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		<title>Oops50: SadhviSez: This New Age is Funny</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I know I am getting old.  Not being raised in the New Age, I am just part of the wave of people of my generation that would bring it in.  I remember when I stopped eating meat because I couldn&#8217;t handle eating something that was alive&#8230;and how I kind of felt like I was an [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.oops50.com/index.php/oops50-sadhvisez-this-new-age-is-funny/</link>
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		<title>Oops50:  Farmer Nancy Shares a Pet Peeve</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I miss Andy Rooney, and, in tribute to him, I am going to air one of my pet peeves.  I’ve gotten so I read through the obituaries, partly for that feeling of having won a little lottery when I don’t see anyone’s name I know (so at this point, I still win a lot) and partly [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.oops50.com/index.php/oops50-farmer-nancy-shares-a-pet-peeve/</link>
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		<title>I Salute Pit Bulls and Parolees</title>
		<description><![CDATA[For the last month, my Saturday night entertainment has been Animal Planet’s Pit bulls and Parolees.  I am a devotee of this show that brings together an amazing cast of tattooed characters and critters.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.oops50.com/index.php/i-salute-pit-bulls-and-parolees/</link>
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		<title>Sadhvi Sez: The Life of Flowers and Bunnies</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The quince bush has started to flower. Some of the dandelion flowers have bloomed. It&#8217;s cold and below freezing at night, and sunny and reaching in the 50&#8242;s in the daytime. It&#8217;s the warmest winter that I can remember in the 13 years that I&#8217;ve been in these parts. But me and the 3 new [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.oops50.com/index.php/sadhvi-sez-the-life-of-flowers-and-bunnies/</link>
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		<title>Looking Back on Botswana</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So, I’m back from Africa and settled back into my life (after considerable jet lag).  It’s hard now even to believe that just a week ago, I was driving around the wilds of Botswana in a safari vehicle, looking at rhinos and giraffes and elephants.  It all seems like a movie that I went to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.oops50.com/index.php/looking-back-on-botswana/</link>
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		<title>Oops50: Sadhvi&#8217;s Apple Charlotka</title>
		<description><![CDATA[After realizing that I only spent 3 minutes, 10 times a day on FB, I decided to try and see how many &#8220;real&#8221; hours a day I was spending on the computer.  It turns out I average around 5 hours.  By stopping FB, I had only managed to cut out 3.5 hours per week.  Hmmm. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.oops50.com/index.php/oops50-sadhvis-apple-charlotka/</link>
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		<title>My African Adventure:  Part III</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I’m back home, safe and sound, so I thought I would just give the highlights of the trip.  I’m still a little jet lagged, so bear with me if I repeat myself.  The pictures, by the way, come courtesy of my photographer daughter, Josie! 1) Seeing a mother warthog with her 3 babies: 2) Seeing [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.oops50.com/index.php/my-african-adventure-part-iii/</link>
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		<title>Dad’s Hungarian Goulash</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I immediately thought of one of my dad’s favorite dishes, Hungarian Goulash.  Of course goulash doesn’t have the same mystique of Proust’s madelaines, but it still conjures up childhood memories. ]]></description>
		<link>http://www.oops50.com/index.php/dad%e2%80%99s-hungarian-goulash/</link>
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		<title>Sadhvi Sez: Good-bye FaceBook</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I just deleted my FaceBook account, which oddly enough, was not so easy.  Actually my account will not really be deleted for another two weeks. FaceBook wants me to be sure, so that in case I change my mind and feel the urge to log in and see what any of my 597 “friends” are [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.oops50.com/index.php/sadhvi-sez-good-bye-facebook/</link>
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		<title>The African Adventure Begins!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We arrived in Africa after a grueling but fun 29-hour trip.  The heat here is overwhelming&#8230;a constant sauna&#8230;but, since it&#8217;s dry heat, you can tolerate it. After getting situated in the place we are staying, we walked to a nearby mall and had a delicious dinner of Indian food and went to see &#8220;New Year&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.oops50.com/index.php/the-african-adventure-begins/</link>
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		<title>Sadhvi Sez: When Joni Mitchell was singing with James Taylor</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I honestly don&#8217;t feel like there is a small gap between me and the next generation any more.  It  feels too big to say that.  I don&#8217;t like FaceBook much any more either.  In fact, I find myself wanting to be on the computer less and less, but more and more time is spent there.  [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.oops50.com/index.php/sadhvi-sez-when-joni-mitchell-was-singing-with-james-taylor/</link>
