Steven Hansen
Ginkgo “The Living Fossil” Tree
City folks, especially in New York and Philadelphia are quite familiar with ginkgo trees, not only because of their exotic fan-shaped...
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Steven Hansen
Oct 30, 20221 min read
World’s Biggest Jack-O-Lantern Carved on Friday
Got 11 hours? Grab a Starbuck’s Trenta (their largest size at 31 oz.) Pumpkin Spice Frappuccino and sit back to enjoy watching the video...
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Steven Hansen
Aug 4, 20223 min read
The Remotest Island in the World
Next time you feel like really getting away from it all, why not sail on down to Tristan da Cunha? It’s the remotest inhabited island on...
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Steven Hansen
May 29, 20228 min read
“Recalculating… Enjoy Your Trip!”
Thank ye tech gods for inventing GPS, and the Google Maps lady whose calm and confident navigation gets us where we need to go!...
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Steven Hansen
Apr 28, 20228 min read
Great Passageways
We are always moving. Crossing passageways from point A to point B, beginning to end, winter to spring, border to border, good to bad,...
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Steven Hansen
Mar 12, 20221 min read
7 Minutes of Joy: Monarch Butterfly Sanctuary
One of the most amazing natural wonders of the world is the annual migration of the beautiful orange and black Monarch butterfly (Danaus...
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Steven Hansen
Feb 23, 20222 min read
World’s Booklovers Open 125,000 Miniature Libraries
Traverse City, MI Small town ideas sometimes turn into stunning worldwide movements. Long before the popular tiny house trend, were the...
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Steven Hansen
Jan 19, 20222 min read
Really Underground Book Reviews
Any 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...
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HA Staff
Dec 8, 20212 min read
Heart to Heart Stories: A Real Secret Santa Delivers
Not 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...
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Steven Hansen
Dec 1, 20213 min read
Gather Around the Storytelling Radio
One big lesson we learned early on in the pandemic was how much we missed being together with other humans in those everyday social...
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Steven Hansen
Oct 25, 20212 min read
Caution: Buying Art May Be Addictive
For 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...
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Steven Hansen
Sep 9, 20211 min read
A New Ritual is Born in Denmark
The stunning new public library building in Aarhus, Denmark, seems to float above the shining sea of the city’s revitalized waterfront....
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Steven Hansen
Sep 6, 20213 min read
142 Days on the Appalachian Trail
In 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 –...
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Steven Hansen
Aug 16, 20211 min read
Banksy’s Summer 'Spraycation'
Sure, he’s subversive, political, and anti-art-establishment, but England’s mysterious and often-maddening street artist Banksy can sure...
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Steven Hansen
Aug 9, 20211 min read
8 Minutes of Joy: Firefly Sanctuary
Follow adventure traveler Mike Corey into the Magic Forest near Nanacamilpa, Tlaxcala, Mexico, to see one of the most amazing sights of...
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Steven Hansen
Jul 12, 20211 min read
Concrete Zen Moments
When you see a fire hydrant or mailbox or trash can magically highlighted by waves of concentric painted ripples, you do take notice --...
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Steven Hansen
Jun 30, 20213 min read
Old School Cool
Maybe 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...
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Deena Ebbert
Jun 22, 20211 min read
Heart to Heart Stories: Going Home
Home. 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...
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Steven Hansen
Jun 9, 20212 min read
There 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...
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Steven Hansen
Jun 2, 20211 min read
Heart to Heart Stories: A Father's Love
Nate, a high school student in Michigan at the time, sent this letter to FCKH8.com, an activist organization for gay youth, who posted it...
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