Author Archives: Humanity Hiker

Work and Community – Part Three

As I hiked across the plains I often heard the lament that Americans do not want to work hard any more.  What prompted this lament was the influx of Mexicans to work in meat-packing plants.  If we are to consider … Continue reading

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Work and Community – Part Two

There are a few lessons to be learned from early nomads in regards to our health and happiness.  Why they can provide lessons is they did not evolve over hundreds of thousands of years to be unhealthy and unhappy.  For … Continue reading

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Work and Community

I saw a thought-provoking post on cyberspace the other day, offering a litany of complaints about our country.  The poster was wealthy and famous.  Is anyone really surprised that the demographic that we hear complain about our political and economic … Continue reading

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Norris Square Community Lessons

I made a blog entry about Norris Square just a short while ago.  For those who prefer to wait until the movie comes out here’s a podcast I created.

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Sportsmanship in El Paso

This is another video going viral.  Part of me thinks “Why bother, people will find it on their own?”; the other part thinks “It moves me so let’s move others in case they wouldn’t find it?”  Catch in particular the … Continue reading

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NCCC Testimonial

Yesterday I gave a talk at Northwest Community College, sponsored by the Northwest Community College Foundation and the Peggy Andl Fund.  Excuse my excitement over the glowing endorsement I received from organizer Sue Berg. Kirk gave a loving and inspirational … Continue reading

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Norris Square Community Lesson

Hiking across the country I gathered many stories revealing important community lessons.  There was one story I often gave at my talks about a community I visited before the ADT journey.  During a mission trip to Philadelphia I visited the … Continue reading

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Beauty along the American Discovery Trail

Created for my talks on our journey.

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College Community

I previously wrote about my life in the Jungle, a predominantly freshman dormitory complex at the University of Connecticut.  There was a sense of community in our pioneering (back then) coed dorm that lead to a high return rate.  My … Continue reading

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Narayanan Krishnan

This is going viral without my help, but how can I not include it in a blog about kindness?

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