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		<title>Jane: Things on my list before my trip to Botswana</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Tell me again, whose idea was it to schedule a surprise birthday party for her husband’s 60thbirthday one week before Christmas?]]></description>
		<link>http://www.oops50.com/index.php/things-on-my-list-before-my-trip-to-botswana/</link>
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		<title>Sadhvi Sez: Making Wine Better, Bette Midler, and Happy New Year!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There doesn&#8217;t seem much time to share much lately.  Sorry.  It&#8217;s all spinning!  I did want to share something though that I really found quite amazing: if you put red wine in a blender for 30 seconds or so, what comes out is really so much better.  I got this tip from my Cook&#8217;s Illustrated [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.oops50.com/index.php/sadhvi-sez-making-wine-better-bette-midler-and-happy-new-year/</link>
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		<title>Second Attempt: Tequila Holiday Cake Recipe</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I tried to make this Tequila Christmas Cake recipe for Chanukah again this year, but it didn’t work out so well.  So,  I’m trying again for  New Year’s Day.  ]]></description>
		<link>http://www.oops50.com/index.php/second-attempt-tequila-holiday-cake-recipe/</link>
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		<title>Fresh Roasted Chestnuts, Laughing, and Judy Garland and Mel Singing to You</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Sakshi the Swiss Chestnut Roaster It&#8217;s the most wonderful time of the year.  Really.  Because it&#8217;s that time of the year that is the most hectic, with all the shopper&#8217;s and all their frustrations, and all the family gathering&#8217;s that have to be planned and all the gifts that must be bought and wrapped and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.oops50.com/index.php/fresh-roasted-chestnuts-laughing-and-judy-garland-and-mel-singing-to-you/</link>
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		<title>My Husk</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Sometimes I feel like my husk, my body, is getting ready to shed, leaving only “me”—my core, my soul, my essence—behind.  And where will I be then?  Or maybe the question should be, what happens to the core “me”? Some would say heaven or hell.  Others would say the essence returns to the universe in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.oops50.com/index.php/my-husk/</link>
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		<title>Nice People Behaving Badly?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Securities regulators and prosecutors are battling what they say is a nationwide surge in investment fraud against baby boomers.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.oops50.com/index.php/nice-people-behaving-badly/</link>
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		<title>Being a Proud and Gratified Parent of a Parent</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Our dear friend Fatimah&#8217; has been caring for her elderly parents for many years.  We thank her for sharing her experience with us.  Here is her story: I offer my heartfelt congratulations to each of you—to each of us—for at some point on your journey, you may become a Proud &#38; Gratified Parent of a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.oops50.com/index.php/being-a-proud-and-gratified-parent-of-a-parent/</link>
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		<title>Sadhvi Sez: It&#8217;s beginning to feel a lot like&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve started to get into the Holiday spirit. It started with the first snowflakes last week, the Christmas songs I’ve been playing while baking the things that I love to send to my family, and the tangible joy I feel when I roast chestnuts as a street vendor with my husband. This year there are [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.oops50.com/index.php/sadhvi-sez-its-beginning-to-feel-a-lot-like/</link>
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		<title>On Hearing that our Daughter is Engaged</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Our oldest daughter, Lizzie, who is 24 years old, walked in the other night and announced that she and her boyfriend, Janson, had just gotten engaged!  We had a feeling this was coming.  (Janson had already told us both that he loved our daughter and was not going anywhere.) And yet, now that it has, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.oops50.com/index.php/on-hearing-that-our-daughter-is-engaged/</link>
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		<title>I Did A Really Stupid Thing</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I haven’t been happy with my stylist lately, and in fact I’ve been shopping around.  I’m tired of paying a lot, and not being satisfied.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.oops50.com/index.php/i-did-a-really-stupid-thing/</link>
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		<title>A Laugh for Friday: The Black Bra Joke</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#160; This joke was sent to me by Betsy, one of our contributors, and I just had to share it.  Apologies to all of you who have already heard it!!!  (as told by a woman) I had lunch with 2 of my unmarried friends. One is engaged, one is a mistress, and I have been married for [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.oops50.com/index.php/a-laugh-for-friday-the-black-bra-joke/</link>
