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		<title>Month-At-A-Glance</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Nov 2010 04:16:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have been asked by several people over the last few days how to find the days of The Month of Gratitude and Inspiration in order from first to last.  After taking a look, there seems no clear way to &#8230; <a href="http://fromlefttowrite.wordpress.com/2010/11/29/month-at-a-glance/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=fromlefttowrite.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8583724&amp;post=435&amp;subd=fromlefttowrite&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>30-Day Finale; TMGI Day 30</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Nov 2010 06:58:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thank you for taking the Time to humor My 30-day challenge To see if I knew more Than I realized on How to resource The inspiring thanks Through my protracted discourse. &#160; Gratitude for words, For coffee and effort; Design, &#8230; <a href="http://fromlefttowrite.wordpress.com/2010/11/24/30-day-finale-tmgi-day-30/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=fromlefttowrite.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8583724&amp;post=430&amp;subd=fromlefttowrite&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Giving Thanks Day; TMGI Day 29</title>
		<link>http://fromlefttowrite.wordpress.com/2010/11/23/giving-thanks-day-tmgi-day-29/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Nov 2010 06:59:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Love in the Time of Cholera]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I like Thanksgiving. I like that it&#8217;s not called ThanksTaking. &#160; Even though much of what we all do on Thanksgiving involves taking in quite a bit, it is hopefully done surrounded by the people in your life we most &#8230; <a href="http://fromlefttowrite.wordpress.com/2010/11/23/giving-thanks-day-tmgi-day-29/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=fromlefttowrite.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8583724&amp;post=413&amp;subd=fromlefttowrite&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Cutting Room Floor; TMGI Day 28</title>
		<link>http://fromlefttowrite.wordpress.com/2010/11/22/cutting-room-floortmgi-day-28/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Nov 2010 06:59:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[With the Month of Gratitude and Inspiration coming to an end, I thought it would be a good time to share some of the ideas that were in the works, but for one reason or another didn&#8217;t quite merit their &#8230; <a href="http://fromlefttowrite.wordpress.com/2010/11/22/cutting-room-floortmgi-day-28/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=fromlefttowrite.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8583724&amp;post=404&amp;subd=fromlefttowrite&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Other Michelangelo; TMGI Day 27</title>
		<link>http://fromlefttowrite.wordpress.com/2010/11/21/the-other-michelangelo-tmgi-day-27/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Nov 2010 06:58:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The first time I heard of him, I was intrigued. The first time I saw a picture of his art, I was impressed. The first time I saw his art in person, I was inspired. Perhaps lesser well-known than Michelangelo &#8230; <a href="http://fromlefttowrite.wordpress.com/2010/11/21/the-other-michelangelo-tmgi-day-27/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=fromlefttowrite.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8583724&amp;post=396&amp;subd=fromlefttowrite&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>High Tech, High Touch; TMGI Day 26</title>
		<link>http://fromlefttowrite.wordpress.com/2010/11/20/high-tech-high-touch-tmgi-day-26/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Nov 2010 06:48:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One morning last week, I looked over a research paper by one of my clients who goes to school out-of-state, communicated with several teachers at 4 different schools in 3 different cities, I  bought a couple of Christmas presents, chatted &#8230; <a href="http://fromlefttowrite.wordpress.com/2010/11/20/high-tech-high-touch-tmgi-day-26/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=fromlefttowrite.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8583724&amp;post=384&amp;subd=fromlefttowrite&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Everybody Loves Ramen; TMGI Day 25</title>
		<link>http://fromlefttowrite.wordpress.com/2010/11/19/everybody-loves-ramen-tmgi-day-25/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Nov 2010 06:57:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are some days, I have to admit, when the selfishness and greediness of others reeeeally gets to me.  It confounds me.  And instead of going on a rant about it, I decided to employ one of the final days &#8230; <a href="http://fromlefttowrite.wordpress.com/2010/11/19/everybody-loves-ramen-tmgi-day-25/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=fromlefttowrite.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8583724&amp;post=379&amp;subd=fromlefttowrite&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>La Vita è Bella; TMGI Day 24</title>
		<link>http://fromlefttowrite.wordpress.com/2010/11/18/la-vita-e-bella-tmgi-day-24/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Nov 2010 06:57:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Any list of my favorite movies will include, in no particular order, The Shawshank Redemption, Braveheart, The Usual Suspects, Glengarry Glen Ross, and Life is Beautiful.  Some of these movies are so well written, so cleverly constructed, or such epic &#8230; <a href="http://fromlefttowrite.wordpress.com/2010/11/18/la-vita-e-bella-tmgi-day-24/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=fromlefttowrite.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8583724&amp;post=370&amp;subd=fromlefttowrite&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Driving Force; TMGI Day 23</title>
