Welcome to the Simple Sophisticate Podcast, where intelligent living is paired with signature style.

I'm your host, Shannon Ables.

And whether you're listening on your commute, exercising, working in the garden, or sitting down with a hot cup of tea or a

cafe ole. Thank you for tuning in. Let's get started. Welcome to the 97th episode of the Simple Sophisticate and welcome to a

brand new week. Let's make it an amazing one in no matter what we're doing. It's the everyday way that we live

that makes the life we live one of quality or one of some ho-hum kind of not so great feeling at the end of the day. What I'm going to talk about today

is this idea of small and simple that can create or equate to a grand and full life.

That is what the episode is all about today.

And before I dive into that, this week's

putty pleasure is a simple touch you can bring into your house that doesn't cost a lot of

money and with careful care can actually create a beautiful living space for a week or more.

You probably have an idea of what I'm talking about,

but I'll give you all sorts of tips and information

and a bit of history to this week's putte pleasure.

All right, but now to today's episode,

simple and small, which equates to a grand and full life.

I want to begin with a quote from Jane Austen,

There is nothing like staying at home for real comfort.

As the 21st century begins to unfold and gradually we climb out of the Great Recession,

the hope would be that we apply the lessons learned and refrain from making the same mistakes.

Now there are many mistakes that were made, many

lessons that can be learned, things that we couldn't have known, things that we

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