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		<title>Why I Love Hokey Sci-Fi TV</title>
		<description><![CDATA[My roommate K and I were talking the other day about what we&#8217;d been watching in our evenings at the house after a long day.  We only have Netflix, so we can usually check the queue to see what the other has picked for entertainment.  Her list often includes Weeds or Dexter, shows [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Helping Others with Water and a Little Cash</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This week, I have been thinking about ways I can get more involved in helping others.  Sometimes when life is hard, I have a tendency to hunker into myself, and while occasionally that choice to shelter myself is the best thing, most of the time it isn&#8217;t the wisest idea in the long-term.  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Koala Life</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I suppose that since most of our hurts come through relationships, so will our healing, and I know that grace rarely makes sense for those looking in from the outside
 &#8211; &#8220;Foreword&#8221; to The Shack by William P. Young
Most of the time, life seems to happen as if I&#8217;m at the top of a high [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.andilit.com/?p=997</link>
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		<title>The Power of a Well-Turned Phrase</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This week, my students and I read Edward Hoagland&#8217;s essay &#8220;The Courage of Turtles.&#8220;.  I love Hoagland&#8217;s writing (if not turtles, in particular) because it is so descriptive.  My students seemed to appreciate for that reason, too. 
What divided my classes a bit about the essay was the end.  Hoagland spends a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Let Life Come</title>
		<description><![CDATA[When I was younger, I used to think &#8211; when I get older, I&#8217;ll _______.  Lately, I&#8217;ve been realizing, well, here I am older.  Most of the time I forget that.  Most of the time I think I&#8217;m still waiting for life to start.  But recently, I&#8217;m realizing this is life [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Of a Childlike Faith</title>
		<description><![CDATA[When I was a kid, I used to go to school and then ride home on the bus fully confident that my home, my parents, and even a couple of cookies would be there.  I had absolute faith that all was well, even if I had a really crummy day. 
Somehow, in the process [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.andilit.com/?p=989</link>
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		<title>Truth and Beauty: A Friendship by Ann Patchett &#8211; A Book Review</title>
		<description><![CDATA[When I got my new set of classes this semester, I was asked to take on a literature class, and while I love literature, it&#8217;s been a while since I taught it.  I thought I was up to the challenge and signed on.  I&#8217;m so glad I did because this particular school allows [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.andilit.com/?p=986</link>
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		<title>What&#8217;s Beneath the Surface? -A Case for Compassion</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This past weekend, I spent a few days with my family &#8211; my mom and dad, my uncle, and my grandparents &#8211; for my grandfather&#8217;s 90th birthday.  Dave came along, and we had a really great time.  We laughed a lot, and my grandfather told stories about WWII.  It was a really [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.andilit.com/?p=983</link>
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		<title>Who Is Listening?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[When we talk to people, we automatically adjust our word choice, tone of voice, and length of sentences to match the age, knowledge, and relationship we have with our listeners.  In English teacher terms, we are &#8220;aware of our audience.&#8221;  
Sometimes, though, when we write, we forget that a person is on the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.andilit.com/?p=981</link>
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		<title>It&#8217;s the Little Things</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A smile from a woman passing me in the hallway.  A dinner to celebrate a new job.  A gracious &#8220;Hi&#8221; from someone I met only once.  Hugs for no reason at all. 
A hurt unspoken.  A little less sleep than I need.  A honking horn.  
It&#8217;s the little things [...]]]></description>
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