Good News: College grads have their school debts paid off by anonymous donors, Link HERE
The Good Word: Walt Disney on the futility of worry
Good News: Gym owner loans out equipment to members during lockdown, Link HERE
Wonderful World: A virtual tour of the National Gallery in London, Link HERE
Sounds Good: J.S. Bach, “Mass In B Minor”, Link HERE
Good News: Ultra-rare blue bee species rediscovered in Florida, Link HERE
The Good Word: Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. on infinite hope
Good News: Traffic crashes continue downward trend for third straight year, Link HERE
Wonderful World: Epic Negroni cocktails at Bar Termini in London, Link HERE
Sounds Good: Duke Ellington’s “Soda Fountain Rag” (Poodle Dog Rag), Link HERE
Good News: No new COVID-19 cases reported in Hong Kong, New Zealand, Hawaii & Montana, Link HERE
The Good Word: Shannon L. Alder on connection with others
Good News: Broadway musical Hamilton to stream from July 3rd, well ahead of schedule! Link HERE
Wonderful World: Webcam of a lovely beach in the Maldives, Link HERE
Sounds Good: Pearl Jam’s seminal debut album, Ten, Link HERE
Good News: Guy Fieri & Bill Murray have a Nacho battle fundraiser for restaurant workers, Link HERE
The Good Word: William R. Alger on the Duty to be of Good Cheer
Good News: Local sidewalk “Jurisdiction of Silly Walks”, Link HERE
Wonderful World: Link HERE
Sounds Good: Coleman Hawkins’s “Body and Soul” (1938), Link HERE
Good News: Newly discovered microbe in Kenya gives complete malaria protection, Link HERE
The Good Word: Robert Fulghum on Imagination, Myth, Dreams, Hope, Laughter, and Love.
Good News: People of Ireland donate to help Coronavirus-stricken Native Americans, Link HERE
Wonderful World: R.L.Stevenson on the value of Travel for Travel’s sake, Link HERE
Sounds Good: Lester Young with Billie Holiday, “This Year’s Kisses”, Link HERE
Good News: Lockdown stricken pizzeria given new hope via an anonymous donor, Link HERE
The Good Word: Gandhi on Truth & Love
Good News: rare Thai sea turtles rebounding during lockdowns, Link HERE
Wonderful World: A virtual tour of The Louvre, Link HERE
Sounds Good: Mussorgsky’s “Pictures at an Exhibition”, Link HERE
Good News: Publix grocery stores purchase fresh produce & dairy and donate them to food banks, Link HERE
The Good Word: Wendy Cope, “The Orange”
Good News: Local bar & grill owner donates meals hospital staff, Link HERE
Wonderful World: Poipu Beach in Hawaii, Link HERE
Sounds Good: Vivaldi’s Four Seasons, “Winter”, Link HERE
Good News: Pakistan combats unemployment with tree-planting, Link HERE
The Good Word: C.S. Lewis on books and tea!
Good News: UK man and his three children clean headstones during lockdown strolls, Link HERE
Wonderful World: The virtues of going for a stroll
Sounds Good: Beautiful Day by U2, Link HERE
Good News: Iceland won’t hunt whales for the second year in a row, Link HERE
The Good Word: Mister Rogers on accepting others, and ourselves
Good News: Captain Tom Moore raises over 29 million pounds and receives over 125,000 birthday cards, Link HERE
Wonderful World: The Smithsonian Museum of Natural History, Link HERE
Sounds Good: Mozart’s Serenade #10 for Winds, “Gran Partitia”, Link HERE
Smart contact lenses to help monitor and treat diabetes, https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/contact-lens-to-monitor-glucose-levels-for-diabetics/
Howard Pyle’s The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood
Twin ring-tailed lemurs born at the Honolulu Zoo, https://www.staradvertiser.com/2020/04/27/hawaii-news/twin-ring-tailed-lemurs-born-at-honolulu-zoo/
A virtual tour of the Musee d’Orsay in Paris, https://artsandculture.google.com/partner/musee-dorsay-paris
“Cotton Tail” by Duke Ellington & His Orchestra
Doctor whose catalytic converter is stolen while at work, gets it replaced for free! http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-52402109?intlink_from_url=https://www.bbc.com/news/topics/cx2pk70323et/uplifting-stories
Henri Nouwen on doing good every moment, every day
Neighbors contribute to fill over 200 “pamper bags” for NHS workers, https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-52395308?intlink_from_url=https://www.bbc.com/news/topics/cx2pk70323et/uplifting-stories&link_location=live-reporting-story
