April 6, 2024 Dear Kitty, How are you? I hope you are well. We discussed my sending Coco some notes…
It’s mid-February 2024. In a desultory way, I am packing up and getting ready to leave Sandpoint, Idaho. I have…
In 1953, my parents commissioned a famous D.C.-area architect named Mr. Palms to design the perfect fifties Modern house on…
Long ago and far away, there was a more or less endless series of wars between Israel and the surrounding…
As some of you know, I had a famous father, the economist, wit, and writer, Herbert Stein. I write about…
Long ago and far away, through the miracle of my parents’ friendship with the immortal columnist and speechwriter Bill Safire,…
I first met Aram Bakshian in the fall of 1961. We were both Washingtonians. He was a senior at Woodward…
It’s a fabulous day today. Sunny. Hot. Dry. I awakened at about 11 with a terrible stomach ache. But that’s…
