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Ayckbourn, 69, is explaining this in the sunny and spacious Scarborough house (actually three Georgian townhouses that he connected) where he lives with his second wife, former actress Heather Stoney. The effects of his stroke are visible. He walks unsteadily, and his left hand is fairly useless, reducing his two-finger typing method to just one. Yet his speech and mental acuity are undiminished. ("My head's working fine," he says - though "I still have a problem with a group of people, if they're all talking at once.") He laughs frequently, dives into anecdotes with an actor's relish...
Early in Jane Smiley's sinuous new novel, we hear Max, a Hollywood director whose career is ebbing, describe his idea for a new film: "A man and a woman are alone in their room for 90 minutes, and they make love and have a conversation." His friend Stoney tells him to forget it. "Max," he says, "that's called pornography." Nope, says Max. "Not if they have a conversation...
Winter has shown flashes of his ability in the last two games, following up a solid offensive performance against Northeastern with his first double-double of the year Saturday against Stoney Brook...
...stage at the 1967 Monterey Pop Festival. That may help explain why, for the rest of her career, this rock innovator shied away from the limelight, writing songs that others turned into hits (Stoned Soul Picnic for the 5th Dimension; And When I Die for Blood, Sweat and Tears; Stoney End for Barbra Streisand). The crowd at that landmark Monterey festival was more into high-energy rockers like Janis Joplin, for whom performing was as intoxicating as the heroin that eventually killed...
When parents are deceased, the choice to stay together may be logical. But when parents are alive but unable to care for their kids, sometimes an older sibling needs to step in. Tara Stoney, 29, a District of Columbia security guard, is raising her siblings Ashlee, 6, and Overn, 4. She also has five children of her own, ranging from 13 months to 11 years old. Stoney watched as her mother went through a difficult period in her life and immediately sought legal custody of the kids. "They know I'm their sister and not their mother. They call...