Hilly and I live blessedly various lives. This weekend, for example, we spent three days in a town, Seaside in the Florida Panhandle, which I had never heard of and which may be the most interesting and important small town in...
YELLOWSTONE RANCH
A friend has a family ranch, just north of Yellowstone, in Wyoming. Her grandfather bought a chunk of land back in the 1920’s, and the family has been carefully adding modest structures and maintaining the place ever since. They...
Wine Kedge
We’re just back from a terrific bike kedge in Burgundy. We signed up at the last minute because some wonderful deal emerged and we could almost afford it. Not quite but it was SO worth it. 35 pals, most...
SUPERB PIECE, LIFE AND DEATH
PLEASE read the Oliver Sacks’ piece in today’s New York Times. One of the best pieces ever from one of the smartest and most interesting men in the country. (Hilary adds that he is not just smart… he is...
AMAZING EXPERIENCE: “MAN FULLY ALIVE”
This morning we are up to our armpits in blinding snow and freezing wind. But yesterday was a little different. That’s m on the beach in Naples Florida, winding down after a high-energy talk to 500 CEO’s at the...
MY POOR NEIGHBOR
Our beloved, next-apartment neighbor – who figures prominently in Thinner This Year as a living example of the importance of the limbic life, even deep in your 80’s – lost her “new” husband a few weeks ago. Awful damned...
