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		<title>The Staggering Relevance of Bonhoeffer</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Bonhoeffer's been dogging me for decades and sometimes I do wish he'd back off, because he's always reminding me that anything of value has a high price. I'm a tight-wad, I don't like to pay high prices.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.diaryof1.com/2012/02/04/the-staggering-relevance-of-bonhoeffer/</link>
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		<title>Why Claire Berlinski is Awesome</title>
		<description><![CDATA[While Claire tells me exactly what is going on in Syria at this moment in totally understandable and frank terms, FoxNews thinks that today&#8217;s best world news is that a school principal in Trinidad puts students&#8217; heads in toilets. Truly, nothing about Syria on Fox&#8217;s main page as I write this. CNN does have a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.diaryof1.com/2012/02/03/why-claire-berlinski-is-awesome/</link>
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		<title>The Clothesline</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The clothesline was the end of the job, reaching up toward blue sky and all clean around me, and endless possibilities.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.diaryof1.com/2012/01/17/the-clothesline/</link>
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		<title>The Year She Knew She Was Loved</title>
		<description><![CDATA[When I am completely at rest in the solid, unmovable fact that God loves me, I am willing to take risks, to be utterly vulnerable, to throw myself with abandon into all of Him.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.diaryof1.com/2012/01/08/the-year-she-knew-she-was-loved/</link>
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		<title>Wishing you a Merry Christmas</title>
		<description><![CDATA[And the angel said unto them, “Fear not! For, behold, I bring you tidings of great joy, Which shall be to all people.&#8221; “For unto you is born this day in the city of David A Saviour, which is Christ the Lord.&#8221; – St. Luke Bright and joyful is the morn, For us to a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.diaryof1.com/2011/12/19/wishing-you-a-merry-christmas/</link>
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		<title>Stocking Stuffer Giveaway for the Sports Fan!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hey Sports Fan! Diary of 1 and TeamMASCOT.com would like to give you a FREE stocking stuffer! TeamMASCOT is our family business, and you can read about it here, and then there&#8217;s Business 101 From an Eight-Year-Old to prove there&#8217;s nothing better than a family business to create savvy little entrepreneurs. Here’s how to win [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.diaryof1.com/2011/12/10/stocking-stuffer-giveaway-for-the-sports-fan/</link>
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		<title>Blogging to Bethlehem: Feeling Nauseous</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I want to be hungry all the time as Advent proceeds down this crowded, bustling road to Bethlehem. Hungry to feel His presence, to simply anticipate. For now, I just feel nausea at my dispassion, but it's a start.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.diaryof1.com/2011/12/01/blogging-to-bethlehem-feeling-nauseous/</link>
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		<title>The Brothers Karamozov and Me</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A review of Russian author Fyodor Dostoevsky's crowning literary masterpiece, thoughts on God and the search for Truth, and my reaction to one of the greatest novels I've ever read.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.diaryof1.com/2011/11/27/the-brothers-karamozov-and-me/</link>
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		<title>Mommy, do I have Catholic or Jews in me?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Her question made me laugh out loud, and my heart warmed at the wondering, because don&#8217;t we all long to know where we come from and don&#8217;t we desire to be distinct and remarkable? Mommy, do I have Catholic or Jews in me? The confusion between blood ties and religious persuasion is understandable for an [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.diaryof1.com/2011/11/23/mommy-do-i-have-catholic-or-jews-in-me/</link>
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		<title>All Things Bright and Beautiful</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Out my wintry window today, I think of Mrs. Cecil Alexander, who penned in 1848, &#8220;All things bright and beautiful, All creatures great and small, All things wise and wonderful; The Lord God made them all.&#8221; My older son says the world is a better place when there&#8217;s snow, and it certainly is bright and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.diaryof1.com/2011/11/19/all-things-bright-and-beautiful/</link>
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		<title>Thursday Threads</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Good Thursday to you! I&#8217;m too busy to write much or write well, but here are some threads catching my attention today. 1. The Iron Lady. This film is a biopic on Margaret Thatcher, Prime Minister of The United Kingdom from 1979 &#8211; 1990. Because Hollywood hates conservative women, I&#8217;m afraid this will be a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.diaryof1.com/2011/11/17/thursday-threads/</link>
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		<title>The Wind and Leaves on Veterans Day</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The wind, he wasn&#8217;t going to miss the parade. Swiftly, anticipating, as one enthusiastically awaits a spectacular homecoming, he gathered himself from the four corners and whirled in with the leaves. I saw him, I heard the whispers. &#8220;Honor, valor, true grit,&#8221; the murmurs grew louder, and I perceived it was the wind passing the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.diaryof1.com/2011/11/11/the-wind-and-leaves-on-veterans-day/</link>
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		<title>Thanking God for Mrs. Young</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The wooden bench in the hallway, between the pot-bellied stove and the hanging ivy in a macramé plant holder, <strong>that was where I learned to love</strong>.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.diaryof1.com/2011/11/07/thanking-god-for-mrs-young/</link>
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		<title>To honor when it isn&#8217;t fair</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Oh, grace to cleanse my irritated soul. The way she shuffles, asks again what day it is, tells me she forgot how to whistle, burps at the table, a thousand ways that need grace.
