Category: Lessons
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Lance Armstrong is a jerk. Even in 1999, we knew that. As a journalist, I knew it. But when my boss at the Philadelphia Daily News, who knew of my love for cycling, assigned me to write a preview of the US pro championship race held there in June, I knew what I needed to write about…
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“True silence is the rest of the mind, and is to the spirit what sleep is to the body, nourishment and refreshment.” — William Penn
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Found this recently while dredging through some Google Docs folders. It’s from a church service I collaborated on during January 2009, the theme of which was “peace and quiet.” Somehow I ended up talking about the need to occasionally punch another person. If you’re interested, read on … When Yvon and I started wrestling with…
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Arabian horses have been bred in the deserts of the Middle East since the time of Muhammed. In fact, there is an “Al Khamsa” designation that attempts to draw a direct lineage to the Prophet’s own herd. Arabians were the mounts of Genghis Khan, of Napoleon, of George Washington. So it’s a little strange to…
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Chrysler Building on a beautiful June afternoon, seen over Grand Central Station.
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Path through French Creek State Park, prepping for our hiking at end of this month in California.
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Virginia’s lunchbox, found when cleaning out her mom’s basement.
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Virginia and I headed up the postprom cleanup this morning. It was a load. What, you might ask, is postprom? It’s an after-prom party, organized by parents, that is so audaciously awesome that there’s no way the kids can’t attend. It is a way to make sure same kids are safe and not driving (and…
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I had just finished an afternoon workout at my place of work (one of the true blessings of working at Rodale, we have a gym and are encouraged to use it) when a colleague called over that there had been an explosion near the finish line at the Boston Marathon, and it didn’t appear to…
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Even though our backyard is pretty deep, in the winter it thins out and you can see through to the soil business behind us. Virginia as been wanting to NOT see this for 4 years now, and has been lobbying that we plant bamboo as a solution that would block our view in the barren…
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I’ve always loved a good pass. When I’m watching the NCAA Tournament, the extra pass that leads to an easy bucket has always been more thrilling than the talented shooter who launches from all over the place. And during the lunchtime Thursday games I play in, my most self-satisfied moments are not when I score,…
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“Being agnostic about the afterlife, I look for salvation here—not to be saved from life, but to be saved by life, in life, for life.” -Rev. Forrest Church I was reminded of this while looking for some old documents, and found my response to attending General Assembly in 2008: This was my first General Assembly…
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