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Slept until 2 this afternoon, for which I feel slightly guilty about. I think about Bryan, working two fulltime jobs and trying to keep it all together. It's only been a week but he already looks haunted and in need of sleep. He's fond of the tangerine altoids, so when I was at the gas station the other night I picked up a tin for him. A dollar fifty for a smile. I'm a big fan of small gestures that won't fix the big problem, but make the present a little bit more bearable. Everyone needs a little of that.
My copy of Lost Splendor arrived today. It's Prince Felix Yusupov's diary, first published in the 50s. The Yusupov family fled Russia in 1919, sold two Rembrandts that now hang in the National Gallery in Washington, and all of Princess Irina's jewels. They also won large libel settlements against MGM and CBS. Yusupov is widely believed to be the man who killed Rasputin, and certainly had a hand in the plot. (Personally, I think the Grand Duke Dmitry fired the killing shot, but that's another story.)
Anyhow, the diary was reprinted last year and should be interesting reading. I don't have a star struck approach to royal families, but I find the vanished aristocracy of Russia to be compelling reading. There's a picture in the book of the Dowager Emperess, Marie Feodorovna and she's strikingly beautiful. A shame we can not see the colors of the Yusupov villa at Tsarkoe Selo. An entire world, vanished.
Follow the link and follow the directions. Why not?
Slept until 2 this afternoon, for which I feel slightly guilty about. I think about Bryan, working two fulltime jobs and trying to keep it all together. It's only been a week but he already looks haunted and in need of sleep. He's fond of the tangerine altoids, so when I was at the gas station the other night I picked up a tin for him. A dollar fifty for a smile. I'm a big fan of small gestures that won't fix the big problem, but make the present a little bit more bearable. Everyone needs a little of that.
My copy of Lost Splendor arrived today. It's Prince Felix Yusupov's diary, first published in the 50s. The Yusupov family fled Russia in 1919, sold two Rembrandts that now hang in the National Gallery in Washington, and all of Princess Irina's jewels. They also won large libel settlements against MGM and CBS. Yusupov is widely believed to be the man who killed Rasputin, and certainly had a hand in the plot. (Personally, I think the Grand Duke Dmitry fired the killing shot, but that's another story.)
Anyhow, the diary was reprinted last year and should be interesting reading. I don't have a star struck approach to royal families, but I find the vanished aristocracy of Russia to be compelling reading. There's a picture in the book of the Dowager Emperess, Marie Feodorovna and she's strikingly beautiful. A shame we can not see the colors of the Yusupov villa at Tsarkoe Selo. An entire world, vanished.