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		<title>To Read, or Not to Read</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[DianeSh]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Sep 2023 15:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[To Read, or not to read &#8211; that is the question. I think of vital choices like Shakespeare’s poor Hamlet who uttered, “to be or not to be&#8230;.&#8221; while he considered whether to live and suffer life’s slings or die &#8230; <a href="http://www.thereadingroad.com/2023/09/to-read-or-not-to-read/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Midnight in the Garden</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[DianeSh]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Oct 2020 15:00:39 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Superstition has never figured in my life; so it didn’t really alarm me one recent day when a black cat crossed directly in front of me on my favorite garden path. With all the sinewy grace and confidence of a &#8230; <a href="http://www.thereadingroad.com/2020/10/midnight-in-the-garden/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Spread Your Wings!</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[DianeSh]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2020 07:46:07 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Just before bedtime the other night, seven-year-old Sydney left a note on her whiteboard to her favorite fairy, Fiona (Queen of the Fairies). I walked past and read, “Dear Fiona, I really really want to fly. Can you please give &#8230; <a href="http://www.thereadingroad.com/2020/04/1009/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>National Pollinator Week, June 18-24, 2018</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[DianeSh]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Jun 2018 17:07:16 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Here at our home, every week is “pollinator week.” It’s great to know that eleven years ago the U.S. Senate unanimously approved and designated a week in June as “National Pollinator Week.” Because our vital pollinator populations are declining at &#8230; <a href="http://www.thereadingroad.com/2018/06/national-pollinator-week-june-18-24-2018/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>The Birds and The Bees</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[DianeSh]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Jun 2017 00:37:55 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[When most parents think of the birds and the bees, they dread THE TALK. There’s a whole other meaning to this conversation which needs to begin with pre-school, and that is the role of pollinators in our food supply. To &#8230; <a href="http://www.thereadingroad.com/2017/06/the-birds-and-the-bees/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>National Library Week &#8211; 2015</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[DianeSh]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Apr 2015 22:10:55 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[“You’re never too old, too wacky, too wild, to pick up a book and read to a child.&#8221; Dr. Seuss &#160; I’m skidding in on the last day of National Library Week this year, but it’s not really the end &#8230; <a href="http://www.thereadingroad.com/2015/04/national-library-week-2015/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>My Unexpected Ghostwriter</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[DianeSh]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Sep 2014 17:02:04 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[When I’m asked to give a nutshell description of my latest book-in-progress, I say that it’s Thoreau for toddlers. It’s widely known that Henry David Thoreau knew how to convey the exuberance of a fresh morning. He didn’t have to &#8230; <a href="http://www.thereadingroad.com/2014/09/my-unexpected-ghostwriter/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[DianeSh]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Aug 2014 03:14:50 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Stories grow from the seeds of words. When I think of reading, though, I think in terms of more than words on pages. When I think of the broader meaning of “reading,” my writing is enhanced by these abstract ways &#8230; <a href="http://www.thereadingroad.com/2014/08/story-seeds/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>This Writing Climate</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[DianeSh]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 20:20:45 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[What I&#8217;m about to say may sound odd to the 21st century community of writers, as well as many who know me. It&#8217;s not so much that I&#8217;ve changed my mind about digital technology as it is that I&#8217;m seeing &#8230; <a href="http://www.thereadingroad.com/2013/05/this-writing-climate/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>The Taming of Tech</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[DianeSh]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Apr 2013 16:50:08 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Technology is alternately exhilarating, frightening, time-consuming, or maddening (or any combination), with long tentacles exploring the unknown depths of human possibilities. So many words about tech are written and discussed, with differing opinions and experiences. Since my website is not &#8230; <a href="http://www.thereadingroad.com/2013/04/the-taming-of-tech/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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