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Hi! I'm Hugh Hollowell.

Every Monday since 2015, Hugh wakes up, makes coffee, sits down, and writes an email to thousands of folks in at least five different countries. There’s an original blog-length reflection on where he sees beauty in the world right then and links to five things he saw that week that struck him as beautiful. Because the world is beautiful, but sometimes it’s hard to notice.

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Resending: Expected magic | LISB

Click here to read this on the web, or to have a link to share on social media The eclipse as captured in my wildlife pond. NB: Resent, because I missed not one, but two links! I was in a rush this morning, and it shows. Thanks for all the folks who let me know. - HH Hi y’all, Thanks to the folks who wrote and checked in when your inbox didn’t have a note from me in it for two weeks in a row. Over Easter weekend, our cat Felix ended up in the hospital and we spent a few days thinking we were...

12 days ago • 4 min read

Click here to read this on the web, or to have a link to share on social media The eclipse as captured in my wildlife pond. Hi y’all, Thanks to the folks who wrote and checked in when your inbox didn’t have a note from me in it for two weeks in a row. Over Easter weekend, our cat Felix ended up in the hospital and we spent a few days thinking we were going to have to put him down (we didn’t, he’s still with us, thousands of dollars later) and I was a mess. And then last week, my Monday was...

13 days ago • 4 min read

Click here to read this on the web, or to have a link to share on social media Here I am! This is Life Is So Beautiful, a handcrafted weekly dose of hope and aspiration. It’s lovingly curated by Hugh Hollowell, and is devoted to the belief that our hope for survival in this brutal world is rooted in finding the beauty that is everywhere, but sometimes hard to find. I hope you enjoy it. - HH Hey y’all, Born in the early 1970’s, I was surrounded by, and cared for by, people who had come of age...

about 1 month ago • 5 min read

Click here to read this on the web, or to have a link to share on social media This is Life Is So Beautiful, a handcrafted, non-AI-generated, free-range, shade-grown weekly dose of hope and aspiration. It’s lovingly curated by Hugh Hollowell, and is devoted to the belief that our hope for survival in this brutal world is rooted in finding the beauty that is everywhere, but sometimes hard to find. I hope you enjoy it. - HH Hey y'all! As I write this, it is the morning of the 20th, and last...

about 1 month ago • 3 min read

Click here to read this on the web, or to have a link to share on social media It's iris season in my front yard. Hey y'all, Over the weekend, I led some folks who were on a Civil Rights pilgrimage on a tour of Jackson, MS. I do this from time to time, as I love this city and the history of it - the way that people denied so much used the means and resources available to them to rise above their circumstances and change the country. When we read history, we think of the participants as larger...

about 2 months ago • 3 min read

Click here to read this on the web, or to have a link to share on social media Welcome to Life Is So Beautiful: It’s a handcrafted, non-AI-generated, free-range, shade grown, artisanally crafted weekly dose of hope and aspiration, lovingly curated by Hugh Hollowell (that’s me!), and is devoted to the belief that our hope for survival in this brutal world is rooted in finding the beauty that is everywhere, but sometimes hard to find. Hey y’all! Despite the fact I was in a bookstore, I wasn’t...

about 2 months ago • 4 min read

Click here to read this on the web, or to have a link to share on social media I'm moving into a new office, and am at the "dump all the books on the shelf in any order at all" phase. I have a hard time writing in a room without books. Hey y'all! This newsletter is now nine years old. Here is how I described the origins of this project a few years ago on my blog. On February 20th of 2015, I was exhausted. My wife was struggling to survive, and there was no guarantee she would end up on the...

2 months ago • 5 min read

Click here to read this on the web, or to have a link to share on social media “The most successful people recognize that in life, they create their own love, they manufacture their own meaning, they generate their own motivation.” – Neil deGrasse Tyson Hey y'all, In my backyard, there is a small patch of daffodils, growing around a dead peach tree. It’s in the part of my backyard that is pretty feral right now, the site of a planned mini orchard I planted last winter in a fit of hope, before...

3 months ago • 3 min read

Welcome to Life Is So Beautiful: It’s a handcrafted, non-AI-generated, free-range and artisanal weekly shotglass of hope and aspiration, lovingly curated by Hugh Hollowell (that’s me!), and is devoted to the belief that our hope for survival in this brutal world is rooted in finding the beauty that is everywhere, but sometimes hard to find. I hope you enjoy it. - HH Hey y'all! I have a favorite coffee cup. It’s a meadow green mug, made by Fiestaware, and is huge - it holds 18 ounces of coffee...

3 months ago • 4 min read

Welcome to Life Is So Beautiful: It’s a handcrafted, non-AI-generated, free-range and artisanal weekly shotglass of hope and aspiration, lovingly curated by Hugh Hollowell (that’s me!), and is devoted to the belief that our hope for survival in this brutal world is rooted in finding the beauty that is everywhere, but sometimes hard to find. I hope you enjoy it. - HH Hey y’all! A friend once suggested I get a podcast, but then, after some thought, advised against it, as he said it would...

3 months ago • 4 min read
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