A Daily Antidote to Everything Else
Francis Zuber was skiing the backcountry area of a Washington mountain when he saw something red out of the corner of his eye. When he looked closer, he saw a board wiggling in the air above the snow and realized it belonged to a snowboarder trapped head first in a tree well.
Source: Skier digs buried snowboarder out of 6 feet of snow on Washington mountain, video shows
Wow! (The video’s pretty intense.)
This couple fell in love messaging on ‘Nextdoor’—after 40 years of living in the same neighborhood but never meeting.
Source: They Fell in Love on ‘Nextdoor’ After Living in Same Neighborhood for 40 Years But Never Meeting
If you’ve heard of Nextdoor you’ll understand how unusual this is. 
“It’s a weird duo, but it works for them,” said Jennifer Federico, director of animal services at the Wake County Animal Center. “Who are we to judge? They obviously love each other.”
Source: A rescue dog and goat are best friends. A shelter put them up for adoption as a pair.
Love is love.
A West Linn family reunited Wednesday with the firefighters and a passerby who helped them safely escape their burning house in February.
Source: Good Samaritan helps save West Linn grandmother from burning house
Well done!
“The camera was such a wreck and looked so far beyond reality, I didn’t think I’d be able to see anything,” said Spencer Greiner.
Source: A fisherman found a decomposing camera. On it were wedding photos from 2010.
I love stories like this.
“Our slogan is ‘No Excellence Without Hard Labor.’ So, they definitely push us.”
Source: New Orleans East teens make ‘impossible’ mathematical discovery unproven for 2,000 years
Impressive.
“Everyone deserves a chance to play” is the motto behind All Terrain Georgia, an initiative that offers free all-terrain wheelchairs to those with physical challenges.
Love this.
This couple in their 70s met in 1963 as teens and experienced love at first sight. Sixty after they first met, they rekindled their romance and finally got married.
Source: Parents stopped teen’s wedding and 60 years later, she finally gets married to the same man | Life
Cute story.
Octavia’s Bookshelf promotes Black writers, culture and business in Pasadena, where the famed novelist lived and worked
Source: ‘These are my stomping grounds’: the first Black-owned bookstore opens in Octavia Butler’s home town
Very cool.
An Annapolis business owner and his pretzel business Moore Crunch is booming and inspiring people with autism and other disabilities in the process.
Source: Entrepreneur with autism inspiring others with pretzel business
I love this.