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		<title>I HAVE seen Saudi Arabia</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Sixteen years later, I finally looked it up and I wasn&#8217;t imagining it, I could see across the water from Dahab, Egypt to S.A. I found this pretty picture on wikipedia. The Gulf of Aqaba is about 15 miles wide at this point. At the time I had no idea how wide the the Gulf [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=tenthousandplaces.org&blog=1540900&post=709&subd=tenthousandplaces&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://tenthousandplaces.org/2010/06/06/i-have-seen-saudi-arabia/</link>
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		<title>Mary Oliver</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A poem by Mary Oliver I&#8217;ve read before, and read again today and liked, even though I am deeply unsatisfied with my ability to give a good answer. The Summer Day Who made the world? Who made the swan, and the black bear? Who made the grasshopper? This grasshopper, I mean- the one who has [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=tenthousandplaces.org&blog=1540900&post=698&subd=tenthousandplaces&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://tenthousandplaces.org/2010/03/16/mary-oliver/</link>
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		<title>Down to business</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I just launched my shiny new website for my freelance editing.  www.esledit.org I offer professional editing, specializing in serving non-native English speakers. &#8220;Writing in English isn’t always easy even for native speakers.  It is a complex language, with more exceptions to the rules than rules themselves.  Whether you are writing an application essay, a term [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=tenthousandplaces.org&blog=1540900&post=696&subd=tenthousandplaces&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://tenthousandplaces.org/2010/02/13/down-to-business/</link>
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		<title>La resistance</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been thinking, as I often do, about how we develop our identity &#8212; how we think of ourselves and how we try to appear to the world.  I&#8217;ve always found that decisions against something tend to be as strong an incentive for me as decisions towards something.  A friend in college, for example, who [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=tenthousandplaces.org&blog=1540900&post=694&subd=tenthousandplaces&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://tenthousandplaces.org/2010/01/18/la-resistance/</link>
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		<title>Migraines, dancing</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I find that migraines make it really difficult to maintain a long term focus.  Or short term, for that matter, but that&#8217;s to be expected.  But for all the things that require dedication and passion over time, it&#8217;s hard to have that consistency.  I feel like I am swimming just below the surface of the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=tenthousandplaces.org&blog=1540900&post=689&subd=tenthousandplaces&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://tenthousandplaces.org/2010/01/09/migraines-personality-persistence/</link>
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		<title>Pippin</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I waited five years and am now rereading the Lord of the Rings trilogy.  I love rediscovering my favorite parts.  They&#8217;re usually little, even incidental to the plot, just comments either profound or funny.  The whole section on Frodo waking up in Rivendell (the first time he wakes up in Rivendell) is wonderful, but this [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=tenthousandplaces.org&blog=1540900&post=686&subd=tenthousandplaces&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://tenthousandplaces.org/2009/12/29/pippin/</link>
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		<title>Swans</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Look how excited I was! This has nothing to do with the above picture, but I wanted to say a prayer for my friends who are feeling the darkness of the season &#8212; Seasonal Affective Disorder, they call it, but I call it, &#8220;Why are we still living in New England when there are so [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=tenthousandplaces.org&blog=1540900&post=684&subd=tenthousandplaces&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://tenthousandplaces.org/2009/12/07/swans/</link>
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		<title>I never thought this place could be beautiful</title>
		<description><![CDATA[One of my favorite passages from one of my favorite books, Gilead, by Marilynne Robinson.  Ben made me think of it again.  A boy has gone with his father to find his grandfather&#8217;s grave, and after an arduous journey they have arrived.  His father has made the journey out of guilt, sadness and obligation, and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=tenthousandplaces.org&blog=1540900&post=681&subd=tenthousandplaces&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://tenthousandplaces.org/2009/11/27/i-never-thought-this-place-could-be-beautiful/</link>
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		<title>&#8220;Cercle et suite d&#8217;eclats&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Swiss artist Felice Varini used this town as a canvas for a piece of abstract art.  The art is amazing, but wouldn&#8217;t you love to live in a small gingerbread town on the edge of the Alps, even without the circles?   &#160; Click here for the full image. Posted in Peripatetics<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=tenthousandplaces.org&blog=1540900&post=674&subd=tenthousandplaces&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://tenthousandplaces.org/2009/10/31/cercle-et-suite-declats/</link>
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		<title>Weekend in Pepperell, MA</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This weekend I had the chance to house sit for some good friends who recently moved to the country.  It was a really nice, peaceful weekend; felt good to get away.  Here are some pictures. *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** Posted in Peripatetics<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=tenthousandplaces.org&blog=1540900&post=662&subd=tenthousandplaces&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://tenthousandplaces.org/2009/10/19/weekend-in-pepperell-ma/</link>
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