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. Daily Edition • October 6, 2025 SUPPORTED BY There are plenty of ways to keep a written record of your thoughts — junk journaling, gratitude journaling, nature journaling, and more. But one of the oldest methods is a commonplace book, a practice that became popular in Western society during the Renaissance and Enlightenment eras. William Shakespeare, Victor Hugo, and John Locke all kept their own commonplace books, which are logs of what’s happening in the world around you. Quotes,...

Sunday Edition • October 5, 2025 SUPPORTED BY When life feels uncertain (which, these days, is more often than not), a great way to move forward is to put one foot in front of the other — literally. Taking a walk to connect with your thoughts is one of the methods therapists recommend for working through uncertainty, and so is prioritizing your “anchors,” or the people and things that remain consistent around you. Check out four other expert-approved tips. — the Nice News team Featured Story...

. Daily Edition • October 4, 2025 SUPPORTED BY Is visiting a corn maze on your fall bucket list? You may want to plan a trip to Northern California if so. Cool Patch Pumpkins, which has twice earned the distinction of the world’s largest corn maze from the Guinness Book of World Records, boasts a 40-acre labyrinth for visitors to find their way through. “It is confusing. It’s exciting, and in a world of GPS and constant signage, you always know where you are, where you’re going,” Tayler...

. Daily Edition • October 3, 2025 SUPPORTED BY While we await the harvest moon’s peak on Monday, there’s another fall celestial event on the horizon — the autumn star, more formally known as Fomalhaut. This star is only visible from mid-northern latitudes in the fall, according to Forbes, and will rise low in the southern sky tonight. Learn what else to look out for in the October night sky. Must Reads Good grief! “Peanuts” debuted 75 years ago this week — and the beloved comic strip’s...

. Daily Edition • October 2, 2025 SUPPORTED BY Drumroll, please: The winner of Fat Bear Week 2025 is Chunk, a brown bear who overcame quite a bit to get his crown. Chunk, with an estimated weight of 1,200 pounds, has a broken jaw and previously seemed doomed to the runner-up position, having finished second place in the contest three times. “Despite his broken jaw, he remains one of the biggest, baddest bears at Brooks River,” said Mike Fitz, a naturalist for Explore.org, which helps host Fat...

Editors’ Picks • October 1, 2025 Today’s featured story is for anyone who loved school so much they wanted to stay long after the final bell rang — or, on the flipside, for those who wished they never had to leave their bed in the morning to get to class. Across the country, former school buildings are being transformed into single-family homes and affordable apartments, and the final results are incredibly impressive. In some cases, features of the structures’ previous lives are incorporated...

. Daily Edition • October 1, 2025 SUPPORTED BY It’s the first day of October, which means it’s time to curate your Halloween movie watch list. The Nice News team tends to track toward the Practical Magic and Casper the Friendly Ghost side of things, but if you prefer the spooky variety, USA Today compiled a list of 15 new horror movies to sink your teeth into this month. Must Reads Step into the shoes — or rather, the suit — of someone in their 70s or 80s For these dishes, the “secret...