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		<title>WEST VIRGINIA PRESBYTERIAN (1952)</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 14:22:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ramona Silipo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The tired old Presbyterian Church at the top of the dirt road is the only church here. A girl of four, neat as a pin, sets off from her house at the opposite end of the road to walk the 200 yards or so to the church. Her mother stands in the middle of the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lightwithspirit.wordpress.com&blog=1926227&post=274&subd=lightwithspirit&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>McKellen, de la Tour and the ex wife</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 11:25:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ramona Silipo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Theatre, for me, has often been a spiritual exercise. Even in the midst of real life turmoil, there&#8217;s theatre. Most of my enduring friendships began in the theatre, as did this one.
Date: Fri, 02 May 2003
From: Ramona Silipo
To:  Cheski
Subject: Re: Give an Actor a Chance&#8230;
Things are going well here in most ways, but I. has [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lightwithspirit.wordpress.com&blog=1926227&post=267&subd=lightwithspirit&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Wedding, the Ex-Wife and the Kids</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 13:03:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ramona Silipo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lately I&#8217;ve found myself&#8211;  sometimes standing in the living room, sometimes during a walk, sometimes while reading, sometimes lying in bed late at night&#8211; I&#8217;ve found myself reflecting on the happiness of my life, the contentment I feel, and the fact that every single day I feel a deeper connection to and love for [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lightwithspirit.wordpress.com&blog=1926227&post=255&subd=lightwithspirit&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Why Dogs Are With Us So Briefly</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2009 14:25:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ramona Silipo</dc:creator>
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This is another story e-mailed to me by a friend.

A Dog’s Purpose (from a 6-year-old).
Being a veterinarian, I had been called to examine a ten-year-old Irish Wolfhound named Belker. The dog’s owners, Ron, his wife Lisa, and their little boy Shane, were all very attached to Belker, and they were hoping for a miracle.
I examined [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lightwithspirit.wordpress.com&blog=1926227&post=243&subd=lightwithspirit&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>As She Wanted It (after Death)</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2009 10:31:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ramona Silipo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[©2009, Ramona K Silipo. All rights reserved.
In the late 1980s and early 1990s a group of friends and acquaintances gathered annually on Christmas Eve. We decorated a tree, ate a fabulous feast, caught up –some of us saw each other only at this gathering– and told stories. Late in the evening, when the house was [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lightwithspirit.wordpress.com&blog=1926227&post=233&subd=lightwithspirit&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Last Time I Saw Kathie</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 16 May 2009 21:49:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ramona Silipo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[©2008 Ramona K. Silipo. All rights reserved.
This was the third time I’d met Kathie at a café between our houses. Her son Raphael, twelve, was in school. I calmed myself. I didn’t want to get angry.
“My God!” People looked, but I couldn’t help it.  She had a sutured gash above her left eye. With tremendous [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lightwithspirit.wordpress.com&blog=1926227&post=228&subd=lightwithspirit&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Iran Awakening, by Shirin Ebadi</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jan 2009 01:41:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ramona Silipo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Iran Awakening, by Shirin Ebadi
Nobel Peace Laureate (2003) Shirin Ebadi has written a riveting account of her life in Iran, from her childhood (when the Shah was installed by the CIA), to the revolution that brought the Ayatollah to power, and onward to current circumstances in her country.  As a judge, then a lawyer, Ebadi&#8217;s [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lightwithspirit.wordpress.com&blog=1926227&post=173&subd=lightwithspirit&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Christmas Handmade Decorations for Little Hands</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Dec 2008 10:28:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ramona Silipo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[©2008, Ramona K. Silipo. All rights reserved.
One of the simplest handmade tree ornaments is a spiral. You can make them in different sizes by tracing different round objects&#8211; for instance, jar lids of several different sizes; or a teacup, a mug, and a saucer. The larger the circle, the longer the dangle from the tree [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lightwithspirit.wordpress.com&blog=1926227&post=150&subd=lightwithspirit&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Quakerly Christmas</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Dec 2008 09:40:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ramona Silipo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[©2008, Ramona K. Silipo. All rights reserved.
Friends (Quakers) have a testimony against holding special days (holidays), presumably based on the concept that each day is a blessing and that we should have one standard of behaviour for every day of the year. This means that many Friends do not celebrate holidays such as Easter, Christmas [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lightwithspirit.wordpress.com&blog=1926227&post=147&subd=lightwithspirit&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Crafty Fun for Children as Summer Rolls into Autumn</title>
		<link>http://lightwithspirit.wordpress.com/2008/09/07/crafty-fun-for-children/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Sep 2008 22:24:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ramona Silipo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[©2008, RKSilipo. All rights reserved.
Hardly seems possible, but over the weekend, I heard the first TV commercial this year to give the countdown to Christmas&#8230; even before Labor Day. It gets earlier every year.
I don&#8217;t mind much, since I love Christmas and I read about it, buy gifts for friends and make plans for holiday [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lightwithspirit.wordpress.com&blog=1926227&post=129&subd=lightwithspirit&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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