A decade-long crowd-pulling tradition may have come to an end in 2020 as Walmart announced on Tuesday, July 21, that it would close all walk-in stores nationwide on Thanksgiving Day [1]. Since 2012, Walmart and some other major retailers have been opening on Thanksgiving to offer huge sales and Black Friday deals to some of...

Penelope Wilson
The Hearty Soul Team
Penelope is a writer and health enthusiast with a B.Arts in Language Studies. She is a deeply spiritual person, a relationship expert, a nutrition freak, and a skin-care maverick.
In the wake of a pandemic affecting millions of lives and leaving many others economically vulnerable, some teenagers on TikTok have decided to take advantage of the situation by dressing up as senior citizens to illegally purchase alcohol [1]. In nearly every country across the world, face masks have become an important public health measure....
Earlier this year, a photographer in Siberia was having the time of her life at the peak of the Belukha Mountain when an amazing phenomenon played out before her eyes. Thankfully, her camera was nearby and she took some stunning shots for the rest of the world to see [1]. Svetlana Kazina from Russia had...
On the night of July 2nd, 2020, a dark-skies expert took on the challenge to capture a rare phenomenon in the form of red jellyfish lightning. Electricity does truly magical things to the sky – as long as you’re not anywhere near its playground when it’s time to shine. Have you ever looked up at...
Like something out of an enchanting fairytale, a baby reindeer with snow-white fur popped out on an icy plain in Norway and photographer Mads Nordsveen was there to capture him for the rest of the world to see [1]. This happened in December 2018, and the photos are still giving us chills because this animal...
In 2016, when science teacher Kamal Bell realized his African-American students were unable to connect fully with the learning environment, he came up with a way to boost their confidence while also providing some of their basic needs at home. Bell invented the term “at-possibility” to describe his students who would have been otherwise referred...
In what will likely be any stargazer’s dream, the sky will be filled with dozens of meteors in the next couple of days. “Shooting stars” are not so easy to catch but if you can stay up during the three-day window, you’ll get to see some. Get ready for this year’s Perseid meteor shower. A meteor...
Art is all about self- discovery and the way it’s expressed is strictly up to the individual. Every artist has a unique story to tell, and what’s better than one inspired by love? Taylor Ann Linko had been working hard at her big break for many years. Ever since she was a little kid in elementary...
Social media has been lit up the past couple of weeks by a stunning photo of a leopard and black panther couple living their best lives in an Indian forest [1]. Originally captured in 2019 by wildlife photographer Mithun H, the pair have been reportedly courting since 2016 and were nicknamed “The Eternal Couple”. Black...
Part of every woman’s dream-life fantasy is to have a spacious walk-in closet where she could channel her inner reality-TV star (and fashion icon). Women love space, even when we don’t have so many possessions, and to have an entire room filled with cabinets, drawers, and shelves to stack your things is a real dream...
For the 45 years they were married, Randy Tenney made sure to send his lovely wife, Debbie Tenney a bouquet and a sweet poem on every Valentine’s Day [1]. She was the light of his life, the mother of his eight beautiful children, and his partner-in-crime. The couple had lived in Show Low, Arizona until...
For the 12 years, she’s lived in Virginia, Regina Keller has enjoyed taking photos of the animals that come snooping around in her backyard. Her home backs up to an exit section of the George Washington National Forest in Fort Valley, and she loves seeing the furry guests who come sprinting across her backyard. There’s...