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		<title>Paul Simon at the Greek Theater, Berkeley</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Well, the most exciting thing I&#8217;ve done in a long while is I went with my hubby to see Paul Simon at the Greek Theater in Berkeley about a week and a half ago. All I can say is amazing &#8211; amazing &#8211; amazing! First off, about two o&#8217;clock on the Thursday on the day [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Motorcycle Beauty Pageant</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Mazda Laguna Seca Raceway Three years ago my husband asked me if I wanted to go to the Red Bull United States Grand Prix motorcycle races at the Mazda Raceway in Laguna Seca. First question: Don&#8217;t you have any motorcycle nerd friends who would want to go with you? No, he didn&#8217;t. I knew that [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://artful-journey.com/2011/07/31/motorcycle-beauty-pageant/</link>
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		<title>Dining at Francis Ford Coppola&#8217;s House</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Okay, so it wasn&#8217;t actually his &#8220;house.&#8221; But it was one of his restaurants&#8212;Rustic&#8212;located in Geyserville, CA. Since my husband and my sister&#8217;s husband both have their birthdays in April, we like to try and find a way to celebrate by doing something all together when we can. Friends had told us about this restaurant [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://artful-journey.com/2011/06/11/dining-at-francis-ford-coppolas-house/</link>
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		<title>And I Think It&#8217;s Gonna Rain Today</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It feels like it&#8217;s been raining non-stop in Northern California for a few months now. I know that&#8217;s hyperbole, but that&#8217;s how it feels. Ordinarily, I love the rain, particularly thunderstorms, hail, and downpours that happen while the sun is shining, which is what&#8217;s occuring outside my window right now. However, I&#8217;m half-way through my [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://artful-journey.com/2011/03/23/and-i-think-its-gonna-rain-today/</link>
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		<title>I&#8217;m Not a Hoarder! I&#8217;m an Artist!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Okay . . . I&#8217;m ready to admit it to the world . . . I am addicted to A &#38; E&#8217;s show Hoarders. I&#8217;m not proud of it, but there it is. I compare watching Hoarders to driving by an accident on the freeway. Everyone knows you&#8217;re not supposed to slow down and look, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://artful-journey.com/2010/11/13/im-not-a-hoarder-im-an-artist/</link>
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		<title>Edgar Allan Poe: A Demon in My View</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Poe Poetry :: From &#8220;Israfel&#8221; I recently added some amazing Public Domain Images that Edmund Dulac illustrated for a collection of poems by Edward Allan Poe. The book is The Poetical Works of Edgar Allan Poe and was published in 1921 by George H. Doran in New York. Dulac&#8217;s dark and shadowy paintings fit the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://artful-journey.com/2010/10/06/edgar-allan-poe/</link>
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		<title>Cemetery Girl</title>
		<description><![CDATA[One day last May I met my sister, Kris, at Sonoma Plaza here in Northern California. It was a cool, overcast day&#8212;just right for walking, talking and window shopping. We had a great lunch with cerviche-like tacos and margaritas at a wonderful little Mexican restaurant called Maya right off the square. Afterwards we walked around, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://artful-journey.com/2010/09/25/cemetery-girl/</link>
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		<title>Coat of Arms Design</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Medieval Shields ~ Shield in stained glass of the 14th Century of John of Gaunt as King of Castile After a brief delay, I&#8217;m back again to finish sharing the introductory article to W. H. St. John Hope&#8217;s fascinating book Heraldry for Craftsmen and Designers. If you want to start reading from the beginning, here&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://artful-journey.com/2010/08/16/coat-of-arms-design/</link>
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		<title>Coat of Arms History</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Free Heraldry This is the third part of a series of articles where I share the introduction to the book Heraldry for Craftsmen and Designers by W. H. St. John Hope. Mr. St. John Hope details the fascinating world of coat of arms history, explaining the rules that guided the creation of a coat of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://artful-journey.com/2010/07/23/coat-of-arms-history/</link>
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		<title>Coat of Arms</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Family Coat of Arms ~ Part of an early roll of arms belonging to the Society of Antiquaries of London On yesterday&#8217;s Heraldry post, I began sharing the introduction to W. H. St. John Hope&#8217;s 1913 book, Heraldry for Craftsmen and Designers. I&#8217;m going to continue today with the section about the designs and devices [...]]]></description>
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