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June in the Garden at Le Papillon + Visiting Elk Rock Garden, 2025

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10 June Ponderings . . .

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This & That: June 13, 2025

A new biography about an American fashion designer whose approach challenged Dior and who you may know little about but that is about to change. Novels set in the present and far distant past, a cookbook to provide inspiration for utilizing your pantry through the seasons, the return of a British series full of more […]

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Outfits of the Month (5): Summer Simplicity (sandals, linen & shorts galore!)

With each summer that passes, my guiding style ethos is to dress comfortably while simultaneously dressing chic and effortlessly, or at least appearing to be effortless. And while initially the last descriptor will actually take effort, eventually, that effort is no longer needed and we really can dress with ease, knowing we have what we […]

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What Will Determine Your Eventual Success

Epic. Seemingly impossible. Unfathomable. BUT! A dreamlike scenario come to life. Similar to gardening, sports can teach us quite a lot about life if we choose to learn and then apply the lessons. We cannot know what the opposition will bring to the court, nor the weather on the particular day play is scheduled, the […]

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This & That: June 6, 2025

Two great new British series – each a mystery, but each distinctively different in style. Books to take you through France with food as your guide, summer reading ideas and summer clothing as well that is worth picking up for timeless style and most finds very affordable. A new sports series that looks to be […]

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Death Valley, Britbox series — petit plaisir #405

A delightful and quirky new cosy mystery series just premiered on BritBox, and I think you might like it. I stumbled upon it last week and couldn’t have been happier to have done so. Death Valley, a seemingly ominous name given to a very light-hearted caper series, stars winner of stage and screen Timothy Spall […]

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405: How to Be Loving to Ourselves which Allows Us to Heal

“Love has the shape and feel of water. It is simultaneously flexible and powerful. It can adapt and roar; it can also be silently nourishing.” –Yung Pueblo, How to Love Better We know we need to heal when we slip into being defensive, reactive or regress into any self-protecting behavior – anger, aggressiveness – passive […]

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How Simple Is A Superpower

“The choice not to have it all, far from being defeatist, is extremely liberating.” —Melanie Healey, former President of Proctor & Gamble’s North America Division From the neighborhood you live in, the relationships you choose to be a part of, to the purchases you make, each of us will choose, knowingly or unknowingly, whether to […]

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A Cuppa Moments w/Shannon, June 2025

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