What I Found Interesting: October 28, 2026

Green-colored copper sculpture of girl laying down on her stomach on the ground reading a book, brown mulch surround the sculpture, green-leafed white-flowered shrubs in the background.

With so much happening around the world, we all could use some uplifting stories.

Which is why I enjoy publishing my monthly post highlighting positive and good news.

A new dwarf planet candidate, three men traveled from Italy to Ireland to return a lost wedding ring, and a happy 25th birthday to the Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine are few of the interesting stories I’ve enjoyed in the past month.

I hope you enjoy them, too!

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Photo of the Week: Portable Sawmill at Nichols Arboretum

Bright red portable sawmill in a cleared field near the Magnolia Collection is used by two workers to mill an unfinished log. On one side of the log you can see the previous cut, removing bark from the log as a new cut is being made.

For the past few months, our local birding group has seen piles of large felled tree trunks in Nichols Arboretum in Ann Arbor, Michigan, near the Magnolia Collection.

As we walked by last week, we saw piles of lengthwise wood planks finished on two sides.

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