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		<title>One Year Ago, Today</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On a gloriously Pacific Northwest-style sunny Sunday afternoon, we had just come from seeing the indie movie Wendy and Lucy to meet up with friends for a late lunch and a couple of Bloody Marys. On the way home, David suggested we go to the Humane Society &#8220;just to look&#8221;. Having suggested that to him [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Resolutions</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s that time of year again; the time when we index the past year and assess where we&#8217;re at and where we&#8217;re heading. Most of 2008, I was concentrating on where I was heading, quite literally and physically. I&#8217;ve now arrived here in the Pacific Northwest, securing the place I&#8217;ve desired and the work I&#8217;ve [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What Fertile Soil Can Do for a Gal</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The soil is fertile here in the Pacific Northwest, just they way you picture it would be in the world&#8217;s largest temperate rainforest. We, as humans, are definitely a part of nature, but it seems to take us quite a bit longer to adapt to our surroundings. At least to the point of feeling settled, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://msdarby.com/?p=265</link>
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		<title>Our Oregon Trail</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As the movers pulled away from our Lowcountry (freshly empty) home Wednesday, it felt like I was watching the scene unfold upon me from outside of myself. It&#8217;s still all pretty surreal.
Strangely, I did not feel any attachment to our home of 3 1/2 years; not even to the sanctuary that was our house, which [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://msdarby.com/?p=263</link>
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		<title>Hyper Local &#8211; The Key to Happiness, Independence, and Community</title>
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The thread of community building and economic partnership on a hyper local scale has been stitching itself into my life&#8217;s canvas over the past number of months. First, it was Epicurus on Happiness, who believes there are three things needed for happiness: friendship/community, self-reliance/freedom, and an examined life.
Recently, I read an interview with Judy Wicks, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://msdarby.com/?p=261</link>
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		<title>Grand &#039;Ol Petroleum, or GOP for Short</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Today marks the fourth time this summer that the GOP in the Senate have blocked an energy and business tax bill from getting to the floor. The Wall Street Journal explains:
The bill would extend tax incentives for wind, solar and other forms of renewable energy, and would renew a host of expired tax cuts, such [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://msdarby.com/?p=415</link>
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		<title>Historic Preservation and Sustainability Can Co-exist</title>
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Oglethorpe&#8217;s plan for Savannah
Savannah is known for her unique and plentiful city squares that promote open space. Consequently, its present city planning department, the Metropolitan Planning Commission, tends to be examined under a microscope by planning departments and preservation scholars across the country. My impression had been that living under this microscope understandably tended the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://msdarby.com/?p=76</link>
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		<title>Word of the Week</title>
		<description><![CDATA[While watching a documentary on Paul Bowles last night, I was reminded how much I truly adore language. I love interesting words, even if only in the way they sound. Or if they are just fun to say. Like Zeitgeist. Say it. It&#8217;s fun!
So, I thought it would be interesting to showcase a word a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://msdarby.com/?p=260</link>
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		<title>Finally, I Know Why</title>
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Ever since I&#8217;ve moved to the land of outlet malls (well disguised outlet malls, thankfully), I find myself especially drawn to the Banana Republic outlet.
This may not be odd to most, but I never quite found myself to fit the &#8220;B.R.&#8221; demographic. Ever since I realized I was never gonna take that African Safari and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://msdarby.com/?p=258</link>
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		<title>Foodie Files</title>
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Our relationship with food is an interesting delve into passion, survival, hedonism, disease, and social interaction, among other things. I love food, and although I am a picky eater and trying desperately not to be, cooking is my chill zone. I love to get into that rhythm, where the timing is like a precise and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://msdarby.com/?p=256</link>
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