"The only thing we have to fear is fear itself."(Franklin Delano Roosevelt) A scary movie has descended upon us. Things have gotten weird. Franklin D. Roosevelt once told us “the only thing we have to fear is fear itself.” Entrenched in a war against...
Meet Jon Grant

Jonathon Grant
Author of Snow Valley
Jonathan Richard Grant quarterbacked football teams in four countries before moving to the Sierra Nevada where he’s lived in a loft, a hallway, a van, a tent, a trailer, and his truck—to work less and ski more. He holds a Master’s of Fine Arts from Northern Arizona University and a degree in ancient history from the University of California Davis.
My Posts
Perfect Time for the Happy Living Lake House
“We travel not to escape life, but for life not to escape us.” Unknown Winter sure has settled in hard, eh? It’s cold. We’ve been inside a lot. In the same old house with the same old dirty clothes hamper always screaming at us to be washed. Wanna get away? To honor...
Beginnings Become Ends and Ends Become Beginnings, On End…
“There are cycles of success, when things come to you and thrive, and cycles of failure, when they wither or disintegrate and you have to let them go in order to make room for new things to arise, or for transformation to happen.” (Eckhart Tolle) A new year has...
This Just In: Reading is Good for Your Brain
From to team of Happy Living to you and your loved ones, we wish you the very happiest of holidays, and many, many more…
Happiness Is ‘In Here’
Happiness does not come from ‘out there’ but from ‘in here. You don’t find it, you become it. Happiness just is when you just are.
Going to Paradise Gets Me Back to Happy Living
With every step away from town’s noise and toward wilderness’ songs, we moved in tune as we trekked on and climbed the Happy Living Pyramid.
Kids Cook Real Food Interview with Matt
Listen to Mr. Happy Living’s interview on the Kids Cook Real Food Podcast and learn how to get REAL with yourself
All That Comes Someday Will Go, So Let Us Live Happy
So like us the cycle of the aspen trees and their leaves. We come. We go.
I at Grey Road’s Edge
"Nature always wears the colors of the spirit."(Ralph Waldo Emerson) Out the meadow to my right cows black and white walk through brown grass and at left a hawk perched upon a weathered wooden post, peering. In front of me the dirt-gravel road, grey, cuts the...
Become a Soulpreneur
SoulPreneur – a human doing business from the heart and with soul, knowing that where integrity, love and altruism lead the bottom line will follow
Freedom Found
“Freedom is the oxygen of the soul.” (Moshe Dayan) When I boarded a plane to play American Football in Finland—letting go of the NFL dream after seasons of toil in the Canadian and Arena Football Leagues—the door of life opened wide for me. For, by boarding that...
Happy Living Heads to The World Domination Summit
Happy Living is jazzed to return to the World Domination Summit in Portland, Oregon June 26th-July 1st.
Recent Posts

#121 – Lawrie Lawrence
Today’s guest is Lawrie Lawrence, owner of Stay Lake Norman. Lawrie shares what semi retirement as an entrepreneur looks like, feels like and learning what it means.

#120 – Harry Bayne
Today’s guest is Harry Bayne. Harry is a man of many talents and tastes. He’s a longtime lawyer who is opening a one of a kind museum.

#119 – Don Wickstrum
Today’s guest is Don Wickstrum. Don is known as the Fastest Pastor and is living a one of a kind life as a pastor, racecar driver who is battling cancer.

#118 – Abel James
Abel James is a New York Times Bestselling Author, Musician, and Online Creator. A “Coach to the coaches,” he hosts a top Health podcast to help people across the world optimize performance, mindset, and longevity.

#117 – Chef Joe Sciarrotta
Today’s guest is Chef Joe Sciarrotta. Listen to his story of going from classically trained chef to owner of a food truck (Hey Bebe Food Truck) and couldn’t be happier.