Even more from my memoir

What happened on that weekend upstate

Some people remember the weather on days that turned auspicious for them, or what was in the headlines, or perhaps what they ate for breakfast. It will shock few of you to learn that I remember what I wore.  Which, on the night that would eventually change everything, was nothing special: a red and white striped long-sleeved J Crew t-shirt, shrunken brown cashmere cable-knit cardigan, Levis 501 button-fly bootcuts, and my big clunky black Frye harness boots.