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Sidewalk Splendor in a Flash
For the past six years, the floral design team of Lewis Miller has installed startlingly beautiful “flower flashes” on street corners,...
Happiness Archive Editor
Apr 30, 20211 min read
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10 Most Beautiful Words to Pronounce
Just saying these 10 words out loud is fun!
Steven Hansen
Apr 29, 20212 min read
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2:25 Minutes of Joy: Trumpet Giveaway
“To all the youth in New Orleans, Bring me a gun and I’ll give you a trumpet, no questions asked. I’m doing this until I run out of...
HA Staff
Apr 27, 20211 min read
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Big Bird Chills Out
A big blue version of Big Bird from Sesame Street has landed on the rooftop of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. The...
HA Staff
Apr 25, 20211 min read
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Ear Bliss #2
Falling snow, a cat purring, jazz harp, New York traffic noise and a tiny love story. Listen and smile from ear to ear.
Steven Hansen
Apr 24, 20212 min read
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Grow Vegetables
Gardening is a joyful pursuit but growing vegetables is the ultimate rush
Steven Hansen
Apr 22, 20211 min read
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Gather Under the Cherry Trees
Japanese hanami is a fleeting but heavenly natural experience.
Steven Hansen
Apr 21, 20211 min read
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How to Slow Down Time
Our perception of time is malleable and you can actually slow it down.
HA Staff
Apr 21, 20212 min read
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Home Is Where the Art Is
In the early spring of 2020, as the COVID-19 pandemic began to rage, widespread quarantines kept people inside their homes, and closed...
Steven Hansen
Apr 20, 20212 min read
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Get Your Head in the Clouds
Are you a cloud aficionado? There's an organization for you to join!
Steven Hansen
Apr 19, 20212 min read
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Jobs They Love: Horticulturist
Lucky are they who look forward to Mondays with joy in their hearts! Meet the folks whose talents and passions are happily matched to the...
Steven Hansen
Apr 19, 20214 min read
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Jobs They Love: Squirrel Mascot
Lucky are they who look forward to Mondays with joy in their hearts! Meet the folks whose talents and passions are happily matched to the...
Steven Hansen
Apr 18, 20213 min read
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Tim Takes the Reins, Technically
If you don’t know about Tim Tiller, you’ve missed out on one of the few honest-to-goodness treats to come out of an otherwise dark...
Steven Hansen
Apr 17, 20211 min read
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Enjoy the Serenity of ‘Blue Spaces’
Like green spaces, "blue spaces" can also reduce negative moods and stress.
Steven Hansen
Apr 15, 20212 min read
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90 Seconds of Joy: Roller Coaster Open House
To launch their daily “House Promoter” project in style, Amsterdam’s ABN Amro Bank made sure that house viewings at one house in Ermelo...
Steven Hansen
Apr 13, 20211 min read
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Jobs They Love: Pig Sanctuary Operators
Lucky are they who look forward to Mondays with joy in their hearts! Meet the folks whose talents and passions are happily matched to the...
Steven Hansen
Apr 13, 20214 min read
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Pink See-Saws at Border Wall Win Design Award
The “Teeter-Totter Wall,” which bridged across the border wall at El Paso, TX, and Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, for a brief 40 minutes, has won...
Steven Hansen
Apr 12, 20211 min read
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Yummy Origin Stories: Frito Pie
We love food! We especially love creative food treats that were invented to make us happy, if not necessarily healthy. You just know the...
Steven Hansen
Apr 10, 20212 min read
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Jobs They Love: Wedding Photojournalist
Lucky are they who look forward to Mondays with joy in their hearts! Meet the folks whose talents and passions are happily matched to the...
Steven Hansen
Apr 8, 20214 min read
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Go to Your Happy Place
In case you wondered, going to your "happy place" really works.
Steven Hansen
Apr 7, 20211 min read
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