Shannon Ables

Founder and Author of Simply Luxurious Living

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Events

Book Signings/Readings:

TSLL’s 4th Book – Savoring the Sojourn: Contentment through the Seasons as You Unearth Your Masterpiece
(September 2026)

~Learn more about Savoring the Sojourn here in a detailed post~

  • Book Signing and Reading at Roundabout Books
    • Thursday, October 1, 2026 at 6:30pm
      • Reserve your spot as seating is limited: there will be a tiered ticketing system of $5 or book purchase has increased both attendance and book sales. 
        • The $5 is given to the bookshop, not Shannon.
    • hosted by Roundabout Books (Bend, Oregon, independent bookshop)


Book Signings/Readings:

TSLL’s 3rd Book – The Road to Le Papillon: Daily Meditations on True Contentment
(March 2022)

  • Virtual, Zoom hosted by Roundabout Books
    • April 26, 2022, Tuesday
    • hosted by Roundabout Books (Bend, Oregon, independent bookshop)
    • 6pm (Pacific)
    • Watch the event, taped live below (or click here)

  • In-Person, The Bookloft
    • Enterprise, Oregon (Wallowa County)
    • May 20, 2022, Friday
    • 3pm – 5:30pm
    • signing, reading, tea & coffee and chocolates

TSLL 2nd Book – Living The Simply Luxurious Life: Making Your Everydays Extraordinary and Discovering Your Best Self
(November 2018)

  • TSLL Readers shared their own simply luxurious moments with TSLL’s 2nd book – view the entire post full of images here
  • Bend, Oregon
    • Roundabout Books
    • Friday November 23, 2018
    • 4 pm
    • Signing & Reading
    • View images from the event here
  • Wallowa County, Oregon
    • The Bookloft, 107 East Main St.
    • Saturday November 24, 2018
    • 2-4 pm
    • tea & signing
    • View images from the event here and here

TSLL’s 1st Book – Choosing The Simply Luxurious Life: A Modern Woman’s Guide
(November 2014)

  • Enterprise, Oregon
    • The Bookloft, 107 East Main St.
    • Saturday March 28, 2015
    • 1-3 pm
    • See pics from the event here.
  • New Orleans, Louisiana 
    • The Garden District Book Shop, 2727 Prytania Street
    • Sunday April 19, 2015
    • 2-4 pm
    • See pics from my trip here.
  • New Canaan, Connecticut
    • Elm Street Books, 35 Elm Street
    • Saturday June 27, 2015
    • 12 noon – 2:30pm
    • See pics from my trip and event here.

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TSLL’s Latest Book

Savoring the Sojourn: Contentment Through the Seasons as You Unearth Your Masterpiece

365 pages
$27-$35
formats: Hardback, Paperback, eBook, Audible
Released on August 25, 2026

Watch the trailer here.

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UPCOMING EVENTS

RSS feed: The Simply Luxurious Life blog posts The Simply Luxurious Life blog posts

  • Gardening in October at Le Papillon, 2026
  • How Real Luxury Arrives in Our Lives
  • Un Moment de Méditation: No. 43 — Self-Service for Decision-Making Quandaries
  • This & That: October 23, 2026
  • L’Été ’36, petit plaisir #436

HOW I LIVE TSLL (IG @thesimplyluxuriouslife)

The October garden post, Gardening in October at L The October garden post, Gardening in October at Le Papillon, is now up on the blog. And it is full of oodles of tasks and contemplations, finds (books, tools and more), as well as photos capturing autumn's beauty at @lepapillongarden .
Real Luxury. Often the term luxury gets confused t Real Luxury. Often the term luxury gets confused to mean anything of great expense, but the definition of luxury has to do with what is explored in my second book - Living the Simply Luxurious Life, exemplified in my third - The Road to Le Papillon and shown how to experience for ourselves in my latest book - Savoring the Sojourn. Ultimately, luxury is something that takes effort, intention and investment of either our time and/or money that wasn't easy nor haphazard. And upon reaching the desired outcome, the journey has deepened our sense of appreciation so that we won't thoughtlessly take for granted what we have or how we have grown. So I guess, yes, luxury is of great expense, but the expense is far more profound and significant than just an exchange of money and it isn't a choice made to impress the outside world, but to step more fully into our own peace and fulfillment. 

In a new post on the blog, the Monday Motivational post, it explores ➡️ How Real Luxury Arrives in Our Lives. Here is an excerpt and you can read the full post on the blog, TSLL.co
An excerpt from Savoring the Sojourn: Contentment An excerpt from Savoring the Sojourn: Contentment through the Seasons as You Unearth Your Masterpiece. It is found in the Overture chapter in the section titled "The Cycle of the Creation of Art". With six overarching chapters in the book, each broken down into small mini sections, when we understand the flow and rhythm of the full four-part cycle, we give ourselves stability and this calms us before we begin. This knowing provides peace of mind with all of the many uncertainties that will always be present along the way. 

All four formats are now available - hardback, paperback, ebook and audiobook from Amazon, and both hardback and paperback are available from Shannon through TSLL.co shop on the blog (they will also be signed), and you can ask your independent bookshop to order a paperback copy for you. @roundaboutbooks does have both hardback and paperback, so you can order through them wherever you live as they can ship to you and their copies will be signed. 

Powells, Barnes & Nobles, Bookshop and other national distributors of books also have the paperback format available. And the audiobook is available where audiobooks stream - Audible, Apple Books, etc. 

Most importantly, may this book be a resource you return to again and again with each new creative or growth journey you embark on, providing the reassurance, inspiration, and motivation to trust your inner compass and share, discover, and create what you yearn to unearth.

🎨 Illustration by @sarahloeckerart of the ladybird commissioned exclusively for TSLL. 

#contentment #savoringthesojourn #selfdiscovery #tsllquotable
It's is Friday and that means a new This & That is It's is Friday and that means a new This & That is on the blog! Full of finds, new releases and premieres. Take a peek at what you'll discover ➡️ Books, and art and music is just the beginning this week! A favorite French series returns after a three year hiatus, clothing and accessory finds for autumnal and winter style in a range of prices, a new satirical movie that looks to be a must-see no matter how absurd it may at first sound, another film takes us to the streets of NYC to solve a mystery with an intriguing sleuth at the helm, and still, there is so much more.

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