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	<title>Yips and Howls &#187; nature</title>
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		<title>The Road Less Traveled&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://blog.elizabethenslin.com/2011/07/the-road-less-traveled/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jul 2011 04:20:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elizabeth Enslin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Homesteading]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Yurt Living]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[…and that was the problem. Not maintained, rutted, overgrown on either side, the mile long drive is the only way by vehicle in and out of this abandoned homestead we now spend half the year on....]]></description>
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		<title>Sweet Spot Up the Hill</title>
		<link>http://blog.elizabethenslin.com/2011/06/sweet-spot-up-the-hill/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jun 2011 18:18:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elizabeth Enslin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Sweet Spots]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[After several years, we&#8217;re still exploring our acreage in northeastern Oregon.  We&#8217;ve vaguely named some places through habitual reference: The Rocky Knoll,  The Frog Pond. But there are other special places we just call &#8220;sweet spots.&#8221; Somehow, from the context and with a gesture and description of the general location &#8212; &#8220;that sweet spot up [...]]]></description>
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		<title>View From the Yurt, June 8</title>
		<link>http://blog.elizabethenslin.com/2011/06/view-from-the-yurt-june-8/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jun 2011 04:28:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elizabeth Enslin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Wordless Wednesday]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Yurt Living]]></category>
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		<title>Arizona Trees</title>
		<link>http://blog.elizabethenslin.com/2011/04/arizona-trees/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Apr 2011 00:26:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elizabeth Enslin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Biodiversions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Southwest Travel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wild Plants]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[beauty]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Funny to arrive in Arizona in early April for a much-anticipated break from tree-rich Oregon and take pictures of trees. But how could I resist these?]]></description>
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		<title>Autumn Frog</title>
		<link>http://blog.elizabethenslin.com/2010/09/autumn-frog/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Sep 2010 03:05:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elizabeth Enslin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Wildlife Encounters]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[amphibians]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nature]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[photography]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.elizabethenslin.com/?p=5822</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[don't usually see Pacific Tree Frogs this time of year, so was surprised -- and delighted -- to see this one hop across my path on the last day of summer (...)]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Wren Independence Day</title>
		<link>http://blog.elizabethenslin.com/2010/07/wren-independence-day/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jul 2010 02:48:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elizabeth Enslin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Recent]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Seasons and Rituals]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[birds]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The house wrens nesting on our yurt porch chose this morning, the 4th of July, to shoo their young ones out of the nest.]]></description>
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		<title>When Life Gives You Weeds&#8230;Eat &#8216;Em</title>
		<link>http://blog.elizabethenslin.com/2010/06/when-life-gives-you-weeds-eat-em/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.elizabethenslin.com/2010/06/when-life-gives-you-weeds-eat-em/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jun 2010 14:22:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elizabeth Enslin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Recent]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sustainable Food]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sustainable Gardening]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wild Plants]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Homesteading]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.elizabethenslin.com/?p=5666</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[With all the rain out over the last few weeks and the challenges of getting the summer garden in, I&#8217;ve been grateful for food that sprouts with no effort on my part. I might not want stinging nettles in my cultivated garden, but I like having a patch on a distant corner of our property. [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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		<title>More Haiti Links</title>
		<link>http://blog.elizabethenslin.com/2010/01/more-haiti-links/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.elizabethenslin.com/2010/01/more-haiti-links/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2010 20:40:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elizabeth Enslin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cultural Diversity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics and History]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Recent]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Haiti]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[media]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nature]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.elizabethenslin.com/?p=5091</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Following up on my Martin Luther King Day post, here are some more links that expose mainstream media bias and deepen historical and political understanding of Haiti:...]]></description>
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		<title>Our Live Christmas Tree</title>
		<link>http://blog.elizabethenslin.com/2009/12/our-live-christmas-tree/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.elizabethenslin.com/2009/12/our-live-christmas-tree/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Dec 2009 15:34:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elizabeth Enslin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Recent]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Wild Plants]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[holidays]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.elizabethenslin.com/?p=4638</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I used to be the Christmas tree enthusiast in the family.  I'd drive around Seattle for hours looking for the perfect tree, set it up, decorate it....]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Ice Patterns</title>
		<link>http://blog.elizabethenslin.com/2009/12/ice-patterns/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.elizabethenslin.com/2009/12/ice-patterns/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Dec 2009 02:18:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elizabeth Enslin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Humor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Recent]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Seasons and Rituals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[climate change]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Writing experts tell us to never, ever open a story with the weather. And while a brief comment on the weather can sometimes be an ice breaker, extended conversations about it more likely signal that both parties have run out of interesting things to say. That's all changing now....]]></description>
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