Feel Good Friday

“For Frank, the voyage is largely a way to express his gratitude for still being alive and having the ability to take on the physical challenge, almost a decade after a car accident left him with 14 broken bones and nearly paralyzed. He had been hiding in a pile of leaves to surprise a friend when a carful of teens drove through the pile without knowing he was there.” Canoeist is paddling the 6,000-mile Great Loop out of gratitude for life.

+ NPR has a timely series about people finding common ground even if they don’t share the same political views. It’s the divisions that bring some together in a county in Washington state … You can sword-fight at this club. But no politics allowed … They disagree about a lot, but these singers figure out how to stay in harmony.

+ ESPN: ‘Run, Forrest, run!’: How good a football player was Forrest Gump?

+ Vox: Innovators, thinkers & changemakers working to make the future
a better place.

+ Freddie Freeman grand slam ball to be auctioned. Could bring ‘life-changing money’ for Venice family.

+ Dog left for dead on road; couple empty wedding fund to save her.

+ Emperor penguin released at sea 20 days after waddling onto Australian beach.

+ The Bay Area’s most charming coffee popup is in this family’s driveway.

+ Ray Ratto on the season’s first snow game. Steelers-Browns Was a Miserable and Majestic Classic of Bad-Weather Football.