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		<title>birthday invocation</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 21:55:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[February 23rd is the birthday of Rotary. Paul Harris, was 37 when he gathered some professional connections and they formed the world&#8217;s first service club in Chicago in 1905. Service is action in support of others.  A small action can make a difference.  It isn&#8217;t about glamour; it&#8217;s about need.  A toilet is a rather [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=shawnbird.com&amp;blog=13467258&amp;post=5395&amp;subd=shawnbird&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>mesmerism for the masses</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2012 08:31:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shawn Bird</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Theater, I suppose, is a form of mass mesmerism, and if that&#8217;s the case, Shakespeare&#8230;was surely one of the greatest hypnotists who ever lived. (Alan Bradley, I am Half-sick of Shadows.  p.119) Gotta love the brilliance of Flavia de Luce!<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=shawnbird.com&amp;blog=13467258&amp;post=5400&amp;subd=shawnbird&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<link>http://shawnbird.com/2012/02/20/5168/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Feb 2012 17:39:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We teach what we like to learn and the reason many people go into teaching is vicariously to re-experience the primary joy experienced the first time they learned something they loved. Stephen Brookfield I suppose this is true.  I love reading and writing.  I love thinking about books.  I love discussing writing and reading.  The [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=shawnbird.com&amp;blog=13467258&amp;post=5168&amp;subd=shawnbird&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>the other side of the pitch</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Feb 2012 02:40:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[When I attended my first writing conference- the Surrey International Writers&#8217; Conference in 2009- I was told about The Elevator Pitch. This is the 30 second blurb about your book that establishes the protagonist, conflict, theme and audience. You need one, because every time you&#8217;re asked, &#8220;What&#8217;s your book about?&#8221; you should be able to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=shawnbird.com&amp;blog=13467258&amp;post=5371&amp;subd=shawnbird&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>sonnet 61 shoes</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Feb 2012 01:54:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[When we were in Paris last March, I found a shoe sale. I ended up buying a pair of black leather wedge shoes (for just 12 Euros!  John said, &#8220;How much?  Why don&#8217;t you buy the brown pair, too?&#8221; lol) Now, I don&#8217;t really believe in plain black anything, and those wedges seemed to me [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=shawnbird.com&amp;blog=13467258&amp;post=5362&amp;subd=shawnbird&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Another snippet of book 3</title>
		<link>http://shawnbird.com/2012/02/16/another-snippet-of-book-3/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Feb 2012 06:08:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shawn Bird</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Grace Awakening]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was wondering today just what choir class was like for Ben.  Strangely enough, a window promptly opened, and here&#8217;s what I know now. Meg eyed us suspiciously as Paul, Ryan and I came into the band room for choir. “What’s this? A trio of fools?” Ryan grinned at her. “Fools for love! Valentine’s Day [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=shawnbird.com&amp;blog=13467258&amp;post=5359&amp;subd=shawnbird&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>not quite spring</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Feb 2012 18:48:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shawn Bird</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Spring&#8217;s promise whispered, a twilight song warming me. Buds broke joyfully from bare, dead, winter branches; Now they wear a snow blanket.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=shawnbird.com&amp;blog=13467258&amp;post=5347&amp;subd=shawnbird&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>write the magic</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Feb 2012 05:48:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shawn Bird</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Little things kind of reveal themselves to me in the (process of) writing. A lot of people think that magic happens when you write, and it does, but they think, “Well you must be struck by inspiration, this magic bolt hits you and then you just sit down and … it must just pour out [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=shawnbird.com&amp;blog=13467258&amp;post=5157&amp;subd=shawnbird&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>love token</title>
		<link>http://shawnbird.com/2012/02/14/love-token/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Feb 2012 03:07:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On this Valentine&#8217;s Day, I&#8217;m thinking about love tokens&#8230; I have a beautiful wedding ring, made for me by Natasha of Armeni Jewelers when they were here in the Shuswap.  It has two nicely sized diamonds, set above 22 little pavé set diamonds.  It&#8217;s about a centimetre wide.  Presently, it&#8217;s a bit too large, and so I [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=shawnbird.com&amp;blog=13467258&amp;post=5339&amp;subd=shawnbird&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Warrior</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2012 08:37:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shawn Bird</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Alpha-biography]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Warrior There are a lot of warriors who fight in all sorts of wars. Sure, there are the traditional kinds of warriors: soldiers battling with guns and tanks, or arrow, swords and shields. There are also those who battle injustice using words: reporters, essayists, comedians, Amnesty International. There are those who fight disease: research scientists, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=shawnbird.com&amp;blog=13467258&amp;post=5310&amp;subd=shawnbird&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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