Thursday, July 17th, 2025

Good Morning! 🌞

Ever get the feeling your dog understands you a little too well? Like they know when you’re sad, or when you whisper, “I love you,” and their tail goes into overdrive?

Well, now there’s science to back that up. A study by Canine Cottages found that dogs’ heart rates increase by 46%—from 67 to 98 bpm—just from hearing those three little words. Yep, they feel it.

Even better? Cuddling calms them right back down, proving that affection isn’t just cute—it’s deeply meaningful to them.

I don’t know about you, but I’ll definitely be telling my dog “I love you” a little more today. Do you talk to your pets like they’re people too? (Because same.) 🐶❤️

Environment

Sustainable Wine Making

As green as the Chardonnay grapes it produces, a California winery nestled at the foot of the Santa Lucia Mountains is redefining sustainability—powered entirely by wind. Thanks to the region’s unique topography, constant coastal breezes not only fuel a towering 400-foot wind turbine but also extend the grape growing season, enhancing flavor complexity and leading to award-winning wines. The winery, part of Scheid Family Wines and known as Isabelle’s, taps into more than just natural energy: it thrives on a blend of ideal soil, fog-cooled mornings, and eco-conscious innovation.

From the vineyard to the bottling line, sustainability guides every detail. High-tech irrigation sensors deliver water precisely where needed, minimizing waste. Skylights and adaptive lighting reduce reliance on artificial sources, while energy-efficient insulation wraps the processing equipment. Even the bottles are designed with thinner sections to lower the carbon footprint during recycling. Natural rodent control? Dozens of owl boxes scattered throughout the estate. “Sustainability has been one of our core values since our family founded this business in 1972,” said Heidi Scheid, the company’s executive vice president and second-generation owner. “The winds are very dependable. They can sometimes blow 24 hours a day.”

Scheid Family Wines spans 2,500 acres and produces 36 different grape varietals, supplying wines for over 10 global brands and private labels. Altogether, that adds up to 900,000 cases annually—with not a single bottle contributing to carbon emissions. In fact, the wind turbine generates more power than the winery uses, feeding excess electricity back into the grid. “Scheid is believed to be the largest winery in the world that’s powered by renewable energy,” Scheid noted proudly. When it comes to sipping sustainably, Isabelle’s sets a gold standard—one glass of wind-powered wine at a time.

Good News

Hero Dog Saves Village

Lights were out in the mountain village of Siyathi, northern India, but one resident refused to sleep.

Well past midnight on June 26, Rocky the dog barked and howled on the ground floor of a home in Himachal Pradesh. Despite the pounding monsoon rain, Rocky’s owner Lalit Kumar heard him.

“I was woken by my dog’s strange barking, as if he was trying to warn me,” Lalit said. “When I reached him, I saw a huge crack in the wall and water pouring in.”

Bad enough at night—but when Lalit went downstairs to wake his family, he saw worse: a wall of mud and water rushing toward town.

He grabbed Rocky and his family and ran through the streets, waking neighbors. By the time 22 families had gathered and climbed to higher ground, the landslide slammed into the village, destroying 12 of its 17 homes in a surge of earth and debris.

Sixty-seven people lived there. Every one survived—thanks to Rocky, the dog Kumar had gotten from his brother just three months earlier.

World News

Lost Toilet Roll Message

While renovating their new home in Nottingham, England, a couple stumbled upon a quiet bit of magic tucked in the attic: a child’s message, written 35 years ago on the side of an empty toilet paper roll. Charlotte England-Black found the note nestled beside an old sink, cap, and pair of overalls—ordinary objects made extraordinary by time. The message, penned in 1989 by a seven-year-old girl named Emma Waddingham, read, “I hope you enjoy staying here. Lots of love, from a friend.” It ended with the kind of innocent detail only a child would think to include: “I’m seven years old and nearly eight.”

Curious about the girl behind the message, Charlotte posted the note in a local Facebook group—and within ten minutes, neighbors had tagged Emma, now 43 and still living in Nottingham. “It really is quite touching,” Charlotte told reporters. “She’d obviously written it hoping someone would find it one day. It’s just a connection with the past.” Emma, now Emma Smith, didn’t remember writing the note—or why she used a toilet roll—but recalled the house fondly. “I had amazing wallpaper in my bedroom of Tom and Jerry,” she said. “It was a lovely place to spend those years.”

Charlotte now plans to leave the message where she found it when she eventually moves—like a time capsule passed from one family to the next. “In another 35 years someone else might find it… It’ll be nice to see if it gets found.” There’s something deeply human in these tiny, forgotten scraps—fragments of memory tucked behind walls and beneath floorboards, quietly bridging time between strangers. Have you ever found something like that? A note in a book, a name scratched into a beam—something small and random, but weirdly comforting? Funny how those accidental relics can feel more personal than most of the things we save on purpose.

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Mind Stretchers

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I flicker to life when the lights go low,
I steal your time but help you grow.
I’m silent, loud, or in-between,
A tale unfolds—yet I’m just a screen.
What am I?

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