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		<title>Spiritual Transmission</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 May 2005 13:05:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eileen Mitchell</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[auto repair shop]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bad manners]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[An auto repair shop is an unlikely place to have a profound moment, yet I&#8217;ve had two. And with the same person. Is God trying to tell me something? The first time was because of a flat tire. Alex, the shop manager, had a brusque attitude that rubbed me the wrong way and I was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>TV Detail</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Sep 2004 17:11:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eileen Mitchell</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Entertainment & Lifestyle]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recently I helped design a letterhead template consisting of just a couple images and panels, our company logo and, in teeny font, our address. I had felt there was no need to check spelling because there was no text to proofread.
After emailing it out, boy, did I hear back. In a practically blank template, I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Now Hear This</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Jul 2004 17:12:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eileen Mitchell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Please accept these words as written notice to the public (with Jacoby, McMillan and Myers in copy) that effective immediately, I am pursing claim to the ownership of the name, God?. Any future use or reference to this name without the aforementioned mark is hereby prohibited and from this day forward, the name God? is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Small Cruelties</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jun 2004 17:35:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eileen Mitchell</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Features]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Religion & Spirituality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[apartment balcony]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[grassy knoll]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[qualms]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[second floor apartment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[second grade]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[unprovoked attack]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I was just walking my dog on a peaceful Sunday afternoon.
From beyond a grassy knoll of lavender and roses, someone beckoned me from a second floor apartment balcony. I looked up to see a shirtless man leaning against the rail. He was too far away for me to make out his features, but I could [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Who Wants to Be a Liberal Arts Major?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 May 2004 17:14:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eileen Mitchell</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Entertainment & Lifestyle]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I can&#8217;t keep quiet any longer.
Beyond the teeth
I&#8217;m going to finally reveal the reason why daytime and prime time (Sun-Thurs., May 17-May 26, 2004) versions of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? have been such a resounding success. No, it&#8217;s not because it&#8217;s a clean, wholesome show the whole family can enjoy, and no, it&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Good Friday</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2004 19:07:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eileen Mitchell</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[desert storm]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A few years ago my mother said, &#8220;Today is Good Friday. Why don&#8217;t come to church with me tonight?&#8221;
Oh no, I thought. Not the church talk  again.
&#8220;Mother,&#8221; I explained for the hundredth time, &#8220;I don&#8217;t need church to feel close to God. It&#8217;s all here.&#8221; I patted my heart. As usual, she wouldn&#8217;t accept [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Feathering the Nest</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Feb 2004 19:22:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eileen Mitchell</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[autumn splendor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[drastic shift]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[falling leaves]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[front porch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[home and hearth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[home fashions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[morning frost]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nesting instinct]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[What is it about falling leaves, the scent of smoke in the air, and pumpkins propped on the front porch that turn me into the Tasmanian Devil of decorating? I&#8217;m usually oblivious to the latest home fashions. Do the pillows need plumping? Does the armoire need waxing?
No. Well, maybe. But who cares?
Come every autumn, however, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Good Life</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jan 2004 17:15:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eileen Mitchell</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Entertainment & Lifestyle]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It was the last week of December when a co-worker came bearing delectable treats like cheesecake, cookies, and tarts.
&#8220;Our department can&#8217;t eat another bite,&#8221; she groaned. I groaned right back. &#8220;Thanks, but we&#8217;ve been pigging out too&#8221;
Which might explain why these days I&#8217;m feeling less than svelte and more like a Sumo wrestler. As I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nostalgia Trip</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Jan 2004 13:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eileen Mitchell</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Features]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[donny osmond]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[double scoop]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[jumping jacks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lynyrd skynyrd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[passage of time]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pennants]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week I returned to the high school from where I graduated.
The occasion that drew me to my alma mater for the first time in several years was a Christmas recital consisting of the local elementary, middle, and high schools. I had attended all three and now my 12-year-old niece, Meggie, was following in my [...]]]></description>
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		<title>No Place Like Home</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Jan 2004 13:05:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eileen Mitchell</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[added bonus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[black balloons]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cracking cards]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[elvis life]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[heat seeking missile]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[molly bolts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sunday brunch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[time at home]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Everyone expects black balloons and wise-cracking cards once your birthdays celebrate passing the age of 30. No one, however, mentions an unexpected perk: kissing those carefree, post-college days goodbye.
Contentment . . . what a conceptIt&#8217;s not that I was unhappy in my youth. But now I can admit I was restless, a heat-seeking missile constantly [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Party of One</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2003 17:16:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eileen Mitchell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Surprise! There are perks to adding on a few years. Really.
