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		<title>Peace in the Garden Begins</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ilona Erwin]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 May 2026 16:32:34 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>I finally posted my first newsletter/essay/post in the Substack garden profile. I am so new to working on that platform that I don&#8217;t even know what to call the writings there! Nevertheless, I plunged in. Here, is the the introduction to my &#8220;Peace in the Garden writing: Southern Spring The gentility of vernal Georgia I [&#8230;]</p>
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		<title>While I&#8217;m Updating, Read This</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ilona Erwin]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Feb 2026 06:25:55 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>All I&#8217;m doing&#8230; for hours upon hours, is updating the garden journal and website, Ilona&#8217;s Garden. The web changes and ten years of general neglect might as well have been a millenium in online time. Most people don&#8217;t even remember &#8220;technorati tags&#8221;. But they contribute a lot of dead links! And all the former garden [&#8230;]</p>
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