The British Museum in London, and their “Museum of the World” interactive tour, https://britishmuseum.withgoogle.com
The music of A Tribe Called Quest (albums: Low End Theory, and Midnight Marauders)
Milan converts 35km of streets to pedestrian and cycling only areas https://www.brightvibes.com/1716/en/milan-to-turn-35km-of-streets-over-to-cyclists-and-pedestrians-to-reduce-car-use-after-lockdown
Bill Bryson, A Short History of Nearly Everything
London bus stop becomes community children’s art gallery, https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-street-art/bus-stop-art-gallery-lifts-spirits-in-lockdown-london-idUSKCN22A0Z3
Holland’s Keukenhof Gardens virtual tour, https://www.keukenhof.nl/en/nieuws/360-tour-door-keukenhof/
The music of the Nat Cole Trio
Good News: Symbiotic relationship between rhinos and birds helps thwart poachers, https://www.sciencenews.org/article/oxpecker-birds-warn-endangered-black-rhinos-people-near-poaching
The Good Word: Douglas Adams and Last Chance To See
Good News: Coral reef rehabilitation, https://www.brightvibes.com/1713/en/with-no-tourists-australian-scuba-tours-are-planting-coral-instead
Wonderful World: Yosemite National Park webcam, https://www.virtualyosemite.org/virtual-tour/#node27
Sounds Good: Morten Gunnar Larsen, Scott Joplin’s “Solace”, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJkYA-TiG1A
Bald Eagle population in Ohio grows 151%, https://www.sunnyskyz.com/good-news/3758/Ohio-039-s-Bald-Eagle-Population-Is-Soaring
Winston Churchill on success
10-Year-Old Missouri girl fundraises to donate over 230 gift cards for local police department, https://www.sunnyskyz.com/good-news/3757/10-Year-Old-Donates-232-Gift-Cards-To-Local-Police-Department
Time-lapse webcam of the Eiffel Tower, https://www.skylinewebcams.com/en/webcam/france/ile-de-france/paris/tour-eiffel.html
John Coltrane’s “Central Park West”
Episode Notes
Little Free Libraries converting to temporary Supply stops, https://www.msn.com/en-us/good-news/kindness-cant-be-quarantined-little-free-libraries-now-used-to-provide-essential-items-during-pandemic/ar-BB12UDuQ
William Shakespeare’s birthday & Sonnet 18
Lockdowns around the world lead to drastic lowering in air pollution, https://www2.iqair.com/sites/default/files/documents/REPORT-COVID-19-Impact-on-Air-Quality-in-10-Major-Cities_V6.pdf
Rio de Janeiro webcam, https://www.earthcam.com/world/brazil/riodejaneiro/?cam=rio_copacabana
Ella & Louis albums on Verve
The Lost Apple Project, https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/25/us/extinct-apples-discovered-in-pacific-scn-trnd/index.html
Mister Rogers on “How you affect the lives of everyone you meet”
Capt. Tom Moore raises 18 million pounds for NHS in the UK, https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-52472132
Great Wall of China virtual tour https://www.thechinaguide.com/destination/great-wall-of-china
Brian Eno and Ambient Music
Andrea Bocelli Easter concert in Milan, https://consequenceofsound.net/2020/04/watch-andrea-bocelli-easter-sunday-concert-video/
Douglas Adams,The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy
Milwaukee bakery/cafe sends box lunches to local hospitals, https://www.cbs58.com/news/miss-molly-s-cafe-owner-helps-community-while-keeping-business-afloat-amid-pandemic
Virtual tour of Israel & Jerusalem, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bp698Td0mXU
Benny Goodman Live At Carnegie Hall
Recycling plastic within hours, https://www.forbes.com/sites/scottsnowden/2020/04/11/new-enzyme-breaks-down-plastic-in-hours/#40ca045e4ef0
Michael Altshuler, Time flies
Gift cards for an entire town in Iowa, https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/2020/04/03/anonymous-donor-sends-150-gift-cards-every-household-1-400-person-iowa-town-earlham/5113139002/
Virtual tour of London, https://360.visitlondon.com/#
Old Time Radio shows!
Bar owner takes dollar bill decorations off restaurant walls to pay furloughed employees https://www.cbsnews.com/news/georgia-bar-owner-removes-donates-money-to-staff-removes-3714-in-bills-from-walls-during-coronavirus-pandemic/
Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. on doing small things in a great way.
