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This & That: July 4, 2025

What wonderful new novels are being released, and two new heart-warming films, along with a new French film that while not yet here in the states is one for those in France is a must-see! Also, a return of a favorite, fun British/French mystery series, summer clothing sales to explore, a new tea from France […]

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A Cuppa Moments w/Shannon, July 2025

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Deliver Your Gifts: What It Looks and Feels Like to Unearth Your Dharma

“Each of us has our unique gifts and expression. We’re here to deliver our gifts.” —Jack Kornfield, No Time Like the Present There is a theory that when we are drawn to a particular place in this world – a city, a location, some place we have never been physically, yet something continually pulls us […]

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This & That: June 27, 2025

Two British entertainment finds that I think will delight Anglophiles, books for challenging the term of ‘genius’, a new novel from a bestselling novelist that asks us to set aside assumptions of what constitutes a best outcome, cookbooks for simplifying and amping up the summer as well as year-round flavor, a Francophile book series returns […]

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11 Things That Made Me Smile This Month, So Far . . .

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The Priceless Importance of Self-Development

“The duty to oneself means self-respect or self-development. Not selfishness—and certainty not blind adherence to others or to religion or the past. Such development of the individual requires examination and education. And if there is education, there will be less susceptitilty to the power of others—and if there is examination, there will be more genuine […]

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This & That: June 20, 2025

A new film that looks absolutely smashingly fun with two leads that take acting to its tip-top, the return of a favorite comedy/drama/(?) series, books to deepen your listening skills to breech any uncomfortable or unwanted moment to bring about healing, a French mystery series takes us to a fête that turns deadly, a cookbook […]

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Jane Austen a Gaûché Ma Vie, film — petit plaisir #406

A film that begins and ends in Paris, specifically and primarily in the Shakespeare & Co. Bookstore, and in between ferries the viewer away to the English countryside (more on the actual filming location later in this post), the home of Jane Austen. Oh! And then to Bergeronnette, the French name for the island of […]

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406: How The Essence of French Cooking Elevates the Everyday and is Simple to Learn (even if you don’t like cooking!)

“Food need not be extravagant, complicated, or mysterious to be good. Quite the contrary.” —Patricia Wells in her Introduction to Robert Olney’s Simple French Food cookbook Whether you love cooking, loathe cooking or fall anywhere in between, we all need to eat. And if we eat well – a marriage of nutritive and delicious – […]

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How to Recover from Creative Burn-Out and Understanding How It Happens in Order to Prevent It

“Exhaustion, busyness, and burnout are not prerequisites for creative success.” —Amie McNee, author of We Need Your Art Art, in whatever medium you create it, if you are vulnerable in your work – sharing bits and pieces or ginormous portraits of your life and emotions, you are an artist. In other words, you are giving […]

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