		<link>http://fromlefttowrite.wordpress.com/2010/11/17/driving-force-tmgi-day-23/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Nov 2010 06:55:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I remember the first time I did it alone.  It was only a few miles, and I was following my dad in his car because he had to take it to the shop.  But I didn&#8217;t care.  I was 15, &#8230; <a href="http://fromlefttowrite.wordpress.com/2010/11/17/driving-force-tmgi-day-23/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=fromlefttowrite.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8583724&amp;post=365&amp;subd=fromlefttowrite&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Eternal City &#8211; part 2; TMGI Day 22</title>
		<link>http://fromlefttowrite.wordpress.com/2010/11/16/eternal-city-part-2-tmgi-day-22/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Nov 2010 06:39:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I don&#8217;t know if it&#8217;s a secret.  But there is nobody in Rome during Christmas.  There were tens of thousands of people in St. Peter&#8217;s square for midnight mass, and at least twice that many people there Christmas morning&#8230;but to &#8230; <a href="http://fromlefttowrite.wordpress.com/2010/11/16/eternal-city-part-2-tmgi-day-22/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=fromlefttowrite.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8583724&amp;post=354&amp;subd=fromlefttowrite&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Eternal City &#8211; part 1; TMGI Day 21</title>
		<link>http://fromlefttowrite.wordpress.com/2010/11/15/eternal-city-part-1-tmgi-day-21/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Nov 2010 06:43:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[The Month of Gratitude and Inspiration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gratitude]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Inspiration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rome]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Trevi Fountain]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In 2007, my understanding of what it means to be inspired changed. In 2007, we spent Christmas in Rome. After what had been a difficult year, with any number of challenges seeming to hit in rapid succession, one after another, &#8230; <a href="http://fromlefttowrite.wordpress.com/2010/11/15/eternal-city-part-1-tmgi-day-21/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=fromlefttowrite.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8583724&amp;post=347&amp;subd=fromlefttowrite&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Lessen Plan; TMGI Day 20</title>
		<link>http://fromlefttowrite.wordpress.com/2010/11/14/the-lessen-plan-tmgi-day-20/</link>
		<comments>http://fromlefttowrite.wordpress.com/2010/11/14/the-lessen-plan-tmgi-day-20/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Nov 2010 06:26:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[The Month of Gratitude and Inspiration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bigotry]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Jane Elliott]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[racism]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I remember wondering, the first time I learned of this, how it was possible that I had somehow made it to 20-years-old without knowing this had happened. &#160; It is brilliance. &#160; Jane Elliott, in 1968, the day after Martin &#8230; <a href="http://fromlefttowrite.wordpress.com/2010/11/14/the-lessen-plan-tmgi-day-20/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=fromlefttowrite.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8583724&amp;post=339&amp;subd=fromlefttowrite&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Aria Imperative; TMGI Day 19</title>
		<link>http://fromlefttowrite.wordpress.com/2010/11/13/the-aria-imperative-tmgi-day-19/</link>
		<comments>http://fromlefttowrite.wordpress.com/2010/11/13/the-aria-imperative-tmgi-day-19/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Nov 2010 06:55:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[The Month of Gratitude and Inspiration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gratitude]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Inspiration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[music]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[opera]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pavarotti]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[&#8230;because it&#8217;s a perfect synergy.  It&#8217;s not just the combination of the words and music, but it&#8217;s also the SOUND of the words, the way certain syllables can convey more meaning than the words of which they are a part. &#8230; <a href="http://fromlefttowrite.wordpress.com/2010/11/13/the-aria-imperative-tmgi-day-19/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=fromlefttowrite.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8583724&amp;post=328&amp;subd=fromlefttowrite&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Desert Reign; TMGI Day 18</title>
		<link>http://fromlefttowrite.wordpress.com/2010/11/12/desert-reign-tmgi-day-18/</link>