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		<title>Sadhvi shares being Grateful</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I got a lot of emails, wishing us a Happy Thanksgiving yesterday.  Facebook postings from friends were abundant.  It was nice. Being far away from family AND chestnut roasters to boot, Thanksgiving is always a very busy day after a week of being busy selling  &#8220;Freshly Roasted Italian Chestnuts&#8221; outside of the health food store [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.oops50.com/index.php/sadhvi-shares-being-grateful/</link>
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		<title>What I am Thankful for this Thanksgiving</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Here are 10 things I’m thankful for this year: 1)  We have wonderful friends who make us feel thankful to be alive and sharing this planet with them. 2)  Our daughter Becky in Africa is feeling better, so maybe she doesn’t actually have dengue fever or some other horrible tropical disease (what I immediately assumed [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.oops50.com/index.php/what-i-am-thankful-for-this-thanksgiving/</link>
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		<title>Sadhvi Sez: The Holiday Season is upon Us AND update on the Delaware River Fracking</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Good news! The vote November 21st on whether to move forward with the fracking on the East Coast, totally affecting the Delaware River Basin, has been postponed. And of course, just recently so has the Keystone one that would come down from Canada to the Gulf of Mexico. I can let out a long sigh [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.oops50.com/index.php/sadhvi-sez-the-holiday-season-is-upon-us-and-update-on-the-delaware-river-fracking/</link>
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		<title>Jane and Josie Are Going to Africa!!!!!!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I didn’t think it would be possible.  I could not imagine how I could ever get there.  I had resigned myself (sorrowfully) to the idea that my daughter would be in Botswana for a year, and I would not get to see her—or to get any glimpse of her amazing new world.  We knew we [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.oops50.com/index.php/jane-and-josie-are-going-to-africa/</link>
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		<title>The Year of Sick Friends</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ I am shocked about all the friends that have had serious to critical health problems and have had extended stays in hospitals as well as long recuperation's at home.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.oops50.com/index.php/the-year-of-sick-friends/</link>
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		<title>Sadhvi Sez: Save the Delaware River Basin and Abigail Washburn</title>
		<description><![CDATA[These days I am increasingly aware of how much information I take in while not reading newspapers nor having any TV to watch.  It&#8217;s all from the internet. So, with this post, I want to share a personal sigh of relief: President Obama has delayed the Keystone XL Pipeline! Say thanks, and ask him to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.oops50.com/index.php/sadhvi-sez-save-the-delaware-river-basin-and-abigail-washburn/</link>
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		<title>10 Thoughts on Learning that I am going to be a Grandmother!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[My thoughts on learning that I am going to be a Grandmother are as follows: 1. Blank. 2. Blank. 3. Gasp.  Breathe, girl! 4. Searching… 5. What will my new name (the name that will stick to me for the rest of my life on earth) be?  Please not anything with “aw” on the end. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.oops50.com/index.php/10-thoughts-on-learning-that-i-am-going-to-be-a-grandmother/</link>
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		<title>Aging &amp; Gratitude</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I turned 59.  How strange it feels to be writing for this blog and and saying, I'm almost 60 !! How did that happen? ]]></description>
		<link>http://www.oops50.com/index.php/aging-gratitude/</link>
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		<title>Farmer Nancy on Aging Horses</title>
		<description><![CDATA[My horse vet had called to say he&#8217;d be late.  There was an old horse that couldn&#8217;t get up, and he needed to go put it down.  When he arrived at our barn, he said a curious thing: &#8216;That old horse was 38!  I don&#8217;t want my horses to live to be 38!&#8221; I looked down [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.oops50.com/index.php/farmer-nancy-on-aging-horses/</link>
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		<title>Sadhvi&#8217;s Secret Red Cabbage Recipe</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We belong to the local “Swiss Club”, where we get together every so often to eat good, traditional Swiss food, chat, watch a movie, and generally have a good time. One of our friends is a cook in one of the resorts here, and we started to talk about “Rot Kraut”, a favorite fall dish. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.oops50.com/index.php/sadhvis-secret-red-cabbage-recipe/</link>
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		<title>Laugh Lines: October 26th, 2011</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A 56 year-old woman had a heart attack and was taken to the hospital.

While on the operating table she had a near-death experience.

Seeing God she asked, “Is my time up?”

