They Forgot to Invite Me to Christmas—So I Bought a Mountain. When They Came to Take It, the Deputy Was Already Waiting.

replacing the standard strike plate on my front door with a four-inch steel plate and driving three-inch screws deep into the stud. The deadbolt, when I tested it, closed with a tiny decisive click that sounded like the most important word I’d ever learned: No.

December 23rd, 7:42 p.m. I was sitting by the fire with a book when my phone buzzed with continue reading …