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	<title>Cindy La Ferle's Home Office &#187; recreation</title>
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		<title>No place like home</title>
		<link>http://www.laferle.com/2011/03/no-place-like-home/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Mar 2011 12:29:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cindy</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[attractions in Royal Oak Michigan]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes.&#8221; &#8212; Marcel Proust When was the last time you really explored your own community? Chances are, there&#8217;s a restaurant, art gallery, thrift shop, or boutique that opened when you weren&#8217;t looking. And how much do you know about your [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fair-weather friend</title>
		<link>http://www.laferle.com/2010/05/fair-weather-friend/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 May 2010 11:21:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cindy</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[gardening]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Michigan gardening]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[recreation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[spending less time online and more time outdoors]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[taking a break]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[time off for summer]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The windows of my soul I throw wide open to the sun.&#8221; &#8212; John Greenleaf Whittier Dear Friends, If you&#8217;ve been reading my blog for a while, you know I spend less time hanging out here in the Home Office when it&#8217;s warm outside. The laptop stays indoors and I don&#8217;t. In summer, I try [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Playtime</title>
		<link>http://www.laferle.com/2010/04/playtime/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Apr 2010 13:27:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cindy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Columns & essays]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Deep Play]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Diane Ackerman]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[games]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[midlife reinvention]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[permission to play]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[play]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[recreation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Daily Tribune of Royal Oak]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[time off]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tree house]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation.&#8221; &#8212; Plato It wasn&#8217;t the designer showcase model for tree houses &#8212; but something about it appealed to my inner child and made her envious. Painted park-bench green, the simple plywood structure was perched high under the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mattel&#8217;s Barbie turns 50</title>
		<link>http://www.laferle.com/2009/03/barbie-and-me/</link>
		<comments>http://www.laferle.com/2009/03/barbie-and-me/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2009 17:08:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cindy</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Barbie doll]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Barbie turns 50]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[children]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[culture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[leisure]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mattel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[midlife issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nostalgia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[parenting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[play]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[recreation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Oakland Press]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[toys and dolls]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;It is in playing, and perhaps only in playing, that the child is free to be creative.&#8221; &#8212; D.W. Winnicott Mattel&#8217;s Barbie turns 50 this month, and her devoted fans are throwing birthday parties right and left. Even her biggest critics are giving the iconic doll extra points for longevity. Barbie was a huge part [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Snuggies</title>
		<link>http://www.laferle.com/2009/02/snugglies/</link>
		<comments>http://www.laferle.com/2009/02/snugglies/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Feb 2009 13:51:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cindy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Events & news]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[blankets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[home and family]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[infomercials]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[recreation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[silly stuff]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Snuggie]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the Cult of Snuggie]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[weird stuff]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Silly is you in a natural state, and serious is something you have to do until you can get silly again.&#8221; &#8212; Mike Myers Who knew? Who knew that in the midst of a grim recession, someone would dream up a bizarre blanket with arms and other people would actually buy it? Yeah, I&#8217;m talking [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Puttering</title>
		<link>http://www.laferle.com/2009/02/puttering/</link>
		<comments>http://www.laferle.com/2009/02/puttering/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Feb 2009 15:17:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cindy</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Just for writers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Baby Boomers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Books]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brenda Ueland]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Care of the Soul]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[essay]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[If You Want to Write]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[moodling]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[retirement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SAD]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[seasonal affective disorder]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[spirituality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Thomas Moore]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.laferle.com/?p=723</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;The imagination needs moodling &#8212; long, inefficient, happy idling, dawdling, and puttering.&#8221; &#8212; Brenda Ueland Right now, the landscape outside my office window looks more like the moon than southeast Michigan. Even when the sun shines, my seasonal affective disorder (SAD) is always at its worst in February. Meanwhile, several of my friends are heading [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Holiday peace</title>
		<link>http://www.laferle.com/2008/12/holiday-peace/</link>
		<comments>http://www.laferle.com/2008/12/holiday-peace/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Dec 2008 14:53:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cindy</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[New Year's Day]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[William Shakespeare quote]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Writing Home]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;If all the year were playing holidays, to sport would be as tedious as work.&#8221; &#8212; William Shakespeare. I love the small breathing space between Christmas Day and New Year&#8217;s Eve. As much as I enjoy shopping and cooking for family and dear friends, I also appreciate the chance to steal some quiet time to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Freeing my free time</title>
		<link>http://www.laferle.com/2008/12/freeing-my-free-time/</link>
		<comments>http://www.laferle.com/2008/12/freeing-my-free-time/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Dec 2008 15:26:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cindy</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[moderation in all things]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?&#8221; &#8212; Mary Oliver So, I asked a newly retired newspaper columnist if she&#8217;s planning to start a blog &#8212; especially now that her work isn&#8217;t appearing regularly in print. I&#8217;ve admired her beautiful writing for a long time, I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Time off</title>
		<link>http://www.laferle.com/2008/11/time-off/</link>
		<comments>http://www.laferle.com/2008/11/time-off/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Nov 2008 15:41:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cindy</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[change of scenery]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[real life]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[spending time offline]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[taking time off]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[what did we do before we were sucked into cyberspace?]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I think it&#8217;s important to take a break, you know, from the public eye for a while, and give people a chance to miss you. I want longevity. I don&#8217;t want to get out there and run myself ragged and spread myself thin.&#8221; &#8212; Aaliyah I&#8217;ll be back with some regular posts in a few [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Real women need a break</title>
		<link>http://www.laferle.com/2008/08/real-women-real-vacations/</link>
		<comments>http://www.laferle.com/2008/08/real-women-real-vacations/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Aug 2008 20:11:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cindy</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Virginia Woolf]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[women and work]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[My favorite comedy routine is the one in which Steve Martin blanks out in the middle of a monologue, then beams a vacant smile and informs his audience that he&#8217;s momentarily &#8220;visiting the Bahamas.&#8221; Martin redefined the ultimate dream vacation &#8212; which seems to be the only type of vacation most women can schedule these [...]]]></description>
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