Art & Good News 12-28-2024
Weekly roundup for December 28th, 2024 with art and uplifting stories.
Starting with some art…
Eeyore from Winnie-the-Pooh is my absolute favorite character. He’s always gloomy and a bit down, but I still find him super cute and lovable. You know, it’s funny how you can see him as sad, but you can also interpret him as someone who’s happy with what he has. That’s something I really admire. We all get jealous and try to keep up with others, but it takes a lot of strength to realize that what we have is enough and that it’s okay to be different.
Now to the Good News…
As we bid farewell to 2024, I’m excited to share three articles chosen from my most popular Good News posts from the past year. Wishing you all a fantastic and even more wonderful 2025! While there may be challenges along the way, I choose to focus on the bright side and the hope that always shines ahead.
Robot weed killers could create a sustainable future for agriculture
* I realize that the robots are not really Wall-E, however they were described in the article as little yellow robots and I could not pass up the parallel reference.
Bob Moore, Founder of Bob’s Red Mill, Has Died, Leaving His Company to Its Employees
We need to champion companies that do good in the world. Owners who don’t only think about themselves. Bob Moore wanted his company to take care of his employees, he wanted to share the wealth he made with his company of oats, flours, and snacks galore. We hear of companies that really want to try to give back and to leave the Bob’s Red Mill to the people who helped build, work and maintain it is just an amazing way to take care of the people who worked for and with you for over 50 years. With Bob Moore’s passing the company, which he started transferring over to his employees in 2010, is now completely owned by his more than 700 employees. He strongly believed I the need for fairness and it shows in the legacy he leaves behind.
Archeology is buzzing about this rare relic of a female ballplayer at a Chicago museum
With the increased popularity of women’s sports, it is easy to think that this is a new phenomenon that is long overdue. However, a statue found in Mexico is challenging that stereotype that female athletes are a modern occurrence. The statue depicts a female athlete dating back to Mesoamerican times and is showing that women would have held far more roles than that of just a wife and mother in our history. This exhibit in the National Museum of Mexican Art is challenging the common thoughts of females in the culture and hopefully sparking a larger conversation of the role of women in society as a whole, both from a historical and modern perspective.
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