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	<title>Yips and Howls &#187; exploration</title>
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		<title>Sagebrush: Species of the Week</title>
		<link>http://blog.elizabethenslin.com/2009/07/sagebrush-species-of-the-week/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 22:47:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elizabeth Enslin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Species of the Week]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the things I like about writing regular posts on various species is that it challenges my own tendency to overlook or take for granted species that are common, mundane, or unpopular.  Last week, I had the good fortune to take a brief vacation in the high desert country of Central Oregon.  I decided it was time to learn more about a plant I see everywhere throughout the Great Basin but know little about: Artemesia tridentata, or sagebrush.]]></description>
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		<title>Magnolias of Hoyt Arboretum</title>
		<link>http://blog.elizabethenslin.com/2009/05/magnolias-of-hoyt-arboretum/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2009 21:24:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elizabeth Enslin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[City Parks]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In March, I had a craving for trilliums that took me to Tryon Creek State Park.  In April, I wanted to stick my nose into magnolia blossoms, so Django (my standard poodle) and I headed over to Hoyt Arboretum. A brisk uphill walk (or a quick Max ride) from downtown Portland, Hoyt arboretum covers 187 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Floating</title>
		<link>http://blog.elizabethenslin.com/2009/04/floating/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2009 20:18:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elizabeth Enslin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[NaPoWriMo]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Based on a recent trip I got dragged into, this image came immediately to mind when I considered the random words given for NaPoWriMo at Read Write Poem.  It also vaguely fits the &#8220;hobby&#8221; prompt at Poetic Asides, although it&#8217;s not my hobby. ___________________________ Floating Impugned by eco-warriors the Star Princess - a floating hotel [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Protected: Packing</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2009 19:19:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elizabeth Enslin</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[backpacking]]></category>
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		<title>Protected: Riding on the 3</title>
		<link>http://blog.elizabethenslin.com/2009/04/riding-on-the-3/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2009 23:54:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elizabeth Enslin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[NaPoWriMo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[beauty]]></category>
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		<title>Trilliums in the City</title>
		<link>http://blog.elizabethenslin.com/2009/03/trilliums-city/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2009 16:35:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elizabeth Enslin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Around the Northwest]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I craved trilliums yesterday but didn&#8217;t have the energy to drive far.   And with 92,000 acres of green space in Portland, Oregon, I didn&#8217;t have to.  I drove ten minutes across town and entered 645 acres of trillium heaven in Tryon Creek State Park. A washed-out footbridge detoured me onto a horse trail, but I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Eagles and Dogs</title>
		<link>http://blog.elizabethenslin.com/2009/03/dogs-and-eagles/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2009 22:31:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elizabeth Enslin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Explorations]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[condors]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A sore throat, stuffy nose and cough inspire me to play with images instead of  words today.  Okay, there are some words, but not too many. Django and I headed out to the Sandy River Delta a few days ago.  We go there at least once a week when we&#8217;re in Portland and have seen [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Superstitions, Saguaro, and Bajadas</title>
		<link>http://blog.elizabethenslin.com/2009/02/walking-in-saguaro/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.elizabethenslin.com/2009/02/walking-in-saguaro/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Feb 2009 04:17:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elizabeth Enslin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Explorations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Southwest Travel]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A trip to Prescott College for a colloquium (and to visit my son) breaks my writing routine and has brought me into a drier, sunnier winter.  A 24 hour detour to the Superstition Mountains east of Phoenix gave me a a taste of a desert spring.  It also fulfilled a long-held fantasy of walking among the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>To Blog or Not</title>
		<link>http://blog.elizabethenslin.com/2009/01/to-blog-or-not/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Jan 2009 15:45:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elizabeth Enslin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Writing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[blogging]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[creative nonfiction]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Montaigne]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[After several weeks of dabbling here, I&#8217;m still torn over the twenty-first century quandary: to blog or not? &#8220;Why I Blog,&#8221; an essay by Andrew Sullivan, senior editor of Atlantic Monthly, has helped put the practice in perspective and inspired me to continue exploring. Sullivan considers historical cousins to the weblog: the ship&#8217;s log, diary [...]]]></description>
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