The quotation from Karen Blixen is beautiful as is that photograph of Ms Monroe. It is almost impossible not to feel a powerful protective sympathy for her. (Coincidentally I read recently of Joe DiMaggio’s apparently retrograde attitude toward her in their marriage – criticizing her dress and wanting her to conform to “convention” – and of Martin Landau’s doubts over her “suicide”/”accidental overdose”.
It doesn’t sound like any of her marriages were satisfactory, which is sad—she seemed like such a phenomenal person—although everyone was aware of her alcohol/pill problems. Which is not to say she wasn’t on the road to recovery when she died…
A lion cub! Quite possibly.
I’ve never encountered a lion cub…but beyond the cuteness, I have to wonder about their claws!
Indeed!
The quotation from Karen Blixen is beautiful as is that photograph of Ms Monroe. It is almost impossible not to feel a powerful protective sympathy for her. (Coincidentally I read recently of Joe DiMaggio’s apparently retrograde attitude toward her in their marriage – criticizing her dress and wanting her to conform to “convention” – and of Martin Landau’s doubts over her “suicide”/”accidental overdose”.
It doesn’t sound like any of her marriages were satisfactory, which is sad—she seemed like such a phenomenal person—although everyone was aware of her alcohol/pill problems. Which is not to say she wasn’t on the road to recovery when she died…