		<comments>http://fromlefttowrite.wordpress.com/2010/11/12/desert-reign-tmgi-day-18/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Nov 2010 06:51:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[The Month of Gratitude and Inspiration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[desert]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gratitude]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Inspiration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rain]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s called creosote. You know that, right?  The creosote bush releases an oil that has the most distinct, pleasing scent I&#8217;ve ever smelled.  It&#8217;s what most of us call the smell of &#8220;rain&#8221; in the desert.  For those of you &#8230; <a href="http://fromlefttowrite.wordpress.com/2010/11/12/desert-reign-tmgi-day-18/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=fromlefttowrite.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8583724&amp;post=321&amp;subd=fromlefttowrite&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Cathedrals of Sound; TMGI Day 17</title>
		<link>http://fromlefttowrite.wordpress.com/2010/11/11/cathedrals-of-sound-tmgi-day-17/</link>
		<comments>http://fromlefttowrite.wordpress.com/2010/11/11/cathedrals-of-sound-tmgi-day-17/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Nov 2010 06:56:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[The Month of Gratitude and Inspiration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BNL]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[concerts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gratitude]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Inspiration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[music]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Springsteen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tom Waits]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[U2]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The first concert I ever went to was Milli Vanilli. That&#8217;s right. (Inspired yet?) It was a spectacle, girl, you know it&#8217;s true.  The constant running around and scaling of giant scaffolding, in retrospect, was obviously a way of just &#8230; <a href="http://fromlefttowrite.wordpress.com/2010/11/11/cathedrals-of-sound-tmgi-day-17/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=fromlefttowrite.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8583724&amp;post=311&amp;subd=fromlefttowrite&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Evidence of Things Not Seen; TMGI Day 16</title>
		<link>http://fromlefttowrite.wordpress.com/2010/11/10/the-evidence-of-things-not-seen-tmgi-day-16/</link>
		<comments>http://fromlefttowrite.wordpress.com/2010/11/10/the-evidence-of-things-not-seen-tmgi-day-16/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Nov 2010 06:16:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[The Month of Gratitude and Inspiration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[believing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[faith]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gratitude]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Inspiration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[seeing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[vision]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[﻿Seeing is believing. This phrase has become increasingly uncomfortable for me of late.  It seems ironic, or oxymoronic.  I think the intended meaning is that if one sees something for themselves, then that thing&#8217;s veracity can be verified.  In other &#8230; <a href="http://fromlefttowrite.wordpress.com/2010/11/10/the-evidence-of-things-not-seen-tmgi-day-16/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=fromlefttowrite.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8583724&amp;post=304&amp;subd=fromlefttowrite&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Half Grateful, Half Inspired; TMGI Day 15</title>
		<link>http://fromlefttowrite.wordpress.com/2010/11/09/half-grateful-half-inspired-tmgi-day-15/</link>
		<comments>http://fromlefttowrite.wordpress.com/2010/11/09/half-grateful-half-inspired-tmgi-day-15/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Nov 2010 06:42:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[doing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gratitude]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[incomplete]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Inspiration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[questions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[unfinished]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Today marks the half-way point in my self-declared Month of Gratitude and Inspiration.  And being the half-occasion that it is had me contemplating something all day that I don&#8217;t think is always easy to get a hold of&#8230;and that is &#8230; <a href="http://fromlefttowrite.wordpress.com/2010/11/09/half-grateful-half-inspired-tmgi-day-15/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=fromlefttowrite.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8583724&amp;post=297&amp;subd=fromlefttowrite&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>It&#8217;s a Swing Thing; TMGI Day 14</title>
		<link>http://fromlefttowrite.wordpress.com/2010/11/08/its-a-swing-thing-tmgi-day-14/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Nov 2010 06:29:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[dancing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gratitude]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Inspiration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[music]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[swing]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I made a promise to myself that I wouldn&#8217;t write a music article until at least the half-way point&#8230;because let&#8217;s be honest, I could probably make the entire 30-day challenge about music.  I didn&#8217;t want to go there too easily. &#8230; <a href="http://fromlefttowrite.wordpress.com/2010/11/08/its-a-swing-thing-tmgi-day-14/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=fromlefttowrite.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8583724&amp;post=284&amp;subd=fromlefttowrite&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Sunday School; TMGI Day 13</title>
