Russell Smith 
As I grow older and spend more seasons observing and commenting on the glittery world of fashion, I find I am less interested in fashion itself — fashion as changing trends, that is. My tastes are waxing nostalgic. I am craving quality and gravitas. (Except, of course, in the underwear … Read More
UPDATE, January 1, 2010: Russell Smith is taking a hiatus from this blog. He’ll return soon. Every woman I have ever known to have a baby laments that her body is not the same. They think they have been ruined: they are slightly curvier (they say they are hugely, massively … Read More
We were going to discuss needles; now that the baby is out of earshot, let us do so. A baby requires three sets of injections – three combo shots for diphtheria, whooping cough, tetanus, polio and the bacterium that causes meningitis – within the first six months of life. The … Read More
1) Wake-up is at 6 a.m. Please do not be late, even by half an hour. (5:30 is good too.) There is hard work to be done for at least the next four hours. You must get right on the job of helping everybody else to rise and shine. If … Read More
Saturday afternoon. The house is dead quiet, which is an atmosphere I hardly remember. The baby and his mother are away for the weekend. I am uneasy with silence now. Something seems missing. Saturday afternoons have been melancholy times for this past year: my dad died exactly a year ago … Read More