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		<link>http://www.diaryof1.com/2011/11/04/to-honor-when-it-isnt-fair/</link>
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		<title>The House of the Lord on the Ocean</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The house of the Lord is all around and they entered it there in the surf.
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		<link>http://www.diaryof1.com/2011/11/02/the-house-of-the-lord-on-the-ocean/</link>
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		<title>It&#8217;s like going into a strip bar and being offended by nudity.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s a Catholic University, for God&#8217;s sake. Really, it&#8217;s for God&#8217;s sake. And Muslims who CHOOSE of their own free will to pay lots of money and attend this Catholic religious educational institution, are now complaining and filed a 60 page complaint with the D.C. Office of Human Rights against Catholic University in Washington, D.C. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.diaryof1.com/2011/10/27/its-like-going-into-a-strip-bar-and-being-offended-by-nudity/</link>
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		<title>Two-Hundred-Proof Grace</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The discovery in the dusty basement of late medievalism, a whole cellarful of fifteen-hundred-year-old, two-hundred-proof grace—of bottle after bottle of pure distillate of Scripture...
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		<link>http://www.diaryof1.com/2011/10/25/two-hundred-proof-grace/</link>
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		<title>Many Members, One Body</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Paul's introduction to the Romans 12 listing of the seven motivational gifts contains some key concepts to understand before assessing your giftings.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.diaryof1.com/2011/10/23/many-members-one-body/</link>
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		<title>Beware the secondhand stress!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I grew up inhaling secondhand smoke... maybe secondhand stress is just as deadly for children?]]></description>
		<link>http://www.diaryof1.com/2011/10/14/beware-the-secondhand-stress/</link>
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		<title>For by the grace given me</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I've always hastened over this verse that begins the introduction to the gifts, but I'd like to take a closer look.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.diaryof1.com/2011/10/07/for-by-the-grace-given-me/</link>
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		<title>Hope Renewed</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Those who hope in the LORD will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint. (Isaiah 40:31). &#8220;Your pace will change from a sprint to a marathon,&#8221; she counseled. These words brought immense hope to my soul on the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.diaryof1.com/2011/09/28/hope-renewed/</link>
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		<title>île flottante and more</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In the kitchen with Elise tonight, it&#8217;s Quiche Lorraine, une salade, and les baguettes, followed by the fabulous île flottante (which is sort of a ball of meringue floating in a sea of custard). How did I get so lucky? And why does she leave so soon? Tomorrow, we head to Eugene to show her [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.diaryof1.com/2011/09/14/ile-flottante-and-more/</link>
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		<title>Preparing for Elise: Partie Deux (or, hosting a foreign exchange student)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Elise arrives next week from France! Her presence always creates a pleasant stir, a certain je ne sais quoi, an excitement of the exotic and faraway lands&#8211;and of course, a nervous energy on my part as I prepare for her once again. The first time around, four years ago when Elise was fourteen, I worried [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.diaryof1.com/2011/08/23/preparing-for-elise-partie-deux-or-hosting-a-foreign-exchange-student/</link>
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		<title>Life in a picture frame</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I visited Jane yesterday, stepping carefully over oxygen tubes and scattered papers in response to her call to please come by, she had a painting to give me. She worked with oils 25 years ago, and her days closing in like her lungs, wanted me to have this Hopi Indian Woman canvas. Her only son [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.diaryof1.com/2011/08/18/life-in-a-picture-frame/</link>
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		<title>Beauty: Five Minute Friday</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The deep burnt red coffee mug I sipped from just now, a swallow of hot, smooth brew, is my favorite. It&#8217;s beautiful; a thank-you gift from a friend, it held a bag of quality chocolates on the day it was given. A school year&#8217;s end, a child well taught, another chapter closed and a new [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.diaryof1.com/2011/08/12/beauty-five-minute-friday/</link>
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		<title>Fair Time!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[You must know about the cotton candy, cowboy hats and rodeo, happy music, dizzying rides, the earthy smell of livestock, colorful people?]]></description>
		<link>http://www.diaryof1.com/2011/08/09/fair-time/</link>
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		<title>Stormy, Yellow Thoughts of Thunder and Puddles</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The potbellied raindrops came thundering down, the cat hid under the bed, the dog barked at the booms, the kids danced all silly out there under umbrellas, and I was in awe.
