Steven Hansen
Uplifting History
According to the Roman architect Vitruvius, elevators have been around since about 236 BC, when Archimedes built the first primitive...
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Steven Hansen
Aug 1, 20212 min read
Torch Your Troubles Away
Fiestas de Santa Fe has been held since 1712 to celebrate the Spanish reconquest of Santa Fe, New Mexico, in 1692 by Don Diego de Vargas...
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Steven Hansen
Jul 30, 20211 min read
Smell Good Things
Of our five basic senses -- sight, smell, taste, hearing, and touch – research says that our sense of smell is the most powerful. Our...
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Steven Hansen
Jul 27, 20211 min read
Eat More Chocolate
Remember how good it felt the first time you nibbled a piece of really fine chocolate? I’m talking the real stuff -- a 72% single-origin...
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Steven Hansen
Jul 20, 20213 min read
Ear Bliss #3
Relax and take a well-deserved aural vacation listening to these five specially chosen selections that will help you escape a dreary or...
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Steven Hansen
Jul 16, 20214 min read
Jobs They Love: Field Instructor
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...
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Steven Hansen
Jul 16, 20211 min read
Enter Our 'Happy Place' Video Contest!
"Go to your happy place!" When you close your eyes and imagine your happy place, what does it look like? A private tropical island? The...
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Steven Hansen
Jul 12, 20214 min read
Jobs They Love: Romance Writer
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...
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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
Jul 9, 20212 min read
Yummy Origin Stories: Potato Chips
We love food! We especially love creative food treats that were invented to make us happy, if not necessarily healthy. You just know the...
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Steven Hansen
Jul 5, 20212 min read
Spirits of Our Heroes
Some well-oiled merrymaker once said, “You can’t buy happiness, but you can prepare a cocktail. And that’s kind of the same thing.”...
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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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Steven Hansen
Jun 28, 20211 min read
Get a Haircut
Sometimes it’s the little things that make the biggest difference. The Japanese have a term for it: kaizen (kai=change zen=good). It's a...
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Steven Hansen
Jun 23, 20211 min read
Get a Job that Matters
...And Don't Forget to Socialize A recent phone app survey of 22,000 people in the UK shows that work is ranked lower than any of the...
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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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HA Staff
Jun 19, 20211 min read
One-of-a-Kind Bookstore is Reborn
A Broadway institution reopens its doors at a beautiful new location.
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Steven Hansen
Jun 17, 20212 min read
How to Have Good Dreams
Here are some simple tips that will help improve the quality of your dreams.
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Steven Hansen
Jun 14, 20212 min read
Yummy Origin Stories: Soft Serve Ice Cream
Soft serve ice cream was an accidental discovery!
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Steven Hansen
Jun 11, 20213 min read
Happy Hideaways: Saint-Marc-sur-Mer
The places that promote carefree joy – and often deliver it – fashion themselves to be beyond the reach of the humdrum world. And they...
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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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