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...changing lights, the colors of the foliage, the life of the animals and the demands of planting and harvest is intuition distilled to intensity—a mellow intensity, so to speak. His careful attention to the way people more in their environment is evident even in the brief appearance of a London visitor: “He washed, walked around the lake, read a newspaper. The way he crackled the pages as he read created a space around the rocking chair...
...describes the brief visit as a painful experience...
...joys of skiing are simple yet profound. The satisfying “Shhkshhhhkshhh” sound the skis make becomes my entire world for ten brief minutes, momentarily eclipsing any deadlines, doubts or discouragements in my mind. There’s a very Zen pleasure in trying to drop the H-Bomb on two Canadian ski-bunnies at night and crashing and burning when they think I said “Hartford College.” My après-ski still seems to need some work. Enjoying tripping over my skis by the main chairlift and wiping...
Harvard’s brief stint as a landlord in Watertown has, so far, been less than successful...
...Wearing a black leather jacket, his trademark blue-tinted shades and a roguish smile, he glided around the table, shaking hands and kissing cheeks. Like Superman turning into Clark Kent, the earnest political operative took over. Before the shy types could mumble about a brief previous encounter, he set them at ease, reciting their names and the circumstances of their last meeting: "Of course! The forum in Boston!" With his glad-handing complete, Bono?founder, spokesman and chief benefactor of DATA, a nonprofit, debt-relief advocacy group?sat down at the edge of the table and, at 1 a.m., recounted...