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!
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
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. 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
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
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!
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!
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
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
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™
In the spring of 2020 when schools across the United States were forced to close due to the novel coronavirus, teachers were celebrated for their… Read More »Teachers Who Have Gone Above and Beyond During the Pandemic
Super Awesome Kids™ Even More Super Awesome Kids™ Woodworking for Food It’s time for another round of Super Awesome Kids™ and the super awesome things… Read More »Super Awesome Kids™ Volume III
New Orleans, Louisiana, has been plagued by gun violence for decades. Murders in the city have trended downward in recent years, with 2019 seeing the… Read More »Trumpets Are Better Than Guns
NYC local news site Gothamist just shared a beautiful drone video created by @mingomatic. In the video, a drone captures the eight Black Lives Matter… Read More »Black Lives Matter: Art Worth Sharing
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
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)
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
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
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
Today, I read an article on The Creative Independent titled “How to Think Differently About Doing Good as a Creative Person” by artist and technologist… Read More »How to Level Up Your Super Awesomeness™
In early May I took a long walk in my neighborhood for the first time since the pandemic came to Brooklyn, and I saw my… Read More »A Rainbow Connection
When summertime rolls around, many teachers and parents worry about the summer slide—a loss of academic proficiency when students in America lose, on average, 20%… Read More »Bringing Books to Kids in Need This Summer
As a white woman raised in the south, I was never taught about the history of Juneteenth, the “oldest nationally celebrated commemoration of the ending… Read More »TBT: The History of Juneteenth
Older generations love to complain about “kids these days”—they always have, and they probably always will. But even amid the hardships of a pandemic, academic… Read More »Even More Super Awesome Kids™
On January 23rd, 2017, the Cracked Podcast released episode #162: 9 Creepy Real Murders with special guests Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark. After their Cracked… Read More »“Exactly Right” for What the World Needs Now
Italian street artist CIBO (Italian for “food”) is doing more than making the streets of Italy a little more colorful—and mouth-watering. Since 2008, CIBO (aka:… Read More »Italian Street Artist Transforms Hate into Food Murals
Not everyone who supports the Black Lives Matter movement is able to join the protesters in the streets—and that’s okay. We all have different abilities… Read More »How To Help Protestors Fight for Justice
The United States is opening back up, but it will be a long time before things are “normal” again. Over the past several months, the… Read More »Reconnecting the Old-Fashioned Way
Remember Captain Tom Moore? Or should I say, Capt. SIR Tom Moore? Or should I say, Colonel Sir Tom Moore? He’s the delightful then-99-year-old veteran… Read More »Inspired by Captain Tom Moore
The pandemic has been especially brutal for people of color who are getting sick and dying at disproportionate rates while also suffering more of the… Read More »How To Support Black-Owned Businesses in the United States
“Certain conditions continue to exist in our society which must be condemned as vigorously as we condemn riots. But in the final analysis, a riot… Read More »Resources in the Fight for Racial Justice
Most parents would agree that it’s a scary and difficult time to raise kids. There are valid concerns about the pandemic will affect children long-term—physically,… Read More »Super Awesome Kids™
TBT: Super Awesome People™ in History. “Only when the last prisoner of conscience has been freed, when the last torture chamber has been closed, when… Read More »TBT: 59 Years Ago, Amnesty International Began
The COVID-19 pandemic has kept most of us close to home, and many people have used their restricted mobility as an opportunity to connect with… Read More »Corny Jokes, Messages of Hope, and Wine Ninjas
More than two months after New York went on PAUSE, the state is finally starting to reopen again. For the first time since late March,… Read More »Even More “Deep Breath Moments”
For brides- and grooms-to-be, the Wedding Industrial Complex (WIC) is a B.F.D. Some couples spend years planning their perfect wedding, down to the last minuscule-but-vitally-important-to-color-match-perfectly… Read More »Love in the Time of Pandemic
Young people have had it tough in recent decades. American Millennials (born 1981-1996) had their childhood innocence shattered by Columbine and the 9/11 terrorist attacks,… Read More »Celebrating the Class of 2020
TBT: Super Awesome People™ in History. In the mid-19th century, Ireland was caught in the midst of the Great Hunger, also known as the Irish… Read More »TBT: An Act of Kindness Repaid 173 Years Later
Like so many other “non-essential” businesses, zoos and aquariums around the world have shut down during the COVID-19 pandemic. In a social-distancing world, congregating en… Read More »Super Awesome Animals™