Keepin' Up With The Joneses

When I mentioned Joan Didion's essay "The Coast of Despair" in her "The White Album" collection, I forgot to note her reference to Edith Wharton whose maiden name was Edith Newbold Jones. She came from a wealthy New York family. Thus the phrase "keeping up with the Joneses". However, her former estate in Lenox, MA, The Mount, is in financial trouble. This is where she died, alone and snowbound. We had planned to visit it in the spring if it's not closed. Why can't all those Joneses come up with the cash money?

Comments

[Jeremy Parzen]

I've been to the Mount. It was great. Sorry to hear it's in trouble.

I went during the summer but I hear the Berkshires look dreamlike on account of the frostin'.

[Marco]

Dr J,
We have driven by there many times and did not know where it was. There are some good eateries & wine shops in Lenox and Great Barrington. It's a good day trip in the decent weather.