A Daily Lift – October 7, 2020

Good Morning,

I hope that you are doing well!

Our “lifts” for today:

From Kathryn Fogle (HR)

BoardGameGeek offers a wide variety of suggestions for playing board games, parlors games, and many more in a remote environment:

https://boardgamegeek.com/wiki/page/Distance_Gaming_Guide

The Annenberg Center is offering at 20% discount to Penn staff and faculty for its fall 2020 digital season. And it’s free for students:

https://annenbergcenter.org/events/penn-connections.php

“Centuries-Old ‘Wine Windows’ Open for Business in Florence”

These windows may have been used during the bubonic plague in the 1630s and have been opened again for take-out during COVID:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/wine-windows-florence-medieval-disease-180975517/

The Young@Heart Chorus is a group of seniors, ranging in age from 75-92, who have been performing around the world for almost 40 years.

The Young@Heart Chorus and the Chicago Children’s Choir perform Sam Cook’s “A Change Is Gonna Come”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wR-WrLHcrk&list=RD9wR-WrLHcrk&pp=QAA%3D

Other videos that the Young@Heart recorded during quarantine are found at: https://youngatheartchorus.com/video

Watch for 2020’s Draconid meteor shower tonight: https://earthsky.org/tonight/legendary-draconids-boom-or-bust

Please share some “lifts” to include next week.

Stay safe and healthy!

Sincerely,

Denise