Middle-aged and Out of Touch
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Many years ago, during my Paris Review days, I was in the anteroom of some bank, waiting for a colleague to get some money, when I struck up a conversa…
Fiona Maazel
Jan 22
I haven’t forgotten about you. But I *have* been consumed by the fate of democracy, and pretty tongue-tied as a result. And it’s not like any of you ne…
Fiona Maazel
Jan 10
I’ve started watching “The Umbrella Academy” on Netflix. I think it’s bad for a number of reasons, but what’s annoyed me most that it’s predictable. SP…
Fiona Maazel
Dec 28, 2020
Do you? Lately (and by “lately,” I mean: always), I’ve marveled at people who not only want to be healthy, but who take the necessary steps to get ther…
Fiona Maazel
Dec 22, 2020
Remember him? President of the IMF who attempted to rape a housekeeper at the Sofitel hotel and then didn’t even get prosecuted because he’s white and …
Fiona Maazel
Dec 17, 2020
Maybe the only fun part of this year’s election—I know, I know—was that bit the NYT ran on whether you could infer a person’s politics based on the con…
Fiona Maazel
Dec 15, 2020
of my washer/dryer
Fiona Maazel
Dec 11, 2020
A meditation
Fiona Maazel
Dec 7, 2020
I’ve read that people tend to regret action that ends badly more than inaction that ends badly, and for the past few days, I have been trying to educat…
Fiona Maazel
Dec 4, 2020 2
more of a thing than I realized,
Fiona Maazel
Nov 30, 2020
I'll tell you:
Fiona Maazel
Nov 25, 2020
it'll haunt you
Fiona Maazel
Nov 23, 2020
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