It’s the 51st anniversary of the day humans first set foot on the moon.
I didn’t need to do the math on how many years since, b/c I was born exactly six months after this tremendous historic event. This means two important things:
First, since my birthday (Jan 20th) is the presidential inauguration day, it’s six months until we HOPEFULLY end the on-going disaster that has been POTUS#45.
And, six months after the birthday (Jan 20, 2020) that I turned fifty years old means that today is my half-birthday.

Instead of a song about Monday, here’s my favorite song about space and the exploration of it:
##########
Here’s the excellent sources that I feature each day – The Week and the Five Things to Know Today
Good News Network site and the Daily “Good News in History”
Creighton U. Daily Reflections
National Catholic Reporter – Copy Desk Daily, July 20, 2020
And James Hohmann, host of The Daily 202 – Big Idea podcast from the Washington Post, returned today after two weeks of vacation.
Today’s episode is heartbreaking as he tells the story of a couple of families who’ve lost loved ones to COVID-19 and are angry at how deplorably the U.S. leadership continues to avoid meaningful efforts to curb the death and suffering from the coronavirus.
++++++++++
And here’s the link (which stays the same each day) to “My Paper.li”
The Ed Tech Emergent Daily, Monday July 20th
https://paper.li/e-1584814795#/ You can bookmark this link!
##########
Here’s my TOP FIVE stories from today’s “My Paper.li”:
[COVER STORY] – “How Long Does COVID-19 Immunity Last?”
The entire world’s carbon emissions will finally be trackable in real time
“It’s Clear By Now That We’re Not All in This Together”
“We Won’t Let Your Money Destroy Our Future”
“Private School Moving All Classes Outside This Fall”