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		<link>http://www.diaryof1.com/2011/08/02/stormy-yellow-thoughts-of-thunder-and-puddles/</link>
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		<title>Sister Love, Brother Bear</title>
		<description><![CDATA[How stitch by stitch, their souls were being connected in gracious love.
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		<link>http://www.diaryof1.com/2011/07/21/sister-love-brother-bear/</link>
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		<title>The Miracle and Gift of Brotherhood</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The brothers ran together, again together. These grown men with children of their own who now run together, up at the crack of dawn to reconnect the joy of boyhood that&#8217;s always down in the heart somewhere. We had watched the old home movies the night before, those captured bites of colored motion and time, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.diaryof1.com/2011/07/11/the-miracle-and-gift-of-brotherhood/</link>
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		<title>The Toothpaste Story</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I hastily wiped my dripping hands on the red flowered towel hanging askew from the oven door and answered the commanding ring of the phone. &#8220;Hi, this is Jasmine, can I talk to Jaime?&#8221; trilled the young voice, obviously experienced in phone-calling. My kids aren&#8217;t phone-talkers yet, and at ten, I&#8217;m not ready for my [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.diaryof1.com/2011/07/05/the-toothpaste-story/</link>
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		<title>Dear Mom, tonight we will go to Starbucks.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The note that set my heart quivering. Not only had she stolen my heart, she set up a play-date for me.
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		<link>http://www.diaryof1.com/2011/06/27/dear-mom-tonight-we-will-go-to-starbucks/</link>
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		<title>Missing Front Teeth</title>
		<description><![CDATA[That short, sweet stage of a missing front tooth, an event not likely to be seen again until she's 99; and other blessings to count.
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		<link>http://www.diaryof1.com/2011/06/20/missing-front-teeth/</link>
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		<title>Freckles and Big Ears</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Freckles and big ears on my boy, and his home-made fishing pole; and other blessings to count.
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		<link>http://www.diaryof1.com/2011/06/13/freckles-and-big-ears/</link>
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		<title>A Package from England!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I really was like a kid at Christmas yesterday! My friend Anita Mathias, a writer and blogger from Oxford, sent me the movie Être et Avoir, an award-winning French film that we&#8217;d discussed, and it being difficult to procure here in the states, she generously mailed me her very own copy. It was with huge [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.diaryof1.com/2011/06/12/a-package-from-england/</link>
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		<title>Just a Wednesday in June</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Just wanted to drop a pin on the map. I&#8217;m here. The kids are all finished with school tomorrow; three have been done for two weeks, and the fourth had the tough job of continuing on for those extra days whilst the siblings played. I&#8217;m regrouping my homeschool kids tomorrow for a play time and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.diaryof1.com/2011/06/08/just-a-wednesday-in-june/</link>
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		<title>D-Day in Color</title>
		<description><![CDATA[D-Day in color. By the numbers: 160,000 Allied troops, supported by more than 5,000 ships and 13,000 aircraft, landed along a 50-mile stretch of French coastline. While the Allies sustained major casualties&#8211;9,000 killed or wounded&#8211;more than 100,000 troops would go on to march across the Continent to defeat Hitler. Their finest hour, as Churchill said [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.diaryof1.com/2011/06/06/d-day-in-color/</link>
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		<title>Weekend Links</title>
		<description><![CDATA[First week of June! 1. This is nauseating. For real? I&#8217;ll have a Coke. 2. Business 101 on ideas, money, greed, and enough. 3. $500 million of YOUR money to get a 5 year old to sit still? I could do it for free with a good book. 4. I am new. 5. The food [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.diaryof1.com/2011/06/03/weekend-links/</link>
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		<title>Happy Memorial Day</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I suppose the only thing that puts the &#8220;happy&#8221; in Happy Memorial Day is the remembering. The importance of remembering is huge. So huge that if we forget, all really is lost. Remembrance leads to action. It is an act of truth and honor. Please pause from your BBQ, your boating, your biking or hiking [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.diaryof1.com/2011/05/30/happy-memorial-day/</link>
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		<title>To Give a Gerbil a Bath</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I didn&#8217;t know a wet gerbil would cause me to laugh hysterically. He looks so&#8230;cold. Or is he just shivering because he can&#8217;t remember his letters? Who does such a thing, bathing gerbils like babies? Was this really out of concern for gerbil hygiene, or a chance to play parent, or just something fun to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.diaryof1.com/2011/05/20/to-give-a-gerbil-a-bath/</link>