God answered, “No, you have another 40 years, 2 months, and 8 days to live.”]]></description>
		<link>http://www.oops50.com/index.php/laugh-lines-october-26th-2011/</link>
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		<title>Co-Housing: On the Way to Wolf Creek Lodge</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We have chosen Wolf Creek Lodge as an appealing environment for our senior life style. The conventional American living environment can be hostile to the senior species. They want community, walking access to stores, entertainment and recreation. They want low maintenance, sustainable housing.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.oops50.com/index.php/cohousing-on-the-way-to-wolf-creek-lodge/</link>
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		<title>Why I plant Zinnias</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Every autumn, it&#8217;s the same thing: it takes me a while to get used to the idea that all the leaves will fall from the trees, it&#8217;s going to get cold, and winter is coming. I have never lived in a place where there were NOT four seasons, so why does it come as a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.oops50.com/index.php/sadhvi-loves-zinnias/</link>
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		<title>Pro&#8217;s and Con&#8217;s of Approaching the Dreaded 60 (in a little over 2 years)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[1) I feel old.  My hair is gray, and there are wrinkles around my eyes and mouth. 2) I will never be a child prodigy on the guitar. 3) The white hairs on my chin might scare young children. 4) I will never win an Olympic gold medal in Volleyball, unless it’s a special competition [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.oops50.com/index.php/pros-and-cons-of-approaching-the-dreaded-60-in-a-little-over-2-years/</link>
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		<title>Wise Women, Drumming, and President Obama</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This year, was the biggest conference ever, almost 900 women gathered to learn, connect, and deepen into the Wise Woman Tradition]]></description>
		<link>http://www.oops50.com/index.php/wise-women-drumming-and-president-obama/</link>
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		<title>Sadhvi Asks: Who is behind Maxine?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Maxine can still crack me up.  Like her, there was always someone around in the family who called a spade a spade.  In the &#8220;politically correct&#8221; times we&#8217;ve been living in, and now, where EVERYTHING IS AWESOME, I can appreciate Maxine&#8217;s character even more.  Because most of the people who used to be like her [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.oops50.com/index.php/sadhvi-asks-who-is-behind-maxine/</link>
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		<title>On Having a Daughter in Africa (25 Hours Away by Jet)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This news came on a day when we had not heard anything from Becky for a while, since she was traveling with friends to South Africa, so she wasn’t anywhere near a computer—and her phone had no service.  I didn’t think I could stand it, but I had to wait another two or three days [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.oops50.com/index.php/on-having-a-daughter-in-africa-25-hours-away-by-jet/</link>
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		<title>CATCHING UP&#8230;IF ONLY WE HAD STARTED SOONER</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I’ve mourned the loss of my dear friend, Roberta, and not a day goes by that I don’t regret waiting to get in touch with this beautiful, kind soul. ]]></description>
		<link>http://www.oops50.com/index.php/catching-up%e2%80%a6%e2%80%a6if-only-we-had-started-sooner/</link>
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		<title>Beautiful Woman over 50: Fatimah&#8217;!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I enjoy sharing women that are interesting and Fatimah&#8217; is one of those women.  I recently met her to ask some questions in order for you to get to know her better.  She is so into music and has her own website where she is the DJ.  Finding out that we both listened to Matt [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.oops50.com/index.php/fascinating-women-over-50-fatimah/</link>
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		<title>SadhviSez: Preserve the Harvest Now to Enjoy Later</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I had a lot of Basil plants that I&#8217;ve been using in salads all summer long&#8230;if you keep pinching back the plant, and never let it start to flower, it becomes very bushy and full.  Which means, more Basil!  Notice how I capitalize the word: Basil.  It&#8217;s like a good friend, and I cannot imagine [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.oops50.com/index.php/sadhvisez-preserve-the-harvest-now-to-enjoy-later/</link>
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		<title>Beautiful Women over 50: Betsy on our Mental Health System</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Originally from Canada, Betsy lives in upstate New York in the Catskill Mountains, with her cocker spaniel and two domestic long-haired cats.  She is very close to her two sons, both in their 20s.  Her family, 3 older brothers, their wives, children and grandchildren, still live in Nova Scotia.  An aspiring writer and stained glass [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.oops50.com/index.php/beautiful-women-over-50-betsy-on-our-mental-health-system/</link>
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		<title>Senior Cohousing for Baby Boomers!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The ElderSpirit Community is dedicated to making possible new opportunities for Elders in the 21st Century. The ElderSpirit Community values are: To live in a community of diverse spiritual paths; To give and receive support in relationship with neighbors in community; To belong to a community who make the decisions on how they will live together; and To encourage each other to live simply and care for the earth.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.oops50.com/index.php/senior-cohousing-for-baby-boomers/</link>
