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		<title>Freedom From Face(book)</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Given the ennui I&#8217;d been feeling, the cabin fever (I mean a week in the cabin, great,  but that 9th or 10th day starts hurting&#8230;.), I could see it starting.  I was on a superslick luge track to gold medal snarkery. Sure, I was proud. I mean this is what I trained for, right? My [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Haiku Friday: Relief</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;full is not heavy&#8221; presentation done head opening, body melts i heave relief. deep. mind hits heart hits core comfort,done tires, too, but full is not heavy Buddhist class teaches anger is your creation yours to stop then, too You can&#8217;t purify old hurts that pull from merit &#8217;til you stop the now. baby steps [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Avinu Malkeinu: the words that music speaks</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Oct 2008 17:25:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today is Yom Kippur, the day of atonement for my faith, the closing of the 10 day period of the new year, of reflection for the year behind, of looking to the year ahead. Truth be told, I love this time of year. I love the rituals of cleansing, purifying,  the haunting melodies,  the looking [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Clear (Walking meditation)</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jul 2008 20:22:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I tried meditation. A bunch of times.  It helped, if for nothing else that for sitting sans computer in the quiet and kindness. But I couldn&#8217;t relax, couldn&#8217;t focus on meditating, focused on the noise I was making, the meditation I wasn&#8217;t doing, racing, racing thoughts. I went for a one-on-one with the leader of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I don&#8217;t want to open my heart</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Mar 2008 02:25:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[*B* tells me they&#8217;re having troubles. Baby-making troubles. B, the friend who spread out a blanket with me in the wet bluegreen grass outside our dorm room so we could have a slumber party under the stars (while our suitemates went clubbing). B, who when I broached the unspeakable &#8230; &#8220;divorce&#8221;, asked me earnestly, warmly [...]]]></description>
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