I wonder where Lynn Redgrave and Corin Redgrave are?

Phyllis, Elisabeth and Ulla…Here are some more titles you might enjoy..”The Inheritance of Loss” which won the Booker Prize in 2007 by Kiran Desai, daughter of Anita Desai who wrote “In custody”, “The God of Small Things” by Arundati Roy, and “Anett Equal Music” by Vikram Seth, better in my opinion than “The Suitable Boy”. I

I too loved “a Suitable Boy” along with”A Fine Balance”, both fascinating books about life in India,

Dear Phyllis, I loved “A Fine Balance” and have recommended it to many friends. Am now slogging my way through Salman Rushdies The Enchantress of Florence” but not loving it as I have put it down too many times, and I usually read a book voraciously until the end. I must say I did read both of Ken Follett’s The Pillars of theEarth and World without End and really enjoyed them, also why not try Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen, a good read.

Dear Mary, Oh well, we dont have to worry about fuel on a sailboat…we are sailing in the Aeolian Islands in early September. I know you wrote that you didnt think much of that area but there are some wonderful sights in Palermo and Taormina and the Sicilian food is exceptionally good. Thanks for the tip about long dresses and skirts..

I love Mary Wells. I admire her for her guts opening her own agency, I knew her assistant at that time, marrying the CEO of Braniff and their wonderful painting of their planes, and that terrific ad of the old lady who collected everything on the plane and eventually ended up towing the plane as she left…wonderful..There was a zip to living in Manhattan. Kenneth Lane jewellery, the shell earrings one had to have, a new spring coat at Easter, the daisies on Best and Company on Fifth Ave, gloves, white stockings, false eyelashes, Couregges and Rudi Geinrich copies, the bar on top of the Pan Am Building, martinis, limos up Third Ave, we had a blast. Men wore suits, nobody in jeans and sneakers, what a civilized group we were then..too bad it all disappeared into a dress down day society. Advertising was fun. Great ads, the Schweppes ad, nobody probably buys Schweppes any longer, Commander Whitehead now in his dotage in France somewhere, and many other memorable ads too expensive to make these days and not appealing to the same public. I for one am happy to have lived in the 60s in NYC, have travelled and lived all over the world since, but still am entranced by the good old days which were so much easier and trouble free than the young today in this troubled world we live in.

or, should I say, so that the plane will not fall out of the sky!!

I have to have my rx as well, although they are certainly cheaper to buy in Europe, my good luck charm in case the plane falls out of the sky, and, well, I just wish I could pack less than more, as I always end up wearing the same things over and over, will I ever learn, probably not!!

Dear Lily of the Valley, Are you a Canadian? and are you also Suzanne de Cornelia?>

Tennis at Wimbledon…we were glued to the television on Sunday to watch the best match ever between Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal. It was superbly played, the best ever, both men gave their all and finally Nadal, the winner, brought tears to the eyes as he climbed up to embrace his parents, and then John McEnroes interview with Federer which he had to finish as tears were coming to Federer as well, me too…Both men showed great gamesmanship complimenting each other, it was refreshing to watch, both gentleman is all I can say.

Just wait until you see her in “Mama Mia”, singing and dancing, read the reviews of this film, she can do anything!!

Well Mugsy, there you are, you have taken the thoughts right out of my mouth, thank you so much for helping me with this.

Frankly, Kitty, I dont think I will waste one more minute on Miss Coulter’s comments. Having read the myriad of replies from one and all, express my feelings in many ways. I just do not think she is worth commenting on, she does not feature in my life at all, nor will she ever.

Tracy Tempt is the idiot, we all know that!! You have to show her pity she is just misguided.

There is just no way to reply to Anne Coulters comments except by being horribly rude!