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		<title>Live Free or What?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 02:14:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[1. You cannot be in the United States for long without running into the word &#8220;freedom.&#8221; In fact, the concept of &#8220;freedom&#8221; extends far beyond the literal and specific (i.e. democracy) into a glorious and mythical abstraction. The sentence: We are free. is wildly incomplete. Sure, compared to some (if not many) countries, our citizens [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=inconvenientbody.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6703433&amp;post=937&amp;subd=inconvenientbody&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>In the Absense of Should</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 03:31:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Emotional Idealism]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[1. Some years ago, when I had time for such things, I wrote on a slip of paper (and later taped it to my mirror): There is no such thing as should. Sure, if you want to talk context, there is a should. For example, if I want to feel healthier, the ideal thing for [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=inconvenientbody.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6703433&amp;post=934&amp;subd=inconvenientbody&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>How to get lost without really trying</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 18:44:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I had written myself into a corner&#8211;self-identified myself into a corner. It&#8217;s the whole &#8220;about me&#8221; page&#8211;that whole reluctant-mother spin. I was a different person starting this blog than I was one year later (and one year after that)&#8211;but I didn&#8217;t know how to gracefully transition, how to allow myself the room (and the freedom [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=inconvenientbody.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6703433&amp;post=928&amp;subd=inconvenientbody&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Meditations on Flowers</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 May 2011 17:16:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Death]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In memory. 1. When I was still in high school (and so open to being moved) I passed by some broken asphalt. Out of the cracked street, rose a single wild flower. I can recall that though the petals trembled, it still seemed very brave. The pavement radiated away from the plant&#8217;s growth, as if [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=inconvenientbody.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6703433&amp;post=916&amp;subd=inconvenientbody&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>How She Makes It</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 May 2011 17:37:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have officially been away from my desk for too long. That first day back (if uninspired) is typically like this: a long, blank stare, a lot of crossing-out, a lot of checking the time. I&#8217;ve spent two hours now trying to write a (worthy) blog post to no avail. Because I want to leave [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=inconvenientbody.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6703433&amp;post=914&amp;subd=inconvenientbody&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>It Moves!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Apr 2011 17:35:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[1. The horizon comes in many forms. In the Happy Ever Afters, in the slow, ecstatic fade, in the overwhelming dream of accomplishment, achievement, or ownership. I&#8217;ve had small time horizons like love objects and other unremarkable goals. When I am thinner&#8230;. When I live in this city&#8230; When I travel here&#8230; When I am [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=inconvenientbody.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6703433&amp;post=907&amp;subd=inconvenientbody&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A Violinist and Some Kids</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Mar 2011 17:47:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The story was viral for a while in many forms: video, essay, blog post, article. It&#8217;s over three years old, too. So, allow me to begin this post with an apology to all you savvy individuals out there rolling your eyes and thinking, &#8220;pshaw, old news.&#8221; &#160; 1. Here&#8217;s what happened. In 2007 The Washington [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=inconvenientbody.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6703433&amp;post=904&amp;subd=inconvenientbody&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Spud, The Secret, his Story, and his Untimely Death</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Mar 2011 19:29:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[1. I used to work at a truck stop in Arctic Alaska. I got to know (and in some cases adore) many truckers. We called one of those truckers Spud. Spud was a self-proclaimed &#8220;poet of the open road.&#8221; He would recite to me his rhyming verse. He leaned into the cash register (I was [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=inconvenientbody.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6703433&amp;post=896&amp;subd=inconvenientbody&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Political Me</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Feb 2011 18:27:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Five years ago, I thought Tony Blair was an Olympic ice skater. Seriously. I couldn&#8217;t tell you the name of my state&#8217;s senator or locate Iraq on a map (among so many other countries). &#8220;Oh, I&#8217;m not into politics,&#8221; I&#8217;d say backing out of the room (trying to save face). &#8220;I&#8217;m an artist.&#8221; (As if [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=inconvenientbody.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6703433&amp;post=889&amp;subd=inconvenientbody&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>When &#8220;Women&#8221; is a Dirty Word</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Feb 2011 18:08:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[1. When I first found out I was pregnant, I worried how motherhood would influence my future as a &#8220;serious writer.&#8221; Some causes for my concern were obvious. Having Henry has placed limits on my available time, available money, available freedom to travel, go for broke, take high risks. Most of these limits have proved [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=inconvenientbody.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6703433&amp;post=885&amp;subd=inconvenientbody&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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