TBT: Dr. Eugenie Clark, the Shark Lady
TBT: Super Awesome People™ in History. The 2020 edition of Discovery Channel’s Shark Week starts August 9, and to continue this week’s animals theme (and… Read More »TBT: Dr. Eugenie Clark, the Shark Lady
July 2020
Animals Who Create Amazing Artwork
While researching amazing animal artists, I came across amazing animal artists…who are actually animals. Clearly this justified an entire post dedicated to animal artists—of the… Read More »Animals Who Create Amazing Artwork
Artists Who Create Amazing Animal Artwork
I’ve been needing more light-hearted content in my life, so this week it’s all animals, all the time. Today’s theme: Super Awesome Artists™ who make… Read More »Artists Who Create Amazing Animal Artwork
Super Awesome Squirrels™ and the People Who Love Them
A lot of people don’t like squirrels. They are, after all, disease-ridden rodents that destroy bird feeders, dig up gardens, dash maniacally through street traffic,… Read More »Super Awesome Squirrels™ and the People Who Love Them
TBT: Abolitionist Elijah Lovejoy
TBT: Super Awesome People™ in History. I recently found out that the abolitionist Elijah Parish Lovejoy was an ancestor of a friend of mine. I… Read More »TBT: Abolitionist Elijah Lovejoy
Sleepathome Camp (Activities for Kids and Adults)
Are you running out of ideas to keep yourself and/or your kids occupied? Are you social distancing at home (yay!) but missing the organized activities… Read More »Sleepathome Camp (Activities for Kids and Adults)
Activist Moms Don’t Mess Around
Moms can be a lot of things—caretakers, chefs, CEOs, chemists, cardiologists, cosmetologists—and those are just the ‘C’s! But regardless of their profession (paid or otherwise),… Read More »Activist Moms Don’t Mess Around
In Their Own Words: Essential Workers Share Their Stories
While researching articles and profiles to feature in last week’s post, We Failed Our Most Essential, I came across many excellent articles featuring first-hand accounts… Read More »In Their Own Words: Essential Workers Share Their Stories
TBT: The Father of Immunology
TBT: Super Awesome People™ in History. After an incredibly sad week spent reading hundreds of obituaries of Americans who died of COVID-19 (and sharing their… Read More »TBT: The Father of Immunology
We Failed Our Most Essential
This is Part Four of a Four-Part Series Honoring the Lives We’ve Lost to COVID-19 Part One: Ten Awesome People We’ve Lost to COVID-19 Part… Read More »We Failed Our Most Essential
Kids We’ve Lost to COVID-19
This is Part Three of a Four-Part Series Honoring the Lives We’ve Lost to COVID-19 Part One: Ten Awesome People We’ve Lost to COVID-19 Part… Read More »Kids We’ve Lost to COVID-19
We Continue to Mourn Needless Deaths
This is Part Two of a Four-Part Series Honoring the Lives We’ve Lost to COVID-19 Part One: Ten Awesome People We’ve Lost to COVID-19 Part… Read More »We Continue to Mourn Needless Deaths
TBT: First Female Army Officer
TBT: Super Awesome People™ in History. On April 1, 1884 Florence Aby Blanchfield was born in Shepherdstown, West Virginia, as the fourth of eight children.… Read More »TBT: First Female Army Officer
Long-Distance Runner Runs 220 Miles to Visit Grandma
File this under things I would never do but totally respect. Ultramarathoner Corey Cappelloni missed his Nana. Ninty-eight-year-old Ruth Andres was quarantining at the Allied… Read More »Long-Distance Runner Runs 220 Miles to Visit Grandma
Woodworking for Food
In Bethesda, Maryland, a Super Awesome Kid™, 16-year-old Henry Sowells, is keeping busy with a brand-new hobby that lets him donate his proceeds to charity.… Read More »Woodworking for Food
Helping Domestic Violence Survivors
One of the great human tragedies of the COVID-19 pandemic (other than economic suffering and the devastating loss of health and life) is the increased… Read More »Helping Domestic Violence Survivors
TBT: Larry Kramer: Activist, Writer, Revolutionary
TBT: Super Awesome People™ in History. “I was trying to make people united and angry. I was known as the angriest man in the world,… Read More »TBT: Larry Kramer: Activist, Writer, Revolutionary
Feeding the Body and the Soul
Although unemployment insurance claims have fallen in recent weeks, 47 million Americans have filed for unemployment benefits since mid-March. In pre-pandemic days, millions of families… Read More »Feeding the Body and the Soul