The news is depressing. Here are 20 things that will make you feel better.

It's not all bad

Here is a list that will cheer you up!
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I know, you guys, it's bad out there. Just blowfish-ugly in every direction. Terrorism and police brutality. Rising sea levels and E. coli outbreaks. The words President Trump.

Here in my dusty California hometown, we can't get the skies to rain — and yet we're drowning in bad news. We skulk away from headlines, afraid to learn of yet another calamity. The other day I attended a holiday parade and quietly wondered if the van on the street corner, the one whimsically arrayed in holiday lights, might be packed with explosives.

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Starshine Roshell

Starshine Roshell is a veteran journalist and award-winning columnist whose work has appeared in The Hollywood Reporter, New York Post and Westways magazine. She is the author of Keep Your Skirt On, Wife on the Edge and Broad Assumptions.