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		<title>Ground Control To Major Tom</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 14:10:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[What a beautiful video for a space and Bowie fan like me! I can&#8217;t stop from playing it over and over! Gorgeous music and out-of-this world video. And yes, I meant the bad pun! The beauty of the video makes up for it! Filed under: Uncategorized<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=stefanides.wordpress.com&#038;blog=22139723&#038;post=1546&#038;subd=stefanides&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A Litany of Love for All Women on Mother&#8217;s Day</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 May 2013 14:00:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michele</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I first published this essay two years ago on Mother&#8217;s Day. It is still relevant, so here it is again. We are surrounded by images of a Happy Mother&#8217;s Day. TV commercial s and print ads shout at us with dozens of gift ideas. We see pictures of happy children and even happier mothers. It [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=stefanides.wordpress.com&#038;blog=22139723&#038;post=360&#038;subd=stefanides&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Mimi Chronicles—The Guest Room</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2013 15:56:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michele</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[“Thank you, Mimi, thank you, thank you!” This exuberant greeting started off my latest Face Time session with my daughter and my sweeties. I could hear the girls shouting, and see them trying to crowd out their mommy so they could get into the picture. As I smiled and said “You’re very welcome,” I racked [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=stefanides.wordpress.com&#038;blog=22139723&#038;post=1538&#038;subd=stefanides&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>My Wish is His Command</title>
		<link>http://stefanides.wordpress.com/2013/04/29/my-wish-is-his-command/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Apr 2013 15:10:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michele</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I hereby nominate my husband for Best Husband in the Whole Wide World. Last week, I wrote about my search for brightly colored Adirondack chairs, like the ones that were all over Hatteras Island last year. I had not had any luck in my quest, until I found some children&#8217;s chairs. I snatched them up [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=stefanides.wordpress.com&#038;blog=22139723&#038;post=1534&#038;subd=stefanides&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Mimi Chronicles—Through the Eyes of a Child</title>
		<link>http://stefanides.wordpress.com/2013/04/25/the-mimi-chronicles-through-the-eyes-of-a-child/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Apr 2013 15:32:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michele</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This week has brought a couple of occurrences that prompted me to take a fresher look at the world around me. Children do that so well, don’t they? Monday was Earth Day. Did you celebrate in any way? Did you even know? I have to admit that my answer to both questions is no. At [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=stefanides.wordpress.com&#038;blog=22139723&#038;post=1522&#038;subd=stefanides&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A Reader Goes in Search of Ares—A Non-traditional Review of “Of Heroes &amp; Hay Bales” by V. L. Locey</title>
		<link>http://stefanides.wordpress.com/2013/04/18/a-reader-goes-in-search-of-ares-a-non-traditional-review-of-of-heroes-hay-bales-by-v-l-locey/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Apr 2013 11:56:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michele</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I think it’s fitting to give Of Heroes &#38; Hay Bales a non-traditional review. After all, V. L. Locey gives readers a very non-traditional rendition of the Pantheon of Greek Gods. I hated, yes actually hated, Greek mythology in high school. At least in the manner in which it was presented. I couldn’t keep anybody [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=stefanides.wordpress.com&#038;blog=22139723&#038;post=1508&#038;subd=stefanides&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Mimi Chronicles—A Day in the Life of Liam</title>
		<link>http://stefanides.wordpress.com/2013/04/15/the-mimi-chronicles-a-day-in-the-life-of-liam/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Apr 2013 13:55:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michele</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It’s not easy being Liam. No, indeed, it is not. I mean, think about it: You are smart, curious, and quick-witted, yet between being only 20 months old and being surrounded by life forms much, much bigger and stronger than you, it is so hard to get away with all the mischief that bombards your [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=stefanides.wordpress.com&#038;blog=22139723&#038;post=1499&#038;subd=stefanides&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Mimi Chronicles&#8211;When Is a Mimi Not a Mimi?</title>
