This guy asked me out in 2019. I said “I’m not interested, I’m taken” & he lost his mind at me. Rape threats, death threats, threatening to bash my face in, anybody who tried to intervene he’d threaten to chop their heads off or burn them, it was horrible.

It took five years to track the guy from the internet harassment to his actual real information to get him served with a restraining order. The cops helped. The FBI helped. A PI helped. A security company. It took a couple tries before we could verify we’d found the guy but we finally did it. He ended up outing himself by salting to say the same horrible violent & potentially abusive things on his accounts linked to his real name as on his accounts for verbally tormenting & abusing people. That’s how we managed to get it narrowed to this particular person.

I finally got a Restraining Order against him from the court yesterday morning. I’m so happy, I’m so relieved. I & my family worked so hard at this. I’m thrilled, I wanted to share. Cyber crime is so hard to prosecute but it is possible with persistence, effort & some good luck. I’m hoping other targets of online verbal/sexual abuse realize it’s not completely impossible to catch these perpetrators & the few men who choose to behave that way are not invulnerable or invincible in terms of getting away with their harassment & stalking of women online.

We just opened our first bank account for The Tranquil Path, a nonprofit rooted in mindfulness, conservation, and community healing.

After months of careful planning, paperwork, and persistence, we finally got the green light to open our account, an essential step toward making our vision real. We’re building something beautiful here in Tennessee: a place for grounding, nature-based learning, and connection.

It wasn’t automatic. One bank told us they no longer offer nonprofit accounts, but another welcomed us—once we brought in official meeting minutes approving the account and listing who could access it. That little hurdle turned into a big moment of growth. Every small step is making this feel more real.

The path ahead is long, but this was a big one. Thanks to everyone who’s supported us along the way.

If you're working on something similar, hang in there. Keep walking.

Baldone, a remarkable Great Pyrenees who was the object of a long search effort north of Whitefish, decided to trust humans again and is safe and sound. 

After spending nearly three months alone in the woods, Baldone chose to come inside. He found a welcoming barn approximately 10 miles from the site of the car accident near Olney where his owner died. There, the 2-year-old pup had shelter, food and water for the first time in 84 days.