The garden, lovingly recalled in Wood Magic and Amaryllis, also makes a strong impression on the memories of those who knew the Jefferies at the time.

Mr. Fredmann lovingly recalls the Russians he saw dancing from the 1950's into the 70's in performances that "didn't deal in small statements."

And, Arbour recalled lovingly, "There was one guy, I'd raise my voice and - please don't write his name - he'd go into a trance."

It is the kind of food that inspires aficionados to lovingly recall encounters with the delicacy.

A friend who grew up in the Bronx lovingly recalls eating his first five lobsters, forbidden food in his kosher household, there.

Over lunch at McDonald's, he lovingly recalled the Automat's Boston cream pie.

Professor Stone lovingly recalled falling asleep, as a boy, while hearing his father pounding away at the typewriter.

Chocolate pot du creme, lovingly recalled from the old Christina's, was more of a thin chocolate pudding in its current version.

The language of Gatsby's aria, in which he lovingly recalls a past meeting with Daisy, is plain and direct.

Students here lovingly recalled him as an extrovert, a loud dresser who wore eight rings at a time, baggy pants and a glow-in-the-dark junior college state championship jacket.