This dog still hunts
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Month: September 2006
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My own private Pompei
Here in the Big Easy, you can take the outward or inward misery tour – in each setting, images are frozen with all the horror of a catastrophe that came on suddenly and left devastation in its wake – inside and outside we are the new Pompei – you can drive Claiborne and Robert E Lee and Pratt and see the outward relics – you can come here and read about the inward ruins anytime.…
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Prey For Us Girls
If all the girls I know agree they like to be hunted, and all of the men report they like to hunt, then why is it that only few men are skilled at hunting, and (as my evil twin is want to ask) why do so few of those actually eat what they catch?
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The 5-year plan
Where do you want to be in five years? Note to self: try to answer that question while figuring out why you seem not to be able to answer what you want right now, or even when you think you know what you might want in the here and now, you appear incapable of asking for it. What about you has changed? Really? Why not rely on the old habit of pleasing, it eases the…
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Don’t waste this opportunity
I was driving out to Metairie today on my way to see Abby with a pair of tiny shoes with mermaids on them in a bag next to me and my mind was in full gear after a good night’s rest – then memory flashes began going off in the rat-a-tat-tat fashion of a semi automatic and I was overwhelmed by sadness, grief, and joy competing for my attention – all in a matter of…
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On taking risks
Don’t be satisfied with stories, how things have gone with others. Unfold/your own myth… Rumi
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What is great about babies
No baggage – holding Abby #2 today and she is quite a pretty girl I might add and you just want to get to know her because then I went by my mom’s and agh – the same old drama. She’s yet to visit Abby – won’t budge – dunno. Then she’s having some scary medical problems that she is going to get tested on – then there is my sister who is scary to…
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Ye who hath not sinned
I knocked on T’s door and asked her to walk to the bayou with me – I had a slice of bread and plenty of sins.* She thinks of me as a novelty act, I’m sure, but Rosh Hashana is the Jewish New Year and also a time for forgiveness – both forgiving those who have wronged you as well as asking forgiveness to those you have wronged. Needless to say, I should have taken…
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On a clear day you can ride for miles
A good night sleep last night was just what the doctor ordered. Up this morning for a nice long walk around the bayou with the Bean. Then out for a two hour bike ride that was blissful. Down Marconi to the Lakefront and then along the lakefront past UNO and circle back around. Went by N’s to put up her paper as she and the Snake are at the camp this weekend. I rode up…
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Dangermond Architects back open for business
S gave up after three weeks of working for the man and realized yet again that he is the man so we sent him a Bean-O-Gram and wished him good luck and we’re thrilled that he has left the dark side and returned to the light.