👨🚒 Wildflowers, Apple, Taco Bell, Sample, and Firefighter

California Wildflowers: Where and When to Find Them During the Super Bloom
By Deb Hopewell | AFAR | February 21, 2019
The California poppy is the most ubiquitous wildflower on the West Coast, but there’s a lot more blooming in the Golden State this spring. Your guide to catching Golden State blooms from Southern California to Northern California and places in between. (1,858 words)
Oprah, Spielberg, and Sara Bareilles: Apple’s Foray Into Original Content Has Begun
By Alison Herman and Victor Luckerson | The Ringer | March 25, 2019
But can Apple TV+ succeed where every other tech company not named Netflix has mostly failed? That and more from Apple’s latest event. (2,805 words)
Life in Chains: Finding Home at Taco Bell
By John DeVore | Eater | November 5, 2014
Welcome to Life in Chains, where writers share the essential roles played in their lives by chain restaurants—great and grim, wonderful and terrible. Here, John DeVore on the unexpected, self-affirming solace to be found at a Taco Bell. (2,774 words)
Wisconsin Boy Is Hooked On Crocheting And Giving Back
By Lindsey Feingold, Steve Inskeep, and Rachel Martin | NPR | February 5, 2019
Eleven-year-old Jonah Larson's favorite hobby is crocheting, which he turned into a business. He made this blanket in January during a snow day from school. (962 words)
Texas firefighter carries struggling woman to concert seat, captures hearts
By Amber Sutton | Southern Thing | March 18, 2019
A volunteer firefighter proved he's never off the clock when it comes to helping people this week after carrying an elderly woman with cancer to and from her seat at a Brad Paisley concert in Houston, Texas. (1,065 words) 👨🚒