wine-tasting
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Last year, I sat at a tasting table with a very accomplished Sommelier in an exquisitely designed restaurant and expressed my love for Mourvèdre grapes while adding that it really rounds things out in the wine. It gives it so much fullness. To which, he curtly said ~ “No, it doesn’t. The exact opposite, actually.” Yikes. That was
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I wasn’t supposed to marry him. I was brought up right. I was raised in a good Southern Baptist Church. Went every week and was very active. I knew my Bible. I prayed. I was a deeply spiritual person. Very moral and wise. My parents did very good work bringing me up well so I
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I stayed pretty quiet when I first started my new job. I tend to be very respectful when meeting people, even though my inner core is a fiery dragon deep inside a tornado. I refuse to be controlled or limited in life. I like being in charge and have a hard time following anyone. I
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“You are so condescending!” She ripped into me as I tried to set my boundaries on her power moves of questioning me when I did something with other people instead of her. She was one of my dearest friends. I had told her just about everything. Deepest secretive vulnerabilities that if she told, I would
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I sat with my head in my hands. Slumped over at the end of the dock. The sunset was gorgeous but my life was falling a part. He had lost everything. The house, the money, the cars. Everything was gone or soon to be gone. Years of hard work, determination, dedication…..down the drain. I couldn’t
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More often than not, it is the blending of several things that really makes the perfect solution. I had been working on my research reports all afternoon. Luckily, my coffee crash by 10:30am hadn’t been too bad and I could continue to dig into all the financial documents to really get a good look at
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In the spring of 1997, I was ushered into a beautiful dining hall in Rome with 100 other study abroad students for a nice Italian dinner. This would be our first taste of life in Italy. I remember that moment so clearly, especially because of the beautiful glass of wine paired with dinner. The room
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The week had promise. All had mostly gone smoothly and I felt pretty accomplished. I had pushed hard to get a lot done but later in the week, my new male co-worker had an issue with one of my decisions and the phone-call of emotional upset was more than I could handle.
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