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		<title>Reentry in to the Writing World</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well, after my life having exploded yet again, I&#39;ve had to make a few changes to my priorities. &#160; First priority after family (of course) is writing and creative outlets. This is something I have let slide during the current craziness that is my life. I&#39;ve realized that writing is how I make sense of]]></description>
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		<title>Blank Page, Oh How I HATE You!</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lately I&#8217;ve been having some serious issues with writer&#8217;s block. It seems like all the time I have so many ideas just floating around my brain until I sit down to actually write. The second I pick up a pen/pencil, or sit down at the computer my brain just empties. It&#8217;s beginning to make me]]></description>
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		<title>Catching up&#8230; Or &#8220;Yes, I&#8217;m still alive and kicking.&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2010 22:34:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hi everyone! I&#8217;d like to apologize for the long hiatus. Many things have been going on in my personal life. I won&#8217;t go in to too much detail, but I&#8217;ve had a lot of health issues and a couple of surgeries in the interim time. I&#8217;ve also lost three close family members in the space]]></description>
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		<title>What is this blog about, anyway?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jul 2008 14:40:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just recently I began submitting my blog to various blog related listing sites, and found I had a small problem. All of them ask me to classify what this blog is about. Uh-oh. For some reason they all seemed to lack the proper category. The neglected to add the &#8220;whatever strikes my fancy&#8221; category. ]]></description>
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		<title>5 Minutes for Special Needs</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2008 22:04:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many of you don&#8217;t know that I have both a sister and a niece with special needs. My sister suffered brain damage as a result of her belirubin climbing to record heights as an infant. Her functioning level was put at that of a six year old, even though she is 30 years old. She]]></description>
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