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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>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 22:57:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barbara Hartsook</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Conversation Over Coffee]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[abilities]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dreams]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[focus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[heart]]></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 actions &#8212; some of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Learning Changes Us&#8230; or Does It?</title>
		<link>http://paintedgenerations.com/blog/2010/02/learning-changes-us-or-does-it/</link>
		<comments>http://paintedgenerations.com/blog/2010/02/learning-changes-us-or-does-it/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Feb 2010 14:57:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barbara Hartsook</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Life Lessons]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Personal Growth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[learning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[life learning]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Learning is such fun. It&#8217;s profitable. And it changes us.

But only if we apply it.
Four of us rode together, returning home from a weekend motivational conference.  We broke the trip in half by stopping for lunch.
I had picked up on an idea early in the weekend and was excited to try it  once [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>33</slash:comments>
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		<title>Do Sports Teach Kids How to Live Life Beyond the Game?</title>
		<link>http://paintedgenerations.com/blog/2010/02/do-sports-teach-kids-how-to-live-life-beyond-the-game/</link>
		<comments>http://paintedgenerations.com/blog/2010/02/do-sports-teach-kids-how-to-live-life-beyond-the-game/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Feb 2010 13:21:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barbara Hartsook</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Life Lessons]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Digital]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[football]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[legacy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[live life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sports]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sports teach how to live]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://paintedgenerations.com/blog/?p=1271</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Superbowl is behind us, and with March coming, Madness will soon keep us near the flat-screens. Shortly after that we’ll have The Opener.
All American sports&#8230; football, basketball, baseball&#8230; soccer, track, volleyball.
Great fun… but are sports good for life beyond the game? Can learning to play sports teach kids how to live life?

I was raised [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>20</slash:comments>
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		<title>How to Paint a Portrait from a Casual Snapshot &#8211; A Tutorial</title>
		<link>http://paintedgenerations.com/blog/2010/02/how-to-paint-a-portrait-from-a-casual-snapshot-a-tutorial/</link>
		<comments>http://paintedgenerations.com/blog/2010/02/how-to-paint-a-portrait-from-a-casual-snapshot-a-tutorial/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Feb 2010 18:28:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barbara Hartsook</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Painter Tutorials]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://paintedgenerations.com/blog/?p=1247</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Even the most casual snapshot can be a treasure for finding a reference for painting a portrait. If it draws your eye more than once, chances are you sense a story to be told, written, or painted.
This stock photo was given to participants in a painting contest at Innographx.com/forum a year ago, with instructions to [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>22</slash:comments>
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		<title>We Attract to Us That Which We Are</title>
		<link>http://paintedgenerations.com/blog/2010/02/we-attract-to-us-that-which-we-are/</link>
		<comments>http://paintedgenerations.com/blog/2010/02/we-attract-to-us-that-which-we-are/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2010 14:39:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barbara Hartsook</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Blogging]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Relationships and Connections]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[attitudes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[attraction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[like-mindedness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[personal relationships]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[relationships]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://paintedgenerations.com/blog/?p=1227</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[
We attract to us that which we are&#8230;

I read that years ago. I was young enough it stuck as a piece of esoteric philosophy&#8230; Understood only by the initiated&#8230;
But as the years have evolved, the truth of that statement has manifested itself. Slowly perhaps, but none the less. Life has initiated me, and I know [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>16</slash:comments>
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		<title>What Do You Think Makes an Effective  Tweet on Twitter?</title>
		<link>http://paintedgenerations.com/blog/2010/01/what-do-you-think-makes-an-effective-tweet-on-twitter/</link>
		<comments>http://paintedgenerations.com/blog/2010/01/what-do-you-think-makes-an-effective-tweet-on-twitter/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Jan 2010 18:40:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barbara Hartsook</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Conversation Over Coffee]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Relationships and Connections]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[@beanfair asked the question on Twitter: What do YOU think makes an effective Tweet? Is it a call to action? A tease that makes you curious? a great link or&#8230;?


My answer is Yes. All those things. I am a life-learner, curious beyond measure, and ever-antsy to do something! so Yes, all those things.

A call to [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>17</slash:comments>
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		<title>Do We Doodle to Doodle, Solve a Problem, Find a Design?</title>
		<link>http://paintedgenerations.com/blog/2010/01/do-we-doodle-to-doodle-solve-a-problem-find-a-design/</link>
		<comments>http://paintedgenerations.com/blog/2010/01/do-we-doodle-to-doodle-solve-a-problem-find-a-design/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jan 2010 18:02:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barbara Hartsook</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[In the Studio]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Personal Growth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[doodle for design]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Doodles]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[finding patterns]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://paintedgenerations.com/blog/?p=1163</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Why do we doodle? Just to pass the time? To find a design? To examine patterns?
If I have a pen in hand and paper near by, I&#8217;m going to doodle. My name, a curved line, what&#8217;s being said by someone else &#8212; and that may also be in a curved line &#8212; or sometimes words [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>34</slash:comments>
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		<title>Name that Painting in Six Words</title>
		<link>http://paintedgenerations.com/blog/2010/01/headlines-are-short-picture-stories/</link>
		<comments>http://paintedgenerations.com/blog/2010/01/headlines-are-short-picture-stories/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jan 2010 15:44:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barbara Hartsook</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[In the Studio]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[painting titles]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paintings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pictures]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[short stories]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[stories]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://paintedgenerations.com/blog/?p=1078</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m not very good at naming things. I agonize over headlines and story titles, anything that must be told quickly and completely.

I love words, you see. They tell pictures&#8230;

Even giving title to a painting challenges me &#8212; I guess because I want the viewer to relate visually and emotionally and create their own stories. Wordy [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>12</slash:comments>
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		<title>How Do You Handle Hurtful Remarks?</title>
		<link>http://paintedgenerations.com/blog/2010/01/how-do-you-handle-hurtful-remarks/</link>
		<comments>http://paintedgenerations.com/blog/2010/01/how-do-you-handle-hurtful-remarks/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jan 2010 16:07:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barbara Hartsook</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Personal Growth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[handle hurtful remarks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hurtful comments]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hurtful remarks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[offensive comment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[over coffee]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s universal you know&#8230; thinking whatever offensive, hurtful remark gets thrown at us is because of us. It isn’t always…
Liz Strauss says to distance ourselves from the event. Her points are excellent &#8212; think, think, realize, decide, and think some more. Read the point specifics on her blog&#8230;
I’d add this: Realize the offensive comment is [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>19</slash:comments>
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		<title>Story Puts the Happy in New Year</title>
		<link>http://paintedgenerations.com/blog/2010/01/story-puts-the-happy-in-new-year/</link>
		<comments>http://paintedgenerations.com/blog/2010/01/story-puts-the-happy-in-new-year/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Jan 2010 14:22:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barbara Hartsook</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Conversation Over Coffee]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[coffee]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[happy new year]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New Year]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[story]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I have to share a happy new year story with you. It&#8217;s called A Walk in the Snow with Not-So Strangers. 
I was roaming the Internet from the Technorati site, and through a series of clicks from here, found myself on Katie Paine&#8217;s blog. In the side bar were titles of recent posts, and this [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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