The IRONMAN Triathlon is a 140-mile sporting event consisting of a 2.4-mile swim, a 112-mile bicycle ride, and culminating in a 26.22-mile marathon. It’s considered… Read More »Triathlete With Down Syndrome Proves He’s an IRONMAN
TBT: Super Awesome People™ Currently Making History. I’m still fixated on the (pending) results of the 2020 United States election (who isn’t?), so I’m saving… Read More »TBT: History-Making Firsts in the 2020 U.S. Election
In September, eight Black women walked 116 miles to retrace Harriet Tubman’s path on the Underground Railroad from Cambridge, Maryland to Kennett Square, Pennsylvania. In… Read More »Eight Women Retrace Harriet Tubman’s Path Via the Underground Railroad
I wasn’t going to write another post about voting, but it’s hard to think about anything else these days. If you’re an American citizen, you… Read More »Vote! Vote! Vote! Vote! Vote! Vote!
A 14-year-old in Texas and a 15-year-old in Massachusetts are making headlines for their incredible efforts using science and data to track the spread of… Read More »American Teens Use Science and Data to Fight COVID-19
TBT: Super Awesome People™ in History. In the United States*, it is a scary time to be in the LGBTQ+ community. Although advances in LGBTQ+… Read More »TBT: A Photographic History of Men in Love
As the Black Lives Matter movement gained strength in 2020 following the murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and others by police officers, so too… Read More »Abolition for the People
Some days, being optimistic about the future can be tough. On days like this, it feels like the Super NOT-Awesome People outnumber the Super Awesome™… Read More »Super Awesome Cats™: Because Photoshop Is Pretty Great.
Today’s Super Awesome People™ are the folks who are voting—in the United States, around the world, and even circling 250 miles above Earth. American astronaut… Read More »Voters In Space, Voters On Earth
TBT: Super Awesome People™ in History. In 1896, Boston socialite Harriet Lawrence Hemenway recruited her cousin Minna B. Hall to join her in hosting wealthy,… Read More »TBT: “Bird Ladies” Harriet Lawrence Hemenway and Minna B. Hall
Copyright law—in the United States, especially—is complicated. The rules for when intellectual property enters the public domain has changed over time, and on several occasions,… Read More »Singer-Songwriter Tom Leher Releases Lyrics to the Public Domain
Across the United States, community gardens have offered a place of refuge for people who have grown weary of isolating at home. With the relative… Read More »In 2020, Community Gardens Offer More Than Just Plants
Back in July, I first wrote about Sleepathome Camp, a daily newsletter designed to inspire kids and adults to partake in arts and crafts, cooking,… Read More »More Ways to Spend Your Days at Sleepathome Camp
TBT: Super Awesome People™ in History. On October 14, 1947, U.S. Air Force Captain and test pilot Chuck Yeager became the first person to break… Read More »TBT: 73 Years Ago, Chuck Yeager Flew Faster Than Sound
In the spring of 2020 when the world went on lockdown, two glorious Instagram challenges were launched. The #gettymuseumchallenge (alt: #gettychallenge) and #tussenkunstenquarantaine (alt: #betweenartandquarantine)… Read More »The Amazing Creators of Pandemic Art Recreations
Last week, the United Nation’s World Food Programme won the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize “for its efforts to combat hunger, for its contribution to bettering… Read More »2020 Nobel Peace Prize: World Food Programme
In fourteen hundred ninety-two Columbus sailed the ocean blue. ………. Read the updated version of the classic children’s poem, as revised (and with much greater… Read More »Happy Indigenous Peoples’ Day!
TBT: Super Awesome People™ in History. The CDC may have warned against traditional Halloween celebrations this year, but whether you’re hosting a virtual Halloween party… Read More »TBT: Historical Halloween Costume Ideas (Without Cultural Appropriation)
And now for Volume IV of our Super Awesome Kids™ series which celebrates incredible young people who are making a positive difference in their communities!… Read More »Super Awesome Kids™ Volume IV
On September 10, Bethany Garretson and Katlin (Katie) Rhodes set out to break records as the fastest hikers to complete an unsupported thru-hike of the… Read More »Women Set Record In Thru-Hike of the Adirondack High Peaks
There are many ways to protest, and some are more effective than others. Research has shown that non-violent protests are more effective than violent protests,… Read More »#Social Media Disruption As a Form of Protest
TBT: Super Awesome People™ in History. Super Awesome People™ has made it to 100 posts (woo!), and I want to commemorate the occasion! Every Thursday,… Read More »TBT: Super Awesome People™ In History: Top 100 Lists
What makes people happy? ANIMALS! And? GOOD NEWS! So what does 2020 really need? ⇩⇩⇩ GOOD NEWS ABOUT ANIMALS! During the Quarantine, Wildlife (and the… Read More »Super Awesome Animal™ News!
