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This & That: September 5, 2025

Books to take us into the kitchen, books about creativity, books about gardening, money, Dior and more. A favorite mystery series returns, quite a few style finds for your fall capsule wardrobe with subtle signature details, décor finds for uber style as well as functionality to elevate the everyday tasks and daily rituals, plus much […]

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Samba, French film – petit plaisir #409

A film that takes us back to 2014, but no less worthwhile watching now in 2015. Omar Sy (Lupin, Intouchables) stars as Samba a migrant from Senegal who is trying to stay in France legally. Charlotte Gainsbourg (Étoile) stars as Alice, a woman who is on sabbatical from reaching burn-out in her corporate job. During […]

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409: How to Make Living Itself An Art, Part Deux (Who is TSLL Written For?)

“To making living itself an art, that is the goal.” —Henry Miller To look up the definition of art through an academic lens is to discover there is no one agreed upon definition of art, and to my eye that is what makes it all the more beautiful to cultivate in the way we live […]

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Who is TSLL Written For? What Resides at the Heart of Living Simply Luxuriously, Part Une

“The thinking and compassionate person’s blog with everyday ‘sides’ of living well to savor.” —TSLL’s guiding axiom An eclectic group. A heterogeneous group, simply put, the community of TSLL is diverse. Diverse in the sense that what each of our lives look like to an onlooker will look entirely different – our age, where we […]

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A Cuppa Moments w/Shannon, September 2025

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2025 Fall Shopping Guide with more than 120 hand-picked finds

As we step into the fall season that often prompts us to assess our wardrobes, add new items and polish up what we already have and love, here at TSLL we’re shifting our focus as it pertains to the ‘trends’ of the fall (and spring too) season in the annual shopping guide posts. Various fashion […]

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This & That: August 29, 2025

The books piling up. The sales grabbing for our attention. September must be just around the corner. Yep, we’ve got new releases in fiction that have been long anticipated, helpful nonfiction books for improving the quality of living and well-being in love, work and life in general. Two new BritBox series premieres, a new film […]

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10 Things That Made Me Smile This Month, So Far . . . (August 2025)

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August in the Garden at Le Papillon, 2025

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My 14 Pillars for a Great La Rentrée

A fresh start, but really a new beginning, someplace we have never been before that sits atop the knowledge we have gained over not only the past summer and preceding twelve months, but upon all the years that came before. When we reflect on Septembers in recent past and long behind us, pondering what worked […]

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