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Turkeys to the slaughterhouse

J sent me a video of Palin speaking to the press in front of turkeys getting slaughtered. Yesterday, I went to Rouses and OH MY GOD there were millions of people there and I was standing over the cooler looking at Butterball turkeys (frozen Butterballs are best for deep frying) and all they had was small or huge, and as I went up and down the aisle buying the typical turkey feast ingredients, I looked…

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I reiterate my claim about UAL

United used to be the big airlines – the one I always wanted to fly – employees owned that airlines – and then. It SUCKS. Bags, not here. Oh now they call and say it is not 6PM to 8PM but 8PM till 2AM and they will call first. And I say, call at 1AM? I asked the woman if she realized she is working for a moribund company. That UAL won’t make it this…

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Oh, come on

I’ve been stressed again, too much on the to do list to be able to take a breath. What are we trying to accomplish? Everything today. More than is possible tomorrow. Super producer – it’s almost a lament now. Try life. Wake slowly. Deliberately. Enjoy who and what you love intensely. Underschedule. It’s Thanksgiving – let’s give thanks for our abundance and promise to cut back on it.

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The ruination of the Croatian coast

Predators from the UK and Germany descended on the Spanish coast and chased out the Spaniards a few decades ago – they built pink stucco condos and basically destroyed the land values and culture of Southern Spain. I heard from someone in New York, they are now descending on Croatia. “Gorgeously unspoiled,” a guy tells me his friend describes Croatia this way and bought a $300K vintage stone house on the Dalmatian coast. “The Germans…

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Weather report

I walked outside to throw away all the stuff that collected in this house while I was gone for what – one week? – where does this stuff come from? Anyway, Rudy, my mailman, was next door and he hollered over to me, “How ya doing Rachel?” and I said, “Rudy I just got back from Boston and I have to say, I am doing SWELL because it is gorgeous here (the temp is about…

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UAL – GOOD GOD WHAT IS WRONG WITH UAL?

Flew Jet Blue to NY – sit in leather seats, watch all sorts of TV, offered tasty snacks – arrived in a much improved new terminal at JFK – claimed luggage and caught cab with no wait – arrived at hotel. Okay, flying back on UAL – are you kidding me? What has happened to that airlines? When I lived and traveled out of San Francisco, UAL dominated the air. I had all the perks…

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The darkest hour is just before dawn

I was going over in my mind all the ways I am lucky as I walked through City Park this morning. The grass looks like it was mown on the bayou, in the park, on the neutral ground – seemed like a coordinated event but I know how things work here and it was more like serendipity for me returning from a trip to see everything square inch manicured and lovely. Okay, let’s look at…

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Loca at home – Loca not at home

The calls home are a little disconcerting – Loca is puking, Arlene is trapped in the bathroom between the toilet and the wall and possibly dehydrated, Bam has escaped. That was just yesterday. Then today, Mom is now puking. T wonders why I get so edgy as soon as I am on the phone. I don’t know who to be more concerned about – the animals, the mother, the unknown.

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Adoption is daunting

One of the biggest mysteries in the world is how there are all these children in the world that need a loving home and how unbelievably hard it is get one. Forget about the fact that you are a single mother, a lesbian couple, approaching 50, even the hetero, young, white married couples with strong ties to a church jump through hoops to adopt. We looked a website today and saw 7 Bulgarian boys and…

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