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Founder & Author of Simply Luxurious Living

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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 Latest Book:

The Road to Le Papillon: Daily Meditations on True Contentment
494 pages
$27.95-$36
Hardback, Paperback, eBook, Audible
Released March 22, 2022

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    To live a simply luxurious life is the way to drea To live a simply luxurious life is the way to dreams coming true. Such a life itself is a dream realized and this way of savoring life, full of delicious everyday moments, leads us to cultivating a life many may dismiss as possible - deep fulfillment, abiding inner peace and overflowing joy of living each and every moment.

This week's Monday Motivational post shares a specific, yet simple approach as to how it works ➡️ "How Living Simply Luxuriously Invites Your Dreams to Come True"

@lepapillongarden #tsllsimpleluxuries
    The awareness to not be directed by outside events The awareness to not be directed by outside events (anything beyond our self) is the skill worth more than gold itself because it puts us in charge as the captain of our ship, our life journey. 

An excerpt from the November 14th entry, titled "Responding Rather Than Reacting" found in the November chapter, "Explore and Discover Yourself and the World" in #tsll3rdbook The Road to Le Papillon: Daily Meditations on True Contentment

Where to pick up your copy:
➡️ hardback, paperback, ebook, audio - wherever you shop for your favorite books (Amazon, Audible, Apple Books, Google Books, etc.)

➡️ signed copies, shop directly on TSLL blog (link in profile)

➡️ signed copies for Bendite locals (in-person or online) - @roundaboutbooks , signed copies for Wallowa County locals - @bookloftoforegon 

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illustration created by @sarahloeckerart exclusively for TSLL
    Tendrils of gold leaves found while walking and so Tendrils of gold leaves found while walking and something savored this week. Now, as Friday arrives, it's time to savor the weekly This & That post ➡️🍁 Yet again, another week with fantastic new film releases, each one different than the next, yet all with thought-provoking themes. And yep, we’ve got books – quite a few holiday cookbooks, and two from past GBBO names. Then we have a book about a favorite drink, how to decorate to ensure we actually turn our home into a sanctuary with our investment, and a favorite TV series returns, looking to be even more smashing in its sophomore season than in its praised first. And yep, yep! you’ll find autumn and winter clothing staples at various price points, and something for your pup as well! All of this and still more!
    To kick off the new week, a Monday Motivational po To kick off the new week, a Monday Motivational post! ➡️ 8 Simple Ways to Boost Our Well-Being and Eliminate Suffering

We really do hold the keys when it comes to so much we find unpleasant, stressful or frustrating. Today's new post shares how to eliminate each and explains how we brought the suffering upon ourselves so that we never do so again. 😌 

#tsllmynelle

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