Oooh, the new year is so close, we can almost taste it! It tastes like ... positivity, with strong notes of adventure and a subtle aroma of peace and healing. Even 2022, for all its ups and downs, had its positive moments, as evidenced by our "Good News Generator." Have a look if you haven't already, and see which uplifting stories grabbed your attention in 2022.
We're still very much in a holiday mood, so your regular Good Stuff will be back next week. In the meantime, as you look toward the exciting year ahead, we want to know what you want to see more of. What types of good news should we cover more of in the new year? What new features would you like to see? Email us here, and let's make the new year one that's full of Good Stuff.
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Some thoughts to ring in the new year |
Always a night from old to new!
Night and the healing balm of sleep!
Each morn is New Year’s morn come true,
Morn of a festival to keep.
All nights are sacred nights to make
Confession and resolve and prayer;
All days are sacred days to wake
New gladness in the sunny air.
Only a night from old to new;
Only a sleep from night to morn.
The new is but the old come true;
Each sunrise sees a new year born.
- Helen Hunt Jackson, from her poem "New Year's Morning"
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Nourish beginnings, let us nourish beginnings.
Not all things are blest, but the
seeds of all things are blest.
The blessing is in the seed.
- Muriel Rukeyser, from her poem "Elegy in Joy" |
The past year recedes like
a chameleon's tongue— a miss,
I am not taken.
Before my mirror, wiped with
the nectaring newness of the year, I am the visage of a boy styling
his life into a poem, resolute
to say more, to do more,
like a semicolon;
- Bryan Okwesili, "Like a Semicolon"
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Rec of the week
Brought to you by CNN Underscored
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Andy Cohen’s tips to hosting a fabulous New Year's Eve party
If you're planning on watching 'New Year's Eve Live' on CNN this year with Anderson Cooper and Andy Cohen, you'll want party tips from the one and only Cohen. From a disco ball to set the party mood to a charcuterie board that can feed all your guests, elevate your NYE party with the host's favorite items.
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Shameless animal video
There's always time for cute animal videos. That time is now.
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Did you know that in several different cultures around the world, pigs are considered good luck? Sounds like a perfect way to ring in the new year! (Click here to view) |
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