I emailed a funny story about Obama to a friend the other day --- not a good idea, I suppose, but it wasn’t offensive, and my friend and I have been close for years. My friend (I’ll call him Paul) is a writer, same as me, so there is shared interest. We’re both Irish. We’re both film buffs. We’re both Roman Catholic ---- not in name only, but church going.
12:03 PM 07/13/2012
“It was her dream, my mother’s.” Harry Bernstein is bedridden with pneumonia, congestive heart failure, a blood disorder, bad kidneys, and age — 99 years, eight months. I haven’t seen Harry in weeks. He is failing.
