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Ike is headed for Texas. Even so, the outer bands play with the trees and the nerves of New Orleans.

The trees bend and the rain bands drench the city. Minutes later the sky is blue and the evening radiates beauty.

Tonight we can enjoy this cool break from the summer heat — because we know [...]

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Please take 10 minutes and watch this. It is important–even if you don’t live in New Orleans or in Louisiana.

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We drove back to the city yesterday. An easy drive. Remarkably little traffic — perhaps a result of the incomprehensible (non)decisions coming out of the Mayor’s office: Were we allowed to return? Yes. No. Only business owners with re-entry passes (who ever heard of these passes prior to evacuating? who gets them? where do you [...]

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Note: I wrote this post on my iPhone while evacuated at the cabin but could not post it due to lack of internet access.

At dawn there was no sign of Gustav. The sky was clear, the air was calm and the birds were waking up. Around noon the first rains came. Easy at first, the [...]

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Note: I wrote this post on my iPhone while evacuated at the cabin but could not post it due to lack of internet access.

Sitting in a cabin 4 miles off the blacktop. A nice meal. A bottle of wine. K is knitting. I’m a rocking chair. I’ve been playing guitar as the last traces of [...]

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