The Simply Luxurious Life® https://thesimplyluxuriouslife.com Cultivating True Contentment: The art of living a life of quality over quantity Mon, 21 Sep 2026 02:30:20 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://i0.wp.com/thesimplyluxuriouslife.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/cropped-favicon-01-01-2.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 The Simply Luxurious Life® https://thesimplyluxuriouslife.com 32 32 117039829 noLifestyle,self,help,French,living,Francophile,simple,living,inspirational,culture,style,fashion,current,events,newsIntelligent living paired with signature styleThe Simple SophisticateShannon Ablesinfo@thesimplyluxuriouslife.comShannon Ables How to Navigate the Foggy Middle (and why it occurs) https://thesimplyluxuriouslife.com/howtonavigatethefoggymiddle/ https://thesimplyluxuriouslife.com/howtonavigatethefoggymiddle/#comments Mon, 21 Sep 2026 02:00:00 +0000 https://thesimplyluxuriouslife.com/?p=210055 As thick as chowder soup, as smudged as my eyeglasses after neglecting to clean the lenses. The view from the jet plane’s window while flying through a blanket of clouds, descending to a safe landing or climbing to altitude. The range of vision to discern what lay ahead was that clear. Quite unclear, indeed. This […]

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]]> https://thesimplyluxuriouslife.com/howtonavigatethefoggymiddle/feed/ 2 210055 info@thesimplyluxuriouslife.com (Shannon Ables) Un Moment de Méditation: No. 38 — Knowing What Not to Do https://thesimplyluxuriouslife.com/moment38/ Sun, 20 Sep 2026 16:00:00 +0000 https://thesimplyluxuriouslife.com/?p=210013 ~I invite you to listen to the audio version shared above, where a guided meditation is provided that follows what is shared below in the text. To want to know what tomorrow will bring, how things will work out, or what any outcome in the future will be is a natural desire, but it is […]

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]]> 210013 info@thesimplyluxuriouslife.com (Shannon Ables) This & That: September 18, 2026 https://thesimplyluxuriouslife.com/tt91826/ https://thesimplyluxuriouslife.com/tt91826/#comments Fri, 18 Sep 2026 02:00:00 +0000 https://thesimplyluxuriouslife.com/?p=209905 Autumnal layers of clothing are here! Some are on great discount as well. A delightful new film that is joyous, playful, and a feel-good opportunity. Novels of reflection on how life unfolds and where it leads us, a favorite British sleuth is back, a memoir from a trailblazer, a book from a brother of a […]

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]]> https://thesimplyluxuriouslife.com/tt91826/feed/ 4 209905 info@thesimplyluxuriouslife.com (Shannon Ables) Le Grand Bain (Sink or Swim), French film – petit plaisir #434 https://thesimplyluxuriouslife.com/pp434legrandbainfilm/ https://thesimplyluxuriouslife.com/pp434legrandbainfilm/#respond Thu, 17 Sep 2026 01:17:12 +0000 https://thesimplyluxuriouslife.com/?p=209901 Middle age arrives for a group of men in France. Each experiencing their own different reason for the malaise, and then they each step into the pool, the swimming pool that is, and become part of a synchronized swimming men’s team. That is the premise behind an endearing French film that was released back in […]

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]]> https://thesimplyluxuriouslife.com/pp434legrandbainfilm/feed/ 0 209901 info@thesimplyluxuriouslife.com (Shannon Ables) 434: Remember to Live Sideways Too https://thesimplyluxuriouslife.com/podcast434/ https://thesimplyluxuriouslife.com/podcast434/#comments Wed, 16 Sep 2026 02:00:00 +0000 https://thesimplyluxuriouslife.com/?p=209814 Sideways. Often a term associated with glancing, looking, or moving from side to side, or figuratively referring to something not working out as we’d hoped. However, today, with the help of a new book that brought it to my attention, I want us to reframe this term as we discover how intentionally remembering to live […]

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]]> https://thesimplyluxuriouslife.com/podcast434/feed/ 2 209814 info@thesimplyluxuriouslife.com (Shannon Ables) 9 September Ponderings . . . https://thesimplyluxuriouslife.com/ponderingsseptember2026/ https://thesimplyluxuriouslife.com/ponderingsseptember2026/#comments Tue, 15 Sep 2026 02:01:55 +0000 https://thesimplyluxuriouslife.com/?p=209801 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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]]> https://thesimplyluxuriouslife.com/ponderingsseptember2026/feed/ 9 209801 info@thesimplyluxuriouslife.com (Shannon Ables) 14 Ways I Make Le Papillon and Life in Bend Feel Like France https://thesimplyluxuriouslife.com/12waysbendfeelslikefrance/ https://thesimplyluxuriouslife.com/12waysbendfeelslikefrance/#comments Mon, 14 Sep 2026 02:00:00 +0000 https://thesimplyluxuriouslife.com/?p=209834 This past weekend may have presented the last occasion for dining on the garden porch, our covered terrasse!, here at Le Papillon for the season, but I made sure to seize it. The breeze blew a bit heavily at times, but not yet describable as ‘wind’, and I went about savoring my Sunday ritual of […]

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]]> https://thesimplyluxuriouslife.com/12waysbendfeelslikefrance/feed/ 6 209834 info@thesimplyluxuriouslife.com (Shannon Ables) Un Moment de Méditation: No. 37 — You Already Have It https://thesimplyluxuriouslife.com/moment37/ Sun, 13 Sep 2026 16:00:00 +0000 https://thesimplyluxuriouslife.com/?p=208938 ~I invite you to listen to the audio version shared above, where a guided meditation is provided that follows what is shared below in the text. The key, the knowledge, the answers, how to cultivate the peace you seek, the joy in your everyday life, each day – you already possess within you each of […]

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]]> 208938 info@thesimplyluxuriouslife.com (Shannon Ables) This & That: September 11, 2026 https://thesimplyluxuriouslife.com/tt91126/ https://thesimplyluxuriouslife.com/tt91126/#comments Fri, 11 Sep 2026 02:00:00 +0000 https://thesimplyluxuriouslife.com/?p=209722 Get reading for all sorts of finds this week. September brings it! A great new play opens in London that looks like great fun with two talented leads, books about everyday French lifetsyle approaches, mastering midlife, reconsidering convenience, a favorite mystery writer returns with a new book, a British series debuts with a new adaptation […]

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]]> https://thesimplyluxuriouslife.com/tt91126/feed/ 7 209722 info@thesimplyluxuriouslife.com (Shannon Ables) Outfits of the Month (4): Workday Vibes of Autumn, Andy Sachs-inspired https://thesimplyluxuriouslife.com/andysachsoutfitsdwp2workautumn/ https://thesimplyluxuriouslife.com/andysachsoutfitsdwp2workautumn/#comments Wed, 09 Sep 2026 02:00:00 +0000 https://thesimplyluxuriouslife.com/?p=209607 Watching a film or TV series with Molly Rogers at the helm of the clothing design team is reason alone to watch the film, and that is what I have done more than once with The Devil Wears Prada 2 this past August, now that it is streamable. Across the board, there is ample style […]

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