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		<title>The Writer&#8217;s Life: Beatnik Party: Final #WriterlbsOff</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Apr 2010 00:13:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anne Tyler Lord</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Like Cra-a-a-a-zy Man! Our final party for #WriterlbsOff is a wild, crazy, cool party traveling back to the 1950s to jive with the Beats and those pretending to be Beatniks in the campy movies. We are really cool, hip writers and we have earned our rebellion. We have a lot of reading to do on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Poetry: Beautiful Felt Art</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 16:59:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anne Tyler Lord</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As some of you may have seen, I won a 40 word flash contest hosted by Alison Wells (@alisonwells) that she held for her 40th Birthday. It was a fun contest with many great entries. You can see all the winners at Alison&#8217;s blog &#8211; THE FORTY WORD &#8211; Winners. Celebrating Alison&#8217;s birthday and having [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Poetry: Compassion&#8217;s Duality</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Mar 2010 18:46:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anne Tyler Lord</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Poetry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[compassion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[difficult times]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I forgot to post a link from my blog to Soft Whispers last time one of my poems was featured. I plan to submit poems there regularly. I want to thank all my friends who have already commented on this poem. Here it is, Compassion&#8217;s Duality at Soft Whispers &#8220;I wrote this for someone suffering [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Poetry: Love’s Note</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 21:19:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anne Tyler Lord</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Buddhism]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Love’s Note Love’s Note was written, After thoughts, Between words, Without obsession. Love’s Note was played, Between breaths, Outside sounds, Within embrace. Love’s Note was sent, With wind, Around time, In gardenias. Love’s Note was not read, Under sedation, Through desire, In enchantment. Love’s Note was not heard, Inside hypocrisy, Around mediocrity, Over indulgence. Saturating [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fun: January Party &#8211; Spa Day for Writers</title>
		<link>http://annetylerlord.com/january-party-spa-day-for-writers</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 2010 13:33:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anne Tyler Lord</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[#writerlbsOff]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[change]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Congratulations #writerlbsOff community! Our community members made amazing progress in January with several pounds off, higher creativity and productive writing.  And, some of us have persevered through challenges with our health and creativity, but we are all here strong and happy. We did it together! What started as a simple suggestion of a few friends who [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fiction: Frostbite: A Mafia Family Christmas (pt.3)</title>
		<link>http://annetylerlord.com/frostbite-a-mafia-family-christmas-pt-3</link>
		<comments>http://annetylerlord.com/frostbite-a-mafia-family-christmas-pt-3#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Dec 2009 19:08:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anne Tyler Lord</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[You can also read Part 1 and Part 2 of this series. Aunt Urola&#8217;s lavish jeweled necklaces were finally removed from my aunts&#8217; necks. Now, they were all wearing hot blisters and bumpy rashes seared by the poison laced in each string. The red flush of their faces matched their flaring tempers. The men were [...]]]></description>
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		<title>RedFlame DeepWater (pt.6): Pain, Suffering &amp; Resistance</title>
		<link>http://annetylerlord.com/redflame-deepwater-pt-6-pain-suffering-resistance</link>
		<comments>http://annetylerlord.com/redflame-deepwater-pt-6-pain-suffering-resistance#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 16:21:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anne Tyler Lord</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Poetry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dark night of the soul]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Buddhism 101 says that all is suffering in this world. We know suffering is the cause of our unhappiness and meditation is how we see through this illusion. Can this truth be taken into the worst pain? Or into minor irritations? Can we master the experience of being able to distinguish between pain and suffering [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Remembering 9/11</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2009 16:47:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anne Tyler Lord</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[9/11 Shock Waves Today I watched the 9/11 memorial, similar to the time I watched 8 years ago, on Good Morning America. I sat with my 9 month old babies, talking on the phone to my husband. I watched at the moment, Charlie Gibson, was getting alarmed at the live sight of planes crashing into [...]]]></description>
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		<title>RedFlame DeepWater (pt.5): Me, Pain &amp; Suffering</title>
		<link>http://annetylerlord.com/redflame-deepwater-pt-5-me-pain-suffering</link>
		<comments>http://annetylerlord.com/redflame-deepwater-pt-5-me-pain-suffering#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2009 21:41:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anne Tyler Lord</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Poetry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dark night of the soul]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[How do we deal pain &#38; suffering in life? The RedFlame from my previous poems is symbolic of events that can enter our lives suddenly, but can also do a slow burn on us each day. Death, trauma, loss are big events. But there are also daily irritations when we are impatient and angry with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>RedFlame DeepWater (pt. 4): Dark Places: Retreat</title>
		<link>http://annetylerlord.com/redflame-deepwater-pt-4-dark-places-retreat</link>
		<comments>http://annetylerlord.com/redflame-deepwater-pt-4-dark-places-retreat#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2009 00:59:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anne Tyler Lord</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My series RedFlame DeepWater continues. After the RedFlame of life events burn through your life in unexpected ways, you have the chance for spiritual growth. Progressing in spiritual practice is not devoid of experiences that send you to dark places, with feelings of depression, fear, anxiety. Often, these experiences are more brief, but can be very [...]]]></description>
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