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		<title>WEST VIRGINIA PRESBYTERIAN (1952)</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 14:22:55 +0000</pubDate>
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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>Are You Now or Have You Ever Been. . .</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 08:35:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ramona Silipo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[PRENTER,  APPALACHIAN WEST VIRGINIA. 1950. A young, pregnant woman sits in the living room of her home, one of only five houses in the county with indoor plumbing and electricity. She is a registered nurse; her husband, company doctor. Together they make  house calls, keep office hours and manage the practice. &#8220;The company&#8221; is a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lightwithspirit.wordpress.com&blog=1926227&post=250&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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		<description><![CDATA[

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>World Peace (1957)</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2009 08:19:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ramona Silipo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From World Peace, by Swami Sivananda, publ. 1957:
Only removal of ignorance can stop all future wars and dissensions. Spiritual culture, ethical education, measures that are best calculated to instill love and a sense of unity in men and women can prevent nations from resorting to war.  If all people begin to practice kindness and mercy, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lightwithspirit.wordpress.com&blog=1926227&post=238&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>Jasper and the Unbaked Rolls</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 03 May 2009 11:20:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ramona Silipo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is another story that came to me in an e-mail, with no indication of the author or source.  If anyone knows the author or source, please e-mail me so I can put the credit in this post.
Please note: The story is funny, but the outcome could have been serious, even fatal. The ASPCA has [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lightwithspirit.wordpress.com&blog=1926227&post=205&subd=lightwithspirit&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Greta and the Cockerel</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2009 12:25:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ramona Silipo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We had a new Greta adventure Wednesday morning. The people next door keep chickens and they have one rooster. Well, the rooster got out of the coop and flew into our back yard, whereupon Greta did her greyhound race memory thing and chased it. She pulled a lot of feathers out and stopped it cold, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lightwithspirit.wordpress.com&blog=1926227&post=193&subd=lightwithspirit&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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