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		<title>The Social Graces</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I don&#8217;t know about you, but I think it&#8217;s time that we women were given some clear rules to guide us so we can get our lives back under control. Obviously we don&#8217;t know what the heck we&#8217;re doing. Why else would so many politicians be interested in telling us what we should or shouldn&#8217;t [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://artful-journey.com/2012/05/13/the-social-graces/</link>
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		<title>A Taste of Yountville</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On the Road to Yountville My husband, Michael, had been bugging me for the last couple of years to go to Taste of Yountville, which is a food and wine tasting event in the town of Yountville in the Napa Valley. We are very fortunate to live about 35 minutes from Yountville, but it was [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://artful-journey.com/2012/05/06/a-taste-of-yountville/</link>
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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>
		<link>http://artful-journey.com/2011/10/30/paul-simon-greek-theater-berkeley/</link>
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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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