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		<title>Substack</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Nov 2023 04:23:47 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I found Substack. It offers what wordpress really doesn&#8217;t anymore. It reminds me actually of wordpress in the good old days. So that&#8217;s where I write now when I write publicly. I&#8217;m working hard on finishing the book, so it takes priority over mumbling blog nonsense. When I finish it and if I ever publish [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Contact Lenses Make me Worse Looking</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Sep 2023 14:49:36 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I look so good without my contacts. For whatever reason, adding the contacts makes my skin less smooth and blotchy, my hair more frizzy, the wrinkles more obvious, and my entire self just generally more obvious. You would think that a little piece of plastic that doesn&#8217;t really show wouldn&#8217;t make such a difference, but [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>London</title>
		<link>https://laragardner.com/2023/08/27/london/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Elle]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Aug 2023 03:15:43 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I had many thoughts about London while I was in London, but then we left London. While in London, sleep won out over writing every time. For a while I could not plug in the computer and didn&#8217;t want to kill the battery by using it. Then I got the daughter back from her father [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>July 19, 2023</title>
		<link>https://laragardner.com/2023/07/19/july-19-2023/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Jul 2023 11:47:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Autumn died 18 years ago today. Oliver is sitting next to me quivering. It is distracting. I should be asleep. I woke up too early. I always wake up too early. I can’t get past a paragraph that is under a line of text on the page. I think this one will wrap. There it [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>A Calm &#038; Marvelous Evening</title>
		<link>https://laragardner.com/2023/07/14/a-calm-marvelous-evening/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Jul 2023 04:08:07 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I am on a night walk sitting in a bulldozer bucket under a massive oak with my doggy friends. It was hot today, but the evening is comfortably warm and breezy. A dog barks off on the horizon. A bird is chirping off to one side, another pips above, yet another is chirruping as she [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>I am Truman</title>
		<link>https://laragardner.com/2023/07/14/i-am-truman/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Elle]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Jul 2023 00:20:26 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I thought of the blog and came to it today. I decided to read it a bit and see what I&#8217;ve been writing here. After the first few posts I realized that I remind myself of Truman in The Truman Show, without the audience. I&#8217;m just living life in my little bubble writing my weird [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Complaining</title>
		<link>https://laragardner.com/2023/06/17/complaining-2/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Elle]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Jun 2023 19:20:35 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I read through my last several blog posts and a lot of them are whiny and lamenting. Seems when I want to complain, I come to the blog. Poor blog. I know some others with blogs and they appear to have settled on themes. One is giving travel advice. The other is posting hiking and [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Mini Rant</title>
		<link>https://laragardner.com/2023/06/04/mini-rant/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Elle]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Jun 2023 15:29:51 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Lately it seems like all website designers want is for us to get to their site. They don&#8217;t give a shit if we actually read what is on the site, they just want us to get to the site. I go to sites to read what is there and then it&#8217;s popup asking me to [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Bad Music</title>
		<link>https://laragardner.com/2023/05/17/bad-music/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Elle]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 May 2023 00:07:02 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[It does seem that we humans want others to hear us. I can&#8217;t imagine though that the people who made the noise emanating from the speakers near me did so with any desire to connect with anyone. I cannot put myself in the place of the person who conceived it. It is so awful. Did [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Forgive us our Trespasses</title>
		<link>https://laragardner.com/2023/05/05/forgive-us-our-trespasses/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Elle]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 May 2023 20:32:48 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[My mom isn&#8217;t dead, but she suffered a stroke and has stroke dementia, so it&#8217;s like she is here and not here. While driving this morning I remembered how she used to always discover &#8220;coincidences&#8221; and point out to me that they were &#8220;coincidences&#8221; with quotation marks to denote how the thing actually wasn&#8217;t a [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Redesigns</title>
		<link>https://laragardner.com/2023/04/28/redesigns/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Elle]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Apr 2023 15:46:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I don’t understand the need to change things that work on computers. I’m sure it’s to do with marketing and branding and crap like that. Let’s do a REDESIGN!. Let’s not and not say we did. What is forgotten is the people who use the thing and get used to it and like it. I [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Family</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Elle]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Apr 2023 15:42:06 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[(I found writing I wrote in 1993-1994). There is a lot. It fills an inches thick notebook. I would like to transcribe it here, but suspect I won&#8217;t get much of it. This is one of the pieces from that collection.) When I was 10 my parents finally introduced me to Justin. I had heard [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Ancestral Story</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Elle]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Apr 2023 15:18:56 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[(I found writing I wrote in 1993-1994). There is a lot. It fills an inches thick notebook. I would like to transcribe it here, but suspect I won&#8217;t get much of it. This is one of the pieces from that collection.) I had an uncle who lived so many years ago and so many generations [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Friends</title>
