The happiest place on earth is.... Not Disneyland or Disney World but... ...Finland? Apparently that's the case. In fact, in 2020, for the fourth year in a row, Finland was ranked as the happiest country in the world, according to the 2021 World Happiness Report, a publication of the Sustainable Development Solutions Network that was released on March …
Topic: Culture & Society
Exploring Americana artifacts and other obscure areas of US history
"Don't mind me, I'm just having a conversation with your father," said Joseph Mullin, executive director of Spellman Museum of Stamps & Postal History when he looked over the collection in January 2020, about three months before I started writing my #stampofthe day posts. "Not a problem," I replied, "do you mind if I listen in." I …
"The postman no longer rings twice," wrote Frank DeFilippo, in a recent column posted by news outlets in Maryland and Pennsylvania. In contrast, he added, "back in the day the Pony Express and its daredevil riders became early western cinematic celebrities for braving treacherous terrain, marauding bandits and worse weather than Texas and yet relaying …
My father never said this specifically, but I'm sure he'd agree that, in general, when faced with a choice between live chickens and deceased white men, it's best to go with the poultry. That was the "choice" I had when deciding what to write about today. One option was to write about a stamp, issued on …