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		<title>Lost Art of Letter Writing Violin Concerto</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Jan 2009 16:43:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I think this might be a first.  The composer Brett Dean has created a violin concerto called The Lost Art of Letter Writing.  He, like all of us, lament that letter writing is less-and-less a part of our daily lives.  This concerto utilizes real letters which are read and integrated into the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Printable Paper</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Jan 2009 16:32:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Wendy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I ran across this web site recently:  Printable Paper
This is a great web site if you&#8217;re looking for something new and interesting to write on.  It has 450 different types of lined papers that you can print for free.  They have the traditional lined paper and graph paper.  They have weird [...]]]></description>
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		<title>On the Endangered List</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Dec 2008 17:09:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Wendy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well, I recently read an article in which letter writing has been put on the endangered species list along with pit toilets, phone landlines, VCRs, swimming holes, honey bees and bowling alleys (among others).
They&#8217;ve listed hand-written letters as #9, but it&#8217;s interesting to read the whole list.
Now, you know what happens when something gets on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Time Capsule Letter</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Dec 2008 13:21:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Wendy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Do you have a New Year&#8217;s letter writing tradition?  I&#8217;ve talked about Thanksgiving notes, Christmas newsletters and now it&#8217;s time to move on to what we can all do for the end of the year.
On New Year&#8217;s Eve, gather around with paper and pen and some drawing material for the kids.  Have everyone [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Challenge Day Nine: Making Peace</title>
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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 Seven: Love Letters</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Dec 2008 16:14:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Wendy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today is a big exciting day!  It&#8217;s love letter day here at A Passion for Letter Writing.  Sweep all those papers off your desk, roll up your sleeves, spritz a little bit of cologne behind your ears and get ready to go crazy.  (Or as we say here in the south, &#8220;hog [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Challenge Day Six: The $5 Postcard Blitz</title>
		<link>http://www.passionforletters.com/2008/12/postcard-blitz/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Dec 2008 16:59:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Wendy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m not a very good traveler, but I do love going places so I can send the postcards to my friends. It&#8217;s a little wonky, I admit, but&#8230; hey, it makes me happy.
For today&#8217;s challenge you don&#8217;t even have to go anywhere.  The postcard blitz is fun for several reasons.  First of all, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Challenge Day Five: Letters as Good Deeds</title>
		<link>http://www.passionforletters.com/2008/12/good-deed-letter/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Dec 2008 17:19:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Wendy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I dig philanthropy.  I often find myself wishing for barrels full of money because it would be so much fun to give it away.  There are so many clever ways for people to be philanthropic now and it doesn&#8217;t cost a lot of money.
One way you might not think of immediately is the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Challenge Day Four: Writing to Strangers</title>
		<link>http://www.passionforletters.com/2008/12/writing-strangers-challenge/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2008 16:06:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Wendy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some years ago I worked with a then fairly well-known author. We&#8217;d slave day and night to work on his books and while the work was gratifying overall, it was an extra-nice day when he&#8217;d get fan mail.  Sales are great, but personal acknowledgment for work pumped us both up and reminded us that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Challenge Day Three: Best Friend Day</title>
		<link>http://www.passionforletters.com/2008/12/best-friend-challenge/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Dec 2008 17:16:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Wendy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Who is your best pal?  Who gets you through the days, weeks, and months of life?  Today is the day to reward that special person with a handwritten note.  Yes, even if you talked to them five minutes ago on the phone.  Even if you are about to see that person [...]]]></description>
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