A Daily Antidote to Everything Else
A Hyundai dealer in Brazil has gained worldwide fame after adopting a stray dog and bringing him into the dealership as a “car consultant” to spend time with the sales staff and customers. According to Brazilian news outlet A Gazeta, the manager of Prime Hyundai, Emerson Mariano, found the
Source: Meet Tucson, a stray dog who became Prime Hyundai’s newest car consultant
Ha! Cracked me up — pretty cool.
“I’ve been on hundreds of flights and never had a hitchhiker quite like that.”
Source: Air Force stowaway cat finds new home in Maine – Task & Purpose
Cute story.
Zach Regan and Matty Johnson were camping on Vancouver Island when they found a lost dog stuck in a sea cliff cave.
Source: Two Surfers Save a ‘Starving, Cold’ Dog From Sea Cave After It Had Been Missing For 3 Months
WOW!
When the pandemic forced artist and video game developer Steve Derrick to work from home, he found himself with extra time on his hands that he said he did not want to spend watching Netflix or Hulu. When he stumbled on a magazine photo of a nurse who had just spent a long shift treating Covid-19 patients, he decided to paint her with marks from her PPE and all. This led him to paint more than 100 portraits of frontline medical workers and send the paintings to his subjects, free of charge.
Wow.
‘Please when you see someone on the street, don’t look away if they say hello.’
Source: Couple reunites homeless man with family he hasn’t seen in 20 years | Metro News
Touching.
A dog treading water nearly four miles offshore in Lake Michigan has been rescued by a family out on a boating trip
Source: Family rescues dog nearly 4 miles offshore in Lake Michigan
Lucky dog, and very grateful owners.
A 15-year-old boy has raised over $13,000 in donations for homeless veterans, special needs children, and first responders by selling and donating wooden flags he carves himself.
Source: 15-year-old boy is carving wooden flags to support ‘forgotten heroes’ during the pandemic – CNN
Wow.
Access to clean, safe drinking water is a necessity that’s worryingly not being met in many parts of the world. A new study has used a material called a metal-organic framework (MOF) to filter pollutants out of seawater, generating large amounts of fresh water per day while using much less energy than other methods.
Source: Highly efficient process makes seawater drinkable in 30 minutes
Promising!
Their first round of registration started small in July with 5 students signed up the day they launched. Then, the demand piled up.
Source: College students pay it forward with free tutoring during pandemic
Great idea.
A Portland labradoodle returned home, 9 days after going missing and presumably falling off a ridge during a backpacking trip near Mount Shuksan in Washington.
Source: ‘Miracle dog’ survives 9 days in Washington wilderness after falling over ridge – oregonlive.com
The organization I volunteer for — WASART — was involved initially. We’re all absolutely thrilled.
