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	<title>Self-Sufficient Steward</title>
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	<description>Trying to take care of my little piece of the planet</description>
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		<title>Undo! Undo!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[All of us have had moments where we just wanted the opportunity to start over, re-wind the tape, re-word what just came out of our mouths. So the sympathetic part of me feels bad for Arizona Governor Jan Brewer, as she completely mangles her opening statement in last night&#8217;s televised debate. But the other part [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://selfsufficientsteward.com/?p=1377</link>
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		<title>Toyota Tundra Trumps Texting Twit</title>
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On the other side of the equation from the previous post regarding the inevitable end of life&#8230;..a later observation today of the longstanding myth of invincibility of youth&#8230;..currently compounded by their widespread self-absorption as reflected by the &#8217;smart&#8217; phone.
Yeah, I&#8217;m ranting. But this just blew me away. I&#8217;m second in line at a stoplight on [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://selfsufficientsteward.com/?p=1373</link>
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		<title>Bittersweet Alert</title>
		<description><![CDATA[My dictionary includes the following for the word bittersweet: &#8220;pleasant but including or marked by elements of suffering&#8221;. That&#8217;s the word that popped into my head as I drove in this morning, and was transported from a series of hard news items into listening to this StoryCorps segment on NPR. 
In case you&#8217;re not familiar [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://selfsufficientsteward.com/?p=1369</link>
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		<title>Croaker and Weakfish and Perch, Oh My!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Fishing is ALL about preparation, and you NEVER calculate the price per pound of any fish you might be lucky enough to catch. But at least we&#8217;ll get one dinner out of the hours I spent painting the trailer and putting in new hub bearings, or those spent tackle sorting, reel rigging, etc. Not to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://selfsufficientsteward.com/?p=1361</link>
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		<title>Portable &#8216;Pain&#8217; for Under $100</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Now that the work-a-thon has slowed to a more sustainable level, I&#8217;m a few weeks into my usual late summer attempt to get back into shape. Please understand: &#8217;six pack abs&#8217; has only one meaning in my reality, and it ain&#8217;t pretty. So, &#8216;in shape&#8217; is a relative term, and my goal is to get [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://selfsufficientsteward.com/?p=1355</link>
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		<title>He&#8217;s Back!!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Yes, he&#8217;s back.

We thought he was a goner about six weeks ago when a large tree fell on him, toppling him into our small fish pond. As is usually the case, it was my fault. We&#8217;ve had an issue for years with pine trees in our woods becoming infested with pine bark beetles. A number [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://selfsufficientsteward.com/?p=1349</link>
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		<title>Fun With Words</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Did you know that the words &#8220;race car&#8221; spelled backwards still spells &#8220;race car&#8221;? 
And that &#8220;eat&#8221; is the only word that, if you take the first letter and move it to the last, spells its past tense, &#8220;ate&#8221;? 
And that if you rearrange the letters in &#8220;Tea Party Republicans&#8221; (and add just a few [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://selfsufficientsteward.com/?p=1346</link>
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		<title>&#8220;I&#8217;ve Been a Good Girl All My Life!&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Yes, you were, Allis Ray. And we will miss you very much.

When Allis came into our lives in 1998, we had just unexpectedly lost another dog, probably the smartest dog we ever owned. That particular adjective would not apply to Allis, but a dozen other favorable ones would. She was a sweet companion, who is [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://selfsufficientsteward.com/?p=1337</link>
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		<title>God Bless Michigan</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m a middle-aged white Southern male. And in the last several decades of American history, people matching my profile are responsible for a disproportionate percentage of the really dumb, despicable and downright disgusting acts seen on my teevee, when I&#8217;m foolish enough to watch. 
But tonight, as I take a brief break from a day [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://selfsufficientsteward.com/?p=1333</link>
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		<title>Perception Versus Reality</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If you listen to the network talking heads, the inside the D.C. beltway pundits and especially to Republicans, President Obama has made one fiscal mistake after another since taking office. There are the bank bailouts, the auto industry bailouts, the stimulus package, the attempt at health care overhaul, etc., etc. It&#8217;s a wonder that we&#8217;re [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://selfsufficientsteward.com/?p=1325</link>
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