Author Archives: Naomi

Scene from my Gatsby life: “Hank, how do you spell ‘occulist'”?

Mia was pregnant. The Newport shoot wrapped before her baby bump blossomed fully into Fletcher Previn. Then, what Redford once, semi-sarcastically, termed “the big money, above-the-line” personnel, and the British camera crew and one minor Paramount executive made their various … Continue reading

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For my fellow urbanites: same genius, different subject

Holmes had been buried in the morning papers all the way down, but after we passed the Hampshire border he threw them down and began to admire the scenery. It was an ideal spring day, a light blue sky, flecked … Continue reading

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A scientific genius expresses his view of RFK, Jr and others of his ilk

“This is indeed a mystery,” I remarked. “What do you imagine that it means?” “I have no data yet. It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data. Insensibly one begins to twist facts to suit theories, instead … Continue reading

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