Why beauty?

If you have a copy of my book, Weather Report: A 90-day journal for reflection and well-being, with the aid of the Beaufort Wind Scale, you might have noticed two things; that you are daily invited to write or draw, 'one thing you found beautiful today', and a list of reading resources at the back. These are not unconnected.

This newsletter is a project to write regularly, choosing one of the books from that list with a few wildcards too. I want to go deeper into the subject of beauty and, together with you who join me here, to deepen my own understanding of why it is important. I know that I learn as I write, and I hope you can benefit from my explorations in this space too. Some of the books on the list are very recent discoveries; others are long-standing companions that I return to over and over. To me these are the kind of books that, having read them, I can gain solace simply from having them on my shelves.

Do you know that you can write your own book on beauty? Buy (and use), Weather Report: A 90-day journal for reflection and well-being, with the aid of the Beaufort Wind Scale. It’s a day to a page and at the end of each day’s entry you are invited to write or draw one thing you found beautiful in your day. I promise you that it’s a rewarding and transformative practice, day by day. Yes, writing changes lives.

A brief user’s guide to my book, Weather Report: a 90-day journal for reflection and well-being, with the aid of the Beaufort Wind Scale.

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Welcome to ‘Weather Report: On Beauty’

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