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Animal Awareness Lifelong Learning

240+ Calendar Events to Add to Your Animal Agenda

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Dear Fellow Americans, We’ve noticed that only a handful of holidays make it onto typical calendars, so we would like …

Environmentalism Lifelong Learning

195+ Important Dates for Environmentalists

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Dear Fellow Americans, We’ve noticed that only a couple of eco-friendly holidays like Earth Day and Arbor Day make it …

Book Recommendations Environmentalism Lifelong Learning

6 Places to Buy Books Other Than Amazon

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Someone left a copy of How to Resist Amazon and Why by Danny Caine in the Little Free Library outside …

Animal Awareness Environmentalism Lifelong Learning

39 Coral Reef Animals Photographed for a Kinder Card Game: “Go Snorkel!”

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“Go Snorkel!” is played in a group just like another fish-related card game you might remember from your childhood. With …

Healthy Living Lifelong Learning

2 Free Apps to Help You Meditate

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10 minutes. 20 minutes. 30 minutes. Just sit there and breathe. It’s not complicated. But it sure is nice sometimes …

Building Community Healthy Living Lifelong Learning

180+ Special Days That Aren’t On Your Calendar (yet)

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Dear Fellow Americans, We’ve noticed that only a handful of holidays make it onto typical calendars, so we would like …

Lifelong Learning

5 Emails You’ll Be Glad Are In Your Inbox

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*Updated October 2026* Let’s face it. We’re all getting WAY too many emails these days. In the midst of all …

You really just never know what you'll find when you pop in to a local bookstore. Thank you Givens Books & Little Dickens in Lynchburg, VA for the poster out front full of practical suggestions! 😊
Easy way to connect and get a lovely conversation started: check out a Caregiver Kit from the Henrico Public Library. The books, DVDs, and discussion cards in the bags are organized around themes like 1940's/1950's, Holidays, Pets, and Automobiles.
Love all the homemade holiday decorations we spotted around Richmond like this plastic water jug that came back to life as a skeleton!
This one is for all the book store, thrift store, and toy store owners out there and anyone having a yard sale. Please make people smile by copying this adorable idea spotted in the window of Staunton Books! Sign under stuffed animals reads: "Adopt us! Our owners outgrew us but we still want a home. $10 Adoption Fee Includes free kids book to read to me at bedtime! You can pick the book for me."
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