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beth Kennedy's avatar

I love that story so much! I can so see that scene on film, you would be played by twiggy and maybe your boyfriend would be a young Michael Caine. I have't looked at my 'about me' page in years except to change my photo, maybe it's time

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Cecilia At The Kitchens Garden's avatar

Oh yes!! I adored Twiggy as a kid’ the Boyfriend of the time was stupidly handsome and full of angst. We were a pair!

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Neela 🌶️'s avatar

The toga story had me laughing out loud. I am glad you shared. It reminded me so much of those weird, crazy nights where we all just made it up as we went along and hoped gravity didn’t win. You’ve got a gift for storytelling Cecilia.

Thank you so much for the mention :)

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Cecilia At The Kitchens Garden's avatar

It was a wild period / that’s for sure. And fun. And Napier is a beautiful town - perfect for drunk walking!!

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Neela 🌶️'s avatar

I need to do drunk walking soon. Trying to convince Ryan to take a Wednesday off to go to Laguna Beach. It’s usually less crowded.

Happy New Week Cecilia.

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Cecilia At The Kitchens Garden's avatar

I went to Laguna Beach once! What a lovely spot!

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Neela 🌶️'s avatar

Just beautiful

That’s why we moved closer …

Funny story - in April of 2018 Ryan was offered the job to relocate to cali.

I never visited before then.

To convince me to change my mind because I was hesitant, he took me first to Laguna Beach …sold lol

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Cecilia At The Kitchens Garden's avatar

Clever fellow!

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Jim R's avatar

Wow! You covered a LOT of ground in your post today. I will comment on About Me. I went to mine and read it and the 69 thoughts it contained. Sad to say several favorite people are no longer on WP. Many are still in WP but stay mostly out of sight. My self-description seems still what I want to say about me. Nothing in it about wearing a toga. :-)

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Cecilia At The Kitchens Garden's avatar

I am sad to have left the peaceful WP corner, but it is a comfort to read those descriptions of ourselves so long ago and find them still about the same. We do change but not a lot I think! Not fundamentally! Good morning from Aus!

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Eha Carr's avatar

Just read this on a gorgeously sleepy Saturday afternoon trying to close my eyes for a few moments ere returning to my beloved Tour de France for another night sitting on the photographer's bike and travelling along country streets and lanes in beautiful Normandy . . , read your 2011 words and could not quite remember when I began following you . . . but it was soon after . . reading your words now I simply cannot believe you understood the now proven facts re food and health SO well THEN . . . now we all talk about the gastric biome and PF and UPF foods etc et al . . . oh, I well agreed with you then but, medical training or not, perchance did not quite understand what harm man was doing to itself physically or mentally . . . just thought you might smile at my smile . . . hope all generations doing well and the young man having healthy sleep sessions to let Mom and Gran have their peace . . . blowing kisses down the highway >>>

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Cecilia At The Kitchens Garden's avatar

I have always thought keeping food simple is critical to health. PS - I guess you missed the bit where I hate to be called GranNa! 🤣😆 just CC does for my kids and grandkids! Stay warm. C

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Eha Carr's avatar

Yup, missed that bit but understand and apologize and shall remember . . . am watching bicycling in France all night and sleeping most of the day . , , as warm as the proverbial 'bug in a rug' . . , be well . . .

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Judith Baxter's avatar

For the very first time ever at the vast age of 87 I asked myself if I knew what I was doing at 19 when Imarried my dashing young Scotsman. Of course I didn’t know but over the years until the day he died. I was sure it was the right choice. I could have made other decisions. I had plenty of opportunities over the years. But I am now sure that it was the right decision. here I should add that on occasion I was going to leave him and sometimes I was going to kill him but neither happened.

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Cecilia At The Kitchens Garden's avatar

That is a wonderful realization Judith! He certainly has made a big impression even to those like me who never met him! Beautiful.

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Giovanna S.'s avatar

I updated mine today, and I was wondering if anyone will ever read it ah

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Cecilia At The Kitchens Garden's avatar

I believe we do need to update them frequently as we evolve and grow. Things do change - they must. Then publish them with your next post so people know it is current. I will pop over to read yours shortly! Thank you Giovanna.

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Giovanna S.'s avatar

Great idea. I should share it again in a note or something. I didn’t add too much, just a little something about how the newsletter is structured. So it’s more about the newsletter than me I guess.

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Nadine's avatar

I keep mine up to date, but for me. I like to send people there instead of rewriting my story over and over again to curious strangers :)

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Giovanna S.'s avatar

How do you send people there? .. I was thinking maybe I could just write a little note and link to my About page, but I’m not even sure it’s possible here on Substack since the About section is not a post. That’s what I updated yesterday

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Nadine's avatar

I just send them the link when they ask about how I came to Mexico or what it's like to live here :)

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Cecilia At The Kitchens Garden's avatar

Thank you from my big heart to yours!’

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Mad Dog's avatar

I think you should just follow your heart and write what you feel. It shouldn't be like a LinkedIn CV ...or get someone you know well to do it for you ;-)

I've been picking caterpillars and butterfly eggs off my Cavalo Nero twice a day!

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Kate Chiconi's avatar

I updated mine once in the 12 years I've been blogging. A few things out, a few things in. But it's fundamentally the same, because the things I said are still fundamentally true. I laughed hysterically at your post-toga-party description, not least because it reminded me strongly of one or two art school post party scenarios. Three drunken people trying to get home on one bicycle in the fullest of full art-school-early-1980s fancy dress, through the centre of a rather buttoned-up gracious Georgian city at 3am. One of those vivid experiences that imprints itself.

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Louise Haynes's avatar

Leaving a BIG heart ❤️. Maybe two. ❤️❤️

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