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Friday JohnKu – AKA – TGIF – Fri-Yay/Good News
Today’s good news comes from Vogue magazine and was sent to me by a reporter-at-large, Noelle Granger Meet the Women Leading Norway’s Seaweed Revolution By Stephanie Gavan It’s still dark as I pick my way down a rocky path toward the sea. The air is as cold as you’d expect from a Norwegian winter, but […]
Friday JohnKu – AKA – TGIF – Fri-Yay/Good News
Today’s good news story comes from the BBC and was sent to me by our world-at-large reporter, Noelle Granger. Thanks, Noelle Rare duck breeding success gives hope for species Emily Johns, Channel Islands Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust The Madagascar pochard is one of the world’s most threatened waterbirds Six of the world’s rarest ducks have reached […]
Stream of Consciousness Saturday – Prompt – “Reason”
The only reason survival is possible is coffee. That golden elixir is the only self-medication that stops the spike-driving, rail-laying, metal-on-metal sound in my head from caffeine withdrawal. The aroma alerts my senses to be prepared for soothing peace. The first sip quells the noise. The second sip, as we are all too familiar, is […]
Friday JohnKu – AKA -TGIF – Fri-Yay/Good News
Before we cover the good news today, let’s not forget the innocent people who lost their lives at the hands of fanatic Islamists on September 11, 2001- twenty-five years ago. I planned not to run a good news feature on this tragic anniversary, but I feel we should keep focusing on the good news when […]
Friday JohnKu – AKA – TGIF – Fri-Yay/Good News
Today’s story comes from the Times of India and was sent to me by Reporter-at-large Noelle Granger. Thanks Noelle Meet Roy Kim, the 13-year-old Oregon student who designed a chamber that turns moisture in the air into water for drought-hit farms. “Do what you can do tomorrow, today,” says Roy Kim, a 13-year-old Oregon student […]
Friday JohnKu – AKA – Fri-Yay/Good News
An uninhabited tropical island and its surrounding coral reef reflect the conservation project that has protected the area for decades. Image Credits: Wikimedia Commons. Today’s good news story comes from the Times of India. Thank you to Noelle Granger for sending it to me. In 1991, German development worker Sibylle Riedmiller invested her savings […]
Friday JohnKu – AKA – TGIF – Fri-Yay/Good News
Today’s good news story comes from AS USA Online Sports Newspaper and was sent in by special reporter. Thousands of Christmas trees have been dropped from helicopters in the US since 1990. 36 years later, the coastal restoration effort is a success What started as an unusual recycling experiment has become a key part of […]
Friday JohnKu – AKA- TGIF – Fri-Yay/ Good News
Today’s good news story comes from the Times of India and was sent in by field reporter Noelle Granger. Thanks to Noelle. Florida returned half a million oyster shells to the Gulf of Mexico. The discarded shells became new reef habitat for marine life. TOI World Desk / TIMESOFINDIA.COM / Oyster reefs also protect coastlines […]
Friday John Ku – AKA – TGIF – Fri Yay/Good News
Today’s Good News story comes from the India Times and was sent to me by Noelle Granger . Thank you, Noelle Japan does not cut down centuries-old trees for development. Instead, experts spend months preparing their roots and relocating them When roads, railways, or new buildings are planned, centuries-old trees are often among the first […]
Friday JohnKu – AKA – TGIF – Good News/Fri-Yay
Today’s good news story comes from YouTube and was sent to me by Maria Olimpieva. Thanks Maria. Beloved teacher says goodbye after 50 years at St. Margaret School in Narbirth Pennsylvania For fifty years, Dolores Lopresti greeted generations of second graders at St. Margaret’s School with a smile, a lesson, and a heart full of […]



















