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		<title>Woodpeckers Don&#8217;t Get Headaches (Please finish this story!)</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Jan 2012 14:47:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; For years, I haven’t known what to do with this scrap of a story that I jotted down after a dream one night. So I’m posting it here and opening the floor to any and all ideas about who and what this story is about! ************************************** Where were you last night? I asked myself [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=shadesofwhitematter.com&amp;blog=6121653&amp;post=1500&amp;subd=shadesofwhitematter&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Beauty of Bridges</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2012 03:50:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I don’t love heights, but I love bridges. To me, the middle of a bridge is the most beautiful spot in the world, literally and figuratively. Because bridges aren’t just for getting from one place to the next; they provide a vantage point to see both where you were and where you are going &#8212; [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=shadesofwhitematter.com&amp;blog=6121653&amp;post=1483&amp;subd=shadesofwhitematter&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Orphans of Destiny</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Dec 2011 16:47:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kristalynn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[He grew up on stories of rescued children &#8212; of Moses, who, in being rescued became the savior of a civilization, and of Jesus, who was adopted by a father who loved him like his own. &#8220;You are meant for great things&#8221;, the nuns had said. &#8220;Saved children have a special destiny. But for now, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=shadesofwhitematter.com&amp;blog=6121653&amp;post=1460&amp;subd=shadesofwhitematter&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The World by a 6-year-old</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Apr 2011 13:39:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ I started this blog with my niece, Keara, in mind, and have used it as a place to work out some of my thoughts and observations about the world. Today I’d like to share some of Keara’s thoughts and observations, through a collection of her poems &#8212; spelling intact. POEMS ONLY by Keara Kids Kids [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=shadesofwhitematter.com&amp;blog=6121653&amp;post=1409&amp;subd=shadesofwhitematter&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A Shadow Dog&#8217;s Promise</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Mar 2011 14:49:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kristalynn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[     Tonight would be the final test. A perfect night of distractions. Gretchen stirred her batch of special cookies, sure to tempt the town&#8217;s children who were gathering on the dock. Shadow balanced on his hind legs with his great, black paws on the cabin windowsill as he sniffed at the darkening dusk. Gretchen had [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=shadesofwhitematter.com&amp;blog=6121653&amp;post=1397&amp;subd=shadesofwhitematter&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Everyday Utopia</title>
		<link>http://shadesofwhitematter.com/2011/03/08/everyday-utopia/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Mar 2011 21:09:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kristalynn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My 6-year-old niece announced one day, “Whatever is good for Krista is good for everyone.” If only that were true…    &#8211; Everyone would know how to swing dance.    &#8211; We’d only say please and thank you and sorry when we meant it.    &#8211; Each political party would assume the other party is [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=shadesofwhitematter.com&amp;blog=6121653&amp;post=1384&amp;subd=shadesofwhitematter&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>To Potential Employers on Behalf of Part-time Writers</title>
		<link>http://shadesofwhitematter.com/2011/02/27/to-potential-employers-on-behalf-of-part-time-writers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Feb 2011 23:30:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kristalynn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you’ve ever agonized about telling a significant other those three big little words, then you know what it feels like every time a writer pulls words from her heart and sends them out into the world &#8212; deciding whether or not to say it and imagining all possible reactions, the sickening wait while your [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=shadesofwhitematter.com&amp;blog=6121653&amp;post=1362&amp;subd=shadesofwhitematter&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Spreading the Wealth</title>
		<link>http://shadesofwhitematter.com/2010/08/21/spreading-the-wealth/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Aug 2010 17:44:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kristalynn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A man is standing on his rotting porch looking across the street to his neighbor’s immaculate three-story home with the security system. The man’s car has almost 200,000 miles on it; his neighbor has a new SUV. The man has a wife and four kids but no health insurance. His neighbor is unmarried and has [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=shadesofwhitematter.com&amp;blog=6121653&amp;post=1333&amp;subd=shadesofwhitematter&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Pieces of Life: A fictional sketch of Jaycee and Donnie Raye</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Jul 2010 21:40:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kristalynn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[  I was pretty sure my dad wasn’t thrilled when I started dating Donnie Raye in the 11th grade – 21-year-old Donnie Raye. But Dad didn’t say so outright; he was big on freedom of choice. He used to tell me that we have to be free to choose how we spend our time, because [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=shadesofwhitematter.com&amp;blog=6121653&amp;post=1297&amp;subd=shadesofwhitematter&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Live your life already</title>
		<link>http://shadesofwhitematter.com/2010/06/16/live-your-life-already/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jun 2010 02:28:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>spunkandteddy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Krista is having some sort of existential crisis, so we thought we&#8217;d take this opportunity to make an observation. Okay I, Teddy, am doing the observing. Spunk is taking this opportunity to take a nap. So, here&#8217;s what I see: Aside from an occasional fleeting lapse in judgment, cats don&#8217;t ponder the meaning of life. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=shadesofwhitematter.com&amp;blog=6121653&amp;post=1287&amp;subd=shadesofwhitematter&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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