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		<title>The Tipping Point of Hope</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Nov 2010 01:54:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are many similarities between today and America thirty years ago. In both eras are impacted by weak economies, high unemployment, partisan debates, a growing Asian economy, a Middle East threat, and a dismal U.S. morale. In 1980 a miracle took place deep in New York’s Adirondack Mountains that tipped America’s scales toward hope and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Missing Drummer</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2009 17:47:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[              A pinch of mint and a whiff of baked ginger lingered in the room.   Hanging in the doorway was mistletoe, ready to lure holiday lovers into its spell.   The fat pine, still sticky with sap, seemed straighter at the tree lot.   The lower branches vibrated with frantic activity.    The Christmas Season always seemed to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Empress of Del Mar</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 02:00:10 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Short Stories]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cancer]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Sunset]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Peering through the camera, Scott whirled his zoom lens, sneaking by the cactus until his client, the Empress of Del Mar, came into focus.  Her highness didn’t look up, but continued studying the script, neatly printed on three-by-five cards.  A short hike behind her, down a winding path, shadows from the salmon colored cliffs pierced [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Flower</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 03:05:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[  My sister is painting a gift for me.  It’s a flower.  She’s a beginner, not that it matters.  My flower will be a masterpiece. Chris lives hours away.  I imagine her working at the easel.  She probably keeps her eye close to the canvas.  An illness called Lupus hampers her vision, often blinding an [...]]]></description>
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