Surrounded by disasters of every kind, we are seeing the great strengths of our extraordinary adaptability, valued and valuable as it has never been before.
Posts on the writing of my upcoming book
You can also find out more about The Silver Swan: Searching for Doris Duke on my dedicated Doris Duke bibliography page. For more of my writings on Doris Duke generally, visit this page.
Doris Farewell
Thursday night I was privileged to present a conversation about my book and Doris Duke in one of the huge gilded rooms at Rough Point…
Doris Redux
I’m about to leave New York City in its grey rain for Newport and Rough Point, the big house on Ocean Avenue Doris inherited from her father and that seems to have been closely associated, for her, with her mother.
Getting to YES
Out of the sour ground of NO spring many hopeful sprigs, especially the generous responses to so many of my posts from you.
Margaret in the Wilderness
Surrounded by disasters of every kind, we are seeing the great strengths of our extraordinary adaptability, valued and valuable as it has never been before.
The Silver Swan Sails Again
Due to the generosity of a store here in Santa Fe called Travel Bug, I was able to give a reading from the biography a few days ago to a large and appreciative crowd.
Making Heroines
Where are our heroines?
Two Women: Margaret and Doris
I’ve come to believe over the years that there is a core similarity that connects the lives of all women. I think it is our ability to adapt.
Doris Duke: A Lifetime Search for Faith
On Tuesday, March 9, 2021 I presented a talk to The Library Committee of The Church of the Holy Faith in Santa Fe, New Mexico entitled “Doris Duke: A Lifetime Search for Faith.”
Vindication
The Doris Duke Charitable Foundation’s grant of 1.6 million dollars to pay for the digitalization of thousands of tape-recorded oral histories of indigenous people has a special meaning for me.