AdamSmith

Actually not. He has enough of them to lose any number and still remain afloat. As you yourself point out here. As noted above, he is anything but stupid. And one might add he possesses a great joie de vivre that one sadly has never, for even one brief moment, observed you to exhibit.

I am entirely vers (more a bottom, surprise surprise ), and both ways it feels infinitely closer and more intimate bare. (That is not, to forestall pseudopsychological counter-arguments, any kind of pathological, self-loathing, etc etc etc thinking dating from the AIDS era, but a purely emotional and physiological observation of fact in the act.)

One more time...

Then my question is: Do you have the right to question anyone else's choices about intimacy? If a practice is, by all current medical accounts, safe now?

You don't trust THEM, you take the drug yourself.

[Note color of carrot.]

Edith Wharton’s Library The books on the shelves of the library are from Wharton’s own personal collection, purchased by Edith Wharton Restoration in 2005. The collection contains books from every period of Wharton’s life, written in English, French, German, and Italian. Included are a significant number of Wharton’s own works, many with corrections penciled in. There are books written by friends, many containing personal inscriptions. The range of subjects attests to Wharton’s wide-ranging curiosity. In addition to literature, gardening, and travel, there are numerous volumes on history, philosophy, religion, and science. Wharton often annotated her books – gently marking in pencil using ticks, check marks, underlining, and, very occasionally, words. In some books that are heavily marked, it seems almost as if one is following Wharton’s thoughts as she reads. The collection has proven an invaluable tool in deepening our understanding of Wharton. Her personality springs from the pages of her beloved texts, and offers a new trove of information for the next generation of scholars, and storytellers. Interesting in learning more? Take a private tour for a rare and wonderful glimpse into what Wharton was thinking, and feeling, over 100 years ago. For more information, e-mail Nynke Dorhout.

The design of the Main House combined Edith Wharton’s philosophies and astute knowledge of design and architecture, with the professional expertise of her architects Ogden Codman, Jr., and Francis L.V. Hoppin. The exterior of the mansion, completed by Hoppin, was based on Belton House, a 17th-century English country house in Lincolnshire. The expansive terrace, on the east façade, was an Italian-inspired enhancement requested by Wharton. The Mount’s interior, designed by Wharton and Codman, is informed by classic Italian and French influences, and based on principles expressed in their book, The Decoration of Houses (1897). The fundamental premise of that influential work is that interior decoration cannot exist independent of structure; that “architectural features …are part of the organism of every house, inside as well as out.” With Ogden Codman, she considered every detail of proportion, symmetry, and functionality in all of the rooms of the house. Rejecting the excesses of late 19th-century design, Wharton and Codman led the way to a new American aesthetic. https://www.edithwharton.org/discover/the-main-house/

The Mount is a turn-of-the-century home, designed and built by Edith Wharton in 1902. A National Historic Landmark, today The Mount is a cultural center that celebrates the intellectual, artistic and humanitarian legacy of Edith Wharton.

Sounds perhaps more salacious than it is! The Mount, Edith Wharton's Home https://www.edithwharton.org/

Oh dear. Ah well. Yet one more who should be obscene but not heard.

Please forgive the repetition. I just have no discipline.

WTF??? This looks even more epically awful than the last movie treatment. Which is really to say something.

Also the other way!

If it's FREE, I'm for it!

Do you really fear that our own generation's 'Reinhold Niebuhr' would have possibly enacted any such act of moral cowardice? https://www.cnn.com/2017/10/23/politics/james-comey-twitter-account-reinhold-niebuhr/index.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reinhold_Niebuhr

Shakespeare himself may have annotated 'Hamlet' book, claims researcher Notes made on a 16th-century manuscript, thought to have been an inspiration for the play, could have been the Bard’s own, says John Casson https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/mar/05/shakespeare-himself-may-have-annotated-hamlet-book-claims-researcher

Can one ever hear that surname without quite thinking...

Well, you may have a point there.