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		<title>SadhviSez: My Favorite Face Creme</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Sadhvi of Oops50 shares her favorite face cream: Wild Sage Botanicals "Rose Geranium Face Lotion", and why most of the things that are available for us to buy should be left on the shelf!]]></description>
		<link>http://www.oops50.com/index.php/sadhvisez-my-favorite-face-creme/</link>
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		<title>Financial Social Work:  Interview with Reeta Wolfsohn</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#160; Nationally known motivational speaker Reeta Wolfsohn, CMSW, is founder of the Financial Social Work discipline and a therapist, author and popular expert for magazines/websites, on money from a psycho-social perspective.  Reeta’s work helps people take control of their money and lives.  The Center for Financial Social Work offers certification programs for social workers/non-social workers [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.oops50.com/index.php/financial-social-work-interview-with-reeta-wolfsohn/</link>
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		<title>My Very Own Writing Retreat</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ I was gifted one full week in a writer’s residency program at the glorious Wild Acres Retreat Center in NC.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.oops50.com/index.php/my-very-own-writing-retreat/</link>
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		<title>SadhviSez:: The Freedom from Not Keeping Up</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Sadhvi shares her thoughts on the ever-increasing ways to communicate, and a youtube clip from one of her favorite wise women, Susun Weed, on how to make Goldenrod vinegar for allergies...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.oops50.com/index.php/sadhvisez-the-freedom-from-not-keeping-up/</link>
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		<title>Three Women Over 50 on a Jaunt</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Last weekend I had the privilege of visiting with my two roommates from college.  We met in Minnesota, where one of them lives.  I was a little nervous before the weekend.  I worried that things might be awkward.  After all, we hadn&#8217;t seen each other in years (not one of us could remember exactly how [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.oops50.com/index.php/three-women-over-50-on-a-jaunt/</link>
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		<title>SadhviSez: 9.9.2011: Make me an Angel from Montgomery</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Sadhvi shares her post on the extreme weather in Pennsylvania and an earthquake, folks in Fukishima, and her love of music.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.oops50.com/index.php/sadhvisez-9-9-2011-make-me-an-angel-from-montgomery/</link>
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		<title>My New Red Shoes</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Oops50 Jane raves about her new red shoes by Hotter Shoes.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.oops50.com/index.php/my-new-red-shoes/</link>
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		<title>The Zen of Pontoon Boating</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Every August for the last four years, a group of us women over 50 spend the day on one of the most beautiful lakes in this country.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.oops50.com/index.php/the-zen-of-pontoon-boating/</link>
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		<title>Vincent Harding and the Beloved Community</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Jane I heard a wonderful man being interviewed on NPR’s “On Being” yesterday morning.  His name is Vincent Harding, and he was an activist in the Civil Rights Movement.  He talked about how this country is still a “developing nation” when it comes to having a true “democratic encounter across real difference.”  He said that, maybe [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.oops50.com/index.php/vincent-harding-and-the-beloved-community/</link>
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		<title>Sadhvi&#8217;s Weekly Post: It&#8217;s High Time for a Joke!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s been an intense time on the planet this past week.  Mercury is still retrograde, but will finally be going direct tomorrow.  Then there was an earthquake that was pretty severe on the east coast.  Whoa!  While we&#8217;re being told it&#8217;s not unusual, being from the east coast, I can say that it is.  And [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.oops50.com/index.php/sadhvis-weekly-post-its-high-time-for-a-joke/</link>
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		<title>My High School Reunion</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I’ve heard from some baby boomers that high school reunions are nothing but a terrifying rite of passage, but for me, four decades after graduation, it was a blast.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.oops50.com/index.php/my-high-school-reunion/</link>
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		<title>Help: My iPhone says it&#8217;s OK to check my email while driving!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I got a new iPhone last week so that I can use the Square at the Farmer's Market stand...and people now think I am cooler than I was...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.oops50.com/index.php/help-my-iphone-says-its-ok-to-check-my-email-while-driving/</link>
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		<title>On the Eve of My 31st Wedding Anniversary</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Annette Dunlap has been a guest blogger with Oops50 before.  Here is one of her latest writings from her blog.  I loved it, so I asked her if I could share it with our readers!  Jane On the eve of my 31st wedding anniversary, I offer the following thoughts regarding marriage and the potential for [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.oops50.com/index.php/on-the-eve-of-my-31st-wedding-anniversary/</link>
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		<title>Our Beloved Carli girl</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Now, I’d like to tell you about our Carli girl, our champion show girl who passed away unexpectedly two weeks ago at the age of 12 while I was at my 40th H.S. reunion. ]]></description>
		<link>http://www.oops50.com/index.php/our-beloved-carli-girl/</link>