		<link>http://stefanides.wordpress.com/2013/04/08/the-mimi-chronicles-when-is-a-mimi-not-a-mimi/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Apr 2013 15:28:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michele</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When she’s a Grandma, or a Grammy, or a Nana, or a Nonni, or…you may be surprised at how long the list is. I know I was. Google says there are about 28,000,000 results[i]  to my query of names for grandmother. I don’t know about you, but I’m going to take Google at its word, [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=stefanides.wordpress.com&#038;blog=22139723&#038;post=1493&#038;subd=stefanides&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Mimi Chronicles—The Pleasure of Your Company Is Requested</title>
		<link>http://stefanides.wordpress.com/2013/04/01/the-mimi-chronicles-the-pleasure-of-your-company-is-requested/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Apr 2013 17:37:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michele</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We’ve all received formal written requests inviting us to various functions—weddings, showers, graduations, birthdays. Sometimes the invitations are engraved, sometimes printed, and sometimes the details are filled in by hand on a packaged card. At this point in my life, I’ve received probably a couple hundred invitations. But by far and away, the best request [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=stefanides.wordpress.com&#038;blog=22139723&#038;post=1428&#038;subd=stefanides&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Mimi Chronicles&#8211;Is the Easter Bunny Real?</title>
		<link>http://stefanides.wordpress.com/2013/03/26/is-the-easter-bunny-real/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Mar 2013 16:07:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michele</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Welcome to the newest feature of this blog&#8211;&#8221;The Mimi Chronicles&#8221;. Using the writer&#8217;s adage of &#8220;write what you know&#8221;, I&#8217;ll be talking about my life as Mimi to three rambunctious grandchildren. Being a grandparent is full of joy, hope, delight, and sometimes exhaustion. Sometimes all at the same time. It&#8217;s a way of life I&#8217;ve [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=stefanides.wordpress.com&#038;blog=22139723&#038;post=257&#038;subd=stefanides&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A Reader Reviews&#8211;&#8221;After the Fog&#8221; by Kathleen Shoop</title>
		<link>http://stefanides.wordpress.com/2013/03/11/1416/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Mar 2013 16:28:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michele</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After the Fog by Kathleen Shoop Kathleen Shoop’s first novel, The Last Letter, told the story of a young mother who was thrust from a comfortable life the city into the very harsh life of the unsettled prairie. It was a tough read but well worth the effort. Shoop pulled no punches in detailing the [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=stefanides.wordpress.com&#038;blog=22139723&#038;post=1416&#038;subd=stefanides&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Happy Valentine’s Day—All the Poop That’s Fit to Print</title>
		<link>http://stefanides.wordpress.com/2013/02/14/happy-valentines-day-all-the-poop-thats-fit-to-print/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Feb 2013 20:01:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michele</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It’s Valentine’s Day and the internet is awash in a veritable orgy of Valentine’s Day posts and articles. On Facebook and Twitter, in newspapers, magazines, and blogs, there is no shortage of posts about love and all of the trappings normally associated with the holiday. You know the kind of stories I mean—how we show [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=stefanides.wordpress.com&#038;blog=22139723&#038;post=1400&#038;subd=stefanides&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A Reader Reviews&#8211;&#8221;Last Diner Standing&#8221; by Terri L. Austin</title>
		<link>http://stefanides.wordpress.com/2013/01/29/a-reader-reviews-last-diner-standing-by-terri-l-austin/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jan 2013 20:28:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michele</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My suspicion was right. As I wrote in my review of Terri L. Austin’s first book, Diners, Dives, &#38; Dead Ends, I thought the heroine was falling for the bad guy. I didn’t have to get very far in Austin’s new release, Last Diner Standing, to learn that my hunch was right. Rose is still [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=stefanides.wordpress.com&#038;blog=22139723&#038;post=1395&#038;subd=stefanides&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Ring Them Bells</title>
