‘I’m Always In Love’

I met Ms. Vanderbilt many years ago when she was visiting Houston, TX. She was a very down to earth, lovely person and I had a most enjoyable visit with her. This was shortly after the death of her husband and before her older son's death. We spoke mostly about the joys and challenges of raising sons in todays environment, and also about her artistic career. Undoublty, she and her husband did a fine job or raising Anderson and she suffered such grief and pain in the loss of his brother. She has lived an interesting life and has several earlier books that I have enjoyed, though I have not read her latest one.

I would kill myself too if I were related to these two wack jobs!

Gloria Vanderbilt and her son, Anderson Cooper, appeared on the Oprah show a while back. Anderson discussed the painful suicide of his brother, Carter, many years ago. The TV camera focused on a woman in the audience. At first, I thought the poor woman had been disfigured in a fire. Later, I realized it was Gloria Vanderbilt. It appears that she has had multiple plastic surgeries on her face. Her skin was pulled so tight that it gave her an unnatural appearance. She had been a very beautiful young woman and a striking middle-aged woman, but her quest to stay forever young has taken its toll. She was and is a very fascinating person, but I think I will pass on the erotic novel.

Near the Pole Star.

In the heart
of a slender
fantasy there's
the season of
an apple-tart,
while a dreamer
comes back
like a delicate
warbling.

Francesco Sinibaldi