One of the weird things about getting a teeny bit older is that I find myself skimming the Obits in The Times. A little creepy but, these days, it’s a way of keeping up with my friends. This morning...
Tag Archives: Third Act
Dead Next Year: Or Life in the Deep Third Act
I’m gonna run out of time in this life. And I have more books in my head than I’ll have time to write. One of them is Dead Next Year, about my own, mostly elegant experience in what I...
Old Boys at Play
I worry that too many people, in retirement, get bone idle and their life goes to hell. I know you have to maintain a balance… that “the margin for error shrinks” as you get older. But I still say,...
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...
Sad Old Days
It’s been a little tough around here lately… a bunch of pals, including one extremely close one, have died and I am a little blue. We went out to the writer, Peter Mathiessen’s, house in Sagaponack for a small...