Come across something written about Mt. Monadnock, and there’s a good change you’ll also find the names Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau. Now, we’re glad that Mt. Monadnock was good for them, but why is their endorsement so important? Anyone can see that this is a great mountain – beautiful to look upon, rendered so distinctly from so many different perspectives, relatively easy to climb, and yielding a magnificent view from the summit. But, drop these names, and suddenly “oh, Thoreau and Emerson spoke well of Monadnock – must be an even greater mountain”.

Some people that live in my apartment complex are missing their cat. He is an indoor cat named Tweety and is very very sweet mannered. He busted out of their place through their screen and is lost now.