If you weren’t buying books online before 2020, you probably are now! When quarantining became all the rage, lots of people turned to the comforts… Read More »Be Super Awesome™—Support Local Bookstores!
The COVID-19 pandemic has damaged economies around the world, leaving many towns, cities, states, and countries with mounting debts and struggling populations. If austerity measures… Read More »How To Go Forth and Volunteer!
TBT: Super Awesome People™ in History. “Only within the moment of time represented by the present century has one species—man—acquired significant power to alter the… Read More »TBT: 58 Years Ago, “Silent Spring” Energized the Environmental Movement
It came as a surprise to a lot of New Yorkers when we found out the Justice Department declared that we are living in an… Read More »NYC: The World’s Nicest Anarchist Jurisdiction?
Not all Super Awesome Americans™ are activists, but we all *should* be informed voters—at the very least. We are fortunate to live in a democratic… Read More »Sign Up to Write Letters to Voters!
When I learned that Ruth Bader Ginsburg had died on Friday, I sat on the floor and cried. Then I drank a margarita and ate… Read More »The Notorious RBG: May Her Memory Be For a Blessing
TBT: Super Awesome People™ in History. In grade school, I was surprised to learn that the United States wasn’t the first country where women won… Read More »TBT: 127 Years Ago, New Zealand Women Won the Right to Vote
Cat-related issues have me very distracted/concerned/exhausted lately, and I needed some happy cat news as a pick-me-up. Thus I present: Horatio, Centre County Library’s unofficial(?)… Read More »The World’s Most Literary Cat
Back in May, I shared stories of couples whose wedding plans were interrupted by the pandemic, but who celebrated their love in surprising—and ultimately memorable—ways.… Read More »More Love Stories From the Pandemic
I’m a cat person, but even cold-hearted feline lovers like me can appreciate a heartwarming dog story. Here are several stories to brighten up your… Read More »Super Awesome Dogs™ and the People Who Love Them
TBT: Super Awesome People™ in History. I’ve lived in New York City for more than 15 years, but it’s only recently that I learned about… Read More »TBT: The Lost Seneca Village of NYC
Michelangelo’s Pietà is one of the most famous artworks of the Renaissance era. The marble sculpture depicts the Virgin Mary holding the body of her… Read More »Jon Henry’s Stranger Fruit
This is not the post I was going to write today. I don’t write about myself. Super Awesome People™ isn’t about me; It’s about the… Read More »Empathy, Loss, Kindness, Connection
Masks protect others; masks protect yourself…and masks can support organizations you care about, too! If you’re like me, you’re getting sick of the handful of… Read More »Mask Up For a Good Cause!
TBT: Super Awesome People™ in History. Recently, the University of Pennsylvania Libraries launched the newly-digitized (and publicly accessible) archives of Marian Anderson, the famed contralto… Read More »TBT: Marian Anderson, Famed Singer and Defiant Trailblazer
Cycling has surged in popularity during COVID-19 as Americans have increasingly turned to bicycles as a pandemic-friendly way to get around town, get out of… Read More »Biking Cross-Country During COVID-19
I recently discovered something that more than 560,000 YouTube subscribers (and 3.4 million on Facebook) already knew: the Holderness Family is Super Awesome™. The family… Read More »My New Obsession: The Holderness Family
Superheroes are everywhere these days. They fight villains on our screens (big and the small), they roam theme parks year-round, they trick-or-treat at Halloween, and… Read More »Superheroes Are Literally Everywhere
TBT: Super Awesome People™ in History. Out of all the Super Awesome People™ posts I’ve written so far, the TBT posts have been my favorite.… Read More »TBT: Quarantine Pastime—Transcribing History
“Was THAT on your 2020 Bingo Card?” A *lot* has happened this year, and 2020 still has four loooong months to go. There’s a worldwide… Read More »2020 Has Been Terrible, But It’s Okay To Laugh About It
When Governor Andrew Cuomo began his daily NYS Coronavirus Update emails in the spring, there was little that New Yorkers could find to celebrate. (If… Read More »More “Deep Breath” Moments From Around the World
It’s fun writing about Super Awesome Kids™ because it’s exciting to see how “the youths” are making the world a better place—and it gives me… Read More »You’re Never Too Old to Be Super Awesome™
TBT: Super Awesome People™ in History. “Savitribai Phule, the Mother of modern education. If you are an Indian woman who reads, you owe her. If… Read More »TBT: Savitribai Phule – India’s First Female Teacher
After writing about Teachers Who Have Gone Above and Beyond During the Pandemic and Incredible Educators We’ve Lost To COVID-19, I wanted to continue this… Read More »How to Support Teachers During the Pandemic
With the reopening schools debate raging across the country, there is a lot at stake—for students, parents, and educators. On one hand, remote learning may… Read More »Incredible Educators We’ve Lost To COVID-19