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Apr.24.2011 MInk Recycling I'm not ordinarily a "real fur" person, but about a year ago I ended up with a mink stole of ancient vintage from my aunt, who had died. I don't think it was originally hers to start with either. The stole never sold at the estate sale, and I eventually ended up taking it home with me,...	Feb.02.2011 The Moral Dilemma of My Mother's Mink Stole: Earning Our Place in the World The Moral Dilemma of my Mother's Mink Stole: Earning Our Place in the World My mother’s mink stole and two fur collars, one sable, one white, have been hanging in the back of my closet since she died five years ago. I remember how beautiful she looked to me as a child when she wore her...
Jan.25.2010 AutoBARography 8: MY CAREER AS A PETTY THIEF/PART TWELVE I STEAL A MATCHBOOK FROM MARILYN MONROE/PART SIX THE SECRET OF THE CRYPTIC MATCHBOOK Chapels are filling. Mourners are milling. Rabbis are chafing. Patience is waning. Thoughts turn to the lox and bagels, the chopped liver and pickled herring--the rugelach and Russian coffee cake that await the...