Like, for instance, discovering that you can enjoy your own company without having to rely on someone else to make you happy. That&#8217;s why I no longer freak out when New Year&#8217;s Eve rolls around.
But it wasn&#8217;t always so
Used to be I dreaded the question [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mother of a Different Breed</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Dec 2003 13:30:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eileen Mitchell</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Features]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[adopting a greyhound]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[affection]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[crate train]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[psychologist]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[train your child]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[unconditional love]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I learn from people. I respect their opinions, try to see both sides, and usually succeed.
But recently there was one argument I couldn&#8217;t reconcile. It came from a woman who read a newspaper essay I wrote about my pet greyhound, Elvis. She didn&#8217;t appreciate the fact that I had referenced myself as a &#8220;mother&#8221; to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Good As It Gets</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Dec 2003 17:18:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eileen Mitchell</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Features]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Show me a woman who is happy with her looks, and I&#8217;ll show you a woman who thinks denial?badaboom!?is a river in Egypt.
The cosmetic-industrial complex
It&#8217;s true though. We are always seeking the secret formula that will unmask our &#8220;hidden&#8221; beauty. Each year women spend thousands of hard-earned dollars on cosmetics, hair products, tummy smoothers and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Altoid-Loving Angel</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2003 17:19:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eileen Mitchell</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Entertainment & Lifestyle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Features]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It started with a simple physical. The doctor was almost done when, feeling my neck, she exclaimed, &#8220;Hello, what&#8217;s this?&#8221;
This turned out to be a lump , the size of a strawberry, nestled on my thyroid. It didn&#8217;t occur to me that it might be something to worry about. That is, until she called for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Flat Tire</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Aug 2003 16:02:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eileen Mitchell</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Religion & Spirituality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[altar boy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[auto shop]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[catholic school]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[inconvenience]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[magic words]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[surly manager]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Somehow, getting a flat tire in a church parking lot seems wrong. After all, I could have used that hour to get a head start to the beach. Joined friends for champagne brunch. Slept in and perused the Sunday paper over a soy latte            [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Beautiful Thing</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Jul 2003 16:51:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eileen Mitchell</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Features]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sex & Relationships]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cheek implant]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[coffee thermos]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[curly brown hair]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[People like Julia Roberts, Kate Hudson, Jennifer Lopez, and countless other show biz hotties, are renowned for their striking beauty and perfect bods. Some were born that way and others had a bit of help in the nip and tuck department. As for the rest of us? Either we apply for Extreme Makeover or get [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I Fret Therefore I Am</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jul 2003 17:21:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eileen Mitchell</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Entertainment & Lifestyle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Features]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Darn those yearbook photos?they always come back to haunt us and remind the world that yes, we once thought puka shell necklaces were the epitome of fashion.
But a study at U.C. Berkeley found that yearbook photos do more than verify bad taste. Old photos from the 1958 and 1960 yearbooks of Mills College in Oakland, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Meggie&#8217;s Chocolate Memories</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jul 2003 16:55:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eileen Mitchell</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[christmas eve]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Comfortably nestled in adulthood, I realize it&#8217;s unlikely that I&#8217;ll ever be a mother. Heck, in recent months I haven&#8217;t found a guy I want to share a dinner with, let alone my DNA.
But that&#8217;s okay. Because incredible as it may seem to some, motherhood  has never been a goal.
As a child I never [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Me, Myself, My Friends</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Jul 2003 17:22:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eileen Mitchell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As a naive youth, I once believed my soul mate was just around the corner. Now well into adulthood, I suspect this corner resides in a parallel universe. My doppelg?nger is probably happily married to my Mr. Right. And me? I&#8217;m in this universe alone, a fairly successful single woman trying to make a decent [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Road to Nice</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Jun 2003 17:14:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eileen Mitchell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For years I&#8217;ve recited the same prayer, every morning as I drive to work and every evening before I go to bed: Lord, help me feel your presence and be nicer to people. But my morning prayer is usually interrupted by some nimrod doing 80 in the slow lane who has just cut me off. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Daunting New Day</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2003 17:26:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eileen Mitchell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After a refreshing vacation, getting back into the swing of things that first Monday was jarring. Sluggish from a marathon of daytime TV, too much eating, and not enough exercise made the return to real life all the more difficult.
And then.
Thorn and drillI awoke to hear my dog, Elvis, whimpering in pain and licking his [...]]]></description>
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