by Linda and Charlie | Jun 1, 2009 | Newsletters 2009 |
Stuart Brown is a man on a mission. He is convinced that there is something missing in the lives of most of us, the absence of which is responsible for many of the difficulties and issues that plague our culture both personally and socially. It is the lack of this...
by Linda and Charlie | May 1, 2009 | Newsletters 2009 |
A few weeks ago Paul Hawken delivered the commencement speech to the class of 2009 at the University of Portland. Although we weren’t there to hear him in person, thanks to the miracle of the internet, we were able to read the talk online within days of his...
by Linda and Charlie | Apr 1, 2009 | Newsletters 2009 |
Did you ever wonder why despite your best efforts and your most sincere desire and your absolutely clear intention to lose that weight, or exercise regularly or meditate every morning or give up your relentless grip on control or keep any other resolution that you may...
by Linda and Charlie | Mar 1, 2009 | Newsletters 2009 |
The Appalachian Trail is 2175 miles long and runs from Springer Mountain in Georgia to Mt. Katahdin in Maine. The trail was finished in 1937 and in 1948 Earl Shaffer of York Pennsylvania completed the first documented thru-hike. Since then over 50,000 people have set...
by Linda and Charlie | Feb 1, 2009 | Newsletters 2009 |
Charlie: Three weeks ago, after working out and doing a few errands, I came home and realized that I had left my jacket in the locker room of the gym. This wasn’t the first (or probably the last) time that I had done something like this. It was more like the twentieth...
by Linda and Charlie | Jan 1, 2009 | Newsletters 2009 |
Linda: I grew up in the South and my only living grandparents lived in New York. Except for occasional visits up North, I rarely saw them. I remember having a deep longing to be close to a sweet grandmother, someone who was wise and loving, with twinkling eyes. I used...