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372: Simple Rituals to Enhance the Everyday and the 5 Characteristics of Simply Luxurious Rituals

As 2024 began waking up to its first day on the calendar, a most treasured ritual ensued for me along with Norman and Nelle. Something I have been doing for as long as I can remember once I began living on my own with pups as my companions has been to go for a good […]

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20 Ways to Live Simply and Fully: How to Make Space for Your New Year’s Intentions to Materialize

Welcome to 2024. A year that holds an abundance of promise and opportunity merely waiting for each of us to be fully present so that we will be able to fully engage with what we meet along our life journey. Have you set your intentions? Or maybe you call them resolutions? Or revolutions? Whatever you […]

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A Cuppa Moments w/Shannon, January 2024

If you're already a Member, please log in. Username Password Remember Me     Forgot Password Thank You... . . . for your interest and curiosity to explore further this particular post on TSLL. Unfortunately, you do not have access to view this page. One of two things has occurred: You are either a TSLL […]

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TSLL���s TOP 5 Contentment posts, 2023

Contentment. Sometimes a concept that is lesser well known to folks than say happiness. However, at the core of each is something similar, as I share on the Welcome page. The two concepts are related, and it is in the tethering out of the difference that will MAKE the difference to living a life of […]

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TSLL���s TOP 5 Garden posts, 2023

Beginning in January of this year, a new regular monthly post began being shared with TOP Tier Members, a more detailed look into the seasonal tasks and contemplations of gardening through the seasons and what is happening in my own garden here at Le Papillon in Bend, Oregon. The positive response to this monthly post […]

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TSLL���s TOP 5 British Inspired posts, 2023

England, and specifically the English countryside, continues to hold a special place in my heart and being, and returning to visit this past October was a trip I will always remember fondly for oodles of reasons. Much of the content that was gathered during that trip will be shared in this coming month of May […]

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TSLL���s TOP 5 Signature Style posts, 2023

Style posts, whether they be Signature Style or Style Inspiration regarding their categorization, are one of the most read posts on TSLL by readers, and so it finally dawned on me, create a specifically designed free newsletter to alert readers to these posts, and that is just what happened this year. Finally! I know, a […]

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TSLL���s TOP 5 D��cor posts, 2023

Our sanctuaries, when thoughtfully decorated, tidily kept, give us so much more than shelter and warmth. From creativity and calm, to invigorating inspiration, as well as a warm hug upon returning home whether from a full day of work or a long trip abroad, our sanctuaries take time, but the time we give to this […]

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TSLL���s TOP 5 Recipes, 2023

The year that was, 2023 concluded on very delicious notes, and one very special note as captured in #6 on the list below. Someone commented that they definitely know I enjoy cooking based on watching me dance at the end of episode #7 of this most recent season of The Simply Luxurious Kitchen, and they […]

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TSLL���s TOP 5 Petit Plaisirs, 2023

As is the tradition on��The Simple Sophisticate��podcast to conclude each episode with a Petit Plaisir, where I recommend a book, a film, a show, a recipe, anything that is a simple pleasure to satiate your sophisticated taste, today a selection of five of the 26 that were shared this year on the podcast (included in […]

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