Anyone who grows up near the ocean and moves away misses it—forever, I've learned. For many, many summers we've gone back to Long Island to visit Jim's family and the towns on the south shore that are so familiar to him. The photo of a mother with child in tow, pulling a wagon full of…
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Tim Burke’s running Death Valley for a cause
On Monday, July 2, CWEnder Tim Burke will begin a 146-mile run through Death Valley (yes, you read that correctly), from the lowest point in the U.S.–Bad Water, California at 282 feet below sea level– to the highest, Mt. Whitney. If Tim hadn't already named his blog about the upcoming extreme-sport adventure "1inspiredidiot.com," I may…
Dr. Jeff & Beki Marsh and the Bhutan Cleft Care Project
This post has been in the works since before Thanksgiving when I interviewed Jeff Marsh, who has been a friend for at least 30 years, in his CWE home. It was on my way home from that interview that I broke my foot, and while the two events are related only by timing, and while…