Huffington Magazine Issue 87 | Page 5

LETTER FROM THE EDITOR potentially poison local waterways and contaminate a crucial resource — salmon. But the debate isn’t just about environmental effects. What these tribes see as a major problem, others view as a necessity for survival. “We rely on coal just as they rely on salmon,” CJ Stewart, senator of the Crow Nation tribe, tells Lynne. “All tribes share one common enemy, and that enemy is poverty.” Elsewhere in the issue, Rebecca Adams speaks to skincare guru Linda Rodin, who at 65 is beginning to book gigs as a model, including a recent ad campaign for Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen’s high-end fashion line, The Row. “It’s funny to think that people want to take my photograph — why didn’t they want to take it when I had no wrinkles?” Roden jokes. Roden has a refreshing attitude toward aging — she’s embraced her HUFFINGTON 02.09.14 full head of stunning white hair (which went gray in her mid-30s), and has never considered plastic surgery. “Aren’t we curious to see how we’d grow up?” she says. In our Voices section, HuffPost All tribes share one common enemy, and that enemy is poverty.” Los Angeles editor Sasha Bronner writes a moving essay about her experience at a five-day silent meditation retreat in Big Sur, Calif. “The act of exaggerated silence filled me with the purest sense of calm I have ever felt,” Sasha writes. “Talking and laughing and reading and music still make me feel alive. But so does silence.” Finally, as part of our continued focus on the Third Metric, we look at the many health risks you’re taking when you deprive your body of sleep. Join the conversation on Twitter and Facebook ARIANNA