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		<title>Tree Swallows</title>
		<link>http://summersolsticemusings.wordpress.com/2013/05/10/tree-swallows/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2013 15:30:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>SummerSolsticeGirl</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reblogged from Through My Lens: Read more&#8230; 140 more words If you enjoy photographs of nature and little critters, then you should definitely be following this blog. Beautiful photographs, good for the soul. And these beautiful tree swallows? Just what I needed today!<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=summersolsticemusings.wordpress.com&#038;blog=21804321&#038;post=3460&#038;subd=summersolsticemusings&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Overwhelmed</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2013 15:42:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>SummerSolsticeGirl</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Mental Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mental Illness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fear]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I had a nice little break. It felt good. But now, it&#8217;s back to the daily grind. The anxiety bouts that started about a year ago are now reaching alarming levels. I recently wrote a post on Canvas about it: Is this what getting better mean? Unfortunately, I am facing a few challenges right now. Both life and [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=summersolsticemusings.wordpress.com&#038;blog=21804321&#038;post=3454&#038;subd=summersolsticemusings&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Uncharted Territory</title>
		<link>http://summersolsticemusings.wordpress.com/2013/04/30/uncharted-territory/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Apr 2013 20:08:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>SummerSolsticeGirl</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Compass]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hope]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Uncharted territory]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is a very interesting period of my life. OK, perhaps interesting is not the right word but the scientist in me can&#8217;t help but be intrigued by the in-congruence of it all. So many difficult things happening, you&#8217;d think I would panic and freeze. And yet I am not doing that. They say hope comes when [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=summersolsticemusings.wordpress.com&#038;blog=21804321&#038;post=3447&#038;subd=summersolsticemusings&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Vive la différence</title>
		<link>http://summersolsticemusings.wordpress.com/2013/04/24/vive-la-difference/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Apr 2013 19:39:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>SummerSolsticeGirl</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Just for fun]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Opinion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Reblogged]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Swing Dynamite]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ADD]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lindy Hop]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Snob]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Swamped in work and still at a very uncertain period of my life in all fronts so I really haven&#8217;t had a chance to do much writing. Well, that&#8217;s not actually accurate. I have done a crap load of writing, just not for this blog. Plus I&#8217;m always very busy having 533 conversations with myself. Did [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=summersolsticemusings.wordpress.com&#038;blog=21804321&#038;post=3438&#038;subd=summersolsticemusings&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Because Patrick Sawyze said so</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Apr 2013 18:24:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>SummerSolsticeGirl</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dancing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mental Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Depression]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lindy Hop]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Patrick Swayze]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Now go out and dance! Because Patrick Sawyze said so. Recommended reads Swing Dancing saves lives On Swing dancing and pain<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=summersolsticemusings.wordpress.com&#038;blog=21804321&#038;post=3433&#038;subd=summersolsticemusings&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>George Takei&#8217;s customer review</title>
		<link>http://summersolsticemusings.wordpress.com/2013/04/20/george-takeis-costumer-review/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Apr 2013 16:43:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>SummerSolsticeGirl</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Just for fun]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brilliant]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Customer review]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[I heart George Takei]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Check out this real-life product on Amazon: And now check out this hilarious real-life customer review by none other than the ever amazing George Takei: And this is why, ladies and gents, George Takei rules! PS: if you have time, read the comments to the review as well. They&#8217;re hilarious!<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=summersolsticemusings.wordpress.com&#038;blog=21804321&#038;post=3421&#038;subd=summersolsticemusings&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Happy Hump Day</title>
		<link>http://summersolsticemusings.wordpress.com/2013/04/17/happy-hump-day/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Apr 2013 16:22:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>SummerSolsticeGirl</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Just for fun]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Silly]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cookie Monster]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Perpetual Motion]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The week is turning the corner and Spring seems to have finally arrived at my neck of the woods. Wednesday means Jam Crew practice! That right there is a reason to be happy. Cheers!<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=summersolsticemusings.wordpress.com&#038;blog=21804321&#038;post=3411&#038;subd=summersolsticemusings&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A kiss To Build The Dream On</title>
		<link>http://summersolsticemusings.wordpress.com/2013/04/16/a-kiss-to-build-the-dream-on/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Apr 2013 16:50:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>SummerSolsticeGirl</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Deejaying]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Music]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Louis Armstrong]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Love Songs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Poetry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rima XVIII]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Satchmo]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today, the Louis Armstrong Facebook page posted a link for one of my favourite Satchmo ballads. It is not a secret that I love Louis Armstrong. Why, even one of my cats is named after him. As a Swing DJ, I have an extensive Armstrong collection. There&#8217;s an Armstrong song for pretty much about every [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=summersolsticemusings.wordpress.com&#038;blog=21804321&#038;post=3404&#038;subd=summersolsticemusings&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>What a lovely mask!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Apr 2013 19:30:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>SummerSolsticeGirl</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mental Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chronic pain]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mask]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nothing to say? Nothing at all. Just go through the motions. The show must go on. &#160; Put on the make up, wear your best smile. Be nice and pleasant. What a lovely mask! &#160; What, you&#8217;re tired? I&#8217;ll have none of that. Pretend that you&#8217;re happy. That&#8217;s the trick. Stat! &#160; The world has [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=summersolsticemusings.wordpress.com&#038;blog=21804321&#038;post=3391&#038;subd=summersolsticemusings&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>It runs in the family</title>
		<link>http://summersolsticemusings.wordpress.com/2013/04/14/it-runs-in-the-family/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Apr 2013 19:32:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>SummerSolsticeGirl</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dancing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Family]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Salsa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Talent]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Talent and beauty run deep in the family, it would seem. Here&#8217;s a picture of my cousin (the young woman) doing the routine that earned her and her partner a spot in the 5th Colombia Salsa Festival. Pretty cool. Congrats, cousin! Good to see that mental illness is not the only thing that runs deep [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=summersolsticemusings.wordpress.com&#038;blog=21804321&#038;post=3384&#038;subd=summersolsticemusings&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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