		<link>https://laragardner.com/2022/12/29/friends/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Elle]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Dec 2022 23:29:54 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I am addicted to Friends. Actually I&#8217;m rewatching after 20 years (or nearly 20 years). The reasons I love it are numerous. I want a group of friends like that. They stay friends after disagreements. They are there for one another. They hardly ever have to work so they can sit around and chat in the [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Needle&#8217;s Eye</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2022 16:48:13 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The &#8220;Needles Eye Tunnel&#8221; should be called the Needle&#8217;s Eye Tunnel. The eye belongs to the needle, therefore the &#8220;s&#8221; should be possessive. How hard can it be to figure out? I don&#8217;t understand why it&#8217;s so bloody hard for people. Oh, I hear it now, the naysayers. What difference does it make? It&#8217;s called [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Ghosts</title>
		<link>https://laragardner.com/2022/12/03/ghosts/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Elle]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Dec 2022 06:32:50 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Dear CWS, You were the most painful ghost, the one I kept coming back to over and over. Luckily the years of very good therapy have wiped away any desire to chase down people who aren&#8217;t interested. I feel none. I lack any curiosity about you at all. Interest in anything about you left when [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Tidbits</title>
		<link>https://laragardner.com/2022/11/29/tidbits/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Nov 2022 19:40:58 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Unpack in seconds, like unpacking is so hard. I saw an ad for a suitcase, where this was the tag line: Unpack in Seconds! I would be so happy for the opportunity to go somewhere for which I would have a reason to pack that I might stay packed after I return just to bask [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Instant Gratification</title>
		<link>https://laragardner.com/2022/11/15/instant-gratification/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Nov 2022 22:28:55 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Instant gratification. It can be so…well, gratifying. Sometimes I get a thought in my head and grab hold of it like a terrier hanging on to a rope. I want the thing, whatever it is, in that instance. I am of two minds, though. The adult, thoughtful brain recognizes that instant gratification isn’t always all [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Minivans and the MCIoltS</title>
		<link>https://laragardner.com/2022/11/10/minivans-and-the-mciolts/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Elle]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Nov 2022 19:04:57 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I have a theory about minivans. If true, we all need to be aware of this, and take public safety measures as a prophylactic against the possible harm caused by minivans. Essentially, my theory is thus: There is a secret portal within a minivan that allows the minivan to attach itself to the driver&#8217;s brain [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Dear Movie Makers</title>
		<link>https://laragardner.com/2022/11/03/dear-movie-makers/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Elle]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Nov 2022 05:40:39 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Dear Movie Makers, Guess what? We don&#8217;t need to see the inside of the pores of the people on screen to get what is going on. Getting so damn close doesn&#8217;t make things more meaningful, it makes viewers more dizzy. It isn&#8217;t powerful or more emotional to get all up in the business of the [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Dandies</title>
		<link>https://laragardner.com/2022/10/29/dandies/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Elle]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Oct 2022 03:59:02 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I have been encountering more dandies of late. A dandy is a man who places importance on refinement, on leisure, and his appearance, often dressing quite flamboyantly. Historically the term came from a group of English aristocrats, but it has come to signify men who dress in a highly fashionable and particular manner. When I [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Ouch</title>
		<link>https://laragardner.com/2022/10/27/5458/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Oct 2022 16:31:26 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I shave my legs. I started when I was young and I prefer the feeling of the skin without hair. I got used to it. I can&#8217;t get un-used to it. I tried. It didn&#8217;t work. What&#8217;s the point of this, you ask? Why are you sharing your leg-shaving hygiene habits? Why should I care? [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Potato</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Oct 2022 16:18:08 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I am a potato. One of the most unexpected, and I admit, to me, dismaying aspects of aging has been turning into a potato. Becoming a starch for all intents and purposes has caused me some chagrin. Lumpy. Thick. Sticks to the sides of bowls and pans. That&#8217;s me. I wonder if I cause others&#8217; [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>This is My Life</title>
		<link>https://laragardner.com/2022/10/19/this-is-my-life/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Oct 2022 19:32:19 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[When I was driving in the car to a town too far away to go to a very short court hearing, I thought of something that I wanted to write about. Then I arrived at the hearing, attended it, and drove back almost an hour. Now I don&#8217;t remember. This is my life.]]></description>
		
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		<title>I Love this Essay</title>
		<link>https://laragardner.com/2022/05/20/i-love-this-essay/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 May 2022 19:14:29 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[There is a lot Meghan Murphy says I disagree with, but I agree with what she says in this essay. Enjoy. I grew up in a household that prided itself on being not just left, but most left. My father was a Marxist and, as a shop steward at Canada Post, was very active in [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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