Being with my family and kids, on an island, eating and drinking.
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Reading. And, in particular, reading on the deck of the cabin while my children play in the river below.
The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 2 March 2018 source ↗
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Being at home, watching a good movie with my husband. Dining out with good friends.
Warm chocolate cake, a gorgeous fire, and Idris Elba. Also, world peace.
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The loss of a child.
On the island of Bequia—one summer, out of the blue, a benefactor (thank you, Charlene) flew our entire family there and put us up in a cliffside house that was a weird mixture of Gaudí and Fred Flintstone and where we went to sleep at eight and got up at five. In between we read, swam, hiked, and unknowingly enjoyed the last moment before the irrevocable shear of adolescence set in.
Quickly, without warning, maybe even in my sleep, and while we're putting in requests: before I lose my mind and my ability to gallop across the countryside on horseback.
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