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	<title>Finding Simplicity</title>
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	<description>{Learning how to live in harmony with the ordered complexity of a fast-paced, modern world}</description>
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		<title>Ignorance is Bliss?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Is ignorance bliss or denial?
I rarely watch Oprah, but today her show was actually quite eye opening.  It focused on the oppression of women and girls around the world, specifically in Cambodia and Africa.  Being an emotional person, I found my face covered by a waterfall of tears as I learned about individual struggles and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=findingsimplicity.wordpress.com&blog=4073162&post=326&subd=findingsimplicity&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://findingsimplicity.wordpress.com/2009/12/01/ignorance-is-bliss/</link>
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		<title>{More Life}</title>
		<description><![CDATA[“More Stuff.  More Space.  Less Life.” How true is this quote?  As we move into the holiday season, I am once again contemplating the meaning of all the stuff around our lives.
I met a lady yesterday, who was inquiring about a membership to the YMCA.  Her kids had asked her to come up with some [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=findingsimplicity.wordpress.com&blog=4073162&post=321&subd=findingsimplicity&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://findingsimplicity.wordpress.com/2009/10/22/more-life/</link>
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		<title>{Reflections at 35,000 Feet}</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I love flying.  Something happens when I step into an airplane.  My heart beats faster and my palms grow clammy as I anticipate the journey and destination.  Buckling myself in tightly, I sit back in wonder over the invention of flight.  It’s fascinating and truly amazing that we can move around the world so quickly [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=findingsimplicity.wordpress.com&blog=4073162&post=317&subd=findingsimplicity&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://findingsimplicity.wordpress.com/2009/10/13/reflections-at-35000-feet/</link>
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		<title>{Without Words}</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Have you ever seen beauty that left you speechless?  Jeremy and I recently visited a field full of dahlia flowers in Canby, Oregon.  Gazing across the seemingly endless rows, your eyes begin to blur into the melody of color.  The scene resembles an elaborate painting, filled with rich brush strokes and precise detail.  The artist [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=findingsimplicity.wordpress.com&blog=4073162&post=309&subd=findingsimplicity&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://findingsimplicity.wordpress.com/2009/10/01/without-words/</link>
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		<title>{My Neighbor&#8217;s Keeper}</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Frugality + Community. These words have been on my mind lately.  What do they mean?  How have they evolved over the years?  What will they look like in the future?
On Friday, I had the opportunity to participate in a clothes exchange party.  It was out with the old and in the with &#8220;new&#8221; &#8212; a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=findingsimplicity.wordpress.com&blog=4073162&post=303&subd=findingsimplicity&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://findingsimplicity.wordpress.com/2009/09/29/my-sisters-keeper/</link>
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		<title>{A Day for Memory}</title>
		<description><![CDATA[April &#8211; September = 6-month Blogging Sabbatical.  :-}
Ge&#8217;ez, where has the time gone!  I can&#8217;t believe it&#8217;s been so long since my last post!  Spring semester ended, summer came, and summer went.  As we circle back into the fall season, I feel excited about the change in the air.  Living in the Pacific NW, we [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=findingsimplicity.wordpress.com&blog=4073162&post=295&subd=findingsimplicity&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://findingsimplicity.wordpress.com/2009/09/24/a-day-for-memory/</link>
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		<title>{Earth Hour}</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Mark your calendars!  This Saturday, March 28th at 8:30pm local time is Earth Hour.  Will you join us?  

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		<link>http://findingsimplicity.wordpress.com/2009/03/26/earth-hour/</link>
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		<title>{Reserve Your Space}</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Over the past several months, my heart has been breaking.  As I was driving along the beautiful roads of Oregon, I witnessed a massive evergreen tree falling from the sky.  As it crashed to the ground, its pristine, thick needles crumbled into pieces.  Something that was so bold and breath-taking; gone in a matter of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=findingsimplicity.wordpress.com&blog=4073162&post=269&subd=findingsimplicity&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://findingsimplicity.wordpress.com/2009/03/10/reserve-your-space/</link>
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		<title>{Gifts that Give Back}</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So, what kind of gifts do you give?  Creative?  Meaningful?  Special and unique to that person?  Made in China?
Over the Christmas season, my sister-in-law (thanks, Jen!) sent a unique gift that definitely warmed our hearts and
made us curious about a worthy cause.  The Defenders of Wildlife organization works for the protection of all wild animals [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=findingsimplicity.wordpress.com&blog=4073162&post=254&subd=findingsimplicity&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://findingsimplicity.wordpress.com/2009/02/12/gifts-that-give-back/</link>
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		<title>{Slow is Beautiful}</title>
		<description><![CDATA[What is the obsession with busyness, speed, and multi-tasking in our lives today?  Why does it (in our minds) equate to success and a &#8220;job well done&#8221;?  Now, don&#8217;t get me wrong, busy is not always bad.  There are seasons and reasons in our lives to be moving faster.  Hard work does not come easy, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=findingsimplicity.wordpress.com&blog=4073162&post=248&subd=findingsimplicity&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://findingsimplicity.wordpress.com/2009/02/03/slow-is-beautiful/</link>
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