Hello, angels. That’s a Christmas table, almost set for 15, and to the right we have Verushka, photographed by Bert Stern in 1967. As I type I am perched on the couch by Mister Lester. Presents have been wrapped, delicacies prepared, and a particular calm has fallen, when you know…
Category: Marriage
For some reason I always think of this as a holiday movie… . First, it was a play written by Noel Coward, and let’s just say it was inspired by his relationship with Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne (titans of American theater, notably they brought a modern naturalist style to…
I was reading about extreme aging the other day, the study of those who live past the age of 100, and I was particularly struck by this statement: “These people did not inwardize stress,” said Steven Clarke, a UCLA professor of chemistry and biochemistry who studies the physiology of aging.…