Steven HansenApr 298 minGreat PassagewaysWe are always moving. Crossing passageways from point A to point B, beginning to end, winter to spring, border to border, good to bad,...
Steven HansenMar 121 min7 Minutes of Joy: Monarch Butterfly SanctuaryOne of the most amazing natural wonders of the world is the annual migration of the beautiful orange and black Monarch butterfly (Danaus...
Steven HansenFeb 232 minWorld’s Booklovers Open 125,000 Miniature LibrariesTraverse City, MI Small town ideas sometimes turn into stunning worldwide movements. Long before the popular tiny house trend, were the...
Steven HansenJan 192 minReally Underground Book ReviewsAny book that can hold the attention of a New Yorker riding a jam-packed subway car that's screeching and lurching through the bowels of...
HA StaffDec 8, 20212 minHeart to Heart Stories: A Real Secret Santa DeliversNot enough years ago, I was sitting outside my second story apartment on the stairs outside my door. It was late on Christmas Eve. My son...
Steven HansenDec 1, 20213 minGather Around the Storytelling RadioOne big lesson we learned early on in the pandemic was how much we missed being together with other humans in those everyday social...
Steven HansenOct 25, 20212 minCaution: Buying Art May Be AddictiveFor less than the price of a pack of cig’s, you can own an original painting by a noted artist. Or a piece of handmade jewelry, a...
Steven HansenSep 9, 20211 minA New Ritual is Born in DenmarkThe stunning new public library building in Aarhus, Denmark, seems to float above the shining sea of the city’s revitalized waterfront....
Steven HansenSep 6, 20213 min142 Days on the Appalachian TrailIn early spring of 2018, St. Louis-area business attorney Evan Schaeffer decided it was time to go outside and take a walk in the woods –...
Steven HansenAug 16, 20211 minBanksy’s Summer 'Spraycation'Sure, he’s subversive, political, and anti-art-establishment, but England’s mysterious and often-maddening street artist Banksy can sure...
Steven HansenAug 9, 20211 min8 Minutes of Joy: Firefly SanctuaryFollow adventure traveler Mike Corey into the Magic Forest near Nanacamilpa, Tlaxcala, Mexico, to see one of the most amazing sights of...
Steven HansenJul 12, 20211 minConcrete Zen MomentsWhen you see a fire hydrant or mailbox or trash can magically highlighted by waves of concentric painted ripples, you do take notice --...
Steven HansenJun 30, 20213 minOld School CoolMaybe you think about it once a year – that first blistering day in June that catches you off guard, before you’ve put the AC units back...
Deena EbbertJun 22, 20211 minHeart to Heart Stories: Going HomeHome. You can go back home, no matter what the tropes say. You can have laughs and yummy food and good conversations and hugs. You can...
Steven HansenJun 9, 20212 minThere are Nests in These Library Branches!One thing we’ve learned to appreciate over the past year is the nurturing need to nest. Not just the act of staying safe and healthy at...
Steven HansenJun 2, 20211 minHeart to Heart Stories: A Father's LoveNate, a high school student in Michigan at the time, sent this letter to FCKH8.com, an activist organization for gay youth, who posted it...
Steven HansenMay 19, 20212 minThe Boy Who Can’t Stop Doodling“My favorite things to doodle are monsters, aliens and food,” says 11-year-old Joe Whale, aka “The Doodle Boy,” the creative wunderkind...
Steven HansenMay 13, 20211 min55 Seconds of JoyWhen Omarr K. Rambert, a recent UCLA School of Law graduate, found out on January 8 that he had passed the California Bar Exam, he was...
Steven HansenMay 11, 20212 minUncorking Messages from the PastSinger-songwriter Clint Buffington didn’t write Jim Croce’s 1973 hit “Time in a Bottle.” He wasn’t even born yet. But it could easily be...
Happiness Archive EditorApr 30, 20211 minSidewalk Splendor in a FlashFor the past six years, the floral design team of Lewis Miller has installed startlingly beautiful “flower flashes” on street corners,...