- Spreading kindness wildly
Daily Edition • November 13, 2025 SUPPORTED BY Today is World Kindness Day, one of our favorite “holidays.” It’s an occasion that highlights the power of small gestures — like handing out paper hearts to strangers, as 4-year-old Brooklynite Adonis did. Even big companies get in on the celebrations, with Krispy Kreme offering a sweet buy one, get one free deal to encourage sharing. How will you spread kindness today? Must Reads Pixar dropped the first teaser trailer for Toy Story 5 — and it…Read more
- To achieve happiness, take action
. Daily Edition • November 10, 2025 SUPPORTED BY Painter Bob Ross was famously enamored with “happy little trees,” and that legacy is living on through annual 5K races hosted by state departments of natural resources across the country. The Happy Little 5Ks, held on or around Earth Day in April, raise money for tree planting initiatives in state parks. It started in Michigan, and has since expanded to Florida, Oregon, and beyond, so be sure to check if there’s one near you. If the thought of...
- Are you singing enough?
Sunday Edition • November 9, 2025 SUPPORTED BY Did you know that it’s Go to an Art Museum Day? If you don’t have plans this afternoon, consider visiting a local gallery or museum to participate in this unofficial holiday. Besides allowing us to marvel at and learn about artistic works, going to art museums may also help us be more attentive, according to a recent report by CBS Evening News: The institutions “ask us to be intentional about what we’re looking at, how we respond, why we...
- Midwest city ranked No. 1 place to retire
Daily Edition • November 8, 2025 SUPPORTED BY Caterpillars deserve a soft place to land when they fall from trees, don’t you think? Well, you can help make that happen with a bit of thoughtful landscaping. “Caterpillars drop from the tree and they pupate in the ground. And how we landscape under those trees determines whether or not those caterpillars will survive,” entomologist Doug Tallamy told the Associated Press. Tallamy suggested avoiding raking leaves under trees as a start, and then...