Tag: Diva

  • Lessons from Coffee

    Lessons from Coffee

    Happy 2025, Divas! May it be a year of joy, beneficial work, and laughter for us all! In the spirit of Janus, the Roman god of beginnings, I thought I’d kick off 2025 by both looking behind me and looking forward. I kept a super-short, decidedly non-picture-perfect journal in the last year and discovered that…

  • Holiday Peace & Calm

    Holiday Peace & Calm

    (Yes, it’s possible.) Whether you celebrate Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, Yule, Ōmisoka, or one of the dozens of other holidays in December, I hope it’s a happy and joyous one for you. Often, this joy comes with a good dollop of stress for the Givers of Feasts and Throwers of Revels. There seems to be something…

  • Holidays Without Havoc

    Holidays Without Havoc

    Over a week ago, two radio stations in my area switched to holiday music. Plenty of houses took down Halloween decorations and put up Christmas lights on the same day. And the stores have been pushing BUY THIS NOW! for months. Face it, we are living in a post-rule universe, at least when it comes…