Celebrating Random Acts of Kindness Day

Collection of rocks with bright yellow painted rock in center with the words Bee Kind and a drawing of a bee.

Today is Random Acts of Kindness Day, a day for you to lend a helping hand or show someone you care though a message or kind gesture.

We all know a small act of kindness can make all the difference to someone, especially when they’re struggling or feeling low.

Here’s your opportunity to pay it forward to your family member, friend, co-worker, or stranger you pass by in the street. Continue reading Celebrating Random Acts of Kindness Day

Remembering Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Mathew Ahmann in a crowd.

In the United States today, we honor the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., civil rights activist, Baptist minister, and 1964 Nobel Peace Prize recipient.

His words and actions inspire us to do more, to stand up for equality, and to not accept injustice.

A man dies when he refuses to stand up for that which is right. A man dies when he refuses to stand up for justice. A man dies when he refuses to take a stand for that which is true.

—Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

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Slow Down Your Day with BirdNote Radio

A couple hundred large brown cranes in flight over a harvested cornfield, gray skies in the background.

Imagine the sound of Sandhill Cranes, a group of dozens of the large gray birds, flying overhead in the sky during their migration.

I’ve heard that trilling sound hundreds of times when I’m birding on the back dirt roads of Michigan.

Long before I can spot the birds.

That sound, and many like it, is why I take two minutes during my day to slow down and listen to a BirdNote radio show. Continue reading Slow Down Your Day with BirdNote Radio