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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 May 2026 15:32:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Intimate. Soft and aching with nostalgia. Looking at the world through a dust-kissed vintage lens or rubbing the cuff of a favorite sweater until the threads begin to bloom loose. My palette murmurs quietly with a muted trumpet of color. I know this song in my fingertips.&#160;Every exhale already knows the lyrics.&#160; A mutual sinking. [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2026 17:42:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Another birthday blurred into the routine and Mother’s Day settles like a quiet promise in the corner pocket. I’m feeling pretty jazzed this week. A buoyant, restless energy. I am a tightly wound coil waiting for release, riding a wave of excitement that hasn&#8217;t quite crested yet. Every conversation feels half a volt hotter than [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Cool Cats</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2026 22:44:15 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The cats! Tiny landlords of emotional real estate. I miss the uncomplicated warmth of a furry baby—the pure cuteness, the cuddles, the casual emotional extortion, assholery, and the dgaf swagger of a creature that screams for food like you’ve abandoned it in the tundra for centuries. An emotional weather system: unpredictable, localized, and impossible to [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Wonder</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2026 20:02:19 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[“Who’s that?” “Kurt Cobain.” “So it is.” Not the same grunge god that bestowed the First Testament, “From the Muddy Banks of the Wishka”, but the simple man who made it past 28 in my mind. I wonder what he would think of the last 30+ years. His clout goggles are in fashion again. “He’s [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Fear</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2026 16:59:41 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The monster better run. No more cowering or pleading for just a chance. Harnessing her call to arms, she’s ready, steady, go for the next move and her eye is on the prize. Time to fear her. A scare earlier this week left me rattled, but intact. One wrong shift and a little hiccup nearly [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">4368</post-id>	</item>
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		<title>Monster</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2026 16:13:30 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Has been. Orange ogre. A thing too lacquered to ignore and too thirsty to fully trust. He’s a real piece of work. Money makes for poor decisions. Like having McDonald’s Uber’d into the White House. Delivered into a place that already feels sealed, curated, more display than dwelling. Besides the obvious health risks, what kind [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Focus</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2026 15:35:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Another holiday under the hood and spring is officially underfoot. A fresh mow of the yard has revealed the yearly crop of meadow garlic. Sending up its scraps like a confession—each leaf a whisper of forgotten gardens. The concentrated wild onion is a surprisingly delicate combination with the lemony fresh magnolia. Maybe the world’s quietest [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Surprise</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2026 19:24:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I’m constantly dumbfounded by nature. There’s a special energy in the woods. Another jeep weekend done, I’m glad we got it in before the weather goes too cruel and makes it unbearable to be outside for any amount of time. The humidity. Ugh. Tony Stewart (not for real) and I went to the contemporary art [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Forgotten</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2026 21:43:42 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Whoops. I forgot to upload this little guy last week. Still feeling out the green beer, I’m thinking. Please disregard the lateness. Another huge commission project comes in. Oof. It’s 30 pictures deep. Bring it. I promise these memories won’t go neglected, I’ll try to give them the love they deserve. It’s not that I [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Loss &#038; Gain</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2026 21:12:51 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The psychiatric professional on my mental health journey has taken on a position within another company. I’m struggling with my personal loss, but so thankful for all that’s been gained. When I started this over a year ago, I didn’t know what to expect and now I find myself looking forward to those check-ins. I’ve [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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