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		<title>Still After 30 Years</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Even after 30 years, each year when the relentless August sun softens to mellow September light angling in to illuminate the shadows, the cooler nights while the days grow shorter, as did yours, I remember those last weeks with you, who rescued me, who taught me so much, even in your death. Above is the &#8230; </p>
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		<title>Sometimes Memories Rhyme</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>The links in this article lead to another one of my websites, The Creative Cat, where it was originally published. For some reason I&#8217;ve always remembered this photo of my Kublai from sometime in May, 1996, with my Pentax film camera, looking at me through the frame of the bishop&#8217;s weed stems along the front walk, &#8230; </p>
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