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Dorothea Benton Frank

Let me tell you something you probably already know. It’s that second cord that should remain in the neck of the bottle. You can liberate 1, but two bottles of wine for 2 people is 1 bottle too many. There was a reason the French bottled wine the way they did. 2 and a half glasses was plenty of wine for 2 people to consume with dinner. But that’s not how it went with us.

alcohol, common-sense, wine

Dorothea Benton Frank

Let me tell you something you probably already know. It’s that second cork that should remain in the neck of the bottle. You can liberate 1, but two bottles of wine for 2 people is 1 bottle too many. There was a reason the French bottled wine the way they did. 2 and a half glasses was plenty of wine for 2 people to consume with dinner. But that’s not how it went with us.

alcohol, common-sense, wine-drinking

Dorothea Benton Frank

Isn’t it amazing how much good people can do for each other when you give them the opportunity to help?

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Dorothea Benton Frank

The most important thing I learned is that to be truly happy, you’ve got to pay attention to that stupid inner voice we all have. It knows what you need and will drive you shit crazy until you listen to it.

learning, life, life-lessons

Dorothea Benton Frank

Words matter . . . They really do.

books, reading, words, writing

Dorothea Benton Frank

Books were my passion and my escape from madness.

Dorothea Benton Frank

All I can tell you is that every family on the planet is dysfunctional and we celebrate occasions as generously as we know how to do. We are all doing our best to appear grateful to have one another. Weren’t appearances worth something?

Dorothea Benton Frank

We were an imperfect family. I knew that. But at last we were on each other’s side, dug in with a new and more profound commitment. Our happiness was hard won, it was ours and I was determined to keep us whole.

Dorothea Benton Frank

The most important thing I learned is that to be truly happy, you’ve got to pay attention to that stupid inner voice we all have. It knows what you need and will drive you shit crazy until you listen to it.

learning, life, life-lessons

Dorothea Benton Frank

We were an imperfect family. I knew that. But at last we were on each other’s side, dug in with a new and more profound commitment. Our happiness was hard won, it was ours and I was determined to keep us whole.

Dorothea Benton Frank

All I can tell you is that every family on the planet is dysfunctional and we celebrate occasions as generously as we know how to do. We are all doing our best to appear grateful to have one another. Weren’t appearances worth something?