Category: Diva Dispatch

  • Slow Essentials

    Slow Essentials

    From the beginning of Splendor, I’ve written posts about “the Essentials” – you can search for those posts using the search bar. These are items and concepts that I consider absolutely indispensable for the Diva lifestyle. I still have more of those to write, but with this post, I’m going in a slightly different direction and…

  • Slowing Things Down

    Slowing Things Down

    I’ve been writing about self-care in one form or another for years. I continue to do so because (1) I think taking time to care for oneself is important, (2) in our society, that need to care for oneself still needs to be normalized, and (3) I still need to be reminded of the first…

  • Preparing to Hunker

    Preparing to Hunker

    Winter storms, some of them quite severe, are battering large swaths of America just now. Out West, in the middle of the country, up in New England – it seems just about everywhere is being hit with snow, ice, sleet, and general winter misery. My little part of the sticks just got some cold rain…