some good news

Not necessarily some good news, but some news I saw this morning and was very pleased with. But maybe first I should set up why?

When I was a little girl, I, like many little girls, wanted to be nearly everything under the sun: a teacher, an actress, a veterinarian, etc. The one career that I wanted strongly to follow, besides being a writer, of course, was a marine biologist. I often went to the library and bypassed the Nancy Drew books for anything I could find on whales (though I would, on occasion, read Nancy Drew too).

I learned a lot during that time period.

I'm not quite sure what happened to that career goal though. It may have been my aversion to the frog dissection in high school biology. But even during college, and even now, I've often wished I'd continued that. I've even tried to think of a story idea centered around a marine biologist to delve back into all that research.

But anyway, the article I saw this morning that made me happy was this: Humpback Whales Make Huge Comeback.

It was definitely good to see that these animals that so captivated my attention (along with Orcas) are making a comeback. And it makes me want to cruise on over to Amazon and see what books I can get to read back up on whales. Who knows? Maybe that story will come back to the forefront of my mind.

Anyone else have any long-gone career objectives that still retain your attention?