Good Things Friday (293) and Link Love
October 4, 2024
1. We met a local family with kids around Smol Acrobat’s age at the new park opening and exchanged info to maybe have the kids bike together again.
2. We explored a new park and the adult and teen riders were all very cool about sharing that space with the youngest and wee-est of riders that were wobbly-bobbly but wanted to be part of this cool thing too.
3. They’re not ready for picking yet but we have a whole DOZEN snap peas growing all at the same time now!
4. The timing of this change is good for us (usually I have bad timing). I just renewed our Global Entry this summer for $200, and hadn’t gotten around to the kids yet! Global Entry costs more for adults ($120) but is now free for kids under 18 if their legal guardian is enrolled or is applying for their enrollment in the program.
List: Ways to donate and help flood victims in Western North Carolina after Hurricane Helene
I read this almost entirely because the pull quote said “rewiggling” and I needed to know what that meant: How restoring rivers’ natural curves can prevent flooding.
That’s really cool (if sustainable and affordable?): A smartphone that can charge itself from sunlight — scientists have created transparent solar cells that can be embedded in glass
Kay’s post: Are you still in the shrinking middle class links to the Pew Research income calculator.
I didn’t notice until the very end that this was written by Ethan Hawke: Kris Kristofferson: The Last Outlaw Poet (the allusion to Toby Keith instead of naming him – well, Toby can go kick rocks).
Ready for a wild ride about melting cheese??
https://www.seriouseats.com/alka-seltzer-cheese-sauce-recipe-8643844
I’d absorbed a vague reference to this but only now bothered to look it up, thanks to your link on cheese.