Weybridge

losing that property still gives me the worst pangs… I feel as though we raised the bar so high nothing will satisfy that doesn't beat its charm and possibilities.

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At the Carrousel

Took the kids to the Coop this morning to shop. Got there 8am, really too late to enjoy the early morning calm. Sevi likes going these days because she brings along her wallet and wants to get snacks. She ended up with Pirate's Booty. We took the new used pink stroller, which she feels awkward…

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Apples gone

While Rebecca prepared for her Leonard Lopate interview, I took the kids over to David & Francesca's on this pleasant fairly cool and sunny Saturday. With Sarah, David, Sevi Hart and I lashed a ladder to the Jeep and drove to the tree on 18th Street and 8th ave. Not one apple to be seen….

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Movie: Tropic Thunder

Just as Apocalypse Now mimicked the chaos and waste and wrongheadedness of the Vietnam War in a way that charmed America by making it feel that it was being searching and introspective about itself in a way that could still redound to its greatness, Tropic Thunder mimicks the waste and extravagance of the Vietnam war…

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Movie: Vicky Christina Barcelona

Loved it. Was much more engaging than the last several of Woody's that I've seen. One constant in his work all the way back through the comedies, with the possible exception of the standouts Annie Hall and Manhattan, is that people are conceived of as types. In this, very much like Match Point, there are…

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your taking on

Your taking on the troubles of the next hundred yearsIs a conceit.You'll be gone.It's a way not to be.But put money on it.You'll be dead.So sit one moment in the present.Enjoy the river as it flowsAnd don't fret at the warm wet breeze.Everyone will take on their portion of the trouble.You take on your little…

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