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+ | ====== Katherine Hepburn' | ||
+ | This is the letter to the editor that started it. | ||
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+ | To the Editor: | ||
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+ | Re the death of Katharine Hepburn last Sunday: For many decades, my father used to walk across town to do his food shopping on Second Avenue. He often shopped at a Gristede' | ||
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+ | One day he suddenly came face to face with Miss Hepburn, who was also picking up groceries. He acknowledged her with a nod, and she responded in kind. He began thinking of her as a neighbor. | ||
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+ | In 1983, my senior year at Bryn Mawr, Miss Hepburn' | ||
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+ | He knew that Miss Hepburn had gone through her own struggles at Bryn Mawr, so he wrote her a letter asking her to intervene. '' | ||
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+ | At 7:30 the next morning, the phone woke me up. I answered it and heard that famous voice, crackling with command. '' | ||
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+ | The day of our appointment was gray and wintry. Walking the long blocks to Turtle Bay, my father and I didn't speak much. It felt as if we were about to meet the Queen. | ||
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+ | Miss Hepburn greeted us warmly. With casual hauteur, she provided us with tea and some of her famous brownies. Though she was in her 70's, she had a youthful look, enhanced by her girlish clothes: a turtleneck, a black cardigan and shabby khaki-green pants. | ||
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+ | We talked about many things, including Bryn Mawr. She said that she was miserable there and still had nightmares about it, but she was glad she went. At the end of the afternoon she told me, in a rather grim tone, '' | ||
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+ | Each morning, get the latest on New York businesses, arts, sports, dining, style and more. | ||
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+ | My father was invited to visit her a few times after that. Once, he had heard that she was recovering from a serious car accident, and he stopped by to drop off a package of homemade brownies and a get-well note. To his surprise, he was ushered in and invited into her boudoir, where she greeted him in her nightgown. She sampled his brownies. | ||
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+ | '' | ||
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+ | I'll always be grateful to Miss Hepburn for making me stick it out at Bryn Mawr and for giving me these rules to live by: 1. Never quit. 2. Be yourself. 3. Don't put too much flour in your brownies. | ||
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+ | KATHARINE HEPBURN' | ||
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+ | * 1/2 cup cocoa | ||
+ | * 1 stick butter | ||
+ | * 2 eggs | ||
+ | * 1 cup sugar | ||
+ | * 1/4 cup flour | ||
+ | * 1 cup broken-up walnuts or pecans | ||
+ | * 1 teaspoon vanilla | ||
+ | * pinch of salt | ||
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+ | Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Melt butter in saucepan with cocoa and stir until smooth. Remove from heat and allow to cool for a few minutes. Mix in eggs, one at a time. Add sugar, flour, nuts, vanilla and salt. Pour into a greased 8x8 square pan. Bake 40 minutes. '' | ||
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+ | Heather Henderson | ||
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+ | St. Paul, Minn. | ||
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