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		<title>What makes a desert beautiful?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Life, death, and the breath of God &#8212; we were blessed to see all on a simple hike through our spring desert last weekend. {life} {death} {the breath of God} Technorati Tags: Central Oregon, country life, nature hike, nature study, Oregon wildflowers]]></description>
		<link>http://www.diaryof1.com/2011/05/05/what-makes-a-desert-beautiful/</link>
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		<title>On an enchanted journey</title>
		<description><![CDATA[~scenes from a family hike at Sahalie Falls, Oregon~ If God had wanted to be a big secret, He would not have created babbling brooks and whispering pines. ~Robert Brault Technorati Tags: childhood, family life, Sahalie Falls, McKenzie River, Oregon hikes, nature hike]]></description>
		<link>http://www.diaryof1.com/2011/05/03/on-an-enchanted-journey/</link>
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		<title>My Reflection part 2</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Part two of My Reflection in the Pane Glass~more truth about beauty, fear, and freedom revealed in a dream.
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		<link>http://www.diaryof1.com/2011/04/28/my-reflection-part-2/</link>
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		<title>How to Draw a Self-Portrait (and some wisdom from the child)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I think my boy here could give some art lessons on self-portraiture {and life}. 1. Know how many freckles adorn your face and love them all. {Or, love every unique mark the Lord has blessed upon your countenance, and love that you are wonderfully made.} 2. Realize how far your ears really stick out. {Or, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.diaryof1.com/2011/04/25/how-to-draw-a-self-portrait-and-some-wisdom-from-the-child/</link>
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		<title>My Reflection in the Dirty Pane Glass</title>
		<description><![CDATA[From a child looking wistful into the hazy window frame desperate to see beauty to a woman still seeking but closer to fulfillment: part of my journey.
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		<link>http://www.diaryof1.com/2011/04/17/my-reflection-in-the-dirty-pane-glass/</link>
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		<title>Hario, et cetera.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Ethiopia Sidamo prepared Hario style by Sisters Coffee Company made my morning, the best coffee I&#8217;ve had. Ever. I loved that Winfield (owner) made it special for me, and with each slow drip I loved seeing him greet everyone that walked in the door like the old friends they were. I loved chatting with my [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.diaryof1.com/2011/04/08/hario-et-cetera/</link>
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		<title>The Piper at the Gates of Dawn</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Maybe the most breath-taking chapter of children's literature, I respond to the surprise and joy I found in this piece of <em>Wind in the Willows</em>.
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		<link>http://www.diaryof1.com/2011/04/03/the-piper-at-the-gates-of-dawn/</link>
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		<title>Sandwiched</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Life with four kids under the age of 11, a husband, and my 82 year old mother.
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		<link>http://www.diaryof1.com/2011/03/30/sandwiched/</link>
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		<title>Three little kittens have lost their mittens&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8230;and I began to cry. Our lovely trio of orange tabbies has dwindled to two. Chubsters, on the far left in this photo, disappeared four days ago. We hope and pray for his safe return, but this is the third cat we&#8217;ve lost out here. The neighbors down the lane warned us when we moved [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.diaryof1.com/2011/03/25/three-little-kittens-have-lost-their-mittens/</link>
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		<title>How to Return to Your First Love</title>
		<description><![CDATA[When a new spark is needed in your relationships, your faith, or your interests, what do you do?]]></description>
		<link>http://www.diaryof1.com/2011/03/23/how-to-return-to-your-first-love/</link>
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		<title>Strep-induced quiet</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve allowed myself to rest in bed for several days because I&#8217;m sick with this fiery, swollen throat that makes swallowing feel like giving birth. From my horizontal position, I turned to watching clouds, my way of childhood, though nothing can ever compare to my sapphire Arizona skies with her swirling, captivating cumuli, so full [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.diaryof1.com/2011/03/19/strep-induced-quiet/</link>
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		<title>Giving to Japan: Please consider my friends the Millards</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Do you wonder how to give responsibly and directly to the Japanese relief effort in the wake of the March 10, 2011 earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear disaster? I remember after Katrina, Haiti, and other colossal calamities, there was much waste and fraud, and little accountability concerning the donations that were made. So, I want to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.diaryof1.com/2011/03/17/giving-to-japan-please-consider-my-friends-the-millards/</link>
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		<title>In the Garden with Children</title>
		<description><![CDATA[How to have fun, grow food, and build character while gardening with your kids.
