Interpreting the dance: young women in white dancing in a ring can only be virgins; old women in black dancing in a ring can only be witches; but middle-aged women in colors, square dancing...?
Self-blame usually has an undertone of self-congratulation.
New York loves itself in an unkind and fanatical way.
I do not remember joy or sorrow in childhood, but listening for clues.
Fame is fickle, but Obscurity is usually faithful to the end.
Opportunity often goes begging. Luck, never.