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		<title>Deva Premal: meditation and beauty</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Aad guray nameh Jugaad guray nameh Sat guray nameh Siri guru devay nameh I bow to the Primal Guru, I bow to the Guru woven through time I bow to the True Guru, the true identity of the self. I bow to the Great Guru whose great glory will always be. Guru: that which brings [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=amandacrossley.com&#038;blog=11495955&#038;post=2962&#038;subd=amandacrossley&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Disquiet</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Apr 2012 17:56:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is a crack, a tiny hole in the once impenetrable walls. And though the guards have not noticed and the king sits calmly on his throne, The engineer is worried. Silently he measures, calculates and waits. Waits to tell them the inevitable truth, a truth they do not wish to hear: The structural integrity [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=amandacrossley.com&#038;blog=11495955&#038;post=3038&#038;subd=amandacrossley&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Drifting</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Apr 2012 17:42:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Honu, I have traveled so far out into the ocean that I cannot find the land. I have forgotten the path my heart used to know, the light that guided me through the vast darkness. I swim on endlessly, not knowing in which direction I travel. No compass star light the darkness above me, no [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=amandacrossley.com&#038;blog=11495955&#038;post=3034&#038;subd=amandacrossley&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The shutter</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Apr 2012 17:28:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am breathing again&#8230;but only as such. My heart shutters and tries to rouse itself from this long sleep But my will casts the spell to keep it dormant. I fear my heart, I fear being alive. Learning to accept joy, trust and love again. I know the spell I cast cannot last. I feel [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=amandacrossley.com&#038;blog=11495955&#038;post=3030&#038;subd=amandacrossley&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Alfred Lord Tennyson: beauty and art</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Mar 2012 18:55:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Break, break, break Break, break, break, On thy cold gray stones, O Sea! And I would that my tongue could utter The thoughts that arise in me. O, well for the fisherman&#8217;s boy, That he shouts with his sister at play! O, well for the sailor lad, That he sings in his boat on the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=amandacrossley.com&#038;blog=11495955&#038;post=2997&#038;subd=amandacrossley&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Robert Burns: words and song</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Mar 2012 18:17:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amanda Schwab</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When I think about the things that made me who I am I would be remiss not to mention singing. From a young age I was taught to sing by my mother. Not in a professional or aggressive way but to sing because it makes one happy and is pleasing to God. I was home [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=amandacrossley.com&#038;blog=11495955&#038;post=2995&#038;subd=amandacrossley&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Feb 2012 23:52:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[     It&#8217;s funny how sometimes the people who don&#8217;t know us very well make the best observations because their thoughts are not colored by &#8220;how far we have come&#8221; or &#8220;if it will hurt our feelings.&#8221; I unknowingly had this experience a week or so ago and am now just beginning to get the message. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=amandacrossley.com&#038;blog=11495955&#038;post=3006&#038;subd=amandacrossley&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 00:19:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I threw my life on the ground and watched it shatter. In a single moment everything, everything that I knew changed. I raged, wept and futilely tried to put the pieces together. &#160; I do not remember the moment I realized that my hands where cut and my blood dulled the once bright edges. I [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=amandacrossley.com&#038;blog=11495955&#038;post=2984&#038;subd=amandacrossley&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>self induced coma</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Nov 2011 21:41:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amanda Schwab</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I sit in my chair reflecting quietly, And the smile for the sunshine and morning well spent fades And it is hard to breathe. My cat sleeps under my comforter, a warning of my mood. I do not call, I am so sick of my own voice. I want them to believe I am happy, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=amandacrossley.com&#038;blog=11495955&#038;post=2975&#038;subd=amandacrossley&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Grand Bay: day trip</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Nov 2011 13:04:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amanda Schwab</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This past Saturday I took myself on a day trip to Grand Bay Wildlife Refuge which is less than 10 min from my house. I was really surprised by how nice the picnic area was and how long the board walk to the tower is. It was cold and quiet, it made for the perfect [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=amandacrossley.com&#038;blog=11495955&#038;post=2967&#038;subd=amandacrossley&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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