I identify with Isak Dinesen in her old age.Instead of remembering the Out of Africa author,self-styled and elegant Baroness Karen von Blixen, What sticks in my brain is this awful Old Lady image:Isak Dinesen getting off an airplanewith her pantyhose twisted, creeping down her legs. Caught unawares in this sudden state of disarray,the Princess Adventuressturns into a bag lady. Continue reading The Isak Dinesen Moment by Kathryn Adisman