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Many people tried their hardest to take their pets with them, but became separated at the last minute.

Source: Pets And People Are Joyously Reuniting After California Wildfires | HuffPost

I can’t imagine the horror. But I can imagine the relief.

An Idaho boy is doing everything right these days.Jesse Robertson of Idaho Falls wasn’t necessarily surprised with the empty candy bowl. He expected someone or somebody took a few too many pieces of candy while the family was away Halloween night.Robertson

Source: Watch: Doorbell cam captures Idaho trick-or-treater’s good deed | KBOI

Such a simple thing, and yet it’s simple things like this that can be so inspiring….

Shaun Sears and Tom Otto are two brothers in Seattle who specialize in rescuing cats that are stuck up in trees.

Source: Guys Have Rescued Over 2,000 Cats From Trees Because They ‘Just Love Cats’

Their non-profit Canopy Cat Rescue is well known, and much appreciated, amongst the local animal loving (and rescue) community.

The Autonomous Rail Rapid Transit (ART) could ease emissions and traffic for a fraction of the cost of building a subway or streetcar system.

Source: China’s self-driving trackless train hits the streets of Zhuzhou | Inhabitat – Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building

I think we also call this a “bus”. 🙂 (They refer to it as a cross between a bus and a tram in the article.) Using existing streets for this makes so much sense. I hope we see more.

Every Halloween, Massachusetts dad Tom Hardy makes his son the “king of the neighborhood” by incorporating his child’s wheelchair into magnificent costumes.

Source: Dad Turns Son’s Wheelchair Into ‘Game Of Thrones’ Dragon For Halloween | HuffPost

This is the third wheelchair costume story I’ve run into this year. Very creative, and very cool.

The Santa Rosa Police Department worked for more than a week to collect new Halloween costumes for children affected by the fires.

Source: Santa Rosa police give out more than a thousand Halloween costumes to fire-stressed kids | The Press Democrat –

Nice. Not something I would have thought of. A clear win for the kids who really need it.

If you see a beautiful black dog walking around the campus of the Harrisburg University of Science and Technology, curb your temptation to pet her. The K9 isn’t someone’s pet or the university mascot—she’s working.

Source: This Service Dog Has Become the Most Popular Worker on College Campus – Good News Network

I’m always amazed at how well service dogs can improve the lives of those whom they assist.

He is, incidentally, two years older than the Appalachian Trail, which was officially “connected” in 1937.

Source: Dale Sanders, 82, is now the oldest person to hike the 2,190-mile Appalachian Trail in a year – The Washington Post

From the article: ““The best comment from one of them was, ‘I want to be like you when I’m your age,’ .”  That’s exactly what I was going to say.

“It was very depressing, and it was very hopeless. The only thing you can do, you use what you can and what you have. You have no other choice.”

Source: Mariners from Honolulu rescued after 5 months at sea on damaged boat | KHON2

I can’t imagine….