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		<title>It&#8217;s a Wonderful Life</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Dec 2008 02:17:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marie Beausoleil</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m watching the tail end of this and the tears are streaming down my face. Imagine, this movie was released in 1946, over sixty years ago, and it is still as powerful and wonderful as ever. I know there are some people who have never seen it. Pierre never did until we met. But if [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=trailmixup.wordpress.com&blog=2215930&post=313&subd=trailmixup&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Christmas Dinner Menu</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Dec 2008 20:33:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marie Beausoleil</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What do you serve for Christmas at your house?
Christmas Eve, after Midnight Mass, we will have Eggnog and Tourtiere. I&#8217;m trying to convince Pierre that we should eat *before* Mass and then go to bed immediately after Mass. Or just avoid the whole &#8220;out in the freezing cold at midnight on Christmas Eve&#8221; thing altogether. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=trailmixup.wordpress.com&blog=2215930&post=229&subd=trailmixup&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>This is for you &#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Dec 2008 23:08:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marie Beausoleil</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For those parents who have lost a child to death and grieve this Christmas,
For those parents who will be separated from a child this Christmas,
For those single parents who wonder if they can make Christmas happen, alone,
For those children of all ages who miss their parents,
For those who wonder how their babies grew up so [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=trailmixup.wordpress.com&blog=2215930&post=184&subd=trailmixup&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>My Symphony by William Henry Channing</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Dec 2008 19:05:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marie Beausoleil</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[To live content with small means;
To seek elegance rather than luxury, and refinement rather than fashion;
To be worthy, not respectable, and wealthy, not, rich;
To listen to stars and birds, babes and sages, with open heart;
To study hard; to think quietly, act frankly, talk gently, await occasions, hurry never;
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		<title>Stating the Obvious</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Dec 2008 21:10:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marie Beausoleil</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My friend Tracey McBride apologized in a comment for &#8220;stating the obvious.&#8221; I was going to comment back, but I could feel a blog post growing within me.
Stating the obvious. We do it all the time. In fact, I don&#8217;t think you would want to stop stating the obvious or having others state it to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=trailmixup.wordpress.com&blog=2215930&post=167&subd=trailmixup&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Affirmations December 8</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Dec 2008 03:23:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marie Beausoleil</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I got hit with some pretty heavy news today, and I really need these, so I thought I&#8217;d share. I have hundreds. (And I&#8217;m not cutting and pasting, either. I&#8217;m typing each one in so that I get the full impact of each sentence. I hope you enjoy these and find them useful. I&#8217;ve gathered [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=trailmixup.wordpress.com&blog=2215930&post=164&subd=trailmixup&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The W in Christmas</title>
		<link>http://trailmixup.wordpress.com/2008/12/03/the-w-in-christmas/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Dec 2008 21:55:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marie Beausoleil</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well, WordPress invited me to use the bookmarklet &#8220;Press this&#8221; in order to easily create blog entries. So I found this link &#8211; The W in Christmas &#8211; and used the bookmarklet to write a post. All that was posted, though, was the link. I&#8217;m sorry. That wasn&#8217;t supposed to happen, and I won&#8217;t use [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=trailmixup.wordpress.com&blog=2215930&post=150&subd=trailmixup&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Some of my favorite books</title>
		<link>http://trailmixup.wordpress.com/2008/11/18/some-of-my-favorite-books/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2008 23:19:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marie Beausoleil</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been inspired to list some of my favorite books, by chatting with one of my favorite authors, Tracey McBride, on Twitter. Yes, she&#8217;s there, and she&#8217;s an awesome lady.
I&#8217;m going to include Amazon links for each of them, and if you&#8217;re interested in buying a copy, well, it would be truly wonderful if you [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=trailmixup.wordpress.com&blog=2215930&post=103&subd=trailmixup&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>My wonderful neighbour</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Nov 2008 03:40:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marie Beausoleil</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I should be writing. Instead, I&#8217;m going to tell you about my best female friend.
I first met her when she moved into my building and didn&#8217;t have a phone connection right away. She knocked on all the doors of our very small building, and no one would let her use the phone.  I guess I [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=trailmixup.wordpress.com&blog=2215930&post=86&subd=trailmixup&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>My Privileges</title>
		<link>http://trailmixup.wordpress.com/2008/01/23/my-privileges/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jan 2008 01:39:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marie Beausoleil</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My Privileges
A very interesting meme I&#8217;ve stolen from Joyful Chaos.
From What Privileges Do You Have?, based on an exercise about class and privilege developed by Will Barratt, Meagan Cahill, Angie Carlen, Minnette Huck, Drew Lurker, Stacy Ploskonka at Illinois State University. If you participate in this blog game, they ask that you PLEASE acknowledge their [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=trailmixup.wordpress.com&blog=2215930&post=31&subd=trailmixup&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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