		<link>http://stefanides.wordpress.com/2012/12/14/ring-them-bells/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Dec 2012 11:58:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michele</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A big part of my Christmas decorating is putting out the miniature village. There are houses, stores, a church, gas station, and diner, among other buildings. Figures of people, gas lamps, trees and other miscellaneous items fill out the tableau. It’s quite a mix—a hodge podge collection of buildings and people from different periods. And [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=stefanides.wordpress.com&#038;blog=22139723&#038;post=1369&#038;subd=stefanides&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Shrimp Family Has a Merry Christmas&#8211;A Stop on Terri Giuliano Long&#8217;s &#8220;Meet the Family Holiday Blog Hop&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://stefanides.wordpress.com/2012/12/10/1374/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Dec 2012 12:14:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michele</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This week, I’m participating in Terri Guiliano Long’s “Meet the Family Holiday Hop.” I’m so happy to be part of celebrating families and their holiday traditions and celebrations. It’s hard for me to believe, but it’s been two years since the Shrimp Family made their initial appearance in my kids book Tales From Shrimps. I [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=stefanides.wordpress.com&#038;blog=22139723&#038;post=1374&#038;subd=stefanides&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Happy Thanksgiving&#8211;Pass the Subs, Please</title>
		<link>http://stefanides.wordpress.com/2012/11/20/life-is-short-eat-hearty/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Nov 2012 14:35:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michele</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For the past month, at least, I&#8217;ve been collecting recipes on Pinterest, deciding where to spend Thanksgiving, trying not to guilt Older Son into traveling to Daughter&#8217;s with us, assuring Younger Son (and myself) that I really do understand why he&#8217;s staying in Utah a little longer even though his seasonal park ranger position has [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=stefanides.wordpress.com&#038;blog=22139723&#038;post=109&#038;subd=stefanides&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A Reader Reviews—Portrait of a Dead Guy by Larissa Reinhart</title>
		<link>http://stefanides.wordpress.com/2012/11/07/a-reader-reviews-portrait-of-a-dead-guy-by-larissa-reinhart/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Nov 2012 14:36:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michele</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In Portrait of a Dead Guy, Larissa Reinhart introduces Cherry Tucker in a good old-fashioned who-dun-it. There are traces of sweet romance and a bit of suspense, but at its heart, Portrait is about  finding out who the murderer is. Cherry Tucker is a formally trained starving artist who chooses to move back to her [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=stefanides.wordpress.com&#038;blog=22139723&#038;post=1364&#038;subd=stefanides&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Farm Aid 2012&#8211;The Concert that Wasn&#8217;t, at Least not for Me</title>
		<link>http://stefanides.wordpress.com/2012/10/22/farm-aid-2012-the-concert-that-wasnt-at-least-not-for-me/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Oct 2012 14:25:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tom Petty’s birthday was this past Saturday, which reminded me that I’m long overdue on the follow up to my last post concerning Tom and his effect on my travel adventures. For over a week last month, every time I got into a car, there was a Tom Petty song playing, no matter which city [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=stefanides.wordpress.com&#038;blog=22139723&#038;post=1360&#038;subd=stefanides&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A Reader Reviews&#8211;&#8221;Diners, Dives &amp; Dead Ends&#8221; by Terri L. Austin</title>
		<link>http://stefanides.wordpress.com/2012/10/03/a-reader-reviews-diners-dives-dead-ends-by-terri-l-austin/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Oct 2012 14:09:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michele</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[POSSIBLE SPOILER ALERT—I may be giving too much away in this review. I’m not sure I could talk about one of my favorite things about the book without revealing too much. I tried not to, but it’s possible, so if you don’t want to take the chance, stop reading now. I’ve read thousands of books [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=stefanides.wordpress.com&#038;blog=22139723&#038;post=1356&#038;subd=stefanides&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A Reader Reviews&#8211;&#8221;Hungry Heart&#8221; by Brenda Gayle</title>
		<link>http://stefanides.wordpress.com/2012/09/30/a-reader-reviews-hungry-heart-by-brenda-gayle/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Sep 2012 14:00:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michele</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It’s been several months since I reviewed a book for a Novel Publicity blog tour. Brenda Gayle’s Hungry Heart proved to be worth coming back to the reviewers’ ranks. In true romance novel fashion, Hungry Heart features a strong independent heroine, a to-die-for hero, and a happily-ever-after ending. But there was plenty of intrigue and [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=stefanides.wordpress.com&#038;blog=22139723&#038;post=1343&#038;subd=stefanides&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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