This is from an e-mail a friend sent me. About the account of some folks in 1911. I've heard of the Ice Bridge from New York to Ontario at the falls but have never seen it. Doesn't happen every year, but this has not happened in a long, long time.
Dog saves toddler lost in Yukon bush
Source: The Globe and Mail
When a young British Columbia family stopped to make camp in the Yukon wilderness they were surprised to see a scruffy dog that looked a bit like a coyote come out of the bush.
Hubble Is Back! With New Stunning Images
Source: Wired News
Everyone's favorite telescope in space is doing science again. And thanks to upgrades and repairs made in May, it's taking better pictures of the universe than ever before.
Algae : Our next renewable fuel?
Source: good.is
Oil is an expensive resource that is rapidly becoming harder to find. Eventually, we are going to have to find a new renewable fuel source to replace it. These scientists think they already have—algae.
While mourning death of son, couple marries
Source: The Buffalo News
I really had to wrestle with whether I should post this or not. I'm still a little uncomfortable, though this young man had quite an effect ont he people whose life he touched.
Today's reflection has three separate voices: One, the Voice of our Lord; two, the voice our own thought processes, finally three, the voice of a prayer between ourselves and our creator. The Voice of our LordMy CHILD, My loyal follower is not rebellious at the unpleasant thin …
I had the pleasure to visit Fassnight Park in Springfield, Mo. this weekend for the first time in over 30 years and let me tell you it was like I had returned to my childhood.
Season ends with splash at Dog Swim pool party
Source: news-leader.com
Wearing a doggie lifejacket nearly as big as her, tiny 2 1/2-pound Mojito dipped her pink-painted toenails into Fassnight Pool and didn't seem quite sure what to make of the experience.
Street paper is good news for Nashville's homeless
Source: The Nashville Tennessean
Hawking a monthly newspaper written by Nashville's homeless and formerly homeless may seem to offer an unlikely path to stability, especially at a time when media companies across the U.S. are suffering.
Racehorse's health restored 1 year after hellish descent
Source: MiamiHerald.com
It's a happy ending for a racehorse whose luck seemed to have run out. He was injured and sick -- but a year later he is a gorgeous chestnut who is likely to portray the great Secretariat in a film about that champion.
Good News Wednesday: Volunteer Collects 100,000 Cans to Raise 19 Smiles
Source: Happy News
George Ouellette may be retired after 40 years as a salesman, but he still works up to six or seven hours per day walking through parks, hillsides, along busy roads and even rummaging through garbage cans to collect cans and bottles to help create smiles for children in need.
So over here I posted my last writing exercise. To wit: The concept is simple - write a fictional story in which each paragraph begins with a new letter - the catch is it must begin with the subsequent letter in the alphabet.
This weekend WordsPerSWade, Lilyrose who is my Sister, and I went on an adventure to a Butterfly House located in Nathanael Greene/Close Memorial Park in Springfield, Mo. Let me tell you it is a very magical place!
Weekly Stargazing Tips
Source: http://stardate.org/nightsky/weekly
September 3, 2009 The Moon will be full at 11:03 a.m. CDT tomorrow. It is known as the Fruit Moon or Corn Moon. Most years, September's full Moon is also the Harvest Moon. This year, however, it's too far from the fall equinox, so October's full Moon gets the honor.
I'm running behind on a bunch of projects so it looks like I'm barely going to get in under the wire for good news Wednesday, well depending on your location because in some places I'm still quite early. Yes, you read that right, Friday I was Father of the Bride.
Chef Gives Up Prestigious Restaurant Job for Soup Kitchen
Source:
Most chefs would spend months sharpening their knives and practicing their sautéing skills for the chance to work in the kitchen of world-famous restauranteur Thomas Keller's Bouchon Bistro, in California's luxurious Napa Valley.
Took the girls on Saturday to their first circus. A few anecdotes: They went to the pre-show (seeing up close clowns and dancers and acrobats and such) and then returned to our great seats then asked if it was time to go soon.