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	<title>Almost 40</title>
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	<description>and this is what we&#039;re up to in the meantime...</description>
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		<title>Typos</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I wrote a little love note from my iPhone today. It was a bit of a risk considering the history &#038; current situation with the recipient, but it felt like the right thing to do. 
I tapped out my note and hit &#8220;send&#8221; before I had a chance to change my mind; then, within an [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.almost40.net/2010/04/18/typos/</link>
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		<title>College Friends</title>
		<description><![CDATA[<a href="/2010/03/28/college-friends"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2680/4471066026_0095877b1d.jpg"></a>

Thanks to Facebook, old college friends are reuniting and enjoying copious amounts of beer and laughter.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.almost40.net/2010/03/28/college-friends/</link>
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		<title>Tortilla Soup</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Tortilla Soup Recipe
Ingredients

6 (6-inch) corn tortillas, preferably a little old and dried out
1/4 cup vegetable oil
1 medium onion, chopped
2 cloves garlic, finely chopped
2 chilies (My own picks would be a poblano &#038; a jalapeño)
4 cups chicken broth or homemade chicken stock
1 can (14.5 oz) diced tomatoes, undrained
Coarse salt (kosher or sea salt)
1 1/2 cups shredded [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.almost40.net/2010/03/21/tortilla-soup/</link>
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		<title>Beer drinking and music making</title>
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After a few pints at the Hedge House, we spent the afternoon &#038; evening practicing the guitar and pounding on the piano. Trish has her songs all picked out and I&#8217;m still going through old lesson books just trying to remember how these things work. I need to get someone in to tune the piano, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.almost40.net/2010/02/22/beer-drinking-and-music-making/</link>
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		<title>Time to start practicing!</title>
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I finally raised the piano cabinet lid, opened the guitar case, started hammering on the ivories and strumming on the strings. It&#8217;s gonna be a while before an actual song comes out&#8230;but it&#8217;s a start.
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		<link>http://www.almost40.net/2010/02/13/time-to-start-practicing/</link>
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		<title>Well, there was wine!</title>
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Okay, so maybe this night wasn&#8217;t technically a wine-tasting adventure&#8230;but there *was* wine involved and I was looking for an excuse to post this cute picture.  All in all this was a productive meeting in that we planned to plan our planning plans.
 Soon, we shall proceed to the actual *doing* of the things! [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.almost40.net/2010/02/07/well-there-was-wine/</link>
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		<title>Chicks with guns</title>
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Gotta start somewhere&#8230;I&#8217;ll start here.
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		<link>http://www.almost40.net/2010/02/06/chicks-with-guns/</link>
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		<title>Kronos Quartet</title>
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I was actually digging around for some live music where we could go dancing when I came across the listing for an upcoming Portland show for the Kronos Quartet. I went to see them once when I was 20 with my friend (then boyfriend) Brad when we were in college. They completely knocked my socks [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.almost40.net/2010/02/06/kronos-quartet/</link>
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		<title>Cuba</title>
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I&#8217;d actually really love to tell you all about my trip to Cuba this year, but as it&#8217;s been said before:
&#8220;If I could tell a story with words&#8230;I wouldn&#8217;t need to lug a camera around.&#8221;
I&#8217;ll keep trying&#8230;but for now, pictures.
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		<link>http://www.almost40.net/2010/01/30/cuba/</link>
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		<title>Amigos!</title>
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On my first trip to Cuba 3 years ago, I had one of the most magical experiences of my life &#8211; full of a host of new friends who filled my heart in a way that made it feel like I had known them for a lifetime. I was flooded with emotion when I [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.almost40.net/2010/01/27/amigos/</link>
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