Beauty Archives ⋆ A Delightful Glow https://adelightfulglow.com/category/beauty/ Discovering Delight & Dwelling in Our Days Thu, 06 Jun 2024 01:52:37 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://i0.wp.com/adelightfulglow.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/cropped-1-of-1-4.jpg?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Beauty Archives ⋆ A Delightful Glow https://adelightfulglow.com/category/beauty/ 32 32 26348127 The Backyard Beckoned a Beauty Hunt https://adelightfulglow.com/the-backyard-beckoned-a-beauty-hunt/ https://adelightfulglow.com/the-backyard-beckoned-a-beauty-hunt/#respond Thu, 06 Jun 2024 01:52:33 +0000 https://adelightfulglow.com/?p=49508 The backyard beckoned a beauty hunt.I acquiesced as I fumbled for worn ebony flip-flops. Once outside, our June breeze swings friendly combat, gives challenge to the muggy air. The humidity wins and my t-shirt begins to cling to my back as the heavy air presses in on skin and the sun reappears in a hide-and-seek game [...]

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]]> https://adelightfulglow.com/the-backyard-beckoned-a-beauty-hunt/feed/ 0 49508 Our Right Now Days https://adelightfulglow.com/our-right-now-days/ https://adelightfulglow.com/our-right-now-days/#respond Fri, 03 May 2024 09:59:00 +0000 https://adelightfulglow.com/?p=49475 Life is breathtakingly beautiful, ablaze with incandescent brilliance AND simultaneously achingly haunting and hard and hopeless. Melodramatic, maybe. Yet also a maxim  of truth. Wonder stops us in our tracks with a blaze of glory.Wonder waits with impatience asking when. Faith offers firm footing.Faith frustrates us with uncertainites we can’t define. Delight dwells in hidden [...]

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]]> https://adelightfulglow.com/our-right-now-days/feed/ 0 49475 I Hope April Hugged You https://adelightfulglow.com/i-hope-april-hugged-you/ https://adelightfulglow.com/i-hope-april-hugged-you/#respond Thu, 02 May 2024 13:57:52 +0000 https://adelightfulglow.com/?p=49471 I hope April hugged you in warmth and comfort.I hope it bloomed for you in tulip red and daffodil yellow and hyacinth pink.I hope pansies pinpointed your pathway and peonies swayed with promise. Maybe April was lonely for you, the days long, gray, shadowy.Perhaps there were tears or an unexplained sadness you couldn’t shake.Angst held [...]

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]]> https://adelightfulglow.com/i-hope-april-hugged-you/feed/ 0 49471 Wherein We Muse On The Beauty of Togetherness https://adelightfulglow.com/wherein-we-muse-on-the-beauty-of-togetherness/ https://adelightfulglow.com/wherein-we-muse-on-the-beauty-of-togetherness/#comments Tue, 30 Apr 2024 23:54:52 +0000 https://adelightfulglow.com/?p=49465 The beauty of a little coffeeshop surrounds me.Music plays from the speakers.One song, then another for an estimated hour and a half.We sip chai lattes with whip. Vanilla for my daughter. Spicy with espresso for me.We chat.Loop letters onto envelopes and attach stamps and stickers.Together. A few locals enter and exit the small-town shop.They all [...]

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]]> https://adelightfulglow.com/wherein-we-muse-on-the-beauty-of-togetherness/feed/ 2 49465 A Collection of Liturgies of the Little Things https://adelightfulglow.com/a-collection-of-liturgies-of-the-little-things/ https://adelightfulglow.com/a-collection-of-liturgies-of-the-little-things/#respond Wed, 08 Nov 2023 08:26:00 +0000 https://adelightfulglow.com/?p=49211 Muted Autumn Muted autumn.It speaks of the beauty of cycles and seasons, rhythms and rest, glory and goodness.It sounds of cadence and crunch, drifting leaves and dried seed pods,honking geese and crackling hearthfires.Muted Autumn.An embrace, an exhale,A metastasis, a muse,A quietude.Muted Autumn.A welcome home. Beauty Bursts Beauty bursts.In obvious places, like flower bloomsAnd arranged bouquets,But [...]

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]]> https://adelightfulglow.com/a-collection-of-liturgies-of-the-little-things/feed/ 0 49211 The Journey ~ A Music Special + Amazon Giftcard Giveaway https://adelightfulglow.com/the-journey-a-music-special-amazon-giftcard-giveaway/ https://adelightfulglow.com/the-journey-a-music-special-amazon-giftcard-giveaway/#comments Tue, 04 Apr 2023 13:51:24 +0000 https://adelightfulglow.com/?p=48813 What a lovely combination! Beautiful music, gorgeous countryside, beauty in so many places, insight, and inspiration. I was delighted to get to preview this film, The Journey, and share it with you. Soul-stirring, encompassing richness, a beautiful prelude to Easter. From Hallelujah to a cello rendition of The Sound of Silence to Amazing Grace, the music swells [...]

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