Riding a Bike Across America

On June 5th, I will be riding my bike from Los Angeles to Washington D.C. with a team to raise awareness about the need in Africa for fresh-water wells. There are a number of ways you can get involved. You can host the team as we pass through your town, or join us on one of three city-wide rides we will host in Dallas, Nashville and in Washington. You can also donate to sponsor me or any other rider by visiting www.ridewelltour.org. All of the proceeds will benefit my friends at Blood:Water Mission, a not-for profit begun by the band Jars of Clay that has already drilled many wells and has the ambition of drilling one-thousand in total. To find out more, watch this video, and follow me on the road as this website becomes an all-access pass to a ride across the country. Here are some websites that might be of interest:

www.bloodwatermission.org
www.ridewelltour.org
www.donaldmillerwords.com

This website will change around mid-May and will have all the new blogs and donation tools to keep you informed and help you get involved. I hope to see you out there on the road.

Jordan and Mindy got Married

My long-time roomate Jordan Green got married a couple weeks ago. Jordan has become one of my closest friends, and I’ve watched him evolve from struggling writer to successful contributor to my own work as well as the faithful and consistent editor at www.burnsidewriterscollective.com, a magazine he designed and manages that has a substantial cult following. We had a great week of writing the week before the wedding, and it amazed me how calm Jordan was. Several guys came in from out of town to work on a writing project and stay over for the wedding, so the wedding itself along with the reception that followed was a great celebration of both Jordan and Mindy’s love and the hard work he’d been doing for the last few years. I won’t lie, it’s been lonely around here without Jordan. I didn’t realize I’d miss you this much, buddy.

Jordan and Mindy are moving to Phoenix where Mindy will do Residency at a hospital there. It will be a long three years. Jordan and Mindy, the very best to you. For those of you who couldn’t make it up for the wedding, here is what happens when you pass a video camera around to a group of people who, perhaps, have had a few glasses of wine:

We love you Mr. and Mrs. Green.

The music is Hey Ya, covered by Obadiah Parker. You can find it on I-Tunes.

We’re about to send out our first ever newsletter from this site. You can sign up for the newsletter by clicking the little newspaper to the right. The first issue will have some photos of my recent visit to Las Vegas with Steve Taylor and Ben Pearson where we took a course on screenwriting and worked a bit on the Blue Like Jazz movie we hope to start filming here in Portland in May. And next month I’ll be talking about the team I’ll be joining to ride our bikes across America in support of Bloodwater Mission’s 1000 Wells Project. If you’ve not signed up for the newsletter, do so today and you’ll be kept up to date.

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