Feather Schwartz Foster is the author of "LADIES: A Conjecture of Personalities, a unique look at First Ladies between Martha Washington and Mamie Eisenhower. She frequently lectures in NJ, and her second book will be available in 2005.
Feng Shui, for the uninitiated, is an oriental concept of arranging the elements in one’s surroundings to achieve various positive conditions in one’s life. I am a positive person. I have some fine qualities. I am loyal, courteous, kind, and quick to hold the door for people carrying packages. Alas, however, discipline is not high among my virtues. Do not think I haven’t tried....
During the past year or so, I have done nearly a hundred talks about my book, “LADIES: A Conjecture of Personalities.” It’s about the First Ladies – the OLD First Ladies, Martha through Mamie. Since they talk to each other and cross through centuries, it is, of course, an historical fiction. In doing so many lectures, I thought it might be interesting to discuss are some of the things I have learned…