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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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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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K and I were at Ernie K-Doe’s Mother-In-law Louge last night to watch Obama’s acceptence speech. A good crowd showed up. Packed house and people were liking what they heard. Always a bit weird to listing to “national” political discussions in light of our very local realities of the past several years.

While I’m sure [...]

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