Diana Vreeland - On Nostalgia
on Nov 22, 2009 in Fashion Diary I loathe nostalgia. One night at dinner in Santo Domingo at the Oscar de la Rentas’, Swifty Lazar, the literary agent, turned to me and said, “The problem with you, dollface”—that’s what he always calls me—“i...

On Wearing a Tie Well - Part 7
on Nov 21, 2009 in Fashion Diary Part 6...

On Wearing a Tie Well - Part 6
on Nov 20, 2009 in Fashion Diary Part 5...

The Wrath of God
on Nov 19, 2009 in Prayer Book BEHOLD, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to his temple, even the messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in: behold, he shall come, saith the LORD of hosts. But who m...

On Prophets - Martin Luther King, Jr
on Nov 19, 2009 in Prayer Book Abraham Heschel, The Prophets: We and the prophet have no language in common. To us the moral state of society, for all its stains and spots, seems fair and trim; to the prophet it is dreadful. So many deeds of charity are done, so much decency radi...

On Wearing a Tie Well - Part 5
on Nov 19, 2009 in Fashion Diary Part 4...

Harry Emerson Fosdick - Shall The Fundamentalists Win?
on Nov 18, 2009 in Prayer Book First Presbyterian Church in the City of New York - May 21, 1922 Already all of us must have heard about the people who call themselves the Fundamentalists. Their apparent intention is to drive out of the evangelical churches men and women of li...

Melancholy's List - Things He Would Give Up To See Kitty One More Time
on Nov 16, 2009 in Serial strawberries and cream decaf soy latte  terrace apartment fancy clothes books future plans my God...

On Wearing a Tie Well - Part 4
on Nov 16, 2009 in Fashion Diary Part 3...

A Father's Advice to his Son - Part 2
on Nov 15, 2009 in Copybook Part 1 It had been his father’s wish that Manning should go into the Church; but the thought disgusted him; and when he reached Oxford, his tastes, his ambitions, his successes at the Union, all seemed to mark him out for a political career. He...