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		<link>http://www.diaryof1.com/2011/03/13/in-the-garden-with-children/</link>
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		<title>Homeschool Recess</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Recess on the ranch is more fun than I remember from my childhood schoolyard. My school playground wasn&#8217;t nearly as bad as some (at least I had one), and I loved swinging the tetherball and merry-go-rounding, but I still have shadowy memories of pulled hair, pavement, and skipped turns. Over here, though, our homeschool co-op [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.diaryof1.com/2011/03/09/homeschool-recess/</link>
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		<title>The Human Condition</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A friend loses her job, a mother loses her mind. A child falls and scrapes her knee, a man falls off the wagon. I witnessed such struggles this week, and paused to note the challenge of being human. In this world you will have trouble, declares the gospel of John. Do you sometimes get dragged [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.diaryof1.com/2011/03/03/the-human-condition/</link>
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		<title>A Peek into a Homeschool Co-op</title>
		<description><![CDATA[When you're starting out you especially wonder what others do, so here's an overview of one way to educate that's been successful for me.
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		<link>http://www.diaryof1.com/2011/02/27/a-peek-into-a-homeschool-co-op/</link>
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		<title>Conversations with a little boy.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I love him, I love his ideas, and gosh, I wish I could just jump in there sometimes and see it in full color. This must be how it is with children; they slow down enough once in a while to share a piece of the rolling film, but it&#8217;s only a shadow of the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.diaryof1.com/2011/02/22/conversations-with-a-little-boy/</link>
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		<title>Thankful in this place&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8230;for child-made Valentines, especially the glittery heart one that sparkled today in the sun, each of the thousand squares of tiny glitter unable to outshine the joy of the son in the giving. &#8230;for chocolate truffles and coffee, dark as midnight and as smooth and strong as David&#8217;s stones, and particularly for the thoughtful hand [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.diaryof1.com/2011/02/14/thankful-in-this-place/</link>
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		<title>One Thousand Gifts by Ann Voskamp: A Review</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I am working through <em>eucharisteo</em> thanks to Ann and her beautiful little book of grace, thanksgiving, joy. And a list of my own.
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		<link>http://www.diaryof1.com/2011/02/08/one-thousand-gifts-by-ann-voskamp-a-review/</link>
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		<title>Hurray for boring!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I saw the word written plainly this morning atop his new spelling list. The list of small words for a small six year old boy. I would not have noticed the message had he not pointed it out. &#8220;Do you know what this says, Mom?&#8221; he asks with a cheeky grin. It was his own [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.diaryof1.com/2011/01/31/hurray-for-boring/</link>
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		<title>Spaghetti Squash to Iron Man</title>
		<description><![CDATA[What an amazing creation, this squash, right up there with the pomegranate in its ability to make your mouth water and your fingers cramp.
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		<link>http://www.diaryof1.com/2011/01/19/spaghetti-squash-to-iron-man/</link>
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		<title>Happy New You!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Happy New Year and Happy New You! What a great time for reflection and renewal. I love the beginning of January for this reason&#8211;the turning of the year is so symbolic for me of the burying of the old man and the raising up of the new, revived and purified man. On a totally superficial [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.diaryof1.com/2011/01/04/happy-new-you/</link>
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		<title>Corncob Dolls and Christmas Coming</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It wasn&#8217;t Susan&#8217;s fault that she was only a corncob. Sometimes Mary let Laura hold Nettie, but she did it only when Susan couldn&#8217;t see. Laura Ingalls Wilder, Little House in the Big Woods I caught my breath on these words, picturing Mary and Laura playing for hours in the dusty-spicy attic with nothing but [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.diaryof1.com/2010/12/18/corncob-dolls-and-christmas-coming/</link>
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		<title>Gingerbread&#8230;hut?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Why I thought I could begin baking all the gingerbread pieces I would need for the nine children in our homeschool co-op at ten-o&#8217;clock&#8230;p.m., not a.m., the eve before hosting a gingerbread house-making party, is because I&#8217;m crazy and need to be committed to the Hansel and Gretel asylum. Once upon a time there lived [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.diaryof1.com/2010/12/15/gingerbreadhut/</link>
