{"id":4671,"date":"2012-12-24T15:10:00","date_gmt":"2012-12-24T23:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gertrudeandalice.com\/blog\/?p=4671"},"modified":"2013-01-08T21:45:18","modified_gmt":"2013-01-09T05:45:18","slug":"another-year-and-fruitcake-to-boot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gertrudeandalice.com\/blog\/2012\/12\/24\/another-year-and-fruitcake-to-boot\/","title":{"rendered":"Another year and fruitcake to boot !"},"content":{"rendered":"

As another year ends, I, as many of you, will exclaim \u201cAnother year? What a year!\u201d<\/p>\n

All years have their ups and downs and this one was no different.<\/p>\n

Events on the world stage were as crazy and heart-breaking as ever .\u00a0 And I often wonder as years like 1929 or 1941 or\u00a0 1962 came to a end, whether the despair of events of those years overwhelmed the joys that must also have entered people\u2019s lives.<\/p>\n

Two major links to GertrudeandAlice left us this year: Julian Stein, Jr. and Robert Lescher.<\/p>\n

Those of you who have been following my posts have been introduced to Julian, Gertrude\u2019s cousin, through the excerpts that I\u2019ve featured from his memoirs.\u00a0 (There are more to follow in the new year, I promise.) Julian will be remembered for a long, long time by all of those who knew and loved him.<\/p>\n

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The unforgettable Julian Stein, Jr.<\/p><\/div>\n

Robert Lescher was a major figure in the New York publishing scene for 60 years working with such writers as Robert Frost, MFK Fisher and Isaac Bashevis Singer.<\/p>\n

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Literary mentor Robert Lescher<\/p><\/div>\n

He traveled to Paris in the late 1950\u2019s and early 1960\u2019s to work with Alice on writing her memoir, WHAT IS REMEMBERED<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Alice had begun work on the book with Max White, whom Gertrude had praised as one of America\u2019s young, up-and-coming writers in the late 1940s. For a number of months he met with Alice at rue Christine, taking notes as she related her life with Gertrude to him.<\/p>\n

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Portrait of Max White by Alice Neel<\/p><\/div>\n

However, at one point he stormed out of a visit , notes in hand since , as he later put it, he did not believe Alice was telling him the truth and he wanted nothing to do with such a book.\u00a0 He destroyed the notes and it was up to Robert Lescher to again begin the process as her publisher eagerly awaited the manuscript. The book was finally published in 1963. \u00a0I had a chance to meet with him twice in NYC and enjoyed his recollections of time with Alice.<\/p>\n

So, as we all wrap up the last week of 2012 and gird ourselves for the ups and downs of 2013, my card to all of you this year features you know who, \u00a0with four-legged you know who the second and a few collaged items to make it all festive! \u00a0In her lap, Alice proudly displays her fruitcake which was one of the things that she relished making at the end of WWII. \u00a0The recipe is in her cookbook and ends with preparing icing \u00a0though she insists that that is “gilding the lily!”<\/p>\n

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With all good wishes to all….<\/p>\n

HRG<\/p>\n

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