Employees at the Friends for Life Animal Shelter in Houston, Texas have been encountering a unique problem for the past several months: the door to the shelter’s senior cat room kept mysteriously opening, allowing the cats inside to wander around the shelter. What was going on? Was it an inattentive worker, a ghost, or something […]
I’m an avid camper. It’s one of my favorite outdoor activities year-round. Winter camping, summer camping, it’s all great! I love getting outside for the fresh air, the hikes, sleeping under the stars, meeting new folks on the trails, and the time spent away from my electronic devices just taking it all in. But I […]
Strokes are highly prevalent; in fact, someone has a stroke every 40 seconds (1)! Furthermore, every four minutes someone dies of a stroke, and more than 795,000 people per year will have a stroke(1), the statistics are staggering. The prevalence of stroke, combined with the debilitating and life-altering effects such as paralysis, vision problems, memory loss, […]
Once you finish your paper towel rolls, don’t throw them away! There are so many nifty ways you can transform a simple cardboard roll into beautiful decorative pieces and storage utilities for your home. Use Old Paper Towel Rolls To Start Seeds Cardboard is biodegradable and can be absorbed by the plants to aid its […]
Our planet is a strange and wondrous place full of amazingly beautiful scenery all across it. There’s still so much to be discovered in the world, however, so sometimes when we see these incredible natural phenomenon we find it hard to believe they’re real. Natural Phenomenon That Look Like They Couldn’t Be Real Especially since […]
To receive a cancer diagnosis, or have someone close to you be diagnosed with cancer, is a truly devastating experience. Around the world, cancer is the second most common cause of death. [1] In 2020, it’s expected that more than 1.8 million Americans will be diagnosed with cancer and more than 600,000 will die from […]
Mornings can be tough and winter always makes them tougher. So whenever I stumble across hacks that help my days start as smoothly as possible, I’m all over it! One of the biggest time savers I’ve tried myself is this sock trick for fogged up windows. In this article, I’ll explain how to defog windows […]
Any time I go for a road trip, I know I’m going to need snacks. It not only helps keep hunger at bay and keep me on the road, but a good snack helps me stay alert. Ever since I decided to do a ketogenic diet though, traditional snacks were out the window. So what’s […]
Fake news is a broad term that means a lot of different things to a lot of different people. Some use it to describe content that is outright false, written in a misleading way, or as an attack on content they personally disagree with, regardless of accuracy. At The Hearty Soul, we define fake news […]
It’s clear as a sunny, summer day that distributed solar power is increasing in popularity. In 2013, a new solar power system was installed in the United States every 4 minutes. [1] By 2015, the number of new solar power systems installed in the United States accelerated to one every 2.5 minutes. [2] And last […]
Arizona is, to borrow from the neighboring state of New Mexico, a land of enchantment. The southwestern U.S. state is home to the meteor crater, Grand Canyon National Park, Monument Valley, Saguaro National Park, and the focus of this article: Petrified Forest National Park. In a way, Petrified Forest National Park has been with me […]
Spiders. Some people hate them, not too many love them, but they’re everywhere and they’re here to stay. By and large, spiders don’t deserve the hate they get from people There are more than 43,000 species of spider in the world, and so far we’ve only identified 30 species which are capable of killing a […]