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		<title>Prayers for Dana</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Please pray for Dana who lost her little boy, 22 months old, today. One of my very first and beloved bloggy friends, she has inspired me, made me laugh and made me think for several years now, and desperately needs your loving prayers. You can visit her here and bless her and her family with [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.diaryof1.com/2010/12/12/prayers-for-dana/</link>
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		<title>I shined my sinks, and other news.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I finally took the Flylady&#8217;s advice and did something about my grimy sinks. They are so sparkling at the moment! No one dare set a dish in there, please. My husband actually noticed on his own, first thing upon entering the kitchen. I was feeling pretty good until he saw my cheat sheet on the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.diaryof1.com/2010/12/04/i-shined-my-sinks-and-other-news/</link>
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		<title>Thank You for my dishes.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Another piece of Dansk Concerto Allegro Blue went down tonight. My husband and I have wagered that perhaps not one piece will be left by the time the kids are grown. It was a wedding gift, nearly all of which was given to us by the late, great John E. Jaqua. So, it&#8217;s doubly sentimental. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.diaryof1.com/2010/11/22/thank-you-for-my-dishes/</link>
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		<title>A Different Harvest</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I was to be writing about the harvest this month. I was lulled out of vigilant garden care by a late warm spell, and then, bam, it froze and died. All lost. There are harvests of others kinds to ease the pain. I&#8217;m busy reaping the fruit of childhood. Raising kids is a continual and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.diaryof1.com/2010/10/22/a-different-harvest/</link>
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		<title>It flew by.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Wow, the end of September and not a single post. This photo from our last hurrah before school started sums it up: This is us traveling at high speed up an Oregon sand dune and screaming with&#8230;something like a thrill. So, the past month has seen the end of a season and the beginning of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.diaryof1.com/2010/09/28/it-flew-by/</link>
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		<title>Peace Defined</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Can there be peace in the midst of trial? If you adjust your definition of peace: "It may be a certain grit and courage I have to bring to the situation to navigate the delusions and anxiety of the trial."
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		<link>http://www.diaryof1.com/2010/08/15/peace-defined/</link>
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		<title>Car trouble</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It went like this: Car Guy: Your van is done. Me: (slow to get the point) What do you mean? Car Guy: Rods are knocking, it&#8217;s about to blow up&#8230; Me: What are my options? Car Guy: Nothing &#8212; or get a new motor. ****** This, after breaking down on top of the mountain with my [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.diaryof1.com/2010/08/04/car-trouble/</link>
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		<title>When your daughter finds a baby jackrabbit</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The dog brought a baby jackrabbit to our lawn. Miraculously unharmed, the small gray creature with eyes wide open was a gift to my 9 year old animal loving daughter. She has wanted to raise a baby rabbit for years, and this appeared to be the genie in the magic bottle that answered her deepest [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.diaryof1.com/2010/07/21/when-your-daughter-finds-a-baby-jackrabbit/</link>
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		<title>Newborn kittens over here!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There is nothing better! Newborn kittens, and children who got to watch the miracle happen! Five sweet little noses at mama&#8217;s belly, the awesomeness of new life. Technorati Tags: newborn kittens]]></description>
		<link>http://www.diaryof1.com/2010/07/11/newborn-kittens-over-here/</link>
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		<title>Skunk Cabbage at Clear Lake</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Our family had a great trip to Cold Water Cove, a beautiful, quiet area around Clear Lake, the headwaters of the McKenzie River. We had driven from Central Oregon over the Cascade Mountains to get to this scenic getaway in the Willamette National Forest. One fun discovery was skunk cabbage, which we found growing in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.diaryof1.com/2010/07/06/skunk-cabbage-at-clear-lake/</link>
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		<title>My High Desert Wildflower Tour</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Come along while I track down the desert wildflowers on my Central Oregon property. With our wet spring, I'm seeing some I've never seen before.