		<link>http://fromlefttowrite.wordpress.com/2010/11/07/sunday-school-tmgi-day-13/</link>
		<comments>http://fromlefttowrite.wordpress.com/2010/11/07/sunday-school-tmgi-day-13/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Nov 2010 06:55:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Amish]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[forgiveness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[genuine]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Inspiration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[love]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mercy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tragedy]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I don&#8217;t know if you could do it. I don&#8217;t know if I could do it.   And while I absolutely hope that neither of us ever has to find out&#8230;what I DO know is that they DID do it. &#8230; <a href="http://fromlefttowrite.wordpress.com/2010/11/07/sunday-school-tmgi-day-13/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=fromlefttowrite.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8583724&amp;post=262&amp;subd=fromlefttowrite&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Shaving Grace; TMGI Day 12</title>
		<link>http://fromlefttowrite.wordpress.com/2010/11/06/shaving-grace-tmgi-day-12/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Nov 2010 06:59:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[grooming]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[grown-up]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Inspiration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[masculinity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sensory]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[shaving]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[straight razor]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Today&#8217;s gratitude isn&#8217;t for something grand or deep or insightful.  Today&#8217;s gratitude is for the fact that there is still limited access to a lost art of masculinity from a bygone era. Today, I&#8217;m grateful for the shave. Now, if &#8230; <a href="http://fromlefttowrite.wordpress.com/2010/11/06/shaving-grace-tmgi-day-12/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=fromlefttowrite.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8583724&amp;post=255&amp;subd=fromlefttowrite&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Magic Wand-er; TMGI Day 11</title>
		<link>http://fromlefttowrite.wordpress.com/2010/11/05/magic-wand-er/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Nov 2010 06:21:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[childhood]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gratitude]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[impossible]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[magic]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rabbits]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[When I was 11 years old, my family and I vacationed in San Diego.  At the beginning of the trip, my parents gave each of me and my brothers some spending money for the trip.  At 11, $20 was a &#8230; <a href="http://fromlefttowrite.wordpress.com/2010/11/05/magic-wand-er/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=fromlefttowrite.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8583724&amp;post=243&amp;subd=fromlefttowrite&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Getting the Most from the Least; TMGI Day 10</title>
		<link>http://fromlefttowrite.wordpress.com/2010/11/04/getting-the-most-from-the-least/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Nov 2010 06:59:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Not long ago, I was talking with a particularly ornery young teenager client of mine explaining the direct connection between the effort he puts forward in his day-to-day assignments/school work, and the quality and quanitity of opportunities and experiences to &#8230; <a href="http://fromlefttowrite.wordpress.com/2010/11/04/getting-the-most-from-the-least/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=fromlefttowrite.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8583724&amp;post=232&amp;subd=fromlefttowrite&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Collision Course; TMGI Day 9</title>
		<link>http://fromlefttowrite.wordpress.com/2010/11/03/collision-course-tmgi-day-9/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Nov 2010 06:57:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are circumstances in which forest fires are good for the environment.  At first glance, this seems counter-intuitive. &#160; Fires = bad, right? &#160; Well, after a bit of investigation it turns out that it is true: fires convert old &#8230; <a href="http://fromlefttowrite.wordpress.com/2010/11/03/collision-course-tmgi-day-9/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=fromlefttowrite.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8583724&amp;post=222&amp;subd=fromlefttowrite&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Grateful Fall; TMGI Day 8</title>
