Sometimes, when I am home alone, the red phone rings downstairs. It's a rotary phone from eBay. I bid $63.13 for it two years ago because we needed a land line for our alarm system. I am thinking about the red phone today as the world jibber-jabbers about the 40th anniversary of the first cellphone call.
A teacher showed her students how positive and negative words may truly affect the people around them—and it made a lasting impression.
Illinois has joined the ranks of states that allow their public road projects to use an asphalt mix that includes recycled shingles. Environmental advantages are just one of the benefits. With asphalt being made mostly of petroleum, the price savings on raw materials is significant (Missouri saved $20 million alone in 2009 by recycling shingles).
Here's something you DON'T need to worry about – strangers putting something dangerous into trick or treat bags. Here are the facts...
A U.S. soldier deployed in Afghanistan was thrilled to the point of tears by $40 and a note of support for his girlfriend back home, he told ABCNews.com in a phone call from Afghanistan today. Army Spc. Albert DeSimone said what overwhelmed him was knowing that a stranger was there for her while he was war.
Most people have trouble staring down their own midlife crises – but this MIT professor has found an easy way to do it.
With his mother currently living in a shelter, he is carrying more weight on his shoulders than most Penn State University students. He is the first member of his family to go to college and the Harlem native helps pay for the expensive classes with donations he receives while tap dancing in the New York City subway every weekend. Last week, Ellen DeGeneres invited him on the show and gave him a huge surprise. (w/ Video)
A tiny puppy born disabled could not put any weight on her front legs. Not only was she subject to bullying by other puppies in the litter, she was getting bruised by falling on her legs. It was fate that the dog's caretaker decided it would be best to bring her to work -- at the nursing home. The dog named BeeBee became a moving inspiration to the elderly residents there who were going through their own health issues.
An Australian woman has been sewing a message of encouragement into every blanket she gives to the poor, warming the hearts of hundreds of homeless people.
Michael Kent used to be a part of a violent skinhead group – and now, he credits his incredible transformation to a black woman named Tiffany Whittier.
The months of the year have never looked so good as in this glorious calendar with outdoor photos of 12 life-saving firemen. The best part is, their shirts came off for charity: 12 charities chosen by the firemen, including one heart-warming camp for child burn victims, will receive all the profits sales of the 2012 calendars.
While messing around and building things on his deck one day, Todd Bol took a dollhouse-size structure and turned it into a free community library that would have global impact. He started a movement called Little Free Library, a nonprofit that seeks to place small book exchange boxes in neighborhoods around the world. The idea has taken off, growing from 100 libraries in 2011 to 6,000 libraries in 2013.
Jimmy Carter's Sunday school class erupted in applause when the former president announced he's cancer free.
After years of eating poorly and never exercising, my body was an 80-year-old version of itself. Then, I started reading up on solutions and found yoga.
Betty Tisdale is doing again what she does best, saving and caring for orphans in war zones. Known as the Angel of Saigon dating all the way back to the Vietnam war, Betty established an orphanage there and constantly raised money to build new additions for more orphans and better facilities. These days she brings her halo and heart to Afghanistan.
Go to any of the 48 Panera Bread cafés in the St. Louis area and you'll notice something strange: You can pay whatever you want for your turkey chili. In fact, you could pay nothing at all, and that would be just fine. It's the latest in the company's experiments in letting customers set their own price.
Feeling good usually makes us smile, but does it work the other way around? Can smiling actually make us feel better? In a study to be published by the journal of the Association for Psychological Science, scientists Tara Kraft and Sarah Pressman of the University of Kansas investigated the potential benefits of smiling by looking at how different types of smiling, and the awareness of smiling, affects individuals' ability to recover from episodes of stress. It shows that smiling can have real health-relevant benefits.
Building houses from sand-filled plastic bottles and cement creates sturdy, safe, and affordable housing for millions of people.
Village Milk, a New Zealand dairy farmer has installed a roadside milk dispenser that serve it raw. The Golden Bay family farm, with its twenty-two cows, invested in a state of the art milk machine to sell fresh, hygienic, raw milk 24 hours a day. Customers can buy up to five liters of unpasteurized milk, and even get change.
An important political revolution is quietly unfolding in California. Two recent voting reforms promise to profoundly alter the election landscape -- for the better. One changed the way legislative and congressional districts are drawn, removing the function from the grasp of politicians, and the other is the new top-two primary.
Recent Stories
A Heartfelt Reminder to Appreciate the Ones We Love
Cherish the Woman Who Stands by You
Breaking Generational Cycles of Pain
Living by Your Own Values, Not Others' Approval
When Life Brings Rain, It’s Okay to Rest
Before You Judge Someone's Life, Take a Moment to Walk in Their Shoes.
A Friend Who Spreads Gossip is Not a True Friend at All
The Value of Human Connection Over Digital Convenience
The Quiet Kind of Love
One Day, Your Mom Won’t Call You Anymore
I’ve reached a point in my life...
Happiness is a mindset, a conscious choice we make every day