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&lt;i&gt;"But let all who take refuge in You be glad. Let them ever sing for joy. Spread Your protection over them, that those who love Your Name may rejoice in You." (Psalm 51:11)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;</description><link>http://nickersandinkblog.blogspot.com/</link><managingEditor>noreply@blogger.com (Linda - Nickers and Ink)</managingEditor><generator>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>269</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><media:copyright>All content copyrighted by author, unless marked otherwise.</media:copyright><media:category scheme="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd">Arts/Literature</media:category><media:category scheme="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd">Religion &amp; Spirituality/Christianity</media:category><media:category scheme="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd">Comedy</media:category><media:category scheme="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd">Kids &amp; Family</media:category><media:category scheme="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd">Business</media:category><atom10:link xmlns:atom10="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" rel="self" href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/NickersAndInk" type="application/rss+xml" /><atom10:link xmlns:atom10="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" rel="hub" href="http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com" /><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5868682166696623114.post-6680645881728412367</guid><pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 13:57:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-11-08T08:01:47.199-06:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">simply snickers</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">dieting</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">limericks</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">beauty</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">eating</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">exercise</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Satire</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Poetry</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Humor</category><title>Pogo A-Gogo</title><atom:summary>&lt;!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;     Normal   0               false   false   false      EN-US   X-NONE   X-NONE                                                     MicrosoftInternetExplorer4                                                   &lt;![endif]--&gt;&lt;!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;</atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NickersAndInk/~3/zaB4EBkNIFw/pogo-gogo.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Linda Ann Nickerson)</author><media:thumbnail url="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_tLPpH-a_EEE/SvbPC9WzobI/AAAAAAAAF0o/817TRWcmwrA/s72-c/pogo+pig.bmp" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">4</thr:total><description>
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(on a skeleton from our own family closet)

The Wicked Witch of the West  (played by Margaret Hamilton)  in The Wizard of Oz
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&lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/WgWmHsosoAUuYc26Xygde-qmUuY/1/da"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/WgWmHsosoAUuYc26Xygde-qmUuY/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://nickersandinkblog.blogspot.com/2009/10/folding-and-holding.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5868682166696623114.post-1838995208961750189</guid><pubDate>Sun, 25 Oct 2009 11:46:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-10-25T07:47:02.658-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">joy</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">life</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Poetry</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">garden</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">acrostic</category><title>Rise and Shine</title><atom:summary>&lt;!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;     Normal   0               false   false   false      EN-US   X-NONE   X-NONE                                                     MicrosoftInternetExplorer4                                                   &lt;![endif]--&gt;&lt;!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;</atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NickersAndInk/~3/E2DUMWgyQbE/rise-and-shine.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Linda Ann Nickerson)</author><media:thumbnail url="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_tLPpH-a_EEE/SuQ9mwSMxmI/AAAAAAAAFo4/dFjzJJbyiQ0/s72-c/morning+glory.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">2</thr:total><description>
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