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The 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...
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Steven Hansen
May 13, 20211 min read
55 Seconds of Joy
When 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...
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Steven Hansen
May 11, 20212 min read
Uncorking Messages from the Past
Singer-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...
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Happiness Archive Editor
Apr 30, 20211 min read
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,...
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HA Staff
Apr 27, 20211 min read
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...
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Steven Hansen
Apr 17, 20211 min read
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...
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Steven Hansen
Apr 12, 20211 min read
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...
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Steven Hansen
Apr 6, 20212 min read
Heart to Heart Stories: A Moment of Comfort
I was on the 15L bus in Denver, Colorado, on my way home from work. The 15L was the East Colfax bus, meaning it didn't serve the fancy,...
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Steven Hansen
Mar 21, 20211 min read
3 Minutes of Joy: Barn Sanctuary
Dan McKernan quit his job at a tech company in Texas and moved back to the 140-year-old family farm in Michigan to start an animal...
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Steven Hansen
Mar 18, 20211 min read
The Purposeful Beauty of India’s ‘Saree Libraries’
Local libraries and nonprofits have been in the business of lending free things to the public forever – not just books, but also...
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Happiness Archive Editor
Feb 26, 20211 min read
Dear Diary #1
Sometimes diary entries – those private posts people wrote to themselves before the internet was invented – reveal that famous people are...
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HA Staff
Feb 26, 20211 min read
Love Letters: Road Dawg
We love finding and rescuing old letters and keepsake photos from inside books and boxes at second-hand stores. Love letters are...
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Steven Hansen
Feb 23, 20211 min read
Heart to Heart Stories: TIM
Can a story that makes you cry also make you happy? This true story of good humor, love and loss in 1990s New York City will bring you to...
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