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Michael Clayton

Went to Clearview to see this movie and it was good – thought George Clooney and Tilda Swinton – not to mention Tom Wilkinson – did an excellent job. It was nice to watch a film that is complicated yet simple, leaving no scratching of the head afterwards to wonder why this and that, but engaging you the entire time in the this and that. Well done.

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Salinity in the bayou

My neighbor was mowing the grass along the bayou yesterday and I went over to bail out the water in my canoe. When I got most of the water out, he came over and helped me haul it out and flip it over. The bottom is thick with barnacles. He said I had to scrape those off because it slows down the canoe. He also said that meant the bayou’s salinity was high. He’s a…

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Glenda, the Good Witch

Last night, I went to Swirl, and lo and behold, just about everyone in my immediate universe had the same plan. It was small groupings of friends, neighbors, and extensions of those groups. D said I looked like Glenda, the Good Witch with my new hair cut. We drank delicious wine – a Margaux (the one I had taken on the Swirl MS 150 ride), a bottle of delicious champagne that we took to Hot…

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A nip in the air

I had to go inside and get a jacket this morning to walk the dogs. Yeah! Fall is here. Once around with two, and then we dropped Arlene and headed to the park, just Loca and me. I felt like I was walking on a my planet, Planet Rachel, for the first time in a long time. Yesterday, I went to the grocery and bought food for my house for the first time in a…

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Finding other places

i have yet to bring my computer up to my office – instead I’ve opted to do my work from the kitchen counter. What the hell? Why not? Here I’m trying to get through my emails and figure out my game plan, all before i have to go up and feed the beast. What’s going right is this – work is interesting, my dogs are loving, the house is clean, and it has cooled down…

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Be 4 real time

Came back home from neighbors house and my other neighbors came to the door in a party mood and so yes, I let them in and pretty soon we were sitting on the front porch celebrating being home and living on the bayou and yes, it is hard to keep things in perspective here when the world at large is all thinking about enjoying every minute of the day.

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