It's a "not much" day today, as my daughter-in-law Debbie would say.
More specifically, it's "not much" unless one wants to go on a rant or two.
Plenty of motivations for those opportunities these days and because of this blah time of year.
I'm astounded at how often I've used the term "wacko" in general conversation lately.
So, there definitely IS a lot more out there than "not much" to chew upon any time we want to go that direction.
The goal, however, is to refrain from reacting and to walk away from what appears to be insidious, mean and ludicrous behavior.
At least, I'm not screaming at the TV any more but I am still gasping at what I see being shared on social media.
I swear if someone wanted to find a way to make money off the "cut-and-paste" method of passing along "news," they'd have a monumental supply and an equal demand.
What ever happened to expressing one's thoughts from one's own brain or by means of that scary word called "research"?
A friend suggested to me yesterday that this phenomenon of nastiness emboldened by lies seems much more prevalent because of limitations from other more pleasant distractions because of the Pandemic.
I think she's got a point. The challenge is to avoid getting sucked in by what really riles us.
Not easy but definitely a good goal to work on every day by looking for some good news, news that makes us smile.
How about those people in Oregon who got caught in a blizzard with Covid vaccine and put it to use in the arms of other winter travelers in the area.
That's a neat story, as is the one in Seattle where refrigeration problems led to a sudden availability of 1,300 vaccinations in the middle of the night.
Lots of pajama-clad people showed up for their shot in the arm.
Last night I watched part of a video featuring a graduation ceremony in New Zealand. My penpal's grandson Peter had just earned his wings as a Qantas Airlines pilot.
I've never met Peter but have met his mother Sarah, who's the same age as Annie.
Peter is a Facebook friend, and I look forward to a wild possibility some day of being a passenger in the air when he's piloting the plane.
Congratulations, Peter Biondic!
Speaking of Annie, she celebrated 14 years with Seattle's Groundspeak, Inc.
from Annie's/Mia's Facebook page:
Today
marks 14 years of being a Lackey at Geocaching HQ! I couldn't be more
happy to be a Lackey today than I was on this day when I walked into the
small 5th Ave office in downtown Seattle 14 years ago.
My life is more
complete because of this job, this hobby and the amazing community of
people from all over the world that I've had the pleasure of working
with and calling my friends.
I've climbed mountains (tall ones like Mt.
Rainier and Ben Nevis in Scotland), I've climbed trees, I've kayaked to
caches, I've worn my flip flops to places where flip flops maybe
shouldn't go.
I've laughed, shared stories over beers, done geocaching
power trails and gone on amazing adventures with fellow Lackeys and
geocaching friends from around the world.
There aren't enough pictures
to document all the moments of pride and happiness this game and this
job have given me, but here are a few to share. Feel free to add your
own pictures in the comments of our adventures together. 
Annie actually posted 50 photos from her geocaching adventures around the world.
I added the following photo to her collection, when we, as a family with Emma from Germany, accompanied Moun10Bike aka geocaching legend Jon Stanley to Idaho's first-ever geocache near Priest Lake.
It was quite a hike and a great experience for all of us.
If you are a geocacher or if you'd like to know more about the sport, you can tune in to a virtual program dealing with all thing geocaching worldwide today.
Annie suggested that she may appear in an interview.
Of course, we have other good news today as it's GAME DAY for the No. 1 ZAGS.
Today they'll be taking on Pepperdine for the second time this season.
The game will be broadcast at 5 p.m. PST on ESPN.
GO, ZAGS!
Happy Saturday. Find some good news and smile.
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