Your Invitation: use the #OneCoolThing hashtag is to share something, anything that you find interesting with the rest of us. Apropos of nothing at all. It could be an idea, a thing, an activity, or most anything at all. Enrich the feed of fellow Mastodonians and FediFriends and prompt human contact that is a major strength of this platform. Post anytime, weekly or whenever the spirit moves you.

Here's #OneCoolThing I want to share with you...

Sharing #OneCoolThing this week: the smell of freshly cut grass is a distress signal warning other plants to protect themselves. In some cases it also attracts predators of grass-eating insects.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smell_of_freshly_cut_grass

Yesterday I learned that Vermont has >350 species of bees. That is SO AWESOME. Insect diversity is AMAZING.

#wonder #biodiversity #OneCoolThing

Here is my #OneCoolThing for today:

The Baby University books can be found at my library and are available on the #LibbyApp.

Here's my #OneCoolThing to share with folks this week: The B-Bender guitar.

It's a lever connected to the strap button of a guitar so when you pull down on the guitar it raises the pitch of the B string (second highest) a whole tone. It sounds like a pedal steel guitar on that string. It was invented by Clarence White of The Byrds (and other groups) and it can be heard on their Sweetheart Of The Rodeo album.

Here's a bit about Clarence's original B-Bender tele. https://youtu.be/r8H08Xs_w8A

RE: https://sunny.garden/@krinslife/116520956923769365

We have an answer. #OneCoolThing as suggested by @VisualStuart

Purpose: recommend/share something that you (a human) like or enjoy with other humans so we can practice not relying on algorithms, which, let's be honest, mostly don't help us find new things just more of the same. Part of the #aliveinternet

I'm also going to use #KrinsRecs for my specific shares, possibly as part of a wider personal project.

Feel free to contribute to the first, and follow the second if you want.

I just created my first actual share, for those of us who love costuming.

Inaugural #OneCoolThing: I am utterly enjoying the wonder and fun of Grace Duval and her amazing wearable art creations. I'm an amateur costumer so her art is an inspiration. I found her work via her process diaries (is that the correct word?) on YouTube, and they now herald an enjoyable hour of entertainment whenever she releases something new.

She has heart, and soul, and moxie, and skills. She brightens my world. She might brighten yours as well.

How find Grace
- Website, with PHOTOS: https://www.graceduval.com/
- Her tumblr: https://graceduval.tumblr.com/
- Her YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@GraceDuVal

I'd specifically recommend either of these:
1. Can you 3D print a ghost. It's a beautiful reflection on grieving her father through her craft: https://youtu.be/BG5QlWo0M0w
2. DIY Emerald City Costumes. The opposite energy of the first, full of joy and fun in creation: https://youtu.be/UsM5QYmZQZw

#KrinsRecs #WearableArt

(what is this? It's an answer to my yearning for real humans sharing cool stuff they admire with other humans, not just allowing the feed to hopefully serve it up to us. Join in with recommendations on the #OneCoolThing hastag)