I extend my heartfelt congratulations to all Americans on the occasion of the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. This anniversary stands as an invitation not only to celebrate the nation’s remarkable journey, but also to reflect upon the responsibilities that the sons and daughters of this country bear to one another, and to the generations who will inherit the nation that is being shaped today. https://t.co/jIio4BBg9v
Out here, the dusk does not go dark. The air begins to glow. Tiny lights drift low over the grass, blinking like the spirits of fallen men come to count us.
My neighbor was watering tomatoes in shorts. I asked what oath these lanterns came to deliver.
"Oh. Fireflies, man. Cute, right?"
Cute. He named the messengers of the dead "cute." A test of nerve.
One landed on my hand. I held it like a letter from a lord I had wronged. Three fingers went numb. To drop the light is to drop the message.
"You good over there?"
Good. He blessed my form. I raised the other arm too, and could no longer scratch my nose. Great honor demands a steady nose.
His daughter ran out with a jar. She caught six in four seconds, screwed the lid on, and held them up. Six sacred letters. In a jar. Like pickles.
I nearly wept.
"He's funny," she told her dad. The highest title. I had passed.
Then her father flicked the porch light, and a hundred lanterns fled the greater sun he ruled with one finger. He kept the souls of the dead in a switch by his door, and used it to find his sandals.
"Bugs love the bulb," he shrugged.
Then her father flicked the porch light, and a hundred lanterns fled the greater sun he ruled with one finger.
"Bugs love the bulb," he shrugged. I opened my palms and let my lanterns go.
A girl keeps the light in a jar, then frees it before bed. I could not match that fearless hand.
To drop the light is to drop the message.
I told myself I would not chase fireflies again. They are cute. I heard him.
I still stand in the yard at dusk with both arms raised, in case another letter lands.
In mehreren italienischen Städten werden öffentliche Sitzbänke inzwischen so umgestaltet, dass sich unter ihnen kleine geschützte Plätze für Straßenkatzen befinden. Dort finden die Tiere Schutz vor Kälte, Regen und anderen Gefahren, ohne aus der Umgebung verdrängt zu werden, die sie kennen und in der sie sich orientieren.
Diese kleinen Rückzugsorte sind oft mit weichen Unterlagen und Futternäpfen ausgestattet, sodass ausgesetzte oder herrenlose Katzen einen sicheren Platz zum Ausruhen bekommen. Gerade für Tiere, die tagtäglich draußen überleben müssen, kann so ein einfacher Unterschlupf einen großen Unterschied machen.
Das Besondere an diesem Projekt ist, dass es zeigt, wie gut Stadtgestaltung und Mitgefühl zusammenpassen können. Mit kleinen, durchdachten Veränderungen werden gewöhnliche öffentliche Plätze plötzlich zu wertvollen Schutzräumen für Tiere, die sonst oft übersehen werden.
Manchmal braucht es keine großen Bauprojekte, um Leben zu verbessern. Manchmal reicht eine einfache Bank – und die Idee, dass unter ihr nicht nur Menschen, sondern auch Tiere ein wenig Sicherheit finden können.
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Buttigieg: In a country that amended its constitution so you could not purchase a beer and then realized it was a bad idea and amended it back, surely we can have an amendment clarifying that a corporation is not a person and money is not speech.
Representative Chris Banning introduces Ryan Walters at an OCPAC meeting calling Walters a “hero” and says that if we move school board elections, we can save $29 Million for “more Bibles.”
OCPAC attends State School Board meetings praising Ryan Walters’ efforts.
Hey NW Norman! Get to the polls and vote for Norman Board of Education District #4 race! As the only⠀
🌟Educator⠀
🌟Attorney⠀
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in the race, I humbly ask for your vote! #teacherstransparencytogetherness https://t.co/uIL9MKDaiV
Every child, regardless of where they come from or what they look like, deserves to live and learn in safety and security. While some politicians push hateful policies, we know that our values as a nation are defined by humanity and respect.