Koolulam & the “One Love” singalong in Jerusalem, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZzK29_V8jQ
Trevi Fountain livecam, https://www.skylinewebcams.com/en/webcam/italia/lazio/roma/fontana-di-trevi.html
Miles Davis, Kind of Blue album
Teen creates free delivery service for elderly (https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2020/04/09/st-xavier-student-creates-website-grocery-delivery-during-pandemic/2972611001/
Mandy Hale on staying open to changes in plans
Miss England pageant winner cancels humanitarian travels and returns to NHS (https://www.bbc.com/news/newsbeat-52219570)
Tokyo Tower livecam, https://www.worldcams.tv/japan/tokyo/tower-panorama
Fats Waller, “Handful of Keys”
COVID-19 Positive news Roundup
British pub donate meals to NHS workers (https://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/keighleynews/18372297.pub-donates-meals-airedale/?ref=rss)
Tesco store donates microwave to stroke survivor
Minnesota State Representative Heather Edelson gets a social-distancing neighborhood 39th birthday parade
Joseph Campbell on Letting Go of Preconceptions
Lockdown in India reduces air pollution, revealing Himalayas to nearby Punjab region, https://www.newsweek.com/himalayas-indian-state-100-air-pollution-coronavirus-lockdown-1497058
Machu Picchu virtual tour, https://www.youvisit.com/tour/machupicchu?pl=f
Bob Marley, “One Love/People Get Ready”
Teenage pilot delivers supplies to rural hospitals, https://www.independent.co.uk/news/americas/coronavirus-covid-19-pilot-teenager-medical-supplies-flying-us-donations-hospitals-a9454091.html
Poetry from Walt Whitman, Excerpt from “Song Of Myself”
Carriage drivers in Vienna deliver meals to elderly, https://www.barrons.com/news/seniors-get-horse-drawn-carriage-food-deliveries-in-vienna-neighbourhood-01586384414
DEVO is underrated and misunderstood, “Beautiful World”
Magnetic brain therapy treatment for severe depression, https://med.stanford.edu/news/all-news/2020/04/stanford-researchers-devise-treatment-that-relieved-depression-i/html
A quote from Ella Fitzgerald on Perseverance
Irish PM re-registers as a doctor during COVID crisis, https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2020/04/06/828252726/irish-leader-returns-to-medicine-to-help-battle-covid-19-pandemic
Ella Fitzgerald, “Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate The Positive”
Saving bookstores in Spain during COVID-19, https://www.positive.news/economics/good-business/a-novel-idea-the-plan-to-support-spains-bookshops-through-the-pandemic
Poetry from Raymond Carver, “Happiness”
Madagascar to plant 60 million trees for anniversary, https://www.ecowatch.com/madagascar-tree-planting-2644879937.html
Louis Armstrong & His Hot Seven, “Potato Head Blues”
MIT innovates a $100 ventilator, https://www.businessinsider.com/mit-emergency-ventilator-cheaper-design-plans-2020-3
Poetry from Arthur Guiterman, “Routine”
Owners of a clingy cat create a false lap, https://www.unilad.co.uk/animals/couple-tricks-their-clingy-cat-by-creating-a-fake-lap-for-her-to-sit-on/
Talking Heads, “Stop Making Sense” concert film
Scent-tracking dogs in archaeology, https://www.theguardian.com/science/2019/oct/dogs-show-nose-archaeology-sniffing-out-ancient-tombs
Henry David Thoreau, excerpt from Walden “Where I Lived, and What I Lived For”
Marinatex, biodegradable plastic alternative, https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/bioplastic-made-from-fish-scales-just-won-james-dyson-award-180973550/
The Beatles, “Here Comes The Sun”
Cargo Airships, https://www.digitaltrends.com/cool-tech/varialift-airships-solar-powered-airship/
P.G. Wodehouse’s Code of the Woosters
First Zero-emissions town on Earth, https://www.easyvoyage.co.uk/travel-headlines/this-finnish-town-is-aiming-to-be-zero-waste-by-2050-88334
Oscar Peterson and the album “Night Train”
Sheku Kanneh-Mason, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=INVe_1Eb5dw
Mister Rogers on Blessings
Dublin’s zero-emissions postal service, www.anpost.com/Media-Centre/News/Dublin-becomes-first-Capital-City-globally-with-ze
Beethoven’s Sixth Symphony, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aW-7CqxhnAQ
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