September 2021

Fans came together during a recent football game to help save a dangling cat who was hanging precariously by the Hard Rock Stadium upper deck. The poor tuxedo cat was barely hanging on when fans used an American flag to catch it and save it from impending doom. It may have been the best moment of the Miami Hurricanes vs. Appalachian State Mountaineers game for many fans, if not the best moment in football history for non-fans!

As a child, I remember being fascinated with the komodo dragon. It was my favorite animal to see at the zoo. I think it reminded me of real dragons and dinosaurs. How could it not? The prehistoric creature is our largest lizard and as of right now, according to the International Union for the Conservation of Nature, it's now endangered. The cause? Human behavior. Climate change and habitat destruction have led to this creature's significantly lower population.

Is there anything better than an 80s horror movie on a cool September night? The slashers, the falling leaves, the trademark soundtracks, Jaime Lee Curtis... It's the perfect time of year for us to remember and rank our favorites. SlashFilm.com has a great list of the 20 best films according to them, but what would you skip or add to the list?

Recently I saw a small farm post about how they're growing things upside-down from hanging gardens to save space and I have to admit, it's lovely. It makes a gorgeous focal point and I think it would be gorgeous to walk through, take photos and just see all that loveliness from a new perspective. I grow my strawberries this way and they are beautiful. 

PSL season is in full swing, and the more pumpkin spice lattes there are from various coffee vendors and recipe bloggers, the more customizations there are. It's entirely possible to have a totally different PSL every day of tall, from PSL mochas or caramel frappes to whipped PSLs and other fun variations.

Spooky season is almost here, which means it's time to read all the mysteries, thrillers and horror novels! If you like a book that's creepy or scary, this is the perfect time of year to start a TBR featuring just these types of books. Which genre do you love most, and which do you look forward to most?

The Poetry Foundation just awarded its Lifetime Achievement Award to poet Patricia Smith. Also known as the Lilly Poetry Prize, it's awarded to extraordinary poets for accomplishments made throughout their lifetimes. Smith is known for her poems like "Blood Dazzler" and "Incendiary Art." The award for the Lilly Poetry Prize is $100,000.

Most people who exist anywhere aside from the right of the political spectrum know that the left side just can't get it together. We can argue that we won't fight dirty enough, which is how the right often wins, or that we don't have candidates who are progressive, left or moderate enough (all could be true), but ultimately it boils down to the fact that everyone wants their perfect candidate--and everyone continues to value white supremacy, even if they don't know they do it. ESPECIALLY when they don't know they do it.

Frog Lovers have always been able to serve as citizen scientists through projects like Frog Watch, and now there is a new project available via Zooniverse. Frog Find is a project that challenges citizen scientists to find distressed frogs that have been moved due to natural disasters, pollution and human involvement so scientists can help find them and preserve their populations.