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Cindy Brown
Jul 24, 20221 min read
Keep Moving Forward
If you ever doubt that one person can make a difference in the world, read this Future Crunch story about vision and persistence. And...
Cindy Brown
Jan 13, 20223 min read
2021's Good News
When I need to hear that people are good, progress is occurring, and the world is not going to hell in a hand basket, I turn to Future...
Cindy Brown
Oct 17, 20211 min read
Sometimes I Need a Reminder...
That good people like this can be found everywhere.
Cindy Brown
Jun 27, 20211 min read
Tree Love, True Love
My neighbor Maryann is a tree-lover. I know this not only from our discussions about The Overstory (a wonderful novel about our...
Cindy Brown
Jun 13, 20211 min read
A Soft & Cozy Nature Break
I've raved about the Nature 365 videos before, those small gems that connect my soul to the natural world in a big way. They're a...
Cindy Brown
May 23, 20211 min read
A Sweet Clean-Up
Whenever we get our car's oil changed, the nice folks at Metro Car Care also vacuum the car (no small task, with the usual dog hair and...
Cindy Brown
Apr 25, 20212 min read
Good News for Earth Day!
To me, spring is the season of hope--all the bright green new growth, the nest-building, the blossoms that will become cherries in the...
Cindy Brown
Apr 2, 20212 min read
A Thousand Meals a Week
(I'm short of time but wanted to share this story, so I am reprinting it in its entirety from the members-only edition of Future Crunch )...
Cindy Brown
Jan 3, 20212 min read
The Good News of 2020
I know, I know. 2020 was a year none of us will forget, and not because of its good news. But amidst the pandemic and politics were some...
Cindy Brown
Dec 27, 20201 min read
Christmas Lemonade
Christmas miracles are rarely caused by traffic accidents, but that's just what happened this Christmas Eve in Anchorage, Alaska. Bean’s...
Cindy Brown
Dec 22, 20201 min read
A True Christmas Dinner
I love this story from last year. May the joy of the holidays eclipse your circumstances. Peace to all. I was setting up for my weekly...
Cindy Brown
Dec 6, 20201 min read
Santa Doesn't Drive a Sleigh
In Astoria, Oregon, Santa drives a car that needs regular old gas. Fuel attendant Bradley Rowe knows this better than anyone.
Cindy Brown
Nov 18, 20201 min read
"Just treat people the way you want to be treated."
So says Teo Jordan of Covington, Kentucky, who became rightfully famous for doing just that. Teo was bagging groceries at Kroger when he...
Cindy Brown
Oct 25, 20201 min read
"Anyone Is Capable of Greatness"
That's what Gwinnett County Sheriff's Deputy Shannon Vokadov said about three inmates who rescued a fellow deputy this past summer.
Cindy Brown
Sep 18, 20201 min read
Light in the Dark
“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed, citizens can change the world...
Cindy Brown
Jul 16, 20201 min read
Art/Nature/Beauty Break!
Don't you need a little break? Don't we all?
Cindy Brown
Jul 7, 20201 min read
How To Become an Honorary Firefighter (when you’re just 5 years old)
When Cooper Wellweber ruined his shoes by filling them with slime, he was going to raise money for new shoes with a lemonade stand...
Cindy Brown
Jun 4, 20201 min read
Miles of Cars, Hundreds of People, Thousands of Bags of Groceries
“The donations just kept coming, and coming, and coming,” Amy Nelson, the principal of Sanford Middle School, told The Washington Post.
Cindy Brown
May 14, 20202 min read
Taxi Driver Drives Stranded Student Over 1800 Miles Home--For Free
When taxi driver Kepa Amantegi heard about a stranded college student, he got in his taxi and drove, and drove, and drove…
Cindy Brown
Apr 24, 20201 min read
Neighborhoods are Full of Little Free...
Pantries! Betcha thought I was going to say libraries. Those, too, but the latest “pass it on and pay it forward” movement is all about food
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