So close yet so far . . . Harvard blocked entry to campus during my recent mini-reunion, concerned that student protests would spin out of control. Clearly I posed an obvious threat

My college buddy Beth Kopley and I at our unofficial reunion, Cambridge MA, May 2024

A college classmate hosts our reunion cohort in style, Boston MA

Sunday morning on the Charles

I line up with some wonderful classmates I never knew as an undergrad. Here’s to Covid, Zoom, and the weird way life brings people together

Serenaded by classmate musicians extraordinaire at a university club. Why did I ever graduate?

Watch over and all around me as I lug my bags to the new Penn Station, NYC

My mom settles down for a bit of dessert. Courtesy of Magnolia Bakery!

Out and About

A preview of vintage clothing for sale at the LVIS Fair (June 8) in East Hampton, modeled by our members

British writer Simon van Booy reads from his novel Sipsworth at the beloved Canio’s Bookstore in Sag Harbor NY. This cultural gem is losing its lease soon—please visit their Go Fund Me account and do your part!:)

Saw this near Wyborg Beach in East Hampton: mesmerizing clamshell spiral

The Hamptons summer kicked off with the usual throngs this year. Thank God for delightful quiet retreats like the Madoo Conservancy in Sagaponack—could be Kyoto, or Giverny?

Artist Jean-Philippe Delhomme shows landscapes of Greece and his native France that could pass for lovely stretches of the East End landscape. Madoo Conservancy, Sagaponack NY

My Yoga in the Vines students take a Memorial Day breather, just a few steps from chilled wine at the Wolffer Estate Vineyard in Sagaponack. wolffer.com

Balmy weather and lots of open space make yoga in paradise available to all! Join me Sunday mornings through September, Yoga in the Vines, Wolffer Vineyard, Sagaponack, wolffer.com

My new friends from Mexico City and Buenos Ares, along with my buddy at artist/writer phenomenon Warren Neidich gather for a stroll through the art-studded gardens at Longhouse Reserve, East Hampton

Native Americans say hugging a rare East Coast redwood brings good things. Make a wish, and hug a tree! Here my new friend Agustina demos

My friend Agustina and I next to Yoko Ono’s Wishing Tree. Dedicated to John Lennon, there are numerous trees around the globe. Millions of wishes have been looped around their branches, collected, and buried in Iceland. Imagine!

Magical halo over artist Mary Heilmann. The secret? They do it with mirrors, but you really had to be there!