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		<title>I &#8216;tuck.</title>
		<link>http://ammaponders.wordpress.com/2013/05/08/i-tuck/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2013 12:12:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m stuck.  Or as Adaline used to say, &#8220;I &#8216;tuck.&#8221;  I&#8217;ve been &#8216;tuck for weeks.  Not able to write.  Not able to plan much beyond today.  Wondering what I am supposed to be doing and how to get to the point of doing&#8230;anything. I know that sounds like depression, but this time I felt more [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ammaponders.wordpress.com&#038;blog=14057943&#038;post=4058&#038;subd=ammaponders&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>So, I Was Thinking&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Apr 2013 15:47:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Of dirty, musky-smelling potatoes and greasy, hot, salty french fries. Of magical carrots pulled out of the dirt and carrot-colored Cheetos. Of oat-bread french toast with real butter churned a few miles away at Homeland Creamery and Yo&#8217; Drops from Plum Organics (click here). Of bits of scrambled eggs from chickens raised by Milton and [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ammaponders.wordpress.com&#038;blog=14057943&#038;post=4040&#038;subd=ammaponders&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>I Better Live a Long Time</title>
		<link>http://ammaponders.wordpress.com/2013/03/21/i-better-live-a-long-time/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Mar 2013 22:27:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[books]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I must possess at least 6-7 books about how to be organized.  If I ever purge, sort and organize my books into  categories, I&#8217;ll know for sure and be able to list the titles and authors.  Hasn&#8217;t happened yet. I worked on my office this afternoon.  I emptied two big baskets (left from another attempt [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ammaponders.wordpress.com&#038;blog=14057943&#038;post=3998&#038;subd=ammaponders&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Best Birthday Ever!</title>
		<link>http://ammaponders.wordpress.com/2013/03/13/best-birthday-ever/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Mar 2013 00:16:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Follow your bliss! Pursue that which gives you joy! I struggled with the bliss thing for years after I heard Oprah&#8217;s advice.  &#8220;Look back at your childhood&#8211;what did you most enjoy?&#8221;  I liked reading a book up in a tree, alone.  I can&#8217;t climb a tree anymore, but I still love to read and be [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ammaponders.wordpress.com&#038;blog=14057943&#038;post=3927&#038;subd=ammaponders&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Does It Matter?</title>
		<link>http://ammaponders.wordpress.com/2013/02/28/does-it-matter/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Feb 2013 22:06:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Human bodies are complex and mysterious and keep on changing. Some of the early stuff I expected&#8211;periods and cramps (and sometimes being glad when they appeared), groping of various parts by others, and complexion issues like pimples and eventually laugh lines. As I passed 40 and 50 and approached and passed 60, surprises popped up. [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ammaponders.wordpress.com&#038;blog=14057943&#038;post=3887&#038;subd=ammaponders&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>We Loved Lucy</title>
		<link>http://ammaponders.wordpress.com/2013/02/17/we-loved-lucy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Feb 2013 14:15:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The retired man I live with and I fell in love with her.  We loved her enough to let her go. Lucy had a respiratory infection at the shelter, which they had treated with an antibiotic.  She coughed some the first night, Wednesday,  so we took her to our vet the next morning.  Dr. Syska [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ammaponders.wordpress.com&#038;blog=14057943&#038;post=3865&#038;subd=ammaponders&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>I Love Lucy!</title>
		<link>http://ammaponders.wordpress.com/2013/02/14/i-love-lucy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Feb 2013 22:48:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[God spelled backwards.  My daughters say (and believe) that &#8220;dog&#8221; is God spelled backwards.  I sure hope God isn&#8217;t as timid and exhausted as the the dog asleep on the couch in my den.  She&#8217;s lying on the grey wool  sweater that I wore when we brought her home from the animal shelter. We put [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ammaponders.wordpress.com&#038;blog=14057943&#038;post=3795&#038;subd=ammaponders&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>P&#8217;ease Pick Me Up</title>
		<link>http://ammaponders.wordpress.com/2013/02/05/pease-pick-me-up/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Feb 2013 18:59:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[  &#8220;Amma, p&#8217;ease pick me up,&#8221; pleads Adaline. But I must say, &#8220;Can&#8217;t do it, my sweet girl. Do you want to climb up on the couch and we can eat some blueberries?&#8221; F&#8211;k, I say in my head. God help me. Give me hands, my hands that work. I am Amma, just as I [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ammaponders.wordpress.com&#038;blog=14057943&#038;post=3672&#038;subd=ammaponders&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Vicks VapoRub and Dark Chocolate</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jan 2013 21:30:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I smeared Vick&#8217;s VapoRub on my chest and the bottoms of my feet, put on a pair of heavy socks, laid my head down on 2 pillows and tried to go to sleep.  Before bedtime I tried lemon/ginger tea with honey, straight teaspoons of honey, enough mentholyptus cough drops to make me anxious about my [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ammaponders.wordpress.com&#038;blog=14057943&#038;post=3604&#038;subd=ammaponders&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Litter and Bubbles and Comfortable Shoes</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jan 2013 21:48:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[He littered.  The guy in a red pickup truck flat-out littered.  I decided it was a man—I couldn’t quite tell.  He threw a bright yellow box with a red  logo on it (Bojangles, maybe) right out his window.  The box landed on the highway right in front of me.  I crushed it.  That thing had [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ammaponders.wordpress.com&#038;blog=14057943&#038;post=3568&#038;subd=ammaponders&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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