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		<link>http://www.diaryof1.com/2010/06/06/my-high-desert-wildflower-tour/</link>
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		<title>Happy Memorial Day Weekend!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Have a great weekend, friends. Honor your country, hug your kids, and enjoy life.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.diaryof1.com/2010/05/29/happy-memorial-day-weekend/</link>
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		<title>Ein Deutsches Requiem!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Today was full of beautiful things, the highlight being attending the Central Oregon Symphony&#8217;s presentation of Brahms&#8217; German Requiem, joined by the Cascade Chorale and Central Oregon Mastersingers. My dear friends Jane and Julia were my company, along with the heavenly music, from cellos and violins to the lone harp that Julia was so happy [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.diaryof1.com/2010/05/16/ein-deutsches-requiem/</link>
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		<title>The Pixie Chicks and other signs of spring</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I call these these the Pixie Chicks: This photo is from a few weeks ago when we stopped at my neighbor Pixie&#8217;s house and the kids enjoyed her chickens. We are loving that spring is hopefully here to stay. It IS May, after all. But spring in Central Oregon is 70 degrees one day, hailing [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.diaryof1.com/2010/05/07/the-pixie-chicks-and-other-signs-of-spring/</link>
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		<title>I did something dangerous.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I let my kids visit the neighbor&#8217;s little farm. Now guess what they want? Technorati Tags: family life, ranch, baby goat, new chick]]></description>
		<link>http://www.diaryof1.com/2010/04/30/i-did-something-dangerous/</link>
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		<title>Pogo: Toxic to the Tongue! A Tragic Tale of Little L</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Do you remember pogo sticks? As a little girl in the &#8217;70s, this was one of my favorite past-times, jumping and balancing like a happy kangaroo. Besides my stilts, another old-school toy, the pogo stick was IT. One of these spring-loaded poles showed up at my school, and the children lined up for their turn [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.diaryof1.com/2010/04/24/pogo-toxic-to-the-tongue-a-tragic-tale-of-little-l/</link>
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		<title>Women of The French Resistance</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A look at the life of another woman of the French Resistance, French housewife Berthe Fraser.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.diaryof1.com/2010/04/18/women-of-the-french-resistance/</link>
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		<title>Behind Enemy Lines</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A review of Marthe Cohn's compelling memoir of life as a young French Jew and nurse/spy with the Free French forces.
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		<link>http://www.diaryof1.com/2010/04/12/behind-enemy-lines/</link>
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		<title>Grieving with Poland</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been emailing back and forth today with a friend in Poland. I&#8217;m hosting a young Polish girl this summer, the student of my friend who teaches English there. We went over the details of Julia&#8217;s itinerary and plans for her stay in the U.S. Of course, we talked about the tragic plane crash today [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.diaryof1.com/2010/04/10/grieving-with-poland/</link>
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		<title>Suite Française and Irene&#8217;s Story</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A review of Irene Némirovsky's stunning novel of humanity in chaos; her book remained undiscovered for 64 years after her death at Auschwitz.
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		<link>http://www.diaryof1.com/2010/04/04/suite-francaise-and-irenes-story/</link>
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		<title>When Ginger Came Flying My Way</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It was one of those days when I&#8217;m glad to live in a small town; and believe me, there are days when I wish I didn&#8217;t. I was shopping at my local grocery store this evening when a friend approached as I lingered over the apples, and with a quick word she tossed a mesh [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.diaryof1.com/2010/03/10/when-ginger-came-flying-my-way/</link>
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		<title>Dear March &#8211; Come in!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[How are things in your part of the world? It may not feel like spring, but I know it&#8217;s coming, the calendar tells me so. And also the sky, the birds, the tiny signs of life I see poking through the ground. Are you still covered with snow? Is the wind chilling you to the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.diaryof1.com/2010/03/01/dear-march-come-in/</link>
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		<title>I Am From</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I AM FROM By Jennifer @ Diary of 1 I am from dusty country roads, From Vick’s Vapor Rub And handmade clothes. I am from the dirt floors of a house built from corrugated iron and boards, With unshaded lightbulbs dangling from cords. I am from the mint patch, Arizona honeysuckle, and big blue sky, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.diaryof1.com/2010/02/13/i-am-from/</link>
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		<title>Hello, not much to say</title>
		<description><![CDATA[What can I write about? I&#8217;m feeling very much like I have nothing to say, so here is my meager offering to my diary. I did a load of dishes and a load of laundry, swept the kitchen and the mud room, and that&#8217;s all I can muster. It&#8217;s about 8:30 p.m. and I&#8217;m ready [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.diaryof1.com/2010/02/10/hello-not-much-to-say/</link>
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		<title>Sleepy Goodnight</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Goodnight, that&#8217;s all. I&#8217;m tired, so I&#8217;ll go to bed. I&#8217;ve lived most of my adult life not following that simple reasoning, and instead have pushed myself to the very limits of physical and mental endurance. For something or another. A final exam, a work project, a busy season, there is always a pressing reason [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.diaryof1.com/2010/01/20/sleepy-goodnight/</link>
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		<title>The holocaust of time</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As I resolved to waste less time this year, I had the chilling thought that modern life is fracturing our souls with its pulls and lures in every direction, so much so that we are barely left human.
