73: A Lesson From Ernest Hemingway
The Simple Sophisticate - Intelligent Living Paired with Signature Style
Shannon Ables
4.7 • 944 Ratings
🗓️ 7 December 2015
⏱️ 22 minutes
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Summary
Inspired after reading Ernest Hemingway's iconic portrayal of the City of Light in his memoir A Moveable Feast, Shannon shares a learned lesson from the reading. Discussing the courage to let go and how to move forward when what we love is taken away from us, she speaks about how to ensure tomorrow will be brighter and far better than yesterday.
In this week's Petit Plaisir, Shannon reviews and enthusiastically recommends Cairo Time, starring Patricia Clarkson and Alexander Siddig. Have a listen to the trailer and the soundtrack.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Simple Sophisticate Podcast, where intelligent living is paired with signature style. |
| 0:16.3 | I'm your host, Shannon Ables. |
| 0:18.8 | And whether you're listening on your commute, exercising, working in the garden, or sitting down with a hot cup of tea or a |
| 0:25.0 | cafe ole, thank you for tuning in. Let's get started. Welcome. Welcome to the 73rd episode of the simple |
| 0:45.0 | Sophisticate. |
| 0:49.1 | I hope you are doing well and as we get closer to the end of the year we are entering the holiday |
| 0:55.1 | season and if you've been following me on Instagram you know that this last |
| 0:58.7 | weekend was full of getting the tree dressing up the house, and snuggling into my new place for my first |
| 1:06.2 | holiday here and then. And it was really an interesting weekend. Before I get into that, today's episode is going to be inspired by an audio book I just finished. |
| 1:20.6 | And I have been losing myself in this audiobook on my walks, and I'm telling myself, |
| 1:27.8 | why aren't you listening to more audio books while you're walking? |
| 1:30.9 | I'm usually listening to podcasts, listening to all these other things, some music sometimes, |
| 1:34.8 | and now I'm thinking, I gotta listen to more audio books, because it went quickly and I got completely |
| 1:42.0 | lost as far as time was concerned and just before I knew it |
| 1:46.6 | ten chapters are gone and I'm wondering this is a good habit to continue as the |
| 1:51.9 | new year begins. That is what today's episode is all about. |
| 1:55.9 | Today's particular is a film I am so excited to share with you. It is a love story that is as critics claim, |
| 2:07.6 | disarming. It is subtle and it has an exquisite cast. It's an older film. |
| 2:13.3 | What I mean my older is just a couple years. |
| 2:16.0 | And it won multiple awards, but wow, |
| 2:19.6 | it was worth a way to find it. |
| 2:21.4 | I absolutely cannot wait to recommend it to you at the end of today's |
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