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This article is part of <\/span>Upstream,<\/span><\/a> The Daily Wire\u2019s new home for culture and lifestyle. Real human insight and human stories \u2014 from our featured writers to you.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n ***<\/span><\/p>\n Welcome to the Bright Side, a weekly roundup of all the good news and ideas you might have missed from the past week.<\/p>\n The weather is beginning to warm up in Nashville, which makes me want to spend every night on a restaurant patio somewhere, sipping something from a stem glass and listening in on other people\u2019s bubbly conversations. The air smells sweet with honeysuckle blossoms, the birds start chirping before the sun comes up, and I\u2019m determined to get to know the local groundhog a little better before I give him a name.<\/span><\/p>\n I\u2019ve also been warned that this \u201cfake summer\u201d belies the oppressively buggy humidity of the upcoming months. Still, I\u2019m determined to soak up the fleeting moment. If you\u2019d like to freshen up your news feed with a little spring sunshine, grab a pool noodle and dip a toe into these soul-soothing snippets from this past week.<\/span><\/p>\n A quote to elevate our perspective:<\/b><\/p>\n \u201cWhile spacewalking I realized something, I used to think I was scared of heights but now I know I was just scared of gravity,\u201d NASA Artemis II commander <\/span>Reid Wiseman<\/span><\/a> said. He just completed his most recent mission, but in <\/span>2014<\/span><\/a> he observed how his own weightlessness outside the International Space Station eliminated his fear of falling. Imagine what you could do if you knew you couldn\u2019t fall \u2014 or fail.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Why home is where your pets are:<\/b><\/p>\n Sticking with the space theme for a minute, Artemis II mission specialist Christina Koch\u2019s dog <\/span>Sadie<\/span><\/a> pulled off a welcome home greeting for her favorite astronaut that was so joyful, I\u2019ve watched it 17 times already.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n The wiggly tail wag, fetching her favorite toy, and then running through the waves by the beach? Koch\u2019s sweet pup reminds us that when you\u2019re with your favorite people, there\u2019s no place like home.<\/span><\/p>\n The easiest, most comforting weekend pasta recipe:<\/b><\/p>\n As <\/span>fresh basil<\/span><\/a> takes over the farmers market this summer, \u201c<\/span>I Dream Of Dinner<\/span><\/a>\u201d author and recipe developer Ali Slagle\u2019s five-star, one-pot <\/span>cottage cheese basil pasta<\/span><\/a> checks every deliciously creamy, herby, noodle-y box.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n After tossing long pasta in a sauce made from fresh basil, cottage cheese, baby spinach, garlic, and parmesan, all you need is a finishing drizzle of extra virgin olive oil. Lighting a <\/span>candle for the table creates the kind of New York City restaurant energy that makes it slightly less awkward when you charge your family for seconds.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Turning toddler musings into music:<\/b><\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m interested in the musicality of the world,\u201d college music professor and composer <\/span>Stephen Spencer<\/span><\/a> says. But he went viral for creating energized earworms out of his three-year-old daughter\u2019s hilarious stories. \u201c<\/span>Little Tall Prince<\/span><\/a>\u201d is an inspiration, and you\u2019ll be queuing up \u201c<\/span>Apple Man<\/span><\/a>\u201d on repeat.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Spencer keeps his daughter\u2019s identity private, but her imagination won over the internet. When she<\/span> learned the word \u201cregular,\u201d he flipped her conversation into lyrics: \u201cThere was one just regular rabbit, she had regular ponytails just like me.\u201d You\u2019ll be regularly singing \u201c<\/span>Regular Rabbit<\/span><\/a>\u201d the rest of the day.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n It\u2019s never too late to realize your potential:<\/b><\/p>\n She loved to jump rope as a kid, but now that she\u2019s 82, <\/span>Annie Judis<\/span><\/a> is the undisputed 12-time Guinness World Record-winning oldest female competitive rope skipper. She starts every day by jumping rope for five minutes, then strength training for an hour with her trainer. Previously, she worked as a film actress and beauty queen, but she\u2019s finding her purpose these days in motivating others to stay active.<\/span><\/p>\n\n
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