This is a collection of 50 poems and humorous short stories, many which are about family and life in Western Michigan, thus the apt title - Happy Hearts. There are fictional tales of giants and the end of the world and real life accounts about ice mountains in August. It also includes my mini novel - A China Man In America, And His Panther . . . This is my second book. The first - Glory Trail - is a collection of poems and stories which have a spiritual focus.