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		<title>glass houses and safe danger</title>
		<link>http://writing101.net/2011/11/15/glass-houses-and-safe-danger/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Nov 2011 06:38:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Looking for something to do Sunday morning, we decided to drive west of the city to the sleepy little town of Plano, IL to visit one of the most famous works of modern residential architecture from the 20th century. Tucked amidst sparse trees beside the cold black rush of the Fox River in autumn is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>dalai lama comes to chicago</title>
		<link>http://writing101.net/2011/11/11/dalai-lama-comes-to-chicago/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Nov 2011 02:52:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We learned recently that H.H. the XIV Dalai Lama is scheduled to give a public talk on non-violence at Loyola University in Chicago on April 26, 2012. Tickets are very limited, but we have sent in our request and are hopefully awaiting a response as the date nears. More information is on this event is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>october roundup</title>
		<link>http://writing101.net/2011/11/07/october-roundup/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Nov 2011 16:01:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[October has been a crazy fun month&#8211;so busy in fact, I&#8217;ve had no time to write. So, to keep the blog alive, I threw together a quick montage of snapshots in the video below. We&#8217;ve been hiking, going to fall fests and carnivals, visiting nearby cities, hosting parties, pumpkin hunting, and trick-or-treating to name a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>stone soup, homemade bread, and apple cider</title>
		<link>http://writing101.net/2011/10/15/stone-soup-homemade-bread-and-apple-cider/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Oct 2011 01:24:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We spent yesterday afternoon sitting around a backyard campfire with a group of friends from Aidan&#8217;s Junior Great Books club. They had been reading folktales and recently read the classic folktale &#8220;Stone Soup.&#8221; You know the one&#8211;about the pilgrim who comes to town and tells the hungry town folk that he can make soup-enough-for-all from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>quick trip north: a visit to harlow lake and sugarloaf mountain</title>
		<link>http://writing101.net/2011/09/25/quick-trip-north-a-visit-to-harlow-lake-and-sugarloaf-mountain/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Sep 2011 18:49:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This past weekend, we drove like crazy people eight hours north to take care of some details as we edge ever closer to realizing our dreams of a northwoods retreat. We&#8217;re almost there now. After more than a year of searching for land, and over a hundred days of trying to secure ingress/egress easements before [...]]]></description>
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		<title>consummate musicians</title>
		<link>http://writing101.net/2011/08/23/consummate-musicians/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Aug 2011 02:37:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bono and The Edge of U2 appeared on Letterman a couple weeks back. These guys deserve every accolade they&#8217;ve received&#8211;absolute consummate musicians. Hell, they don&#8217;t even need to get off the couch to move an audience musically and lyrically. I love this song and this performance. Check it out.]]></description>
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		<title>putting the fun in 5k</title>
		<link>http://writing101.net/2011/08/15/putting-the-fun-in-5k/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Aug 2011 04:30:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday morning, we all rolled out of bed far earlier than we ever do during the summer to head over to Lincoln Park for the WTTW 8th Annual Fun and Run to support quality kids programming. While it was hard to get the blood moving that early (look, 8 is early for us&#8211;hell 10 is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>the good and bad of august</title>
		<link>http://writing101.net/2011/08/15/the-good-and-bad-of-august/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Aug 2011 23:13:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christine</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[August has always been a strange month for me. When I was younger, August marked the end of summer. A time when school was going to start back up and summer fun was going to come to a screeching halt. As I got older it still mark an end, but in much more real ways. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2 good 2 b 4gotten</title>
		<link>http://writing101.net/2011/08/07/2-good-2-b-4gotten/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Aug 2011 02:14:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christine</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sometimes getting together with old friends who don&#8217;t live close by can be challenging, especially with different schedules, lifestyles, etc. But it is so worth the effort. We recently got together with Aidan&#8217;s longest known friend (the daughter of a dear friend of mine that I&#8217;ve known for quite some time). The two of us [...]]]></description>
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		<title>st. louis summertime spirit</title>
		<link>http://writing101.net/2011/07/19/st-louis-summertime-spirit/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jul 2011 15:35:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This summer we decided to forgo major travels and enjoy a series of brief excursions just beyond our usual stomping grounds. Our most recent adventure took us to the gateway city&#8211;St. Louis. Now, I didn&#8217;t know too much about St. Louis, but in my imagination I kind of likened it to vacationing in Gary, Indiana [...]]]></description>
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