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
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
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
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!
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
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
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
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
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: Super Awesome People™ in History. Dr. Kathy Sullivan first made history in 1984, and on June 7, 2020, she did it again. Kathryn D.… Read More »TBT: From 140 Miles Above Earth to 7 Miles Under the Ocean
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™
Since mid-March, New York has been the epicenter of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, with nearly 300,000 confirmed cases and more than 22,000… Read More »“Deep Breath Moments” for Overwhelmed New Yorkers
TBT: Super Awesome People™ in History. And now for something completely not pandemic-related. Earth Day celebrated its 50th anniversary on April 22, 2020. In 1970,… Read More »TBT: Nobel Prize-Winning African Environmental Hero