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		<title>earth scouts visit paws</title>
		<link>http://writing101.net/2012/01/11/earth-scouts-visit-paws/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 02:58:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today our Earth Scouts group paid a visit to PAWS of Tinley Park. PAWS is a no-kill animal shelter dedicated to the protection of domestic animals. Our current Earth Scouts&#8217; focus is to make a difference through participatory democracy&#8211;and through those means, together, we chose to focus our attention on animal welfare. Specifically, we are [...]]]></description>
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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>hello, my name is chris and i have become a soccer mom</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Sep 2011 23:36:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christine</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This past month seems to have gone by in a blur for me. Part of this blur in due to Aidan&#8217;s decision to try a bunch of new activities this fall. So, right now almost every day is booked with something&#8211;from gymnastics to robotics and everything in between! In addition to the variety of classes [...]]]></description>
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		<title>not your typical water park</title>
		<link>http://writing101.net/2011/05/05/not-your-typical-water-park/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 May 2011 16:07:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some kids go to Wisconsin Dells to ride the water slides. Others take an afternoon to consider where things go when you flush them down the toilet, where our drinking water comes from, and how these water systems work together. This past week, our Earth Scouts group looked at water in a different kind of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>hunger in our own backyard</title>
		<link>http://writing101.net/2010/11/17/hunger-in-our-own-backyard/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Nov 2010 22:57:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[People are hungry in your community, and they are just like you. These are tenuous times where we are all very close to finding ourselves without. Our family is learning more about this and putting some of our free time to good use lately at a local food pantry. In addition to organizing a food [...]]]></description>
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		<title>a journey to ten thousand villages</title>
		<link>http://writing101.net/2010/10/09/a-journey-to-ten-thousand-villages/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Oct 2010 23:31:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christine</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Earth Scouts has started up again and this year we are focusing on the human rights unit. So far we had one meeting in which we tried to provide a little overview of what we&#8217;ve done the last two years, and then we moved on to some general information of what human rights is all [...]]]></description>
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		<title>come sail away</title>
		<link>http://writing101.net/2010/09/06/come-sail-away/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Sep 2010 21:33:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christine</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recently we spent a beautiful day down at Navy Pier. We started our day taking a ride on the giant ferris wheel&#8211;a first for all of us. This 150-foot wheel was modeled after the very first Ferris wheel, which was built for Chicago&#8217;s 1893 World&#8217;s Columbian Exposition. It was a fun 7-minute ride where all [...]]]></description>
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		<title>embracing tacky tourism</title>
		<link>http://writing101.net/2010/07/07/embracing-tacky-tourism/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jul 2010 17:56:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christine</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After spending two peaceful weeks in the U.P., where at times we had beaches, trails, and the road all to ourselves, we went into a bit of culture shock as we made our way to the tacky tourist spot of the Mackinac area. On our way to the Mackinac area we stopped at the Seney [...]]]></description>
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		<title>a week in the hiawatha national forest</title>
		<link>http://writing101.net/2010/07/06/a-week-in-the-hiawatha-national-forest/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jul 2010 04:57:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s tough keeping up with the travel posts when you&#8217;re traveling, so this is about a week old, but before the experiences drift too far from my recent recollection, I thought I would capture a few of them now. We spent last week in and around the Hiawatha National Forest near &#160;Driving east to the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>holiday on the keweenaw</title>
		<link>http://writing101.net/2010/06/27/holiday-on-the-keweenaw/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jun 2010 00:19:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christine</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well, we can&#8217;t believe our first week of vacation is over already. We were all a bit sad yesterday to leave Whitecaps Cottage and our views of Lake Superior, but we had a good week there&#8211;chillaxin&#8217; (a word Mike adopted recently) and exploring the area. I simply love the water, and being so close to [...]]]></description>
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