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		<title>The Flattest Place On Earth</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Jul 2011 23:06:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I grew up in Northwestern Ohio, now considered the flattest place on Earth. From college on I sought out places to live and visit with hills and mountains. Looking back, the level horizon of my birthplace projects splendid beauty. Glaciers scrapped Defiance and Paulding counties into a smooth plane while piling dirt and rocks toward [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Garden of Stones</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jun 2011 18:39:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Defiance, Ohio cemetery is a forest carved with roadways surrounded by a garden of stones. At its very southern point blooms a monument of love and art over the grave of my nephew. On a warm summer night, the type that glows in memories, our world shook with the sudden death of the talented [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Snowfall Derby 2011 – The Snowman</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Apr 2011 18:14:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is April and the sun is out. The only snow is the dirty mountains at parking lots after months of shoveling. There may be a flurry in the days ahead, but the 2011 Snowfall Derby is officially over. The season after El Nino was rough. Our snow climbed 40 inches more than 2010. The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>My Little Snowman</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Jan 2011 03:58:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jaymeson Palmer Weber turns 2 on March 7th. Talk about a snow baby, my grandson was born in the winter and his first twenty-three months are in an arctic environment. Thank goodness Jaymeson loves the snow. Jaymeson is enthusiastic about so many things. A roaring train mesmerizes him. As school buses come and go in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Remembering Ted</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Jan 2011 04:44:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One doesn’t normally associate courage and with a holiday party. My sister, Sue, and her family, bravely created a gift for about fifteen teenagers. They hosted a party in remembrance of their recently departed son, Ted. The sudden death in July of the talented and popular Ted Moninger sucked the joy out of the hearts [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Grandma Jane&#8217;s Sugar Cookies</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Jan 2011 02:16:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Brother Doug is a professional chef. His sauces explode in your taste buds. The chef faced his biggest challenge. Doug needed to mix all his skills and magic to replicate a special recipe, our late Grandma Jane’s sugar cookies. Rose Jane Ryan Weber kept house half way between my home and school, St. Mary’s Our [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Converging Rivers</title>
		<link>http://markfweber.com/2010/12/29/converging-rivers/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=converging-rivers</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Dec 2010 19:55:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is a frosty 15 degree dawn as I gaze at the convergence of the Auglaize and Maumee Rivers in hometown – Defiance, Ohio. These waterways are not only the foundation of this area, but they also made a major imprint on me. Native Americans were the first to appreciate the junction of these rivers. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ShShledding in Gstaad</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Dec 2010 03:11:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We stood on a Swiss mountaintop with only one way down – a wooden sled. The ride became some of the most terrifying and electrifying of my life. I was born and raised in Defiance, Ohio, the flattest place on earth. There is only one hill, a gradual slope that rises north from the river. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Christmas of the Souls</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Dec 2010 01:27:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I love Christmas carols, but every time Adestes Fideles is played, a few tears comes to my eyes. My Dad used to sing it, off key, at the top of his lungs, during midnight mass. He died thirty-seven years ago, but that voice and his passion remain real. Christmas is a celebration of new life. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sax For Christmas</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Dec 2010 00:07:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many of us regret a decision made in the past. Sometimes it only takes the magic of Christmas to transform a regret into an exciting new life. One Christmas a few decades ago my wife, Kathy, received a beautiful Selmer saxophone for Christmas. She became a good musician, playing in elementary and high school bands. [...]]]></description>
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