Absurd Generosity
in Picasso House Paris by Richard von Mensvoort I don't think I am generous enough. In fact, I don't think most of us are generous enough. This week, I visited Hilton Head Island. Last year, I also visited Hilton Head Island, and it was then that I first met (at least in memory, since I was a baby the real first time) Mrs. Cookie. To paint the picture for you, Mrs. Cookie is very stylish, very confident, very cool, and very interesting. She attended horse races for over forty years. She resells diamonds for fun. She worked at an airline for twenty years and likely has a million other stories to tell. Mrs. Cookie is about the coolest older woman you will ever meet. Above all, however, Mrs. Cookie is extraordinarily, absurdly, ridiculously generous. Again, I must remind you that, really, I do not know her very well, despite how much she might know about me from her friendship with my dad. Still, she confidently hosted my family of eight in her home for multiple meals, cooking...
