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	<title>Ms. Tralwind &#187; Essays</title>
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		<title>Don&#8217;t Ban Gay Marriage, Ban Divorce</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Nov 2008 16:25:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; Don&#8217;t Ban Gay Marriage &#8211; Ban Straight Divorce &#160; I am a lesbian. Correction, I am an out and proud lesbian, a card carrying member, in fact. As such, my opinion on the subject of gay marriage most certainly will be met with skepticism for its biasness. But as my cyberspace alter ego Ms. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fate and Friendship</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Oct 2008 13:53:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Do friendships come to us by coincidence? Are we people who just happen to be in the right place and time, stumbling through what we do or don’t have in common, tripping into friendship like lovers fall into love?Or is it fate, almost as if our souls are so closely meshed, as if by design, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Where&#8217;s Bambi?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Oct 2008 16:04:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; The building housing Travelocity&#8217;s San Antonio offices is a concrete island surrounded by a wooded ocean that used to be the home to many critters. We&#8217;ve seen raccoons, rabbits, skunks, and several herds of deer in the area since we moved here about three years ago. Little by little that wooded area is disappearing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>When it rains it pours, and it&#8217;s raining men</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Oct 2008 13:55:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ms. Tralwind</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A while back I was doing some community service work at Goodwill as part of a ticket dismissal agreement. While working there I was hit on by a sweet but rather gangly and slovenly looking gentleman also doing community service. He said he loved my smile and he thought I had a very pretty name. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Remembering 9-11</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Sep 2008 13:45:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ms. Tralwind</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My Mom used to tell me stories about what it was like when JFK ran for president. She said he offered such hope and promise to the country at a very tumultuous time. Like most people with working brains who were old enough at the time, my Mother remembered exactly what she was doing, wearing, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Finding Inspiration</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Aug 2008 13:49:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ms. Tralwind</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The first time I held an acoustic guitar I was probably 13 years old. My father had borrowed a guitar from his friend so he could see if he really wanted to try to learn how to play. I remember the guitar sitting in the corner of the living room for two weeks. I don&#8217;t [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sleeping Beauty</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Aug 2008 19:00:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Are you vulnerable in the peaceful quiet of your slumber? Where does your mind go when it is still from the stresses of your day? Do you dream in color? Do you remember your dreams? To see you lying there, Eyes closed, relaxed and unguarded In all your exposed beauty Would be like looking at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Getting Healthy Getting Fit</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jun 2008 15:37:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[- Getting Healthy &#8211; Getting Fit &#8211; Getting To Work On Time &#160; It&#8217;s&#160;Saturday morning, a day usually reserved for R &#38; R for me, but with the recent shift bid at work, I got royally screwed &#8211; or should I say I royally screwed myself or circumstances royally screwed me. Either way, I was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Surfing Spiders</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jun 2008 23:16:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Writing exercise:  Write a story about someone that has an unusual phobia. Write a scene that causes that character to face his fear. Surfing Spiders It was mentioned in passing, sandwiched between the usual banter filling the smoking area daily. It wasn’t a surprising fear as fears go. But learning that this woman who carried [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bright Neon Pink</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Apr 2008 20:51:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is no one that I know or have ever known that would accuse me of being a girly girl. The only visually feminine thing about me is the fact that I have breasts, and as a kid, if I could have stopped them from growing I would have. I was too comfortable in my [...]]]></description>
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