The Love Letter Squad – Changing the world for the better, one letter at a time

April 27, 2013

Tresa Eyres and her friendship with Reverend Lloyd Eucker

Sisters Tresa Eyres and Charlene Cox

Reverend Lloyd Eucker was, by all accounts, an astounding man who knew, among other things, how to wait his turn for the friendship of a child too shy to say hello. Love Letters Live Co-founder Tresa Eyres was that little girl who averted her gaze at every offer of a handshake. Reverend Eucker was not daunted by this at all. He offered and offered until one day she took his hand. What he got for his patience was Tresa’s lifelong devotion, admiration and friendship. Tresa is a fan of being nothing less than significant in any declaration, so when she heard that her friend Lloyd Eucker himself asked that she speak at his funeral, she knew she was given a serious mission to portray this man who had such an impact on her life. How to do it? To hear her talk about how she approached this sad goodbye is a valuable lesson. And, learning about the Reverend Llloyd Eucker is a treat in itself.

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April 19, 2013

James Sokol bringing Broadway to Marin County

James Sokol, of the Marin JCC and founder of Exploring Opera with James Sokol and, hence, leader of fabulous trips to hear opera and Broadway musicals, had very clever parents. His bedtime stories were the plots of classical operas, perfect short stories with endless adventure and visual excitement. So, it is no surprise that he has made a life in opera and Broadway musicals. He is presenting a celebration of Broadway on May 5th, 2013, starring Kimilee Bryant to take place at the Marin County JCC. Everything James does is uncommonly wonderful. To hear James talk about his life is an adventure itself where love, humility, high comedy and classical music intersect.

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April 5, 2013

Dan Field’s timeless love letter to Roger Ebert

Some time ago Dan Field, a wonderful, emotionally generous man of many talents (and, yes, a dear friend I’ve known since he was a teen age friend of both my daughters) wrote a love letter to Roger Ebert. Dan had heard Roger was ill and wanted to let him know his personal history with this film critic who had such an impact on his young life. Now is the perfect time to listen to Dan talk about his own life and how Roger Ebert’s enriched it.

March 30, 2013

Time for Baseball Mary

Because it is baseball time again, and for San Francisco, Giants time, I wanted to treat you to a Love Letters Live of a while ago. A re-run. I figure if tv can do it, so can I. Baseball Mary as some of you may know from Love Letters Live or from seeing her at the games, that she is a passionate SF Giants fan. Not just a fan but a philanthropist who is focused on and succeeds at making the world better. She is smart, serious, enthusiastic and fun. To listen to her tell her story is a treat. So, if you missed it last time, you have another chance here. And, if you did hear it, you may want to start the season hearing it again. Knowing Baseball Mary is like having some inside privilege, like being more a part of the game through her. Her love of the team is totally contagious.

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February 21, 2013

Author Ed Cozza on writing and life

Ed Cozza, author of a new novel Nowhere Yet is a man who apparently has always approached life with joy, open-heartedness and gratitude. Yes, even as a child in Colorado. Every day was a new joy spent outside in play among beauty. Did he know he had the sort of imagination that would lead him to being a writer? Listen to what he has to say and find out. Well, yes, the knowledge eased up on him. He is fortunate in that he took his talent to where it led him.

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February 19, 2013

Andrew Lam back with another wonderful book

Andrew Lam, my personal favorite Vietnamese writer, is back with another wonderful book. This one, Birds of Paradise Lost, is fiction, although it is so heart-reaching and detailed in it is in its portrayal of Vietnamese people who have had to make new lives in America that I originally thought it was a collection of real biographies. His skill and talent are such that even his fiction drew me into a world of reality. Andrew is so emotionally generous in his writing, such an exuberant part of a modern world in the way he lives, and has a way of making others feel graceful in his presence that his success is no surprise. To hear him talk about his life and his transition from Vietnamese child to American adult is a lesson in joyous possibilities.

Birds of Paradise Lost cover

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January 31, 2013

Annie Albagli’s love letters to Washington DC

Annie Albagli, as an artist, has done what we come to expect from a significant artist; she engineers the unexpected. You can see delightful surprises everywhere she has set her hand, mind and heart to work. Her inspirations are as original as her interpretations. And, she is not satisfied to remain enmeshed in only one plane of communication. Annie has done something that took me by such surprise that I asked her to talk about it on Love Letters Live. She has created an interactive love letter to Washington D.C. Annie brings to mind and practical action how place, time and history combine to shape the positive best expressed in a love letter. You may want to take part in it. When I listened to Annie talk about this wonderful project, I felt that the very tone of her voice holds a world of affection.

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January 17, 2013

Heidi Kühn’s huge success in removing land mines

Heidi Kühn founder and CEO of Roots of Peace

Heidi Kühn is the founder and CEO of Roots of Peace, an organization dedicated to the removal of land mines throughout the world. She flies fearlessly through war ravaged countries, tiptoes past danger on a moment’s notice, and meets with heads of state whose support she overwhelmingly has. The danger is overwhelming and the task Herculean, but Heidi forges ahead with confidence that it is the mothers of the world who, in an utterly apolitical manner, can make the world safer. Not just safe, but productive; at the site of each land mine removed, a grapevine is planted in its place. To listen to this beautiful woman, who has the face of an angel and the heart of a lion, talk about her own journey past personal land mines is to take a look into the exceptional bravery, faith and spirit that is the basis for her success in this bold mission she has personally assigned herself.

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January 6, 2013

Remembering the best of years gone by

Deciding to write a love letter has always been, to me, the first step on the road to bathing in the positive, and I am happy to say that this is newly brought to my attention every time I see it in action. Jonathan Brower , psychotherapist and host of his own internet radio show called Human Behavior, What a Trip, recently joined me on Love Letters Live with sweet memories of so much in his younger life, and he is planning a very important love letter to his father. This is particularly joyful for me since his father is my father. Yes, Jon is my brother and some of his memories are mine, too. To listen to him talk about what is right in life is a tribute to how we can look back and focus on what was right in our lives.

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December 27, 2012

Ann Mahony with more on what we can see in handwriting

Ann Mahony

Ann Mahony is back to talk once again about one of my favorite subjects, and maybe yours, too, handwriting. Listen to Ann talk about more of what she does in her life as a handwriting analyst. Is it possible to disguise your intentions by disguising your handwriting? Why might it be a good idea to have an analysis of your handwriting and your sweetheart’s before you walk down the aisle? Are you doomed if your personalities are at odds? Well, of course not, but isn’t it nice to know the secrets hidden in the sentences he writes to you or you to him? I think so. In any case, Ann is endlessly fascinating.

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