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		<link>http://www.diaryof1.com/2010/01/10/the-holocaust-of-time/</link>
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		<title>Keepin&#8217; it Real in 2010</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The New Year&#8217;s Resolutions are a&#8217;comin&#8217;, by the thousands, around the globe. Many lofty, admirable, and noteworthy goals will soon be flowing from pens near and far. As for me, I&#8217;m keeping it real, attainable, and utterly basic, so as to actually realize a few goals. Gone are the &#8220;read 30 classic novels in one [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.diaryof1.com/2009/12/29/keepin-it-real-in-2010/</link>
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		<title>Merry Christmas from Diary of 1</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Christmas Eve day. What a day of bustling, cheery, frantic activity for us. We&#8217;ve been sweeping the dropped needles, clearing out every dust bunny we can unearth, fine-tuning the best pie crust recipe ever, and generally preparing for this most special of times. The last of the Christmas cards went out yesterday; mine via email [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.diaryof1.com/2009/12/24/merry-christmas-from-diary-of-1/</link>
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		<title>Scene and Herd</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Concerns About the Creche J: No, no, the angels are looking at nothing! L: Well, let&#8217;s move the shepherd back here, he&#8217;s a lesser one anyway. J: The Wise Man can&#8217;t be giving his gift to the cow, move him! L: Oh, here&#8217;s the little lamb that broke last year. Oh well. It&#8217;s just one. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.diaryof1.com/2009/12/22/scene-and-herd/</link>
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		<title>Revisiting the Magic Window</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I wrote about my Magic Window last December, and guess what? I found it! Actually, one of my kids found it in a box of my scant childhood mementos. I wrote last December: What was so magical about this double-paned case of shifting sand? For a little girl in a rather impoverished and remote desert [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.diaryof1.com/2009/12/09/revisiting-the-magic-window/</link>
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		<title>When you feel like giving up</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Storm on Sea by Ivan Constantinovich Aivazovsky, 1899 Remember Winston Churchill&#8217;s words to Harrow School on a visit in October of 1941: Never give in. Never give in. Never, never, never, never&#8211;in nothing, great or small, large or petty&#8211;never give in, except to convictions of honor and good sense. Never yield to force. Never yield [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.diaryof1.com/2009/11/20/when-you-feel-like-giving-up/</link>
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		<title>Our Oregon Ducks</title>
		<description><![CDATA[My class at our small country school hatched out the cutest little baby ducks a few weeks ago. After 20 some days of the children carefully turning the eggs twice daily, checking the temperature and humidity, and barely checking their excitement, the eggs cracked. Several of them hatched right before their eyes, and can you [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.diaryof1.com/2009/11/14/our-oregon-ducks/</link>
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		<title>The Advent of Freedom: celebrating 20 years of the fall of the Berlin Wall</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Today marks the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. In this Thanksgiving month, what a reminder to give thanks to God for freedom, wherever it exists, both on the face of the earth and in our spirits. Where there is no freedom, there is death in every sense. You can click here [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.diaryof1.com/2009/11/09/the-advent-of-freedom-celebrating-20-years-of-the-fall-of-the-berlin-wall/</link>
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		<title>Dang, the kid can color!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m not one to pay much attention to developmental milestones in my children. But my five year old boy gives new meaning to &#8220;color inside the lines.&#8221; Here is what he accomplished last week, all in one sitting. I thought it was pretty cool, my husband thought it was pretty freaky. &#8220;Did you notice how [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.diaryof1.com/2009/10/25/dang-the-kid-can-color/</link>
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		<title>Mint tea and me</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I grew mint in my garden this year, mostly because of the treasured childhood memories I have of the mint growing in our Arizona garden. I loved this mint as a little girl, and when I would get sent out to pick it for my mother&#8217;s tea, I would usually eat my way through the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.diaryof1.com/2009/10/14/mint-tea-and-me/</link>
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		<title>October&#8217;s Party</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This painting Autumn Leaves by John Everett Millais (1856) fits the following poem so well. I can just imagine that these are my own four children gathering leaves and admiring their beauty. These girls in the long velvet dresses may not be thinking of jumping in the pile of leaves, but that would be the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.diaryof1.com/2009/10/02/octobers-party/</link>
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		<title>My Garden: A Short Photo Essay</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Our garden brought a smile to my face all summer long. Funny carrot shapes. Edible toys (a pea pod turned helicopter). A great job for a child. The joy of finding the first fruit. Best of all, food for the table. You may also enjoy these past posts from Diary of 1: Gardening With Children [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.diaryof1.com/2009/09/27/my-garden-a-short-photo-essay/</link>
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