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		<title>Happy New Year!</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; It&#8217;s 2018! How in the heck did that happen? Wishing you a peaceful, prosperous, gratitude-filled year. I&#8217;ll see you in a week with more of my Unplanned Life&#8230;.]]></description>
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		<title>Happy Holidays!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Dec 2017 15:00:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Katie and I wish everyone a peaceful and relaxing holiday season. I&#8217;ll be back in three weeks with more of my Unplanned Life&#8230;.]]></description>
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		<title>Happy Thanksgiving</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Katie and I wish you a relaxing and abundant Thanksgiving! I&#8217;m terrifically grateful that the City of Livermore selected me as its fourth Poet Laureate. It&#8217;s been an amazing journey, and I can&#8217;t wait to see what unfolds in the remainder &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://cynthiajpatton.com/2017/11/happy-thanksgiving-2/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Holiday Blessings</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Nov 2017 15:00:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cynthia J. Patton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This month, like many of us, I&#8217;ve been reflecting on gratitude. I have so many incredible things for which to be grateful: My ever-amazing daughter, Katie, who is my greatest teacher. Her fabulous school, which continues to rock our world. &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://cynthiajpatton.com/2017/11/holiday-blessings/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>An Uncertain 2017</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2017 15:00:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s been a grueling two months. First there was the election and it&#8217;s aftermath. An acquaintance called it similar to a pandemic: sudden, shocking, and widespread. It&#8217;s the best description I&#8217;ve heard so far, although I&#8217;d prefer an element of &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://cynthiajpatton.com/2017/01/an-uncertain-2017/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Happy New Year!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2017 15:00:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s 2017! How in the heck did that happen? Wishing you a peaceful, prosperous, gratitude-filled year. I&#8217;ll see you in a week with more of my Unplanned Life&#8230;.]]></description>
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		<title>Happy Holidays!</title>
		<link>http://cynthiajpatton.com/2016/12/happy-holidays-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Dec 2016 15:00:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Katie and I wish everyone a peaceful and relaxing holiday season. I&#8217;ll be back in three weeks with more of my Unplanned Life&#8230;.]]></description>
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		<title>Happy Thanksgiving</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Nov 2016 15:00:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cynthia J. Patton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Katie and I wish you a relaxing and abundant Thanksgiving! I&#8217;m terrifically grateful that Finishing Line Press accepted my manuscript a year ago and released my new chapbook, Across An Aqueous Moon: Travels in Autism, last month. It&#8217;s been an amazing journey into &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://cynthiajpatton.com/2016/11/happy-thanksgiving/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Katie&#8217;s at Camp Arroyo!</title>
		<link>http://cynthiajpatton.com/2016/08/katies-at-camp-arroyo-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Aug 2016 14:00:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cynthia J. Patton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday I dropped Katie off at Camp Arroyo. This is her second time at the Exceptional Needs Network&#8217;s summer camp for children with special needs. To say she was excited would be an understatement. I was pretty excited too. (Still &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://cynthiajpatton.com/2016/08/katies-at-camp-arroyo-2/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>It&#8217;s 2016!</title>
		<link>http://cynthiajpatton.com/2015/12/its-2016/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Dec 2015 15:00:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s 2016! How in the heck did that happen? Wishing you a peaceful, prosperous, gratitude-filled year. I&#8217;ll see you in a week with more of my Unplanned Life&#8230;.]]></description>
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