It is a grand thing to soak, for a minute, in all that matters most to you; to spend time with someone who knows you all the way through and to recognize through all the telling the things that matter most.
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What a grand gift it is to have trusted, lifelong friends. XXOO
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FOR MAMAS AND DADDIES TAKING A CHILD TO COLLEGE. Every August I experience the worry and pain even though years have passed since I went through this with my own. What I know for sure is there is more to consider than their transition to this new, open, exciting time of life. There is YOUR OWN. This is advice I wish someone had given me at that time--even if I had too much parental heartache to hear it. SENDING YOU LOVE.
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Suzann is hands down the most gracious hostess ever. There are gorgeous white roses on the dresser in our guest room; a new bottle of Neutrogena face wash is on the bathroom counter; this luscious Molton Brown body wash is in the shower. May I just say: I am in love.
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This Black Bean and Bell Pepper Salad (Bon Appetit 1996). Suzann is also the best cook I know. She served this salad (with apple butter + other stuff paninis, yay!) and OMG it is so good. There are a thousand Black Bean summer salads out there, but this one has dates, cumin, coriander. (I never cook with dates, do you?) TRY THIS ONE. You will not be disappointed.
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Save Me the Plums is the fascinating story of a food writer who became the top person at Gourmet magazine, bringing it into its heyday. This memoir has received a lot of buzz which I found to be well-deserved.
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FROM THE DAILY GRACE ARCHIVES
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August 2017: Totality (about the Total Solar Eclipse in 2017)
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My only prayer is this: I NEED YOU.
Love's only response is ever this: I'm right here.
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-- Elizabeth Gilbert, on Instagram
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Happy August, y'all.
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