A Delightful Glow https://adelightfulglow.com/ Discovering Delight & Dwelling in Our Days Tue, 28 Jul 2026 16:34:36 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.2 https://i0.wp.com/adelightfulglow.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/cropped-1-of-1-4.jpg?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 A Delightful Glow https://adelightfulglow.com/ 32 32 26348127 Middle-age Has Come For Us https://adelightfulglow.com/middle-age-has-come-for-us/ https://adelightfulglow.com/middle-age-has-come-for-us/#respond Tue, 28 Jul 2026 16:34:32 +0000 https://adelightfulglow.com/?p=50125 Middle-age has come for us and we have met it squarely in the middle. Truth be told, I think we’re past middle-age as fifty hovers on the horizon, brighter and brighter. Readers. All the readers. I don’t mean people cozied up with good books. I mean lenses and temples and frames and a pair for [...]

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]]> https://adelightfulglow.com/middle-age-has-come-for-us/feed/ 0 50125 On Odysseus, Becoming My Own Friend, and Who am I? https://adelightfulglow.com/on-odysseus-becoming-my-own-friend-and-who-am-i/ https://adelightfulglow.com/on-odysseus-becoming-my-own-friend-and-who-am-i/#respond Sun, 26 Jul 2026 01:05:56 +0000 https://adelightfulglow.com/?p=50121 The seats fill. The houselights go down. A collective crunch and rustle filters amongst the rows. Last minute stragglers, sodas in hand, backlit by the Spider-Man preview, slip into D-3 and D-4. We toggle our seat backs toward recline and stretch sandaled feet onto the footrests. Previews roll along in the buildup for our feature presentation.  I [...]

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]]> https://adelightfulglow.com/on-odysseus-becoming-my-own-friend-and-who-am-i/feed/ 0 50121 Five Novels I Loved Set at The End Of Life https://adelightfulglow.com/five-novels-i-loved-set-at-the-end-of-life/ https://adelightfulglow.com/five-novels-i-loved-set-at-the-end-of-life/#comments Thu, 23 Jul 2026 22:04:01 +0000 https://adelightfulglow.com/?p=50098 These five books might not always be found in a bookstack together, but I wanted to share them with you in one. I struggled with what to title this post and what should I say on a graphic? I know why I’m stacking them together, but how to condense it into a concise title? Helen [...]

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]]> https://adelightfulglow.com/five-novels-i-loved-set-at-the-end-of-life/feed/ 2 50098 Explorer Bible Dictionary for Kids Review + Giveaway https://adelightfulglow.com/explorer-bible-dictionary-for-kids-review-giveaway/ https://adelightfulglow.com/explorer-bible-dictionary-for-kids-review-giveaway/#respond Fri, 29 May 2026 11:30:00 +0000 https://adelightfulglow.com/?p=50069 It looks like summer here. The wheat is golden. The heat and temperatures and wind are hanging out on our back doorstep. It tracks with our spring. Our tulips and peonies all burst into bloom about three weeks early and the wheat is following suit. I signed up to review and share a giveaway for [...]

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]]> https://adelightfulglow.com/explorer-bible-dictionary-for-kids-review-giveaway/feed/ 0 50069 She Reads Truth Spiral Bound Notetaking Bible & Giveaway https://adelightfulglow.com/she-reads-truth-spiral-bound-notetaking-bible-giveaway/ https://adelightfulglow.com/she-reads-truth-spiral-bound-notetaking-bible-giveaway/#respond Thu, 23 Apr 2026 10:52:00 +0000 https://adelightfulglow.com/?p=50051 When an email crossed my desk offering an invitation to review the SRT Notetaking Bible and point people to a fantastic five-volume giveaway, I quickly read it and re-read it, and promptly filled out my information to join. In 2017, I held this review and giveaway for the SRT Bible and it’s still a favorite [...]

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]]> https://adelightfulglow.com/she-reads-truth-spiral-bound-notetaking-bible-giveaway/feed/ 0 50051 On What Happens, Character, Gifts in the Wrong Size, Struggles, and Mockingbirds https://adelightfulglow.com/on-what-happens-character-gifts-in-the-wrong-size-struggles-and-mockingbirds/ https://adelightfulglow.com/on-what-happens-character-gifts-in-the-wrong-size-struggles-and-mockingbirds/#respond Mon, 20 Apr 2026 21:01:07 +0000 https://adelightfulglow.com/?p=50035 “Gracious child, I was raveling a thread, wasn’t even thinking about your father, but now that I am I’ll say this: Atticus Finch is the same in his house as he is on the public streets. How’d you like some fresh pound cake to take home?’ {Miss Maudie}I liked it very much.”  ~ Harper Lee, To [...]

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