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	<title>Laura Bowers</title>
	<link>http://laurabowers.net</link>
	<description>Writing without the reins</description>
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		<title>Bugger.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I lost my newsletter contact list. Each and every one of the 300+ email addresses.
It happened when my home computer was completely upgraded last June with a new hard drive. I saved all my documents, pictures, etc, but did I remember to save all of my saved emails and contacts?
Nope. Not-ta one. And they were [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://laurabowers.net/news-and-reviews/bugger</link>
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		<title>There goes [a great part of] the neighborhood.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I am so heartbroken. Our town&#8217;s charming, wonderful book store, Locust Books, that was located right on main street, is closing. So, so heartbreaking.
Not a lot to say about this other than I&#8217;m very, very sad.  




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		<title>Vintage Veronica by Erica Perle!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[What have I done so far today? 
Absolutely NOTHING!  I&#8217;m still on cloud nine from all the wonderful comments and emails from my announcement yesterday. (Thanks for the love!!)  So I&#8217;ve been spending the day leisurely answering emails, posting replies, and sipping coffee while getting caught up with other writer&#8217;s websites and blogs. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://laurabowers.net/news-and-reviews/vintage-veronica-by-erica-perle</link>
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		<title>My very good news!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Have you ever dreamed for, worked for, and prayed for something to happen for so, so long, that when it finally does, it doesn&#8217;t quite sink in at first and when the shock wears off, you&#8217;re nervous about announcing it?
Well, I&#8217;ve dreamed, I&#8217;ve worked, and I&#8217;ve prayed for something.  And yes, I must admit [...]]]></description>
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		<title>There&#8217;s a tire on my mailbox.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[No, really&#8211;I mean it&#8211;there&#8217;s a TIRE on our MAILBOX! 

Huh. 
I must say, this is quite original so I can&#8217;t help but applaud our prankster&#8217;s creativity.  Most people&#8217;s mailboxes are trashed with eggs or a baseball bat, but not us&#8211;we get a tire. 
Does that mean they wheel-y like us? 
Is there a secret [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://laurabowers.net/news-and-reviews/theres-a-tire-on-my-mailbox</link>
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		<title>Something I need to remember</title>
		<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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		<link>http://laurabowers.net/news-and-reviews/something-i-need-to-remember</link>
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		<title>And yet another fine . . .</title>
		<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>
		<link>http://laurabowers.net/news-and-reviews/and-yet-another-fine</link>
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		<title>Wow, that&#8217;s a lot of snow.</title>
		<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>
		<link>http://laurabowers.net/news-and-reviews/wow-thats-a-lot-of-snow</link>
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		<title>Bummer.  More winter.</title>
		<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>
		<link>http://laurabowers.net/news-and-reviews/bummer-more-winter</link>
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		<title>Must.  Shop.  Tonight.</title>
		<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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