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Final
Book Blowout !
(As
of April 2008 we have about 150 copies left.)
Effective
December 2004,
Getting a Life went "out of print."
This means that bookstores can no longer order the book from the
publisher or book distributors. We purchased the residual
stock and are offering author-signed copies
to the public via this website for $5.00
each while supplies last. (Washington
State residents must add 45 cents sales
tax PER COPY.) Send a check for US$5.00
per copy (plus sales tax if applicable) payable to
David A. Heitmiller to
1745 NW 59th St., Seattle, WA 98107. Price includes shipping
to any US location. For shipping outside the US, Contact
us directly by e-mail. Sorry, we can't process credit card
sales. Other options to Find
the Book.
An
Important Website to check out:
http://www.footprintnetwork.org/

Simplicity
Articles
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My
Spiritual Journey
by
David Heitmiller
On September 11, 2001, like most everybody in the country, I was
glued to the television set watching the devastation in New York
City, Washington D.C. and Pennsylvania. What did it all mean? How
could someone be so vengeful that they would take so many innocent
lives? Especially in the name of religion? Some warped interpretation
of religion to be sure, but still, how did we get to this point?
With
these questions spinning around in my head I decided to take a break
from the reporting and walk up to check my mail at the local mailbox
place a few blocks away. On my way home, I was guided to not return
the usual way, but to go straight where I would normally turn left
and take a slightly more circuitous route. As I walked, dazed from
the events of the morning, I passed an old wooden church. The structure
reminded me of the Oberlin Congregational Church in Steilacoom,
Washington; the church I attended as a child. I stopped for a moment
in front of the building and noticed the reader board which identified
it as the Interfaith Community Church.
Someone had opened the doors of the small sanctuary and for some
reason I was called to enter this sacred space. As I entered the
double doors a bolt of lightning did not come down from the sky
and strike me dead. A good sign as I had not been a churchgoer (except
for weddings and funerals) for more than 35 years! As I took in
the space visually, a woman greeted me and asked if I had come to
pray. Somewhat embarrassed, I responded in the positive and sat
down in one of the back pews, asking myself why I was there. My
eye caught one of the tri-fold brochures in the pew pocket and I
took it out and read about the Interfaith
Community Church (ICC) and its vision of honoring
all spiritual paths and teachers. It seemed that these folks were
looking at the common thread in all religions and traditions instead
of getting hung up on the “one right way.” “Huh,
I wonder what this is all about?” I asked myself. After meditating
for a few more minutes I stuffed the brochure in my pocket and headed
home....Read
More
"Ultimate
Cheapskate"
touts less-is-more lifestyle
By Dan Zak The
Washington Post 3/7/2008
The burgeoning cheap-pride movement began on a back road in Accokeek,
Md., with a goof named Jeff Yeager, who retired from Washington,
D.C., nonprofit work several years ago and answered the cosmic calling
to be the patron saint of thrift.
In
short order, he found himself on the "Today" show as a
correspondent on issues of frugality, began writing about penny-pinching
techniques online (www.ultimatecheapskate.com) and eventually snagged
a book deal with Random House's Broadway Books. He recently finished
the second leg of his book tour (by bicycle) for "The Ultimate
Cheapskate's Road Map to True Riches: A Practical (and Fun) Guide
to Enjoying Life More by Spending Less" ($13), which was
released in December. Link
to article Link
to website
Book
Reviews
Simplicity
Lessons: A 12-Step Guide to Living Simply
By Linda Breen Pierce Reviewed by Joe
Leeak
Rational
Simplicity: Setting
the Course to a Simpler Life
By Tim Covell Reviewed
by David Heitmiller
Nothing
Left Over: A Plain and Simple Life By Toinette
Lippe
Reviewed by Jacqueline Blix
Slow
is Beautiful:New
Visions of Community, Leisure and Joie de Vivre
By Cecile Andrews Reviewed
by Jonathan Freedman
More
Reading recommendations from gettingalife.org
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