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I'll get right down it. Big mission this week. Not big in an uh-oh-this-is-so-time-consuming way. (In fact, this mission is super easy; you don't even have to get up from your chair.) Big in a let's-shake-things-up-and-create-a-movement way.So here we go.

It's been a truly wonderful, summery week together. We loved HEARing your summery summaries. We loved our roll call yesterday and seeing who was existentially HERE.

 I woke up to the most glorious summer day: a clear, sun-coated sky, tank top temperature, the meshed sounds of crickets and quiet.Despite the heavenly back-end descriptors of that last sentence, the operative three words are this:I woke up.And if you are reading this, you woke up too.We

After Mark's hilarious "jump" post yesterday, I couldn't help but think about the book "Jump" by Philippe Halsman. Do you know it? It's been a favorite of‚ mine for years, and has been experiencing a much-deserved comeback recently. Here's the book.

Mark Saves Summer (photo by Mark Munger)The summer-a-saultIf I'm not mistaken, summer comes to an end because our part of the earth tilts away from the sun.

 (source: tel-aviv-insider.com) Summer is coming to a close. (Insert sad sigh here...) You can feel it in the air, can't you?