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		<title>Letty&#8217;s World</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 16 May 2026 15:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Fumbling Toward Connection</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jennie Snyder]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 10 May 2026 06:57:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Six months in, the daily interactions that once felt disorienting have started to feel like something else. Not easy, exactly. &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="https://jenniesnyder.com/2026/05/09/fumbling-toward-connection/">More</a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Não Falo Português… Mas Estou a Aprender</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Mar 2026 18:03:30 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I walked into Carlos’s shop, RealEstudo—a place that somehow manages to be a stationery store, lottery ticket seller, travel agency, &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="https://jenniesnyder.com/2026/03/08/nao-falo-portugues-mas-estou-a-aprender/">More</a>]]></description>
		
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Feb 2026 07:59:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[It’s been awhile since I wrote our last post. For me, winter is a slower time of year — shorter &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="https://jenniesnyder.com/2026/02/21/shelter-from-the-storm/">More</a>]]></description>
		
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Jan 2026 07:59:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Over the past two months, we&#8217;ve been finding our way around Monte Real. At first, this meant literal navigation &#8211; &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="https://jenniesnyder.com/2026/01/03/finding-our-way/">More</a>]]></description>
		
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