Finding good anywhere, sharing it everywhere
Snakes That Eat Other Snakes Could Help Birds in the South | Audubon
By restoring the country’s indigo snake population, scientists hope to bring balance to ecosystems—potentially benefiting songbirds.
— Read on http://www.audubon.org/magazine/spring-2018/snakes-eat-other-snakes-could-help-birds-south
One of my son’s heroes and model of how to be. Catboy.
Disney Channel’s kid show, The PJ Masks has this character, Catboy. He’s the leader of a kid superhero trio.
The PJ Masks show is a great one for kids, I think. The trio do typical superhero work, but also face normal challenges of ego, selfishness, and other very ordinary obstacles we all face.
But usually by the end of the episode, they have realized their weakness, their struggle, and have found a path to overcome. With an inspiring, “It’s time to be the hero!”, they save the day every time.
Of course, in real life we don’t save the day every day. But we do have the chance to be brave and do the right thing.
So here’s to that!, and our own trio we have at home.
My son’s own interpretation of this wonder in blue, Catboy!
Three great examples of our home planet changing, three great voices to tell the stories, NPR Short Wave does it again.
This road, so busy during the day. A road running from the east foothills all the way to what was orchard lands, a hundred years ago. Now home of The Spaceship.
I walk this road most mornings, heading west, only a couple of blocks, with a couple dogs. It’s the perfect way to start the work day, maybe any day, really. On weekend days I opt for more sleep, slumber longer past sunrise.
But during the week, it’s up early well before the sun breaks, walking west, seeking peace, finding peace. Walking prayers, Faith Time, Good Time.
Grateful for that time. Time to get settled. Set for whatever the day’s going to bring. At peace.
It turns out, Blue is Super Cool.
Pantone unveils its Color of the Year for 2020: Classic Blue – CNN
— Read on www.google.com/amp/s/www.cnn.com/style/amp/pantone-color-classic-blue-2020/index.html
When you have a few minutes, take a listen…this story is FOR SURE worth your time.
This is how we learn. There is a story that grabs us, and then the facts, and the data behind it. And thus, the lesson. Very cool.
From the intro on the NPR Short Wave website, it reads:
“In 2015, Steffanie Strathdee’s husband nearly died from a superbug, an antibiotic resistant bacteria he contracted in Egypt. Desperate to save him, she reached out to the scientific community for help. What she got back? A 100-year-old treatment that’s considered experimental in the U.S. Strathdee, an infectious disease epidemiologist, tells us how it works, its drawbacks, and its potential role in our fight against superbugs.
She also co-wrote the memoir, “The Perfect Predator: A Scientist’s Race to Save Her Husband from a Deadly Superbug.”
Follow host Maddie Sofia on Twitter @maddie_sofia. Email the show at shortwave@npr.org.
This episode was produced by Rebecca Davis and edited by Viet Le”
I LOVE Short Wave. I LOVE NPR.
Listen here:
one.npr.org/i/796743684:796870009
A bonus second lyrics post today, another from RUSH, another tribute to Drummer and Lyricist, Neil Peart, who passed away last week.
These lyrics are from the sam period, same album that “The Big Money” was recorded. The words spoke to me in a special way at the time, when my sense of local and global was still forming. And the words still speak to me today.
Territories”
I see the Middle Kingdom between Heaven and Earth
Like the Chinese call the country of their birth
We all figure that our homes are set above
Other people than the ones we know and love
In every place with a name
They play the same territorial game
Hiding behind the lines
Sending up warning signs
The whole wide world
An endless universe
Yet we keep looking through
The eyeglass in reverse
Don’t feed the people
But we feed the machines
Can’t really feel
What international means
In different circles, we keep holding our ground
Indifferent circles, we keep spinning round and round
We see so many tribes overrun and undermined
While their invaders dream of lands they’ve left behind
Better people… better food… and better beer…
Why move around the world when Eden was so near?
The bosses get talking so tough
And if that wasn’t evil enough
We get the drunken and passionate pride
Of the citizens along for the ride
They shoot without shame
In the name of a piece of dirt
For a change of accent
Or the color of your shirt
Better the pride that resides
In a citizen of the world
Than the pride that divides
When a colorful rag is unfurled
