From the Hood River News By Kathy Watson It’s 1963, and I’m in Mrs. Fridley’s first grade class in Salsipuedes Elementary School in Watsonville, Calif. I’ve been handed a thin […]

By Eileen Garvin In recent years, research has shown some curious links between positive emotions and good health. For example, some studies show that happier people have better heart health, […]

Happiness, though not always easy to come by, enables people to enjoy better overall health and live longer than their less happy peers. To celebrate its 30th anniversary last year, […]

By Don Campbell Scott Anderson’s worldly stress comes from a simple “can’t”: He can’t say no.   A computer specialist at White Salmon’s Radcomp Technologies, Anderson is actively involved with […]

By Don Campbell Politics and city management can boil anyone’s tea kettle over. For Mosier mayor Arlene Burns, it’s more about creating an environment in which you truly want to […]

I wouldn’t have participated in Gorge Happiness Month had I not been asked to write about it.  I was too busy, I thought, to fit in another activity.  And that […]

– by Katie Roberts Bandwidth is commonly an issue for John Roberts. As Hood River County’s community development director, the dad of our two children—plus a new puppy—and a volunteer […]

Happiness, though not always easy to come by, enables people to enjoy better overall health and live longer than their less happy peers. To celebrate its 30th anniversary last year, […]

By Becky Brun Every Christmas Eve since I was a teenager, I’ve snuggled up on the couch with a cup of hot cocoa and a bowl of popcorn to watch […]

Enlisted in the exercise of documenting and reflecting on happiness and gratitude and kindness during the month of October, I first thought it pointless, at least as far as I […]