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Kingsley Grant’s Midlife Launch podcast

I enjoyed some time last month speaking with Kingsley Grant on his midlife launch podcast. I shared my story about leaving a long-term career and a comfortable life in Maine. Kingsley, who is a speaker, author, psychotherapist and certified relationship coach, has entitled the podcast “It’s Never Too Late to Get Started.” You can catch the episode at Kingsley’s website or on iTunes.

Pursuing a Dream

What would possess someone to travel long distances, alone, by bicycle? What if that someone was a 23-year-old female?What if she was just learning the native tongue of the land through which she was to bicycle? And what if she had no tools to fix a flat tire?

Some of you may be thinking: That’s crazy! Debbie and I have bicycled long distances together and even we are wondering if it crazy.

However, I suppose what has possessed our overnight guest, Onyou Kim of Seoul, South Korea, to begin he...

Love is Out There

If you’re a single woman over thirty, there’s good news for you: love is out there! So says Melissa Williams-Pope in her new book entitled Love is Out There: True Stories of Hope for Single Women Over 30. Williams-Pope has assembled a collection of encouraging testimonials from twenty women who had all but given up hope of meeting that special someone.

Each story is written in the words of a woman who went through what seemed like a long and winding road toward marriage. A strong theme throug...

Open Road Press Releases New eBook

I’ve recently written a business eBook entitled Hedging Commodity Price Risk: A Small Business Perspective and published it through Open Road Press. We released this new title in Amazon’s Kindle store while on the road in Missouri in September of 2014. After we returned from TheHopeLine Tour, we pushed it to Barnes and Noble’s Nook and Kobo Books. It’s already received favorable reviews on Amazon.

Because this is a business book that doesn’t fit well on this website, which has a tag line of...

Update on TheHopeLine Tour Fundraiser

As we depart 2014, I’d liketo updateyou on the status of our fundraiser entitled TheHopeLine Tour of 2014and plug you into a unique opportunity before it’s too late to take advantage of it. If you’ve stumbled upon this webpage randomly or you’re unfamiliar withthe tour or the fundraiser, my wife, Debbie, and I bicycled across the country this summer on a self-supported tour to raise awareness and needed fundsfor TheHopeLine, a nonprofit organization that seeks to reach rescue, and restore hur...

TheHopeLine Tour Post Trip Thoughts Part 3

Part 3 of a3-part series(To read Part 1 of his post trip thoughts, in which Tim describes the experience and how he is missing it, click here. For Part 2 about the route and the touring high points, click here.)

Fundraising

Pitching TheHopeLine was a privilege. We only hope that we have made as much of a difference for it as it did for our tour. TheHopeLine cause immediately connected us with people everywhere. Everyone, it seems, is affected by suicide. We learned better techniques for sharing...

TheHopeLine Tour Post Trip Thoughts Part 2

Part 2 of a 3-part series (To read Part 1 of his post trip thoughts, in which Tim describes the experience and how he misses it, click here.)

The Route

Our route provided plenty of challenge. It kept us out of harm’s way and offered cities where we could pitch TheHopeLine to media and engage more people face to face. We traveled more miles and climbed more feet of elevation than on our other tours. And when you include Oregon, Idaho, and Montana in your touring, you’re sure to encounter breatht...

TheHopeLine Tour Post Trip Thoughts Part 1

Part 1 of a 3-part series to be published this week.

Back to Reality

Okay. I admit it. Debbie and I have been flat-lining ever since returning from TheHopeLine Tour of 2014. How does one sum up, let alone move on from, a 4,344-mile bicycle tour to beat all? Months of unopened mail, a deferred book launch, and easing back into sedentary daily life after our high-energy routine have translated our hyperactive motion into a feeling of being frozen in time, still locked within the memories and the...

Announcing the Best of TheHopeLine Tour

Debbie and I are pleased to announce the highlights of TheHopeLine Tour of 2014!

Wow! What a tour! This wasn’t just a bicycle joyride across America. This was an intense journey, with a targeted awareness and fundraising campaign tied to it, filled with challenging and inspirational moments. Filtering through so many photos and blog posts reminded us of just how beautiful America is and justhow much we experienced in the past few months. We’ve narrowed the field down to 25 photos and 16 blog p...

Hope Is Not Free

Introduction

Debbie and I have been busy poring over several thousand photos and nearly 100 blog posts. We’re assembling some “best of” highlights for you to enjoy. And we’ll soon be asking you to vote on your favorites to help determine “the best of the best.”

While the beautiful scenery and touching stories of TheHopeLine Tour are free to those who choose to enjoy them, the cost of hope for countless youth is not free. Sure, it’s free to the young people who call or chat in to TheHopeLine, bu...