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Planetary Alignment (or lack thereof)

Planets, presidents, and gongs.

Planetary Alignment (or lack thereof)
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Sharp Objects: A Meditation

TMI or TMJ? You be the judge.

Sharp Objects: A Meditation
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Giants

"We need to be our most giant selves; to think our most giant thoughts; express ourselves in the biggest way possible, and give ourselves permission to be GIANTS." -- Alicia Keys

Giants
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An Evening with Dr. Jane Goodall

When I am ninety years old, I want to look back on my life with the same amount of grace, wisdom, and humor as Dr. Jane Goodall does. The famed primatologist spoke in Atlanta this past Wednesday night, not only about her pioneering work with chimpanzees in East Africa, but

An Evening with Dr. Jane Goodall
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Dancing Flamenco with Julie Galle Baggenstoss

"We are not strippers. We do not dance to mariachi or salsa music."

Dancing Flamenco with Julie Galle Baggenstoss
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The Ballad of Ben Lomond

Plus, a profile of Chef Mauro Colagreco, an ode to the Menton lemon, and a feminist (maybe) shark flick.

Photo by Paige Bowers.
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The Sea Cure

A slower pace, a conversation with Rosa Jackson, and a beautiful bookbinding atelier in Old Nice.

The Sea Cure
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The Riviera

“Her bathing suit was pulled off her shoulders and her back, a ruddy, orange brown, set off by a string of creamy pearls, shone in the sun. Her face was hard and lovely and pitiful.” -- F. Scott Fitzgerald

The Riviera
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Gerald and Sara

A golden couple heads for France, where wonders and wildness abound. Meet the Murphys.

Gerald and Sara
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The Passion Project (part one in a series of who knows how many)

"You can’t predict where a project is going to lead. It could have as easily turned out that Marcel’s letters weren’t interesting or noteworthy. You just don’t know, right? Be curious and open to what unfolds." -- Carolyn Porter

The Passion Project (part one in a series of who knows how many)