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		<title>quote: pooh on life</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Dec 2011 15:00:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;life is miserable,&#8221; moaned eeyore. but pooh just laughed. &#8220;oh eeyore!  it&#8217;s your mind that&#8217;s miserable.  life is just life.&#8221;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=westbymidwest.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11398953&amp;post=592&amp;subd=westbymidwest&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>(a belated) happy merry everything!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Dec 2011 18:48:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>thoughts: grateful</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Dec 2011 02:44:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[today I got some news that I didn&#8217;t like.  so I fought it and whined about it and rebelled against it.  and then I was reminded that it&#8217;s easy to accept the things we want as blessings.  the things we &#8230; <a href="http://westbymidwest.wordpress.com/2011/12/22/grateful/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=westbymidwest.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11398953&amp;post=563&amp;subd=westbymidwest&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>photo: be back soon</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Oct 2011 23:15:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>nostalgia: spin the wheel</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Aug 2011 02:15:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m 16, and it is winter in Minnesota.  It&#8217;s warm inside, insulated from the biting cold outside these walls.  I&#8217;m in my bedroom, glancing over words in a textbook.  Despite the fact that no one is watching, I want to &#8230; <a href="http://westbymidwest.wordpress.com/2011/08/03/nostalgia-spin-the-wheel/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=westbymidwest.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11398953&amp;post=551&amp;subd=westbymidwest&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>video: no more GMOs</title>
		<link>http://westbymidwest.wordpress.com/2011/07/27/video-no-more-gmos/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jul 2011 01:51:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[from http://gmofilm.com/ : (click link for larger video) &#8220;THE GMO FILM PROJECT tells the story of a father&#8217;s discovery of GMOs through the symbolic act of poor Haitian farmers burning seeds in defiance of Monsanto&#8217;s gift of 475 tons of hybrid corn &#8230; <a href="http://westbymidwest.wordpress.com/2011/07/27/video-no-more-gmos/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=westbymidwest.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11398953&amp;post=543&amp;subd=westbymidwest&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>thoughts: an open letter to los angeles</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jun 2011 23:31:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[dear los angeles: 6 months ago we had our first anniversary.  traditionally, first anniversaries are celebrated with a paper gift.  you must have forgotten until last month.  the paper parking ticket was a lovely token of your affection.  thank you. &#8230; <a href="http://westbymidwest.wordpress.com/2011/06/29/thoughts-an-open-letter-to-los-angeles/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=westbymidwest.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11398953&amp;post=515&amp;subd=westbymidwest&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>thoughts: a piece of reality</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jun 2011 18:05:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I mentioned it before.  the bracelet I bought in ethiopia.  and even months later it rarely leaves my wrist.  as time goes by, ethiopia seems to slip away.  I look at photos and think, &#8220;that really happened.  look.  you were &#8230; <a href="http://westbymidwest.wordpress.com/2011/06/23/thoughts-a-piece-of-reality/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=westbymidwest.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11398953&amp;post=518&amp;subd=westbymidwest&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>quote: glass, half broken</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Feb 2011 09:01:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[“You see this goblet?” asks Achaan Chaa, the Thai meditation master. “For me this glass is already broken. I enjoy it; I drink out of it. It holds my water admirably, sometimes even reflecting the sun in beautiful patterns. If &#8230; <a href="http://westbymidwest.wordpress.com/2011/02/22/quote-glass-half-broken/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=westbymidwest.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11398953&amp;post=510&amp;subd=westbymidwest&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>photo: 10 years ago</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Feb 2011 06:45:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I walk down this street frequently.  pushing a double stroller.  sometimes getting weird looks from strangers.  always maintaining peace between two toddlers.  usually singing a third rendition of twinkle twinkle.  often answering questions about why people litter. amidst today&#8217;s usual &#8230; <a href="http://westbymidwest.wordpress.com/2011/02/21/photo-10-years-ago/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=westbymidwest.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11398953&amp;post=495&amp;subd=westbymidwest&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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