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		<title>Walking in someone else&#8217;s shoes</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 May 2010 06:45:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer Mathews</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recently, I did a marathon.
No, not the 26.2 mile sort.  Instead, I  went on a TED marathon . . . as in getting mesmerized online for hours and hours by videos from the TED Conferences (Technology, Entertainment, and  Design, though their motto of &#8220;Ideas Worth Spreading&#8221; says it better).
I was particularly struck by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Optimism as a radical act</title>
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		<dc:creator>Jennifer Mathews</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Imagine deciding to live without creating any environmental impact for a year: no trash, no carbon emissions via car or bus, no toxins in the water, no elevators, no  subway, no products in packaging, no plastics, no air conditioning,  no  TV, no flush toilets.  This is what &#8220;No Impact Man&#8221; Colin Beavan, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Are you plugged in?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2010 06:07:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer Mathews</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As I saw the icon on my cell phone go down to one little bar, I thought &#8220;Huh.  How did that happen so quickly?  Better find an outlet.&#8221;  And this got me thinking . . .
These days, people tend to make sure technology has the power it needs to function throughout the day (especially a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The experience of knowing</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Earlier this week, I went to my friends&#8217; house in Juniper Valley, CA.  One thing I love about Abbie and Jack&#8217;s place is there&#8217;s a spectacular view of the north side of Mount Shasta.  To me, the mountain looks more volcanic from this perspective, which I find quite powerful.

On this particular day, as I looked [...]]]></description>
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		<title>When joy &amp; wisdom appear</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 23:50:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer Mathews</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I love synchronicity.  And I really love when it shows up loud and clear.
Two weekends ago, I attended a &#8220;Circles of Healing&#8221; retreat in Mount Shasta, CA for those whose lives have been somehow touched by cancer or chronic illness.  I went with my partner, who has survived cancer more than once, and also held [...]]]></description>
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