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		<title>Sadhvi Sez: It&#8217;s National Book Week</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It's National Book Week: here are the rules...!]]></description>
		<link>http://www.oops50.com/index.php/sadhvi-sez-its-national-book-week/</link>
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		<title>Driving Myself Crazy by Worrying Too Much</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I’ve been worrying too much lately.  It’s not good for me.  I do most of it at night, when the lights are out, and I wake up at 3 am, unable to sleep.  My worries run the gamut, but they always start with my 4 children: from my daughter in Africa (Will she catch some horrible [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.oops50.com/index.php/driving-myself-crazy-by-worrying-too-much/</link>
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		<title>Sadhvi Sez: Mercury is Retrograde!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Ok, for the last couple of days, Mercury has been retrograde.  Personally speaking, if it gets any more intense in the heavens, I might have to join the &#8220;Baptists who Believe and Want Rapture to Happen Yesterday&#8221; (BBWRHY) church down the street.  A friend recently told me about a quote he read&#8230;something about &#8220;Nothing can be [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.oops50.com/index.php/sadhvi-sez-mercury-is-retrograde/</link>
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		<title>On Sending my Daughter off to Africa</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Jane writes about sending her daughter off to Africa for 10 months...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.oops50.com/index.php/on-sending-my-daughter-off-to-africa/</link>
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		<title>Sadhvi Sez: Stay Cool with Clara&#8217;s Italian Ice!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s been really hot on the eastern side of the US.  Or maybe it&#8217;s just a long hot flash?  Either way, I haven&#8217;t felt like doing much cooking in the evening lately.  So I try to take it easy and make simple things for dinner, like cold beet salad (I LOVE BEETS!) with fresh goat [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.oops50.com/index.php/sadhvi-sez-stay-cool-with-claras-italian-ice/</link>
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		<title>Great Product for Women over 50:  Sleep Aid</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Great Products for Women over 50:  Sleep Aid I don’t usually give plugs, but today I am singing the virtues of Sleep Aid. Background: For the past five to six years, I have had trouble staying asleep.  No problem with getting to sleep:  I fall asleep as soon as my head hits the pillow, usually [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.oops50.com/index.php/great-product-for-women-over-50-sleep-aid/</link>
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		<title>Ask Johanna:  Dating After 50</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Joh]]></description>
		<link>http://www.oops50.com/index.php/ask-johanna-dating-after-50/</link>
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		<title>Words with Friends</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Yes, I admit to playing an electronic game on my phone and I admit it’s one of my guilty pleasures, so is unleashing my competitive spirit. I play with my dear friend and yoga teacher.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.oops50.com/index.php/words-with-friends/</link>
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		<title>Women Elder Sharing Romance Tips: Finding Mr. Right</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Sadhvi shares her tip on finding Mr. Right...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.oops50.com/index.php/women-elder-sharing-romance-tips-finding-mr-right/</link>
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		<title>Oops 50 Humor!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Folks, I don&#8217;t normally post videos, but this one had to be shared!! Jane Her First Period &#8211; watch more funny videos]]></description>
		<link>http://www.oops50.com/index.php/oops-50-humor/</link>
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		<title>Reflections on Ahimsa from our friend in Alaska</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Monica Devine is an author, photographer, therapist, and baby boomer who lives in Eagle River, Alaska. She also studies and practices yoga &#8211; one of the most beneficial practices (spiritual and physical) for women over 50. Today, Monica reminds us of what yoga teaches us about Ahimsa. Ahimsa means to do no harm; to practice [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.oops50.com/index.php/reflections-on-ahimsa-from-our-friend-in-alaska/</link>
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		<title>Sadhvi Sez: Follow Maria Thun!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Sadhvi shares her secret to gardening, flowers, and Maria Thun!]]></description>
		<link>http://www.oops50.com/index.php/sadhvi-sez-follow-maria-thun/</link>
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		<title>I&#8217;m Addicted to My iPhone</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I think I'm addicted to my iPhone.  After 2 Droids (the original and its upgrade), I was really tired of spending money on something I wasn't satisfied with.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.oops50.com/index.php/im-addicted-to-my-iphone/</link>
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		<title>Sadhvi Sez: Summer Flowers</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I saw the first leaf fall the other night on a walk with my dog.  It’s not the first time I noticed this right after the beginning of summer, just a few weeks after the longest day of the year.  Just one of life’s paradox’s.  It was orange and it was from a beautiful maple [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.oops50.com/index.php/sadhvi-sez-summer-flowers/</link>
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		<title>Paying for a College Education in this Country</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Author talks about difficulties of paying for higher education.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.oops50.com/index.php/paying-for-a-college-education-in-this-country/</link>
