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	<title>Lyrical Life &#187; Family Talk: The Book</title>
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	<description>Everyday tales of a lyrical life</description>
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		<title>What happened to Mike?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 May 2010 00:32:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So, it is like you and I have even been working up to this.
Learning to love from afar.
No, Mike is in need that can&#8217;t be denied
And our lives have changed, this is so true.
Now is our time to understand, love and care.
Our Mike is a pioneer, in his own way.
Off to lands unknown to most [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Joining Families</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Apr 2010 03:34:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I guess I can say I have another sister now. Well, she&#8217;s an in-law, but it&#8217;s pretty close.
My brother Andrew married Andrea. They both have used the name Andy for years.
It was interesting, with Hank not wearing his reading glasses and Andy dropping the ring.

A good time was had by all.

We had a pretty big [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Missing You</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Dec 2008 20:23:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Most people like Christmas and being with their families.  Well, Steve is not most people and neither am I.  We&#8217;ll do fine without the Christmas part today, but we would prefer to be together. Here&#8217;s a little bit of remedy for the distance between Florida and Texas.
There&#8217;s not much I can add to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hair today, goon tomorrow</title>
		<link>http://www.zinnia.org/weblog/2008/hair-today-goon-tomorrow/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Aug 2008 03:57:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joy</dc:creator>
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Who is that fine looking young man? Well, you might not recognize him, but it&#8217;s Steve, who mentioned a few days ago that he might cut his hair. When I got home, he had buzzed it off pretty short.
Some people were shocked.

Others really liked it.

And couldn&#8217;t keep their hands off him!


I think Steve just wanted [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Memorial for Jo Reynolds</title>
		<link>http://www.zinnia.org/weblog/2008/a-memorial-for-jo-reynolds/</link>
		<comments>http://www.zinnia.org/weblog/2008/a-memorial-for-jo-reynolds/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 May 2008 15:45:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Family Talk: The Book]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A memorial service for Jo Reynolds was held at St. Paul's United Methodist church in Houston, Texas on April 18, 2008.]]></description>
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		<title>Sad Surprise</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Apr 2008 16:00:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We will all come to the end of life. It is inevitable and we all know it. But we live as if we don&#8217;t.
As Steve put it, &#8220;Death is a sad surprise&#8221;.
My mother met her end yesterday. It was a surprise in its timing, not its inevitability. I think that is the key thing: timing. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Family Talk</title>
		<link>http://www.zinnia.org/weblog/2008/164/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Feb 2008 04:47:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Have you ever wanted to share the unknown?
Here it is. The beginning of &#8216;Family Talk&#8217;.
A place to share thoughts, feelings, ideas, stories (oh how we love stories!) and, if must be, fiction.
Well, keep it light. This ain&#8217;t no &#8216;tell all&#8217;.
Be aware that verbal flowers, stories shinning with truth,  confessionals (for you who are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Surfing: Father to Son to Grand Daughter</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jan 2008 02:03:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[They say that the best is always yet to come. Seeing myself looking old is made joyful by the great pleasure I get from my son and grand daughter. So, I believe.
This is one of those days that Joy and I met Chris and Skyler at the beach. Water temp: around upper 50&#8217;s.  But [...]]]></description>
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