A Daily Antidote to Everything Else
“No one goes cold in our hood this holiday season,” he wrote on social media, offering to deliver wood, free of charge, to neighbors who needed help heating their homes.
Source: A father and his sons cut wood to fill 80 trucks. Then they brought it to homes that needed heat.
I was surprised to realize that this is not that far from me. A very cool story.
A social media appeal and the kindness of ScotRail staff helped reunite Frankfurter with five-year-old Eva.
Source: Lost teddy gets fast-tracked home in time for Christmas – BBC News
I just love the name: “Frankfurter” 🙂
Less than two hours after St. Paul firefighters completed ice rescue training this month, they were called upon to put their practice into action. A cross-country skier fell through the ice on McCa…
Source: Cross-country skier falls through ice, but St. Paul firefighters were prepared – Twin Cities
A very timely rescue (and an interesting rescue aid in the photo as well). A big THANK YOU to all the various emergency workers who train and remain prepared to help others.
A Royal Caribbean cruise ship has rescued two sailors who were stranded at sea for weeks.
Source: Royal Caribbean ship rescues sailors stranded at sea for 20 days
Not only that, but it appears to be a complete coincidence that the ship was even in the right place to find them!
PS: a very Merry Christmas to all from Not All News Is Bad! 🙂
“I don’t know anyone who wouldn’t help a child,” said Rosenthal, 66, who lives in Atlanta and attends Young Israel of Toco Hills.
Source: JOLLY JEW; AN ORTHODOX SANTA CLAUS DOES TIKKUN OLAM – The Jerusalem Post
There’s the spirit of Christmas. (And I love that there’s an “International Brotherhood of Real Bearded Santas” 🙂 ).
From Wikipedia: Tikkun olam (Hebrew: תיקון עולם “repair of the world”) is a concept in Judaism, interpreted in Orthodox Judaism as the prospect of overcoming all forms of idolatry, and by other Jewish denominations as an aspiration to behave and act constructively and beneficially.
Portions of Jeanna Bassett’s Lego collection dated back 30 years.
Once again, the worst brings out the best…
The neighbor’s kindness brought many to tears
Planning ahead in the best possible way…
He says he was inspired by the spirit of Christmas.
Simple, yet meaningful.
A new technique using ultrasound to clear the toxic protein clumps thought to cause dementia and Alzheimer’s disease is moving to the first phase of human trials next year. The treatment has proven successful across animal tests and presents an exciting, drug-free way to potentially battle dementia.
Source: Breakthrough ultrasound treatment to reverse dementia moves to human trials
That’s pretty exciting, even if a ways off.
I didn’t have anything to do in retirement and I didn’t think that playing bingo was up to my speed
Source: Not into bingo, 84-year-old Texas woman gets college degree
I love this.
