Shannon Ables's Blog, page 44

Outfits of the Month (4): Bring on Spring!

In one week spring will have arrived in the northern hemisphere and that means warmer weather, but still layers are needed. So with that said, each of the four outfits shopped this month keep the shoulders covered, some directly with a short sleeve and others with layers offered from a cotton or silk-blend piece of […]

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Why Not . . . Welcome More High-Quality Leisure Pastimes into Your Daily Life?

“A life well lived requires activities that serve no other purpose than the satisfaction that the activity itself generates.” ���author and associate professor Cal Newport in debriefing Aristotle’s meaning about how to live a good life Quality over quantity, the core ethos running through all aspects of living simply luxuriously. But how do we cultivate […]

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Why Not . . . Welcome More High Leisure Pastimes into Your Daily Life?

“A life well lived requires activities that serve no other purpose than the satisfaction that the activity itself generates.” ���author and associate professor Cal Newport in debriefing Aristotle’s meaning about how to live a good life Quality over quantity, the core ethos running through all aspects of living simply luxuriously. But how do we cultivate […]

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This & That: March 8, 2024

A wonderful compilation of a wide array of finds this week, from luxurious and worth investing in skincare, new novels, cookbooks and history reading material, a return of a documentary for Francophile and gardeners and lovers of art, a biography I am tickled to have finally found and will be diving into this weekend, a […]

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376: Wise Investments: Understand the Difference between a Good Value and a Good Deal

A pair of denim jeans made of heavier weight denim, and long staple cotton will cost more at the till or checkout, but it will be worn and enjoyably so for years to come. And even better, you won’t be repairing it endlessly throughout its long lifespan (good value). Compare the above purchase to a […]

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Nolly, limited tv series: petit plaisir #376

Beginning in 1964, the UK’s first daily serial daytime television, Crossroads premiered starring Noele (Nolly) Gordon as the lead Meg Mortimer. The series ran until 1981 with a brief return in 1983, and it was the series that would turn Nolly Gordon into a beloved household name. Based on the true story of the final […]

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Why Contentment is not Complacency’s Equivalent, but rather its Antithesis

“Contentment is falling in love with your life.” ���Swami Rama, an Indian yogi guru Right now, in this very moment, we each have a life to love. Yep, our life is waiting, if we haven’t done so already, for us to fall in love with it. But wait, some might say, I haven’t [fill in […]

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TSLL’s 2024 Spring Shopping Guide

Hello Spring! Well, yes, we still have three weeks to go, but the sprucing up our spring capsule wardrobe can definitely begin ahead of Mother Nature’s schedule as we need to time to peruse, ponder and then pounce! With the first daffodils picked up from Trader Joe’s to bring a touch of spring to the […]

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This & That: March 1, 2024

Kate Winslet is back in a new limited series that looks like a fantastic fun watch, books on eradicating burn-out, the history of women and money, as well as how our memory works and how we can strengthen it, and a cookbook that is as much of a treat to cook from as it is […]

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A Cuppa Moments w/Shannon, March 2024

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