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Good News Stories

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A good friend sent me the link (see below) with some of the good news stories that so often seem to get lost in the everyday maelstrom. And the illustrations (by Italian artist Mauro Gatti) are brilliant.

Take a look at the link, in the meantime here are a few of my favourite positive stories from around the world.

In India trees are being planted…

And, responding to the global crisis in bee populations, Finnish scientists have developed a vaccine….

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…while Holland and the UK are creating places for bees to be busy in….

Problems of waste are being tackled in Thailand, Mexico, South Korea, Italy….

And medical advances in Sweden and other countries can help improve our health…

And around the world, for example in Malawi, Finland, the US and South Korea, things are happening to make life fairer and more rewarding…

 

Whichever country you live in, may 2020 bring you good news, health and happiness.

HAPPY NEW YEAR

from Travelling Frogs

And here’s the link for the more good news…

https://www.boredpanda.com/positive-news-2019-illustrations-mauro-gatti/

Food for Thought

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Invited to Russia, composer Giuseppe Verdi was convinced he wouldn’t enjoy the food. So he did the obvious thing – reserved two railway carriages for the trip. One for accommodating him and his wife, and the second for supplies: hams, eggs, Parmigiano Reggio,  Italian breads and flour… Then there was the problem of what to drink. French wines were the great man’s favourite, so a third carriage was stocked in Lyons and sent to Berlin where the Verdis waited for it. The whole entourage then proceeded to St Petersburg, where they presumably ate and drank to their satisfaction for the whole of their trip.