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		<title>Happy Spring Equinox &#8230; and Happy Nowruz!</title>
		<link>http://valeriewillman.com/2012/03/happy-spring-equinox-and-happy-nowruz/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Mar 2012 04:50:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today for the Spring Equinox (New Year&#8217;s Day to some on the Indian subcontinent &#8212; but mostly Iran) I made some goals in these specific categories: Health, Family, Creativity, Children, Relationships, Travel, Knowledge, Business, and Wealth. If I&#8217;d thought about &#8230; <a href="http://valeriewillman.com/2012/03/happy-spring-equinox-and-happy-nowruz/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>What Motivates You?</title>
		<link>http://valeriewillman.com/2012/03/what-motivates-you/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Mar 2012 01:25:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Someone asked me recently why I wrote. Or rather, what *motivated* me to write.  This was my answer: I want to write to quiet the little buggers inside me that gnaw at my fingers and drink the liquid around my &#8230; <a href="http://valeriewillman.com/2012/03/what-motivates-you/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>What&#8217;s an In-Debt, Paycheck to Paycheck Mama To Do?</title>
		<link>http://valeriewillman.com/2012/02/whats-an-in-debt-paycheck-to-paycheck-mama-to-do/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:34:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve already exceeded my grocery budget and it&#8217;s only the fifth of the month. Seriously, I don&#8217;t think my grocery budget should count if it&#8217;s a Costco month. &#8220;You gotta spend money to save money,&#8221; right? Yeah. Well. I went &#8230; <a href="http://valeriewillman.com/2012/02/whats-an-in-debt-paycheck-to-paycheck-mama-to-do/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Global Gatherings</title>
		<link>http://valeriewillman.com/2012/01/global-gatherings/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 18:37:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Back when I home-schooled my children, I had to think up ways to facilitate the natural curiosity that children have – the kind that often gets swallowed up by video games and Nickelodeon. At least it did in my house. &#8230; <a href="http://valeriewillman.com/2012/01/global-gatherings/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>My House is Me</title>
		<link>http://valeriewillman.com/2012/01/my-house-is-me/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 04:00:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Let me talk about my house.   The kitchen feels like my mom. I want to sit at this table – that my grandfather made – and drink the coffee that my mom got up so early in the morning &#8230; <a href="http://valeriewillman.com/2012/01/my-house-is-me/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>South Asian Challenge 2012 &#8212; Because</title>
		<link>http://valeriewillman.com/2011/12/448/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Dec 2011 07:53:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ok. Because I don&#8217;t have anything better to do (Ha ha ha,) I&#8217;m signing up for this challenge. And. I will read &#8230; 8 books this year either about South Asia, or written by a South Asian person. In addition to all my other &#8230; <a href="http://valeriewillman.com/2011/12/448/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Secret Lesson of Books and Grief</title>
		<link>http://valeriewillman.com/2011/10/the-secret-lesson-of-books-and-grief/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Oct 2011 19:38:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Strange. Emotional spilling over. While reading a book, I move from one scene to the next &#8212; one sentence to the next &#8212; and start to cry. With no hint of a reason why. My chest tightens and I feel &#8230; <a href="http://valeriewillman.com/2011/10/the-secret-lesson-of-books-and-grief/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Book &#8220;Mid&#8221;view</title>
		<link>http://valeriewillman.com/2011/10/438/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Oct 2011 22:06:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I can&#8217;t help it. I&#8217;m not finished with this book, but I have to talk about it anyway. So it&#8217;s not a book REview, nor a book PREview.It&#8217;s a book MIDview.I love this book because &#8230; she writes like I think. &#8230; <a href="http://valeriewillman.com/2011/10/438/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Invisible Special Needs</title>
		<link>http://valeriewillman.com/2011/08/invisible-special-needs/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Aug 2011 05:27:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[So I just spent THREE hours reading blogs written by mom&#8217;s with kids with Asperger&#8217;s or Autism, and websites that touted the iPad as a great resource for these kids. Apparently there is a butt-load of apps specifically designed for &#8230; <a href="http://valeriewillman.com/2011/08/invisible-special-needs/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Time Suck</title>
		<link>http://valeriewillman.com/2011/08/time-suck/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Aug 2011 15:46:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have a friend who has been unplugged for a month now. A noble gesture for sure, but one I’m unwilling to emulate. I don’t have cable, so I don’t watch TV, but I am a movie junkie and definitely &#8230; <a href="http://valeriewillman.com/2011/08/time-suck/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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