A nest you can call home

"The ultimate aim of all creative activity is the building." 9/27/17 For the Birds, By the People: The Artist Building Human-Sized Nests In the forestry hills of Big Sur, California, Jayson Fann weaves, bends and shapes eucalyptus and willow branches into incredible human-sized nests. Each of these "earthly temples" weighs in at over 100,000 pounds, often requiring heavy-duty equipment to aid in transportation and construction.  Boodle Fight: The Filipino Feast Fit for a Soldier What's a chef to do when hundreds of armed soldiers show up hungry and ready to feast? Well, they boodle, of course! In the Philippines, friends and family gather for a boodle fight, a fabulous feast served atop banana leaves and eaten with bare hands.  Fitness Goals: Bodybuilding at 80 Ernestine Shepherd defies nearly every physical stereotype for an 80-year-old woman. For one thing, she's ripped. In fact, she's a record-holding bodybuilder who spends more than 30 hours each week exercising. But get this: she didn't so much as pick up a dumbbell until she was in her 50s! Now she's training other women and completely embodying her nickname, "Granny Six-Pack." Copyright © 2017 Great Big Story, LLC, All rights reserved.You are receiving this message because you subscribed to the Great Big Story newsletter. Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list