		<link>http://fromlefttowrite.wordpress.com/2010/11/02/grateful-fall-tmgi-day-8/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Nov 2010 06:58:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In February of 1993, I was alone in a single-car accident. On an old, winding, desert road in southeast Arizona, my 1965 Ford Falcon lost traction, fishtailed, and rolled two-and-a-half times.  Cars rolling over make a terrible sound, and that &#8230; <a href="http://fromlefttowrite.wordpress.com/2010/11/02/grateful-fall-tmgi-day-8/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=fromlefttowrite.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8583724&amp;post=210&amp;subd=fromlefttowrite&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Inspired Voting; TMGI Day 7</title>
		<link>http://fromlefttowrite.wordpress.com/2010/11/01/inspired-voting-tmgi-day-7/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Nov 2010 04:05:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[The Month of Gratitude and Inspiration]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Rabindranath Tagore]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[voting]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[On the eve of election day, I was thinking that it&#8217;d be pretty difficult to comment on the political system, and still somewhow integrate a feeling of inspiration. &#160; I drew a blank. &#160; I thought about doing a piece &#8230; <a href="http://fromlefttowrite.wordpress.com/2010/11/01/inspired-voting-tmgi-day-7/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=fromlefttowrite.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8583724&amp;post=195&amp;subd=fromlefttowrite&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Follow Design; TMGI Day 6</title>
		<link>http://fromlefttowrite.wordpress.com/2010/10/31/follow-design/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Nov 2010 06:58:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[architecture]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[harmony]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Inspiration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[quality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[shape]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is a looooong list of things I still have yet to learn.  It&#8217;s not as long as it once was&#8230;but LONG nevertheless.  One thing that has been most recently added to the list is Design &#8211; particularly in architecture &#8230; <a href="http://fromlefttowrite.wordpress.com/2010/10/31/follow-design/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=fromlefttowrite.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8583724&amp;post=179&amp;subd=fromlefttowrite&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Gratitude Generation; TMGI Day 5</title>
		<link>http://fromlefttowrite.wordpress.com/2010/10/30/gratitude-generation/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Oct 2010 04:42:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[All Saints Day and all Souls Day/Dia de los Muertos are about to arrive, and although he is never far from my memories or from my thoughts, commemorating the lives of those whom we have lost immediately invokes the memory &#8230; <a href="http://fromlefttowrite.wordpress.com/2010/10/30/gratitude-generation/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=fromlefttowrite.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8583724&amp;post=167&amp;subd=fromlefttowrite&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Above and Beyond; TMGI Day 4</title>
		<link>http://fromlefttowrite.wordpress.com/2010/10/29/above-and-beyond-tmgi-day-4/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Oct 2010 01:12:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today, I am inspired by effort. I have been trying to resource those times when I felt most humbled, most appreciative&#8230;and invariably, those times involved the effort, the consideration, the thoughtfulness of someone around me.  Even if the gesture was &#8230; <a href="http://fromlefttowrite.wordpress.com/2010/10/29/above-and-beyond-tmgi-day-4/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=fromlefttowrite.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8583724&amp;post=156&amp;subd=fromlefttowrite&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A Shot of Gratitude; TMGI Day 3</title>
		<link>http://fromlefttowrite.wordpress.com/2010/10/28/a-shot-of-gratitude-tmgi-day-3/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Oct 2010 04:40:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I suppose there are any number of ways to begin writing about gratitude.  Gratitude has always felt, to me, like something of great profundity.  But as this is only day 3 of the 30 day challenge, I thought I&#8217;d start &#8230; <a href="http://fromlefttowrite.wordpress.com/2010/10/28/a-shot-of-gratitude-tmgi-day-3/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=fromlefttowrite.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8583724&amp;post=151&amp;subd=fromlefttowrite&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Worshiping at the Altar of Merriam-Webster; TMGI Day 2</title>
		<link>http://fromlefttowrite.wordpress.com/2010/10/27/worshiping-at-the-altar-of-merriam-webster-tmgi-day2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Oct 2010 22:21:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Words inspire me. Not just their meanings &#8211; although they do &#8211; but the words themselves: how they feel in the mouth, the trickery of tongue and teeth, the shape of the letters and the art of their synergy.  Sometimes &#8230; <a href="http://fromlefttowrite.wordpress.com/2010/10/27/worshiping-at-the-altar-of-merriam-webster-tmgi-day2/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=fromlefttowrite.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8583724&amp;post=142&amp;subd=fromlefttowrite&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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