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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Sep 2011 01:52:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>madelyn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8216;We must be willing to get rid of the life planned so as to have the life that is waiting for us.&#8217; ~ Joseph Campbell ~ there was a time I had quite the broken heart. well, there have been a few times actually, not many, but a few but this one was different because [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Eliza&#8217;s ode to the sea and a GIVEAWAY!!!</title>
		<link>http://www.persistingstars.com/2011/08/elizas-ode-to-the-sea/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Aug 2011 14:38:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>madelyn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This morning I received such a beautiful email from Eliza, one of the artist&#8217;s taking my &#8216;Photography and the Wonder of Seeing&#8217; online course. Morning! Hope yours a lovely weekend. Being part of your course inspired me, last weekend, to make a small film&#8230;not at all grand, but rather lovely and shot with the 8mm [...]]]></description>
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		<title>moving weary mountains with music</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jul 2011 14:39:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>madelyn</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[creativity (the flame of the passionate life)]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Oh this guitar. I love it so. Yesterday evening I sort of hit a wall. Or a mountain, rather. Walls I can move, but not mountains:) I was weary and restless and feeling entirely lackluster after a wave of working so intensely on several projects at once, forgetting to eat (when I am steeping in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>beholding you with wandering words</title>
		<link>http://www.persistingstars.com/2011/07/poesy-and-song-for-your-friday-my-love/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jul 2011 17:09:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>madelyn</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[kindred soulmates]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[the green blooded poetry den]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Don&#8217;t you just love love LOVE snail mail? I am quite the snail mail junkie and absolutely relish sending off hand written letters and little found gifts via the post. Just this week I finally started sending off the music cd&#8217;s I made for a trade and other various letters to dear friends with feathers [...]]]></description>
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		<title>warning:  there is a lot of coffee in this post ~ and naked cyclists. and hats.</title>
		<link>http://www.persistingstars.com/2011/06/warning-there-is-a-lot-of-coffee-in-this-post-and-naked-cyclists/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jun 2011 16:31:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>madelyn</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[JOY!]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[polaroid spectra]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The truth is (I love starting blog posts with this line)&#8230;the truth is I am pining. A bit. Well, actually that is not true. I am pining a LOT. My weekend in Seattle hanging out with the vivacious couple you see above was completely fantastic. Right now I am sitting in my studio with the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>little bees, green shutters and sonnets</title>
		<link>http://www.persistingstars.com/2011/06/a-passion-flower-unfurling/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jun 2011 13:40:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>madelyn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My girlfriend Catherine came over this weekend. I love this girl so much. She always brings gifts. Which is not why I love her but it certainly is delightful nonetheless. This time it is was a Trader Joe&#8217;s swiss chocolate bar and oatmeal/aniseed hand made soap. (my bathroom smells so wonderful!) We went for a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hey!  Time for a roadtrip!!!</title>
		<link>http://www.persistingstars.com/2011/06/hey-time-for-a-roadtrip/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jun 2011 15:41:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>madelyn</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[exquisite corpse collective]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[~ &#8216;on the road&#8217; shot with a spectra camera, sofftone film ~ available here ~ If I have my way I will own a VW Van just like this one by the end of the year. It does not matter that I cannot afford one&#8230;I believe in the magic of the Universe. The end. Perhaps [...]]]></description>
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		<title>it&#8217;s all about soul</title>
		<link>http://www.persistingstars.com/2011/06/9185/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jun 2011 02:50:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>madelyn</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[creativity (the flame of the passionate life)]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Rio Abajo Rio (the river beneath the river)]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8216;Where is the soul? where is the soul? Go out into the woods, go out. If you don&#8217;t go out in the woods, nothing will ever happen and your life will never begin. Go out in the woods, go out. Go out in the woods, go out. Go out in the woods, go out&#8217;. ~ [...]]]></description>
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		<title>hooping</title>
		<link>http://www.persistingstars.com/2011/05/hooping/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jun 2011 02:48:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>madelyn</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[JOY!]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[kindred soulmates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the art of living cheerfully!]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I am compelled to tell you this was the most disarmingly delightful weekend. Darlene, Duke and Kristen were in town and I invited some friends over for such a beautiful gathering Saturday night at my house. Vegetarian chili, rustic garlic loaves and lots of red wine for the silly exuberance you see in this film. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>the flame of my passionate life</title>
		<link>http://www.persistingstars.com/2011/05/the-flame-of-my-passionate-life/</link>
		<comments>http://www.persistingstars.com/2011/05/the-flame-of-my-passionate-life/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 May 2011 20:50:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>madelyn</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA['fly on the wall' ~ the interior artist]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.persistingstars.com/?p=9063</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8216;Creativity is not simply about being artistic or able to make beautiful objects, but about living creatively. We may be totally unable to wield a paintbrush, use colour well, write poetry or prose, cook, sew or produce other handicrafts, yet be creative in living. We may be problem-solvers, good at relationships and mediation, inspired home-makers, [...]]]></description>
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