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		<title>A Drop in the Bucket, or Living off the Grid</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Arjuna helped start Earthaven in 1994, where she's lived for the past twelve years.  She just moved into her earth&#038;  straw temple of a house there.  ]]></description>
		<link>http://www.oops50.com/index.php/a-drop-in-the-bucket-or-living-off-the-grid/</link>
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		<title>Ask Johanna:  Wrinkles</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dear Johanna, my face is turning into a mass of wrinkles. It&#8217;s as if I went to bed one night and woke up the next morning looking like a dried-up prune. Any suggestions? Wrinkled in Wrenville Dear Wrinkled, First of all, I happen to like wrinkles, as I have previously stated in this column. I [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.oops50.com/index.php/ask-johanna-wrinkles/</link>
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		<title>Sadhvi Sez: Finding the Balance through Sound</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Sadhvi shares Eric Whitacre's most amazing virtual choir project and finding the balance with music]]></description>
		<link>http://www.oops50.com/index.php/finding-the-balance-through-sound/</link>
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		<title>I Wanted to Write about my Dad on Father’s Day and Now it’s Too Late.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I wanted to write about my dad on Father’s Day]]></description>
		<link>http://www.oops50.com/index.php/i-wanted-to-write-about-my-dad-on-father%e2%80%99s-day-and-now-it%e2%80%99s-too-late/</link>
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		<title>Sadhvi Sez: Finding the Way</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s kind of funny, because women under 50 don&#8217;t read this blog &#8211; they think it&#8217;s some kind of thang that they might catch, this being over 50.  And funny too that some of my friends who are men read it, secretly, never commenting. No matter who you are these days, I have a feeling [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.oops50.com/index.php/sadhvi-sez-finding-the-way/</link>
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		<title>Amazing Women over 50:  Gwendie&#8217;s Struggle with Cancer</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Gwendie, who writes occasionally for this blog, has been struggling with cancer for the past four years.  She just suffered another setback, as she describes first in an email she sent and then in a blog entry--but, amazing woman that she is, she is still managing to keep her incredible, positive outlook on things.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.oops50.com/index.php/amazing-women-over-50-gwendies-struggle-with-cancer/</link>
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		<title>Rehab for Jerks?  Didn’t Know it Exists</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It seems like the media is never short on scandals about married men behaving badly.  ]]></description>
		<link>http://www.oops50.com/index.php/rehab-for-jerks-didn%e2%80%99t-know-it-exists/</link>
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		<title>Sadhvi Sez: It&#8217;s No Secret that Life is Beautiful!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I think that because life is so absurd these days, I am coming to a place inside myself where I feel at peace with it.  Funny, huh?  You too? In spite of this, I can’t help but notice an occasional &#8220;odd thing&#8221; popping up on my radar every now and again.  Like how the media [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.oops50.com/index.php/its-no-secret-that-life-is-beautiful/</link>
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		<title>Women over 50: Ten Steps to Weight Maintenance</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#160; &#160; I’m writing this really as a reminder to myself.  These are things I’ve come to learn, in this year of trying to keep this weight off me.  I share them with our readers, in case it helps! Ten Things to Help Me Keep Weight Off (or Lessons Learned the Hard Way): 1) Exercise [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.oops50.com/index.php/women-over-50-ten-steps-to-weight-maintenance/</link>
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		<title>Don’t Hate Me Because I Don’t Garden</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There it is – I said it, I don’t garden.  Never did, don’t want to, don’t have time, don’t want to make the time - until l I retire – maybe]]></description>
		<link>http://www.oops50.com/index.php/don%e2%80%99t-hate-me-because-i-don%e2%80%99t-garden/</link>
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		<title>Americans Are Obsessed With Challenges</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Our country is obsessed with challenges.  Why? I ask.  Isn’t living life itself challenging enough?]]></description>
		<link>http://www.oops50.com/index.php/americans-are-obsessed-with-challenges/</link>
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		<title>&#8220;Happy Mother&#8217;s Day,&#8221; A Poem</title>
		<description><![CDATA[My sister, Pattie Bosman Schlabs, submitted this poem to us for Mother&#8217;s Day.  I realize it&#8217;s a little late, but I want to post it anyway, since it speaks to any mother of grown or nearly-grown children.  Pattie is a wonderfully creative visual artist who teaches art and art history at the Academy of the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.oops50.com/index.php/happy-mothers-day-a-poem/</link>
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		<title>Ask Johanna:  Menopause Woes</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dear Johanna, I seem to have no memory any more.  I forget things all the time.  The other day my daughter called me to give me the telephone number at her new job, so that I could call her later that afternoon about something important.  She told me to write down the number, but I [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.oops50.com/index.php/ask-johanna-menopause-woes/</link>
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		<title>Sadhvi Sez: The Beauty and Pure Joy of Flowers</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I don&#8217;t watch TV.  I just don&#8217;t have the time.  Sorry Oprah!  Sorry Dr. Oz!  I realize I am in the minority, and to tell you the truth, that is where I have felt the most comfortable my whole life.  Under the wire, so to say.  I don&#8217;t go to the gym.  I don&#8217;t go [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.oops50.com/index.php/sadhvi-sez-the-beauty-and-pure-joy-of-flowers/</link>
