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Willem de Kooning, Untitled, 1977 The therapist’s dream is to open a retreat center for couples in upstate New York. She was thinking about it this weekend while glamping. She is the most enterprising woman I have ever met, and I’m not sure if that means I should trust her more or less. Though she is in her late 50s, she is decidedly hot. Reminds me of a particular line about Marguerite Duras, how she was “devastatingly sexy” well into her 80s. I’m old enough now to understand how that sounds like a compliment but cuts like a curse. I’ve been thinking about writing a post, half as a joke,…

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