I haven’t lauded Catherine Newman in far too long. Her latest column does it again, reaching into my experience and describing things that I feel in ways more elegant than I ever could. What value there is in someone else who can put into words the things I think and feel. It makes me both [...]
Uninspired and sort of emotional here at the Four Seasons in Palo Alto, where I’m spending the day parked in the lobby shepherding students to and from their interviews. So, some randomness. I said recently, and it’s true: I am a master of meaningless minutiae. From James Lipton, host of Inside the Actor’s Studio What [...]
In California, watching the highway from my hotel bed, feeling exhausted and far from home. I am moved by Robert Redford’s simple words about Paul Newman’s death: “There is a point where feelings go beyond words,” Redford said Saturday. “I have lost a real friend. My life — and this country — is better for [...]
From an Anne Lamott piece about Sarah Palin: This is the only way miracles ever happen — left foot, right foot, left foot, breathe. Right foot, left foot, right foot, breathe. The great novelist E.L. Doctorow once said that writing a novel is like driving at night with the headlights on: You can only see [...]
Sitting with Margaret on my lap. Hannah: “Where did my pull-up go, mummy?” Hilary: “It’s around your ankles, Hannah.” Hannah: “Oh!” Email this post
Plane ride down was uneventful, other than a 1 hr 15 minute delay that was easily passed with Grace watching the Flintstones and Word Girl on my old iphone. She did ask if it was “her ipod” now and I said no. I then heard about how Chloe has her own ipod and her own [...]
In Delaware sitting at the kitchen table while Margaret sleeps next to me. Hilary and Hannah are napping upstairs, and Grace is watching Corduroy in the guest room. Very peaceful. I feel very sad about Paul Newman’s death. The man was extraordinary actor but what he did with his Newman’s Own products is far more [...]
Growing flippers here in Cambridge today. Downpour. In other news, Gracie and I are headed down at the crack of dawn to meet Margaret and to visit with Hilary and Hannah. The most exciting part of the trip (other than all 5 Mead girls of 2 generations being together) is that Grace is flying home [...]
Back from Italy. It was a whirlwind trip but a wonderful one. Being with Kara, Quincy, Charlotte, Courtney, Lacy, and others is a reminder of who I am. With a couple of important exceptions these are the people who know me best and whose attention, love, and wisdom grounds me. Quincy, Dave, Sage and I [...]
