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		<title>April 2012</title>
		<link>http://sandrakayaustin.com/blog/?p=77</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Apr 2012 17:49:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Ready for a taste of West Coast Spring?  Enjoy! Spring’s Promise Two Juncos zoomed by, one chasing the other, and a smile came to my lips.  Spring. It surrounded me.  Its subtle scent of the wet season’s mould and decaying matter not yet dissipated by the sun, mixing with the faint fragrance of the earliest [...]]]></description>
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		<title>March 2012</title>
		<link>http://sandrakayaustin.com/blog/?p=70</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Mar 2012 20:48:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Had a recent event turn your thoughts to a weird thing lately?  I did. The Weirdest Thing &#160; The sun rose above the horizon and bright light streaked through the evergreens, revealing a back yard that resembled a boa producing factory full of green feathers after an explosion.  What a mess! The papers said it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>February 2012</title>
		<link>http://sandrakayaustin.com/blog/?p=67</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Feb 2012 04:48:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Non-Fiction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[acceptance]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[love]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[ Been thinking about love this month and thought you might enjoy this story about an unusual love and its surprising result. &#160; Bound by Love &#160; She nuzzled its chubby tummy, swiped her rough tongue across its silky grey neck, and touched her nose to its tiny one.  A weak squeak issued from the kitten’s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>January 2012</title>
		<link>http://sandrakayaustin.com/blog/?p=61</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Jan 2012 05:07:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Come.  Join me on a wintery walk into the next year. Tracks The slender fir trees underneath the mercury-coloured sky waved a gentle greeting when I gazed through the sliding glass door.  Sitting down as close to the door as my knees would allow without touching the cold glass, I set my steaming coffee down [...]]]></description>
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		<title>December 2011</title>
		<link>http://sandrakayaustin.com/blog/?p=52</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Dec 2011 00:28:33 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Christmas]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[celebrating]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[ ‘Tis the season.  Bright lights, upbeat music, cheery people, and Christmas glitter.  But what if life has thrown you a curve ball and you don’t feel like celebrating?  Maybe reading this will help. A glow in the Darkness “You’ve had a really hard time of it these last three months,” she said in a voice [...]]]></description>
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		<title>November 2011</title>
		<link>http://sandrakayaustin.com/blog/?p=44</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Nov 2011 22:49:40 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Nature]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Kiteboarding]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[soaring]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[The Chief]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Been surprised by something this past summer?  Come, discover my summer surprise. Mother of the Wind The strong wind sucked the exclamation of surprise right out of my mouth.  I braced my body against its assault. Squinting at the objects floating in the azure sky above the sparkling bay, I thought, this is cool. “Let’s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>July/August 2011</title>
		<link>http://sandrakayaustin.com/blog/?p=42</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jul 2011 15:45:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Dance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dancing]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Been stepping out to have fun this summer?  Here&#8217;s a story that&#8217;ll take you along on one of my stepping-out-evenings. It Only Takes One Stepping to the left in time with the music, I lost my balance. The strong arm muscles that my raised arm was resting on tensed. &#8220;You okay?&#8221; my husband asked, moving [...]]]></description>
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		<title>June 2011</title>
		<link>http://sandrakayaustin.com/blog/?p=41</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jun 2011 01:20:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[My son&#8217;s fortieth birthday last month reminded me of an unusual accident that occurred just before his birth. Thought you might enjoy the story. Crunch, Thud, Thwack The soft swish from my moccasins on the chipped scratched linoleum in the living room brought a song to my heart.  A real floor! Not just rough planks [...]]]></description>
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		<title>April/May 2011</title>
		<link>http://sandrakayaustin.com/blog/?p=40</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Apr 2011 17:01:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Received an unusual gift lately?  Thought you might enjoy hearing about one of mine. So Ugly It&#8217;s Cute &#8220;You need this.&#8221; My eyes widened as my friend thrust a hard object into my hands. Why would I need a gaudy ceramic frog on a Lilly pad? &#8220;Stick it in your garden.&#8221; &#8220;Oh!&#8230;Okay.&#8221; Standing on the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>March 2011</title>
		<link>http://sandrakayaustin.com/blog/?p=39</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Mar 2011 21:29:01 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Life Lessons]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[back roads]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[With today&#8217;s world news being as bleak as it is, thought you might enjoy this story from way back when my children were young. All the Ice The front tire dropped into the hole and the seatbelt cut into my lap. When my bottom smashed down on the seat right after that, an &#8220;uh,&#8221; came [...]]]></description>
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