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355: Talking Paris, Flowers and Elevating the Everyday with Sandra Sigman about her new book French Blooms

It all began with 18 months in Paris as a young woman more than 30 years ago. Inspired by her time volunteering during the day at a Parisian floral boutique while she figure skated in the evenings, Sandra Sigman’s life journey and approach to floral arrangements was forever changed, and thus began the unfolding of […]

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Outfits of the Month (3): Dressing for the Phases of Spring

Items in our spring wardrobe can now put on a show! And as we know, spring weather can also be fickle, so having a few different ideas for various plans that we partake in throughout the three months is a helpful approach. Today, I am taking you to the office, taking you to a casual […]

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‘Quiet Luxury’ and Living Simply Luxuriously: An Overlap of Key Defining Concepts and the Distinctions of Each

The term ‘Quiet Luxury’ has been swirling around the internet since the spring fashion season began this year namely with the brands of Khaite, The Row, Max Mara and Bottega Veneta as well as a few other headlining events in current culture – Gwyneth Paltrow in Park City and the final season of Succession; however, […]

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This & That: April 14, 2023

A FULL T & T this week with books about the rise of a woman of influence in Tudor England, an Editor’s Choice new memoir that takes us to Broadway, a new novel from a bestselling author involving the symphony, two cookbooks – one to bring calm into your days with its prose as well […]

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14 April Ponderings . . .

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A Kitchen Door Curtain in a Cozy Cookbook Library Nook

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A Note to Anyone Who Wonders, “Will It All Work Out?”

“When things are not coming together the way you want them too don’t lose hope. Trust the process, your time will come.” — Germany Kent I took a walk Friday morning. The rain was gently falling, wringing all the remaining moisture from the clouds that had given bucket-fulls the day before; I was in Portland, Oregon, […]

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This & That: April 7, 2023

Two new novels that are receiving high praise across the board from critics and readers alike, a new book on entertaining inspired by the French and European approaches, three new films – one set in Portland and all about art and creating what calls you, another that is a critic’s pick receiving much applause and […]

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354: How to Find Your Financial Freedom: The Importance of Understanding, Writing and LIVING Your Love Story with Money

“To have a good relationship with money, you must know who you are and what your purpose is in this world.” —Kate Northrup, Money: A Love Story Find your purpose, exercise your courage and you are on your way to financial freedom. Simple AND true. Not easy, but definitely doable. For many of us, we […]

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Mind Your Mindset, book: petit plaisir #354

“Unsettling as it may be, uncertainty is not the enemy; it points no too chaos but to possibility.” —Mind Your Mindset Earlier this year, Mind Your Mindset was the inspiration for a post about Experiencing More Aha Moments, and the book continued to pop up in my mind as a beneficial resource when I picked […]

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