is the fiftieth of a weekly blog series that will focus on leadership in the outdoors and how to get the most from the least. Even...

Chapter 50: Run To the Hills “I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and...

This is the forty-ninth of a weekly blog series that will focus on leadership in the outdoors and how to get the most from the least....

Chapter 49: Turn the Tables. Mr. Modern-Day Mountain Man is a great story teller. Kids and adults love to hear him string a story...

This is the forty-eighth of a weekly blog series that will focus on leadership in the outdoors and how to get the most from the least....

Chapter 48: Tracking and Stalking “The first track is the end of a string. At the far end, a being is moving; a mystery, dropping a hint...

This is the forty-seventh of a weekly blog series that will focus on leadership in the outdoors and how to get the most from the least....

Chapter 47: Fit to be Tied. “Never go climbing with someone who can’t keep their shoes tied.” -MDMM I remember it like it was yesterday. ...