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	<title>Laura Bowers</title>
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	<description>Writing without the reins</description>
	<pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 15:39:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Something I need to remember</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 15:39:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Life is raw material.  We are artisans.  We can sculpt our existence into something beautiful, or debase it into ugliness.  It&#8217;s in our hands.&#8221;&#8211;Cathy Better.
Nice, huh?




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		<title>And yet another fine . . .</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2010 15:22:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[So, are library fines tax deductible? 
Yeah, I didn&#8217;t think so.  Shoot, there&#8217;s goes a New Year&#8217;s resolution down the drain.  (Why do I even make this one?  Not to be negative, but I can&#8217;t go past one month without fines let alone a year.)  Oh well, guess I better stop [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wow, that&#8217;s a lot of snow.</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Feb 2010 22:15:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[So, what were my kids doing on Tuesday while it was snowing? 

Playing football.  I froze just watching them.  But now there&#8217;s no football in their forecast for a while, I&#8217;m afraid. 
 
But the bright side of being home-bound is that I&#8217;ve been able to spend the week giving my husband&#8217;s company&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bummer.  More winter.</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 16:35:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[While I truly admire my daffodils&#8217; optimism and their determination to grow . . . 

. . . Punxsutawney Phil predicts otherwise. 

Bummer. But reading this article did remind me to add something to my &#8220;Do Before Dying&#8221; list: Go to Punxsutawney, PA on Groundhogs Day to see little Phil and enjoy the festivities. Just [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Must.  Shop.  Tonight.</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2010 16:36:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Okay.  There&#8217;s hardly any groceries in the fridge, we&#8217;re down to the crappy chunky peanut butter that my husband bought by mistake, I had to use shampoo because we&#8217;re out of body wash, and there&#8217;s only one roll of toilet paper left in the house.
Yep.  Can&#8217;t put it off any longer.  I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What&#8217;s in a name?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2010 16:58:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[I have to change a character&#8217;s name.  
Sometimes I really hate changing a character&#8217;s name, especially if they&#8217;re established. 
Like this one minor character in a book I&#8217;ve been working on for a very long time and I hope to have good news about soon.  Her name was Torrance.  I thought it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Beauty Shop for Rent award nominations</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jan 2010 16:15:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The shop is still open!  Last fall, I discovered how my little BEAUTY SHOP FOR RENT was nominated for the following awards:
South Dakota State Library&#8217;s 2009-10 YARP Reading List
Missouri Association of School Librarian&#8217;s 2009-10 Gateway Readers Award
New York State Reading Association&#8217;s 2010 Charlotte Award
Eliot Rosewater 2009-10 Award
Volunteer State 2009-10 Book Award
The Kentucky 2009 Book [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Muppets:  Bohemian Rhapsody</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jan 2010 16:34:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[All those in need of a good giggle should follow this link.  
Momma!  Momma?




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		<title>2010 Goals</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jan 2010 17:34:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Yeah, I know, the subject of 2010 goals is moldy old but hey, it&#8217;s the only topic I came up with today.  
Anyway, as I wrote out my goals, I realized something:  I better start doing some of the things on my Do-Before-Dying List.  
After all, I&#8217;m almost 41.  When else [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Friday Five</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2009 18:51:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Friday Five
1.  Has it really been twenty-one day since my last post?  Wow, April is just flying by.  And if you were to get a glimpse inside my head, you&#8217;d see this:

2.  Only five more days until my fortieth birthday.
3.  Not that I&#8217;m worried or anxious or anything . . [...]]]></description>
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