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		<title>Christmas Music</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 14:51:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ramona Silipo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Colonial Christmas, Barry Phillips &#38; Friends
Barry Phillips is a cellist, composer arranger and recording engineer whose CDs have included a series of collections of early American music.  In 2008, Barry released Colonial Christmas, (Gourd Music) a CD of instrumental carols and dances from the American colonial period. Barry&#8217;s CDs always have thoroughly researched and beautifully [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lightwithspirit.wordpress.com&blog=1926227&post=282&subd=lightwithspirit&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A New Miss Read for Christmas!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 12:31:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ramona Silipo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Christmas at Thrush Green by Miss Read
Or, more accurately, by Miss Read (Dora Saint) and her long-time editor, Jenny Dereham.  But it is a Thrush Green story, with all of our favourite characters and the daily village dramas that Miss Read fans love.
If you&#8217;ve never read a Miss Read book before, this is a good [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lightwithspirit.wordpress.com&blog=1926227&post=276&subd=lightwithspirit&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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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>Are You Now or Have You Ever Been. . .</title>
		<link>http://lightwithspirit.wordpress.com/2009/10/18/are-you-now-or-have-you-ever-been/</link>
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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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