Kennedy, Mallon, and Me<\/a><\/strong>
\nHow my life intersected with an American president and a major American\u00a0writer.<\/p>\n

Life report card<\/strong><\/a>
\nIn 2011, David Brooks, in his New York Times column, asked that 70+ aged readers write their own life report cards<\/a>. Some months later, I wrote my own as a possible first step toward an autobiography. Now, having turned 80, I\u2019ve updated my report card and graded it by decades.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

My Argentine Marquis<\/strong><\/a>
\nEach person we care about transforms us in some way: Dashing “H” showed me the prospect of a bigger world, of a life of romance, of the possibility of playing one’s days out on a larger stage. For this I will always be grateful.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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