Author: splendorinthesticks
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One Good Thing
Always remember that joy is armor. There are, sad to say, people in the world who view open and obvious female joy as unseemly. They will look disapprovingly at you when you are what they view as “too much.” Smile brightly at them and go your own way. Yesterday, on the spur of the moment,…
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One Good Thing
Oh, Divas, I just love October! And today was a great start – after several days of gloomy, wet, overcast days, we had that gorgeous bright blue October sky with just a touch of nip in the morning air. I’ll start getting the fall decorations out, but for today, I settled for my cozy “sloth…
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Bloom 11 – Ripples in the Water
A year ago, Hurricane Helene tore through western North Carolina, causing widespread destruction and devastation on a level you don’t want to see, much less experience. A year later, there is still a lot of work to do – this was a life-changing event for the small towns and rural areas of this region and…