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- What Shiloh taught me about living in the nowIf a treat were offered but not immediately given, he let me know.聽
Meanwhile... in Senegal, elementary schools are experimenting with teaching students in the native language of WolofAnd in Isla Montecristo, El Salvador,聽residents help to collect the eggs of the endangered olive ridley, a black-green sea turtle, and then take them to Gio D铆az, while in Heidelberg, South Africa, a聽retiree noticed that vegetables were being stolen from his home garden, so he聽planted a new garden bordering right on the street to make it easier for those in need聽to pick the food.
In Finnish, I鈥檝e only begunOur exchange student鈥檚 English was perfect; my 鈥榮uomi,鈥� not so much.
Meanwhile... in Iraq, a former US college basketball player has put his troubled career back on trackAnd in St. John鈥檚, Newfoundland,聽serious birdwatchers are braving the cold and snow and arriving by the dozens, while in Monrovia, Liberia,聽African movie star Van Vicker opened聽the country鈥檚 first postwar performing arts school.
Stealth parentingI鈥檝e found a surefire way to lure聽my teen out of his room.
Meanwhile... in Detroit, a social studies teacher has completed his goal to visit all the countries in the worldAnd in Chiang Mai, Thailand, a nonprofit group called Urban Light is offering alternatives to get teenage male prostitutes off the street, while in聽Lahore, Pakistan,聽members of the Jane Austen Society of Pakistan meet for high tea to discuss the works of their favorite author.
We seek peace in the toothpaste warI squeeze; my husband rolls. Was there room for compromise?
Meanwhile... more than 1.5 million South Koreans will have their debts paid off or restructured by National Happiness FundAnd in Ntagacha, Tanzania,聽young women are being taught to sew in order to give them a path to economic independence, while in Dubrovnik, Croatia,聽tourists are flooding into the medieval city, hoping to see some of the noteworthy sites where HBO blockbuster 鈥淕ame of Thrones鈥� was filmed.聽- I鈥檓 encouraged to go higherA lesson I learned at a gym is one I hope my daughter will learn, too.
- Meanwhile... in Morocco, a group is experimenting with a new approach to the problem of abandoned childrenAnd in New Zealand,聽a few determined聽broadcasters have refused to stop using Maori words in their reporting, while in Uganda,聽comfort dogs are being used to help treat people with post-traumatic stress disorder.
My cupboard runneth overI was suddenly mugless, until friends pitched in. Then something else unexpected happened.
Meanwhile... in Gabon, scientists are asking concerned citizens around the world to help save elephantsAnd in Sweden,聽some girls are saying no to traditional Santa Lucia pageants, while on St. Helena,聽an ancient tortoise is looking forward to a new crowd of admirers.
How Pootie got his wayI didn鈥檛 want a Christmas tree, but my husband insisted that someone else truly did.
Meanwhile... In Rwanda, the Mahama refugee camp looks more like a city than campAnd in American Samoa, the members of firefighting Squad 61 have developed a motivational tool rarely if ever seen among other firefighters: They sing.
Ill-defined boundaries that are set in stoneFor this New Englander, permission to build a deck means scouring a thicket for obscure markers.
Meanwhile... On Christmas Island, millions of red crabs are making their annual migration to the Pacific OceanAnd in聽Veracruz, Mexico, they are rocking the danz贸n, while in Su冒ur-脼ingeyjars媒sla, Iceland,聽farmer 脫lafur 脫lafsson uses聽a drone to herd his sheep.
Tale of an overachieving toasterIts zeal was sudden and short-lived. But it changed me.
Meanwhile... In Iowa, three young Tanzanian visitors seem to have touched the hearts of residentsAnd in聽Morocco, 110 synagogues have been restored, while in Bolivia, Thailand, and Tunisia, women outnumber men as research scientists.
My life of listsI鈥檓 in good company as I cross off groceries, errands, books ...
Meanwhile... the first international cricket match in eight years took place in PakistanAnd in Kenya,聽the country鈥檚聽new ban on plastic bags聽is聽an economic opportunity for women, while in Peru,聽American trekker Nick Stanziano is urging people to聽walk the historical Great Inca Trail.聽
