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		<title>The best parts: Jitterbug Perfume</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I’ve decided to re-read several books this year, instead of just looking for new ones. I hardly have the time to read anyway and I want to revisit a few old favorites and savor the words during my precious small personal time. As I mentioned, I just finished re-reading Jitterbug Perfume by Tom Robbins. Jitterbug [...]]]></description>
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		<title>From The Reading List</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I like to read. I&#8217;m a reader. Other kids played sports, I read. I also love to make lists. It&#8217;s odd I know. So, I&#8217;ve been keeping this list of everything I&#8217;ve read for 20 years. What!? Twenty years. Wait, let me count again (1990-2010). Yep, my calculations are correct. That&#8217;s just nuts. I&#8217;m sure [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wandering, Yearning and Your Own Dumb Company</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The next poet I&#8217;d like to feature is Raymond Carver. I discovered Mr. Carver&#8217;s poetry on yet another birthday trip. It was 2005, and I&#8217;d just moved to Washington and I didn&#8217;t know anyone. I was on an expedition of the soul. For me, it was a time of change and transformation. I decided to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://bigskylonestar.com/index.php/2010/04/wandering-yearning-and-your-own-dumb-company/</link>
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		<title>The World Offers Itself to Your Imagination</title>
		<description><![CDATA[To continue with National Poetry Month, I’d like to introduce you, or re-introduce you (as the case may be) to Mary Oliver. I was in Port Angeles, Washington for my 32nd birthday and we were browsing a local bookstore. Not looking for any particular book, just perusing everything that caught our eye (one of my [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bookshelf Banter: Baby Catcher</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Baby Catcher: Chronicles of a Modern Midwife by Peggy Vincent Rating: 5 of 5 stars I’m a little obsessed at the moment with reading birth stories. Honestly, I can’t get enough of them especially natural and home birth stories because I don’t know that many women personally who have given birth without medication. I am [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://bigskylonestar.com/index.php/2010/02/bookshelf-banter-baby-catcher/</link>
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		<title>Reading</title>
		<description><![CDATA[.gr_grid_container { /* customize grid container div here. eg: width: 500px; */ } .gr_grid_book_container { /* customize book cover container div here */ float: left; width: 98px; height: 160px; padding: 0px 0px; overflow: hidden; } The last 200 books I&#8217;ve read: Syd&#8217;s favorite books &#187; Share book reviews and ratings with Syd, and even join [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2009 Year In Review</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I didn’t do one of these at the beginning of the year. But I decided I would regret not having it, so I’ve got back and added post new-year. So, while this was written in March, I&#8217;m back dating it to January. January 2009 Wedding planning got kicked into high gear in January. We originally [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://bigskylonestar.com/index.php/2010/01/2009-year-in-review/</link>
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		<title>Bookshelf Banter: Amee Bender&#039;s Willful Creatures</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Willful Creatures by Amee Bender is a collection of fictional short stories that offer a look at different kinds of authentic love. The stories are whimsical and slightly melancholy with an optimistic finish. Relying on odd characters and lyrical prose, the stories offer a surreal prospective into human emotion.]]></description>
		<link>http://bigskylonestar.com/index.php/2009/07/bookshelf-banter-amee-benders-willful-creatures/</link>
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		<title>2008 Year in Review</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Last year, I made a resolution to be more grateful. I did manage to keep a gratitude journal through the first part of the year but waned through the second half. I set a few goals, here is how I did. Learn to play the piano, again. I played my keyboard once or twice but [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://bigskylonestar.com/index.php/2008/12/2008-year-in-review/</link>
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		<title>Bookshelf Banter: From April to May</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here are few of the books I&#8217;ve read since April and a few short thoughts on each one: Book: Animal, Vegetable, Miracle Author: Kinsolver, Barbara My Rating: 4 out of 5 stars Summary: Kinsolver takes us through a year of eating local and home grown. With the help of her daughter and husband who share [...]]]></description>
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