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This & That: February 10, 2023

Two new rom-com films just in time for Valentine’s Day, an eclectic collection of new book offerings – a memoir set in Paris in the mid 20th century, a book to improve your sleep holistically, food and political history, a memoir about a guard who worked in the Met for ten years and still there […]

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Outfit of the Month: Effortless Comfort & Style for Easing out of Winter

If you could only buy 5 new items of clothing this year, yep the entire next 11 months, what would be worth your restraint to both seek out and invest in as well as refrain from and make do with what you have? A recent article in The Financial Times proposed this approach to the […]

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How to Love Well, Find Real Love and Be Loving to Yourself and Others: podcast bundle #6

Valentine’s Day is right around the corner, and whether you are engrossed or abstaining or anywhere in between on the continuum of the holiday’s existence and celebration, I wanted to pull together a podcast bundle of 14 episodes that thematically take you through the journey of building a healthy, sound, rewarding love life. And when […]

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Nigel Slater’s Spaghetti Bolognese: A Valentine’s Day Dinner to Love

Regardless of the date on the calendar sincerely expressing love in your preferred love language is an idea that will sit well with your conscience, so whatever your plans are for Valentine’s Day next Tuesday, you have to eat, so you might as well eat well, and this dish, this Spaghetti Bolognese adapted from Nigel […]

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Gardening in February at Le Papillon, 2023

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This & That: February 3, 2023

A new French film that received high praise and awards when it debuted at film festivals last year, a new French series I am loving and three British series to sit down and enjoy as their new seasons have been released, five books in a variety of genres – traveling alone, sex, well-being and more. […]

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A Cuppa Moments w/Shannon, February 2023

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350: The Skill of Presence and Why It is at the Core of True Contentment

“Presence is power.” What if I told you that the solution to your quandaries about life, love, work, finding calm, anything of value and importance already resided within you? While initially this may seem impossible, in actuality, when we dig down deep to the core of our motivations, our hopes and even our fears, the […]

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Brown Butter Sauce w/Portebello Stuffed Tortelli and Fried Sage Leaves, petit plaisir #350

A simple dish, often a holiday dish made on the eve of Christmas, but most definitely a decadent and luxurious dish to add to the cozying in many of us are still needing to do as winter is hanging around. While you definitely can make your own stuffed tortelli/ravioli, what makes this a weekday favorite […]

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A Daily State of Calm: A Necessity to Living Well

“Create calm in order to first, hear the message, and then, maintain calm in order to understand what it is trying to say for your life journey.” Saturday afternoon this past weekend the sky was clear, the wind was absent, and so I stepped outside into the garden, not to garden, but to clean my […]

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