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Won't you be my neighbor?

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I am six years old, sitting on the floor of our living room, eyes glued to the screen. The TV in those days was a small black and white affair…

Meridian

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Hey y'all,

It's the day after my birthday, and I'm in Meridian, MS in a bougie hotel downtown--the sort where you have to pay for your breakfast, and there is…

Birthdays, book events and podcasts.

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Hi y'all. 

I always struggle to be open about my mental health stuff. It's not my inclination—I would much rather hide and listen to jazz and maybe read a book…

The Magnolia Tree (and a member-only sale)

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Hey y'all.
 
I'm trying something new. I have a lot of things sitting around that I made that are not quite "good enough" to sell to the public. Maybe…

What I want to do.

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Last night I was on a Zoom call with some folks, and I mentioned that when I was in high school in the late 80s, I wanted to be a…

There is no app for this

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It's not there any more, but twenty years ago, there was a tobacco store on Madison Avenue in downtown Memphis, Tennessee. My friend Richard owned it, and he had bought…

F.I.N.E.

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I'm not in recovery for any addiction issue. But I know a lot of people who are. 

For nearly a decade and a half I worked with lots of addicted…

Walking the grass

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Hi friends.
A custom essay just for you today, mostly composed in my head yesterday while cutting the grass at church.

I was interviewed for The Competent Pastor Podcast…

A series of part time jobs

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Hey y'all. 

I just wanted to pop a note in to apologize for two weeks in a row without an essay. There's just a lot going on, and while I'm…

Tiny joys

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Hi all.

This is another piece for the new book. I'm picturing it having several long-form anchor essays, with a lot of 2-3 page short essays, similar to how I…

The little book of self-care

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Since I almost died in 2017 from burnout, I have wished someone wrote a real-world self-care guide for people who did the front-line sort of work I…

I'm on the road this weekend.

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Hi friends.

I'm in Newton Kansas this weekend, where I'm a board member for Mennonite Central Committee, Central States. We're doing good work here, but I'm going to be pretty…

Two things, twice.

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Hey y'all.

I have a lot to do today, and I'm not in the best place mentally, so I'm taking the day off from creative writing. But I do have…

Tulsa

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NB: there is a short update at the end of this piece. - HH

It never would be allowed to happen now, at least not in the same way…

I'm ok and not ok. Ok?

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I had coffee with a dear friend the other day that I hadn't seen in a few months, and as I sat down, she said, "You look great!"…

I cannot be me there

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I wasn't friends with Jerry in those days-he was at least seven years older than I was, and when you are nine, that might as well be a hundred. But…

Nothing very bad is going to happen today.

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You are getting this essay because you are a member of the support team that fund's my work. I'm so grateful for you.

People continue to order the book -…

January notes: a prayer I love, a book update, and ways to help

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Hey y'all.

Last night, I went to the Shabbat service at Beth Israel Synagogue. This is notable for several reasons: One being I am not Jewish, and the second being…

Early Morning

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Hey y'all,
Three four quick things: 
  1. I'm making a page with the archives for Life Is So Beautiful on it as an exclusive benefit for y'all. I can pretty reliably…

A place to tinker

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Hi all! I hope this note finds you as well as it can during this horrible time in the life of our country. I don't have more to say than…