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		<title>It&#8217;s a Choice: Keeping Up or Slowing Down!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[These days I seem to be running into people who are either dropping out of Facebook, etc., or they are trying to keep up, and are feeling overwhelmed.  And then there are folks like my husband, who never wanted any part of it and thinks it is a complete waste of time! Someone sent me [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.oops50.com/index.php/its-a-choice-keeping-up-or-slowing-down/</link>
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		<title>Senior Citizen Discounts and Other Horrors</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Author talks about being offered her first senior citizen discount.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.oops50.com/index.php/senior-citizen-discounts-and-other-horrors/</link>
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		<title>Precious Gus</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Over the last two years, I’ve been writing about Gus, my 11 year old Chesapeake Bay Retriever.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.oops50.com/index.php/precious-gus/</link>
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		<title>SADHVI SHARES SOME OF HER SPRINGTIME MOMENTS</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Well, I almost stopped doing this blog since some of my friends seemed to be concerned about me after my last posts.  For those friends who don&#8217;t know it, I have a very quirky sense of humor.  I think it was developed from all those winters that I spent growing up in Cleveland, Ohio.  At [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.oops50.com/index.php/sadhvi-shares-some-of-her-springtime-moments/</link>
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		<title>Mother&#8217;s Day</title>
		<description><![CDATA[My mother always said she hated Mother’s Day.  Like a few other women over 50, members of the baby boomer generation, I grew up in a household where Mother’s Day was looked down upon as something artificial, created by marketers in order to sell products.  So, I believed that when/if I had kids, I would [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.oops50.com/index.php/mothers-day/</link>
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		<title>Sadhvi Sez: Being Terminated, Hurray for ExxonMobil, and some Pink Floyd</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Well, I want to thank all of our readers and fans who clicked on the Google Adsense ads to the left side of our site.  It did help us out with a penny a click.  And we got our first check for $100 recently, which means 10,000 of you clicked on one of those ridiculous [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.oops50.com/index.php/sadhvi-sez-being-terminated-hurray-for-exxonmobil-and-some-pink-floyd/</link>
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		<title>On Being a Woman Over 50 and Traveling Too Much</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Author talks about being a woman over 50 and having to do a lot of travel for work--and no longer enjoying it the way she did when she was younger.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.oops50.com/index.php/on-being-a-woman-over-50-and-travelling-too/</link>
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		<title>Sadhvi Sez: It&#8217;s a Miracle called Spring!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So much intensity these days, no?  Just about everyone I talk to is overwhelmed…oh oh oh what to do?  I actually sprained my ankle on Monday and had to take a few days off to get better.  I mean, I couldn’t walk!  But, it felt so good to STOP.  Hey, maybe next time I will [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.oops50.com/index.php/sadhvi-sez-its-a-miracle-called-spring/</link>
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		<title>Amazing Women over 50:  SheVille of Western NC, Part II</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This is a continuation of our interview with the founders of SheVille of Western North Carolina!  Here&#8217;s Part II!  Check out the site:  http://www.sheville.org/. Oops50:  Were there some low points where you felt like giving up? Jean: There were points I certainly hit where I felt discouraged and said, ‘let’s just sell it.’ Va: But [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.oops50.com/index.php/amazing-women-over-50-sheville-of-western-nc-part-ii/</link>
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		<title>Beautiful Women over 50:  Katina!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Sadhvi interviews her beloved friend Katina]]></description>
		<link>http://www.oops50.com/index.php/beautiful-women-over-50-katina/</link>
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		<title>Amazing Women over 50: SheVille of Western North Carolina: Part I</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Author interviews the founders of the sheville.org site, a community-based site specializing in women's issues.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.oops50.com/index.php/amazing-women-over-50-sheville-of-western-north-carolina-part-i/</link>
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		<title>Sadhvi Sez: The World is too Full to Talk About</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It’s been tough, as in, hard to keep up with life, this past week or so for me. Mercury, the planet of communications and anything to do with that (i.e. computers, cell phones, etc.) went retrograde and still has a week to go until it goes direct. No one is getting back to anyone with [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.oops50.com/index.php/sadhvi-sez-the-world-is-too-full-to-talk-about/</link>
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		<title>In Praise of Vacations and the Beach</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Author talks about the wonders of a beach vacation.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.oops50.com/index.php/in-praise-of-vacations-and-the-beach/</link>
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