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   So now I'm reading Lewis & Clarks' journals & constantly going to sleep, but I don't know why.  The Indians & the misspelling are both fascinating - I'm going to see a preview of "The Confidential Clerk" next week.  One of my friends used to drink with Dylan Thomas in the Village.  He said that Dylan, who was quite a drinker, used to say he had to have one more for "this spot on my lung."  Also, he vowed, good-naturedly that he was going to conquer America, "rape America" was the way he put it.
     I have a beautiful camellia tree, a foot taller than me, which was very cheap after Xmas.  It doesn't have any blooms but that doesn't matter.  It brings nature into the small