ANIMALS | Happiness Archive

Steven Hansen

Aug 73 min read

Beware: Don’t Get Catty with Us

TomTom Cats and their human companions have been in the spotlight lately, recipients of some ill-advised scorn on the current political...

Steven Hansen

Mar 112 min read

Pawsitive Impact: How Pets Make Us Better People

Dogs lavish us with unconditional love. They jump up and down with joy when we come home. They snuggle with us when they know we’re...

Steven Hansen

Aug 30, 20232 min read

End-of-Summer Harvest of Charming Realities

August is the month of abundance. Farm stands are heaped with tender sweet corn and peaches so gloriously fragrant you can smell them...

Steven Hansen

Aug 15, 20232 min read

Listen to the Most Beautiful Birdsong in North America

“I stepped away from the mic, hit the record button, and prayed to high heaven that there would be no disruptions … no cars driving by,...

Steven Hansen

Sep 26, 20224 min read

Watch 'Real Life' TV

Bored? Can’t sleep? Well, there’s a new TV genre streaming online that may pique your interest and while away the time: LIVE, 24-hour...

Steven Hansen

May 16, 20221 min read

Pet a Dog

By now, we are all familiar with the growing popularity of emotional support animals, and therapy dogs in particular. You see them...

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...