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		<title>Jump Into Life While It&#8217;s Moving Or Miss It</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Aug 2011 20:44:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barbara Hartsook</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I asked a teacher-friend if she’s ready for the start of the school year. “The last two weeks have been very busy for me,&#8221; she said, &#8220;but I don&#8217;t know that I&#8217;ll ever be completely ready. It’s a little like jumping on a raft as it moves downstream with the current. It’s not going to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Watercolor Sketch in Art Rage</title>
		<link>http://paintedgenerations.com/blog/2011/01/watercolor-sketch-in-art-rage/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Jan 2011 21:09:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barbara Hartsook</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The other day I drove into our small village and came to an abrupt stop by the cold creek that runs through it. The creek never freezes, and in the winter the geese and ducks who&#8217;ve remained up north like to sit on the water. Warming their behinds maybe?Often steam rises when the water is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Can We See the Potential?</title>
		<link>http://paintedgenerations.com/blog/2010/09/in-pursuit-of-potential/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Sep 2010 21:18:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barbara Hartsook</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What Potential? Years ago, when we were looking for a larger house to buy, one in the country away from city traffic and sounds, my husband led us on a search for property that had what he called potential. Potential? I was looking for a house we could call home, on property we could enjoy. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>It&#8217;s OK to Unfold Gently</title>
		<link>http://paintedgenerations.com/blog/2010/07/its-ok-to-unfold-gently/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jul 2010 20:24:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barbara Hartsook</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[“It’s ok to unfold gently.” So said Joanna Paterson at Confident Writing. Her blog post title The Need Not to be Found resonated with me. I have two directly opposing needs that others may or may not understand: The need to share stories through my writing and painting. To communicate and engage in conversation. To [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>21</slash:comments>
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		<title>Do You Check In With Friends Every Day?</title>
		<link>http://paintedgenerations.com/blog/2010/06/do-you-check-in-with-friends-every-day/</link>
		<comments>http://paintedgenerations.com/blog/2010/06/do-you-check-in-with-friends-every-day/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jun 2010 22:03:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barbara Hartsook</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Conversation Over Coffee]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Life Lessons]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Susan told me she and Beth were friends. &#8220;Not the everyday, check-in-with-each-other kind of friends,&#8221; she said. &#8220;But the every-couple-of months kind. Where you see each other and it&#8217;s as if no time at all has passed. You just pick up your last conversation and are comfortable together for an hour or an evening or [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>28</slash:comments>
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		<title>Study Dates Then and Now</title>
		<link>http://paintedgenerations.com/blog/2010/06/study-dates-before-and-after-laptops-and-smart-phones-and-ipods/</link>
		<comments>http://paintedgenerations.com/blog/2010/06/study-dates-before-and-after-laptops-and-smart-phones-and-ipods/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jun 2010 16:15:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barbara Hartsook</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[First the Library&#8230; My husband&#8217;s and my first dates were study dates at our university library, an old brick structure with high ceilings and tall windows. We climbed a dozen concrete steps to enter through massive, ornate, wooden double doors. Once those doors closed behind us, they shut out all sounds but our footfalls echoing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Life Happens in the Small Moments</title>
		<link>http://paintedgenerations.com/blog/2010/04/life-happens-in-the-small-moments/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Apr 2010 16:19:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barbara Hartsook</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Life happens in the small moments. I sure don&#8217;t want to miss it! Yesterday the sun shone, and toward late afternoon, it angled its way across my neighborhood and brushed the prettiest shades of color on the tree blossoms. It was a don&#8217;t-stay-out-too-long-without-a-jacket, fresh air day. So I put one on, hung my camera strap [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>26</slash:comments>
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		<title>Spring Cleaning and New Beginnings</title>
		<link>http://paintedgenerations.com/blog/2010/03/spring-cleaning-and-new-beginnings/</link>
		<comments>http://paintedgenerations.com/blog/2010/03/spring-cleaning-and-new-beginnings/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Mar 2010 18:22:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barbara Hartsook</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We crave new beginnings, don&#8217;t we? If New Year&#8217;s is the time to write resolutions and begin anew, spring is the time to freshen up and begin yet again. In northern Ohio we watch closely for the signs of spring long before the temperatures rise. Long before we even think of opening the windows, or [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>32</slash:comments>
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		<title>Do We Recognize Opportunities as They Soar Over Us?</title>
		<link>http://paintedgenerations.com/blog/2010/03/do-we-recognize-opportunities-as-they-soar-over-us/</link>
		<comments>http://paintedgenerations.com/blog/2010/03/do-we-recognize-opportunities-as-they-soar-over-us/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Mar 2010 19:07:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barbara Hartsook</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[opportunities]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://paintedgenerations.com/blog/?p=1410</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I read (and copied it into my journal) a quote from William Blake: &#8220;No bird soars too high if he soars with his own wings.&#8221; And the thought struck me: Opportunity is like that bird &#8212; high-soaring, inviting us to come along, take hold, and fly under our own wing-power. Opportunities do not land&#8230; Opportunity [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>31</slash:comments>
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		<title>We Live Where Our Focus Is</title>
		<link>http://paintedgenerations.com/blog/2010/03/we-live-where-our-focus-is/</link>
		<comments>http://paintedgenerations.com/blog/2010/03/we-live-where-our-focus-is/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 22:57:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barbara Hartsook</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[abilities]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I live where my focus is. The Good Book says, ‘Where your heart is, there will be your treasure.” Where my heart is… hmm. In the ancient text, the word heart referred to everything I’m made up of – my substance. So it must matter where I focus my thoughts, my energies, my choices, my [...]]]></description>
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