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This is not my desk but look how organized it is! And I love the turquoise typewriter. Photo courtesy of StockSnap.io
As someone who loves beauty, I love an organized room, with everything in its place and nothing extraneous, like the photo above. But my office does not reflect that love. My office is usually a big mess…
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Quiet streets in Fairhope the day after the 65th Annual Arts and Crafts Festival. For more photos of Fairhope and Mobile Bay, check out the links in the post below.
Have you ever been to an arts festival? Even if you don’t consider yourself an art lover, there are a lot of things to enjoy at a festival like this: good weather, a fun atmosphere, food from local restaurants or food trucks, and live music.
And of course there’s the art...
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I have two children. I've written about my daughter on the blog before, but I haven't told you yet about my first baby, the one I lost through miscarriage. It was through that little one that I learned how beauty, oddly enough, can be a comfort in grief...
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Photo credit: Jill Dixon
Every week I look for glimpses of beauty—in nature, the arts, or the unexpected—and because I’m intentional, I usually find it. So much of enjoying beauty is about paying attention and simply being aware of it around you. It’s a mindset that can be cultivated.
As I’ve said before, part of the joy of beauty...
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What I like most about Facebook is the faces that grace it: photos of friends and family, young and old, silly and serious...
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I hate grocery shopping. I’m not great at cooking and meal planning so the grocery store holds little appeal. I often forget something I need, which means more trips. And sometimes I come home, look at all I bought, and think, Yeah, but what am I going to make for dinner?
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Have you ever gotten a letter or note that encouraged you? One that had words or artwork that held beauty for you?
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What can be dancing with joy, dark with anger, or full of questions?
What have inspired paintings, poems, songs, and other works of art and are often called windows of the soul?
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