My friend Nathalie Dupree died this week. I was shocked though I knew she had not been well, because she hadn’t texted me back. She always texted me back. We had things to discuss. She always led with, “I can only say this to you.” I could hear her clucking between the lines. Rereading all our texts, I decided to save them. They are copied and pasted into my friendship diary. I’ll need them in the future when I’m missing her. I wanted to hear Nathalie’s voice so I asked Cindie if she would repost the episode that we recorded two years ago for our Women Beyond A Certain Age podcast. Always charming, always funny, always Miss Nathalie. I picture Nathalie sitting in a beautiful, high backed velvet chair, her eyes are sparkling, she is holding court. She is, obviously, the Queen of Southern Cuisine. Dressed in a red jacket, she’s added a thick gold choker. There’s the silky swirl of a hand painted scarf over her shoulders. She’s holding her tall glass of Diet Coke. She knows exactly how many ice cubes are in the glass. She looks over and winks when she catches me watching her. Thank you, Miss Nathalie. For everything.   NATHALIE’S LINKS Website: https://www.nathalie.com/index.htm Email: nathaliedupree@aol.com Books: https://www.amazon.com/Nathalie-Dupree/e/B001HD432K/ref=dp_byline_cont_pop_ebooks_1   Women Beyond a Certain Age is an award-winning weekly podcast with Denise Vivaldo. She brings her own lively, humorous, and experienced viewpoint to the topics she discusses with her guests. The podcast covers wide-ranging subjects of importance to older women.   SHOW LINKS: Website Join our Facebook group Follow our Facebook page Instagram Episode archive Email us: WomenBeyond@icloud.com Denise Vivaldo is the host of WBACA. Her info lives here More of Denise’s info is here Cindie Flannigan is the producer WBACA. Her info lives here