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Catherine Miles

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Earlier this summer, days after I learned I was going back on chemo, I was drinking coffee on the porch with my dad. He said that somehow he felt there would be a miracle—that someday this illness would be behind me and I would be well. I understood the impulse, especially for a parent. And would I like a miracle cure? Sure. But I can’t anchor my sense of well-being in some future unknown, be it a miracle or something else. I need to stay within what I can control, which is how I feel right now and how I live my life right now. And my life right now is good. It’s good despite illness. It’s maybe even good because of it—because of how it has clarified what I value and rerouted my priorities.

In this week’s newsletter, I wrote about how the people I admire most are not those who bend reality to their will, but who accept it and find creative ways to engage with it. I think that’s my definition of resilience: to accept what’s happening moment to moment, and to allow for necessary adjustments, to pivot, to find relief, to cultivate small joys—like spending a few hours on a sunny Sunday picking peppers and making homemade hot sauce with friends.

Read my thoughts on radical acceptance and planting seeds for future joys (in this case, tabasco peppers!), along with a powerful essay by the inspiring @laura_mckowen in this week’s newsletter, which you can find in the link in bio. 🌶

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Country music can take you some crazy places 🍷Thank you to @rayisle & @foodandwine (and my amazing publicist @jessannlowe) for the best weekend

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50 years of my beautiful mama

happy birthday
I love you I love you

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#sandlands blows away @singlethreadfarms

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Family portrait, Graduation Day.

📸: @ameeecl

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Some saturdays are better than others #california #saturday #napavalley

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Amazing night with some of the best people. @singlethreadfarms #myfirsttime

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Thanks a billion to @foodandwine for having us!

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It’s been a week of the highest of highs and the lowest of lows in the prettiest of settings. I am grateful to have spent time with so many kind, inspiring humans in the hospitality community at the Food & Wine Classic in Aspen, for peers and colleagues who worked their tails off, for incredible story telling and delicious things, and for the opportunity to produce new programming to packed audiences. Most of all I’m grateful for friends like @catherinemiles without whom I would have felt lost this weekend. Peace out, Aspen; see you soon Charleston!

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I love these two ladies and the energies they put in our wine life #grateful #friends

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May flowers abloom 🍷🌼🍷

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𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗙𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝗨𝘀 𝗮𝘁 𝗦𝗦𝗙𝟮𝟰!
We absolutely love @southernsmokefoundation and are always looking for ways to support. Southern Smoke Festival 2024 is TOMORROW and we'll be there! You can find Chefs @austinwaiter and @felipericcio repping @marigoldclubhtx with Smoked Cod Rillettes and @junerodil repping @montrosecheeseandwine pouring @junesrose and several other bottles! Say hi if you see us!

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