Showing posts with label the last of the famous international. Show all posts
Showing posts with label the last of the famous international. Show all posts

Jun 8, 2009

Best Thing Going (For Monday)






















I have long pretended that F. Scott Fitzgerald and self were a number in a past life. Whatever the reason, I feel sort of heavy-hearted and spiritual about him (and his letters and the Princeton campus). Here is an absolutely lovely L.A. Times profile of his last secretary, Frances Kroll Ring. Images of Scottie's last months are so vividly conjured that I can't help but get misty...

Jan 16, 2009

Depeche Mode—Big Trail

Startling but really quite nice.