"This may not be an appropriate title, but it is the one that came to mind when I started thinking about the tensions, arguments, disagreements, that arise about almost every exchange with Fran, and my own aging and forgetfulness. "
"I grew up in a small apartment that had a real French watercolor painting on the wall, along with two small Dutch oil paintings, a marble bust, a China closet filled with cut glass, and expensive mahogony furniture." (Fragment)