A Daily Lift – June 2, 2021
Good Morning, I hope that you are doing well! This is our 90th and final “A Daily Lift.” Thank you for sharing your ideas over the past 15 months! I hope that you enjoyed the “Lifts” and that they brought a little joy to you during a very difficult year. Our “lifts” […]
A Daily Lift – May 26, 2021
Good Morning, I hope that you are doing well! Our “lifts” for today: The Savoy Company presents a new version of The Eagles’ Fight Song! https://youtu.be/ZmgE5-ToOyc “Kate Winslet (star of “Mare of Easttown”) Describes Being Awestruck By ‘Mythical’ Wawa” https://www.yahoo.com/huffpost/kate-winslet-wawa-220837228.html “Only have 10 minutes? Try one of these quick, but effective […]
A Daily Lift – May 19, 2021
Good Morning, I hope that you are doing well! Our “lifts” for today: From Karen Brann (Faculty Affairs) Bank of America’s latest Masterpiece Moment takes a look at Katsushika Hokusai’s painting “Five Beautiful Women,” It “gives us an intriguing look at the role of clothing in communicating social status in Japan in the […]
A Daily Lift – May 12, 2021
Good Morning, I hope that you are doing well! Philadelphia is planning to end COVID restrictions, except the mask mandate, on June 11th! As everything starts to re-open, there are not a lot of free, virtual items to share; therefore, the “Daily Lift” will be ending, too. Today is the 87th “Daily Lift.” […]
A Daily Lift – May 5, 2021
Good Morning, I hope that you are doing well! Our “lifts” for today: Today is Cinco de Mayo! History and other information: https://www.history.com/topics/holidays/cinco-de-mayo “10 ‘Holidays’ to Celebrate in May,” – trivial, but fun: https://www.triviagenius.com/may-holidays-national-days/YH266z0_swAHjUMy Sunday, May 9th is Mother’s Day! “10 Fun and Creative Ways to Celebrate Mom This Year,” The […]
A Daily Lift – April 28, 2021
Good Morning, I hope that you are doing well! Our “lifts” for today: The CDC released new guidance for fully vaccinated people yesterday. You can view a color-coded chart: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/pdfs/324153_choosingSaferActivities11.pdf 3 Mid-Work Mindfulness Exercises You Can Do in 30 Seconds or Less: https://www.calm.com/business/blog/3-mid-work-mindfulness-exercises-30-seconds-or-less Walking tours that highlight famous film locations: https://www.thediscoverer.com/blog/8-walking-tours-inspired-by-movies-and-tv-shows/YGs8fC-BWwAGfdCM […]
A Daily Lift – April 21, 2021
Good Morning, I hope that you are doing well! Our “lifts” for today: From Francesca Savini (PEFS): Beautiful spring photos from Penn’s Morris Arboretum: Penn faculty and staff enjoy free admission (with PennCard) to the Morris Arboretum: https://www.morrisarboretum.org/ Earth Day is tomorrow, April 22nd Information/events: https://www.earthday.org/earth-day-2021/ Resources/activities for kids: https://www.earthday.org/more-digital-resources/ […]
A Daily Lift – April 14, 2021
Good Morning, I hope that you are doing well! Our “lifts” for today: From Francesca Savini (PEFS): “Spring on Campus”, photographs of our beautiful campus, taken by Francesca: Next week is Earth Week. Penn will be observing Earth Week, April 19 – April 24, with a full calendar of events: https://sustainability.upenn.edu/news/earth-week-2021 […]
A Daily Lift – April 7, 2021
Good Morning, I hope that you are doing well! Our “lifts” for today: “Neuroscientist Makes Playlist of the Happiest Songs According to Science,” My Modern Met: https://mymodernmet.com/10-happy-songs/ WXPN’s “Songs That Got Us Through The Year”: https://thekey.xpn.org/2021/03/17/xpngotusthrough-in-review-playlists-bonus-songs-and-beyond/ National Walking Day is today, the first Wednesday in April. Studies have shown that walking […]
A Daily Lift – March 31, 2021
Good Morning, I hope that you are doing well! Our “lifts” for today: From Kathryn Fogle (HR) “Miss art museums? The Louvre just put its entire art collection online” – CNN: https://www.cnn.com/style/article/louvre-art-collection-free-museum-trnd/index.html The direct link to the collections: Louvre site des collections “Philadelphia has a wealth of cherry trees of varying types […]