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		<title>Lunch Letters</title>
		<link>http://www.passionforletters.com/2009/06/lunch-letters/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2009 04:36:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Wendy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I recently read an interesting article about the poet Frank O&#8217;Hara who wrote a poetry book called &#8220;Lunch Poems&#8221;.
The article discussed these wonderful little poems about New York that O&#8217;Hara would whip out during his lunch break, usually 30 minutes or less. In plain language they captured the essence of the city around him.  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Updating on Freaking Someone Out</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2009 14:33:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Wendy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Remember last month when I said, &#8220;Hey everybody&#8230; let&#8217;s freak someone out!&#8221;  Well, I don&#8217;t think it really freaked her out as much as completely and utterly thrilled her which is WAY BETTER than actually freaking someone out anyway.
I got email from Erin Delaney recently and she has given me permission to post it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Postcard Friendship Friday</title>
		<link>http://www.passionforletters.com/2009/04/postcard-friendship-friday/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2009 04:08:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Wendy</dc:creator>
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I know it&#8217;s not Friday yet&#8230; but I&#8217;m posting this right now to warn you that Friday is nearly here.
Have you heard about Postcard Friendship Friday?  It&#8217;s a great little meme that people participate in every Friday.  You can blog about a postcard or, actually, it seems like anything postal related.  It [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Let&#8217;s Freak Someone Out</title>
		<link>http://www.passionforletters.com/2009/03/lets-freak-someone-out/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2009 15:58:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Wendy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Are you in the mood to do something weird and fun?  Let&#8217;s write Erin Delaney a letter.
Who is Erin Delaney?  She writes for a publication called The Weekender and recently wrote a story about letter writing in which she encourages everyone to get busy and write letters.  So, what the heck.  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Essay Contest, Win Stuff!</title>
		<link>http://www.passionforletters.com/2009/03/essay-contest-win-stuff/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2009 00:09:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Wendy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[April is National Card and Letter Writing Month.  Giftsin24 and author Samara O&#8217;Shea are teaming up to sponsor a letter writing contest.  (Ironically, they ask you to send entries by email.)  You can win a $150 shopping spree at giftsin24.com and signed copies of O&#8217;Shea&#8217;s books.  Worth the effort!
Press release is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Be a Hero</title>
		<link>http://www.passionforletters.com/2009/03/be-a-hero/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Mar 2009 03:31:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Wendy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Did you see this recent story in the news?  It&#8217;s amazing!  ABC&#8217;s Person of the Week
Go look&#8230; I&#8217;ll wait for you to come back.
Okay, if you go to the Wish Upon a Hero site you can search for wishes that involve sending cards or letters.  Grant any wish you want, but be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Save the U.S. Postal Service (and Rate Increase)</title>
		<link>http://www.passionforletters.com/2009/02/save-the-po/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Feb 2009 13:01:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Wendy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was recently reading this post on the postal service rate increase coming up.  Personally, I always hate to see it, but know it&#8217;s a necessary evil of the times.
However, this article in particular was really depressing.  They said the effects of the rate increase are a &#8220;drop in the bucket&#8221;.  I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Challenge Day Ten: Holiday Thanks</title>
		<link>http://www.passionforletters.com/2008/12/challenge-day-ten-holiday-thanks/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Dec 2008 17:43:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Wendy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;ve made it through to the last day of our ten-day challenge!  I hope you found some of these challenges useful or interesting or helpful.  After today we&#8217;ll be back to our regularly-scheduled programming.
This last challenge is dedicated to holiday thanks.  It&#8217;s very easy in this busy time to forget to properly [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Challenge Day Nine: Making Peace</title>
		<link>http://www.passionforletters.com/2008/12/challenge-making-peace/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Dec 2008 16:11:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Wendy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Letters are a great way to focus our thoughts and express our feelings in the calmness and comfort of our own environments.
Do you have an issue with someone that is unresolved?  Something that should be said that hasn&#8217;t been said?  Take today&#8217;s challenge as an opportunity to do just that.
Take a quiet hour [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Challenge Day Eight: Get Organized</title>
		<link>http://www.passionforletters.com/2008/12/organization-challenge/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Dec 2008 16:28:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Wendy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As I wrote the title of this post I broke out into a little bit of and unladylike sweat.  You might have broken out in a sweat reading it if you&#8217;re like me&#8230; miserably disorganized and lost in a whirlwind of swirling papers mixed with broken pens and crumpled candy wrappers.  Hopefully you&#8217;re [...]]]></description>
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