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		<title>&#8220;And there was no one left to speak for me&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2009 15:03:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[So, there was this protest  in my fair city this weekend. &#8220;Against what? What are they so angry about?&#8221; asked a doe-eyed college kid on the metro &#8220;Everything,&#8221; replied my love. &#8220;Ask a different one, get a different answer.&#8221; &#8220;Oh,&#8221; said the student, playing with her &#8220;peaceful co-existence&#8221; button. At first I was annoyed &#8211; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Haiku Friday: Spring and Sprung</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2009 13:02:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Peeking yellow, red Tulips break the cold, dark, earth Yet, still I shiver Tired of winter sniffling frozen noses Grey, slow, roll of cloud Yesterday, one ray pierced straight through concrete path I caught a glimpse: spring. for more Washwords&#8217; (and friends) haikus see Haiku You &#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;]]></description>
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		<title>(Almost)Wordless Weds.: A very special blossom</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2009 15:05:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sometimes, even when (especially when?) I&#8217;m exhausted, work-overloaded, multi-tasking, dreaming in a million different directions, I am just struck by the sheer beauty around me. Washington in the springtime (and the fall, and DEFINITELY Xmas, and heck even summer&#8230; sometimes&#8230; in the evenings) is just mesmerizing beautiful, in a way that cannot fail to fill [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Authenticity &#8212; a matter of faith</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2009 22:57:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In continuing to review some old-school lessons (want to write? READ) I&#8217;m trying something new with the blog here and again&#8230;. excerpting some of what I&#8217;m reading RIGHT now &#8211; and sharing the thoughts/discussions/arguments/emotions these writers have spurred in me. Today, I am thinking about authenticity, thanks to Suburban Turmoil,&#160; who discusses the reaction to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Snark v Lark: Verizon v. the Ring</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Feb 2009 04:19:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Snark V Lark returns today, form of Grace in small things Snark: My Verizon episode: i have been trying for week to pay my Verizon internet and Fios (that&#8217;s Tee Vee for those unititiated) bill. It has not been easy (harken back to my long-fought battle circa 2005 to cancel a Verizon account never installed [...]]]></description>
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