Wallet Hub, which regularly shows that Hawaii is too expensive, reported that it is the  happiest state in the USA . 30 metrics determined happiness. Finland was for the sixth year in a row the happiest country in the world.  Nordic countries took the top three positions, Denmark #2 and Iceland #3.  All this comes from the United Nations  World Happiness Report .  Blue is best, although dark green is okay, and the U.S. is ranked #15.  Black is bad, and that is Ukraine. If you lived in Hawaii as long as I have, there is a lot of reminiscing to do.  Someone sent me a link to the past:   here , and more  here .  Thanks for the Memories.   While I'm into this mode:  from the  Man of La Mancha ,  The Impossible Dream from  Casablanca ,  As Time Goes By Old Movie Stars Dance to  Uptown Funk to  I'm So Excited Mary Hopkin with  Those Were the Days  from The Ed Sullivan Show you've seen...

Froma Harrop had a recent op-ed entitled, Some countries are happier than others--or are they?   Essentially, she said, Finland is the world's happiest country--fourth year in a row!  At least, according to the World Happiness Report from the United Nations.  The U.S. ranked 14th in the latest, but here is a compilation from 2018-2020, where we are shown at #19: Apparently, this UN report did not ask anyone how they felt about the weather.  How can you be happy when the worst day in London, every day, is like Finland everyday?   One February I went to Helsinki and experienced something that was stunning.  Well-covered with gloves, hat and neck wrap, I walked outside my hotel on a sunny day and instantaneously my nose froze.  The ground was really slippery with ice.  I told myself the next time I come here I would wear a motorcycle helmet  ( in case you fall ) with face covering pre-treated for fog breath.  Maybe golf shoes with real spi...