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		<title>Sky-Blessed</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Sep 2010 21:20:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[Image: 'Untitled, Hateruma-jima, Okinawa, 1971,' by Shomei Tomatsu] From whiskey river: How to Grow Clouds It takes a lot of work: it is necessary to weed very carefully, to toss out muck and small stones by hand, to kneel on the earth, bend over, dig about in the soil, water profusely, collect caterpillars, exterminate aphids, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Unbanning Books Month</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Sep 2010 10:58:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Miriam Forster, of the charmingly monikered Dancing with Dragons is Hard on Your Shoes blog, has issued a challenge to writers (and readers!). It springs from an annual event sponsored by the American Library Association, called Banned Books Week. From the ALA site: Held during the last week of September, Banned Books Week highlights the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Object of My Affectation</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Aug 2010 19:47:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[Alfalfa, of the Our Gang comedies, sings of his love for sweet little round-faced, soft-focus Darla. And yes, I know: the song title doesn't have that extra syllable in it. :)] Whom, exactly, do you try to impress? Note that I&#8217;m not asking about classes or groups of people. Most of us would like to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Right Looking</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Aug 2010 10:51:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[Image of Fay Ray, by William Wegman (1988), found here, as well as elsewhere on the Web (e.g., Style Me to the Moon)] From whiskey river: My Hand See how the past is not finished here in the present it is awake the whole time never waiting it is my hand now but not what [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Book Review: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, by Stieg Larsson</title>
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		<comments>http://johnesimpson.com/blog/2010/08/book-review-the-girl-with-the-dragon-tattoo-by-stieg-larsson/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Aug 2010 17:58:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My review of this book is now up over at The Book Book. So is another reviewer&#8217;s, as of yesterday &#8212; and we&#8217;re just following on the heels of the first, from a year ago. Clearly a book that draws reviewers like flies! I liked the book very much although (as you can see from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hits and Misses</title>
		<link>http://johnesimpson.com/blog/2010/08/hits-and-misses/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Aug 2010 16:53:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Complicated here, during the last week. Not bad, just&#8230; complicated. Thought I&#8217;d sort of summarize a couple of points of potential interest, but first, a question for regular visitors: Have you had problems accessing RAMH recently? One of your number has reported getting repeated &#8220;the connection was reset by the server&#8221; errors. It&#8217;s prevented her [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Book Review: War, by Sebastian Junger</title>
		<link>http://johnesimpson.com/blog/2010/08/book-review-war-by-sebastian-junger/</link>
		<comments>http://johnesimpson.com/blog/2010/08/book-review-war-by-sebastian-junger/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Aug 2010 20:23:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Habitués of Running After My Hat know, I think, that I resist the intrusion of politics into my posts here. And although I&#8217;ve never been tested on this, I&#8217;m pretty sure that&#8217;s one area in which I would likely resort to editing (or outright banning) comments of certain kinds. If you&#8217;re after debate, even of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>You Spoke from Midnight</title>
		<link>http://johnesimpson.com/blog/2010/07/outlasting/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jul 2010 10:55:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From whiskey river: Moonrise And who has seen the moon, who has not seen Her rise from out the chamber of the deep, Flushed and grand and naked, as from the chamber Of finished bridegroom, seen her rise and throw Confession of delight upon the wave, Littering the waves with her own superscription Of bliss, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>When Media Collide (to Quite Amusing Effect)</title>
		<link>http://johnesimpson.com/blog/2010/07/when-media-collide-to-quite-amusing-effect/</link>
		<comments>http://johnesimpson.com/blog/2010/07/when-media-collide-to-quite-amusing-effect/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Jul 2010 17:15:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(With apologies to site visitors who might be unfamiliar with one or the other work&#8230;) [via the reliable, insanely good taste of literary agent Janet Reid]]]></description>
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		<title>Behind the Scrim of the World</title>
		<link>http://johnesimpson.com/blog/2010/07/behind-the-sense-of-the-world/</link>
		<comments>http://johnesimpson.com/blog/2010/07/behind-the-sense-of-the-world/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Jul 2010 11:15:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[See the note at the end of this post for info about the above song.] From whiskey river: Falling Long before daybreak none of the birds yet awake rain comes down with the sound of a huge wind rushing through the valley trees it comes down around us all at the same time and beyond [...]]]></description>
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