[on Denmark:] ... That Little Country Of

You Have To Be Alert. When My Daughter, Sophie, Came Out Of The Womb, She Was Instantly Alert, As If She Had Been Here Before. And She Was A Little Disappointed That She Was Here Again.

Before One Actually Visits Them, Everyone Tends To Think Of Their Favorite Countries As One Grand Disneyland Filled With National Monuments And Historical Treasures Conveniently Laid Out For Easy Viewing, When What They Really Are Filled With, Of Course, Is People Going To Work, Laundromats And Places To Buy Rat Poison.

Unfortunately, Every Time There's A Budget Crunch In New York, The Parks Department Is Usually The First To Be Cut. So They Need All The Help They Can Get.

My Parents Used To Park Us Kids At The Public Library In Downtown Honolulu Every Saturday. They'd Leave Us There At 8 A.m. And Pick Us Up At 4 P.m. - So Between Those Hours, You'd Better Find Something To Do! I Sat Upstairs In The Picture Room And Went Through Opera, Ballet, And Theater Books. I Loved The Photographs Of People Wearing Elaborate Makeup And Costumes - They Really Pulled At Me Inside. I Was In That Library Every Week For Years, Until I Was About 13. I Had A Rich Interior Life, Because I Didn't Have Much Of A Social Life.

I Wish America Would Spend Even Half As Much Time Complaining About Plastics In Our Oceans As We Do About Actresses' Plastic Surgery.