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		<title>True Blessings</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2009 22:01:20 +0000</pubDate>
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For about ten minutes, my life is idyllic. My daughter naps peacefully upstairs. My husband watches football and reads. I sit knitting while Diana Krall croons on the CD player about chestnuts roasting over an open fire. My “knit-one-purl-one” binding is actually looking like “kint-one-purl-one” binding, for a change. The house is decked out for [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=michelearduengo.wordpress.com&blog=6570711&post=681&subd=michelearduengo&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Cornucopia of Thanksgiving</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 01:44:49 +0000</pubDate>
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The Cornucopia or Horn of Plenty, that wicker, cone-shaped basket filled with fruits and vegetables is a symbol of this holiday season when we take time to sit and count our blessings. On one of my daughter’s television programs the Cornucopia is described as a horn-shaped basket that we fill with all the things that [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=michelearduengo.wordpress.com&blog=6570711&post=674&subd=michelearduengo&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Improvisation</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 22:50:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michele Arduengo</dc:creator>
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“Nooo.  We have to play by the rules…” Daddy gently explains a new board game to his 3-year-old daughter who is recovering from her birthday party sugar crash.
Mom smiles to herself as she sits knitting, waiting for the upcoming meltdown, which to her pleasant surprise, doesn’t happen.
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		<title>Giving Thanks for Oranges</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Nov 2009 22:55:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michele Arduengo</dc:creator>
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I felt honor-bound to eat every one of those oranges—to savor each one as long as possible. They were a gift from my mother, mail-ordered for my 41st birthday, and they would be the last gift that I ever received from her. 
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		<title>The Satisfaction of Achievement</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 20:07:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michele Arduengo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I couldn&#8217;t contain my smile when I weaved the end of the yarn through the loops at the top of the piece I had just knitted and pulled it tight. Much to my surprise&#8230;it looked like a hat! The unknitting, rescue of dropped stitches and feeling that I was an absolute klutz all melted away [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=michelearduengo.wordpress.com&blog=6570711&post=653&subd=michelearduengo&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>What You Can Learn from a Toddler&#8217;s Vocabulary List</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 21:14:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michele Arduengo</dc:creator>
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So, my daughter’s preschool had parent-teacher conferences the other night, and the subject of discussion about our daughter with her teachers was her upcoming move to the 3-year-old classroom. In many ways it’s an exciting event that needs to happen; in others I dread it because my daughter has so enjoyed her year in the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=michelearduengo.wordpress.com&blog=6570711&post=642&subd=michelearduengo&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Ode to a Cup of Tea</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 13:06:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michele Arduengo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Oh, what wonderful relief!
A witches’ brew steeped stealthily in the wee hours of the morning
Slippery elm, rose hip, cinnamon bark and licorice root
Water heated in a pot over an eerie orange glow that lights the
Early morning and warms the chill
As the wind howls outside in these still moon-lit hours
Accompanied by the ominous implosion of my [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=michelearduengo.wordpress.com&blog=6570711&post=628&subd=michelearduengo&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Learning to Knit Words</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:19:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[For years I have knitted words to create sentences that roll off the tongue in a comfortable rhythm, words that flow to create meaning. Each sentence is looped together with the next using a limited number of techniques (transitional phrases, repeated words, etc.) to create an unlimited number of patterns and finished pieces.
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		<title>Bewitching Halloween Memories</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2009 22:21:20 +0000</pubDate>
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My mom&#8217;s birthday was on October 30th, and throughout her life she was always making allusions to being a &#8220;witch&#8221;. Her first &#8220;gift&#8221; witch was one that hung from the IV pole in her hospital room after her hysterectomy, after that, we were constantly presenting her with little witches as &#8220;thinking of you&#8221; gifts.
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		<title>A Wisconsin-Hardy Tinkerbell</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 22:36:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michele Arduengo</dc:creator>
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When I was a little girl, I loved dressing up for Halloween, but inevitably the weather would turn cold October 31, and my mom would make me wear a coat over my Halloween costume. I hated that. 
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