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	<description>The better ME I can be, the better MOM I can be.</description>
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		<title>I Wish it Could Have Been More</title>
		<link>http://2passthetorch.com/2008/12/24/i-wish-it-could-have-been-more/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Dec 2008 13:28:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kelly</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As we trimmed the tree earlier this month, I once again shared this story with my kids. It was originally published in the anthology, Poetica Grandmatica, in 2006.

My sweet memories of Grandma are really just scattered slices of life.  But together they make up an important part of my heritage.
When I was young, Grandma [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Relax this Halloween!</title>
		<link>http://2passthetorch.com/2008/10/17/relax-this-halloween/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Oct 2008 13:04:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kelly</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve written an article over at Blissfully Domestic.  I address ways moms can relax about the whole costuming thing, while encouraging creativity at the same time.  Go read it!
(And thank you to those of you who emailed me with concern about the site being down yesterday.  It was a hosting issue and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Please vote for me!</title>
		<link>http://2passthetorch.com/2008/05/12/please-vote-for-me/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 12:03:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kelly</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you subscribe via reader, you may not have seen the button in my upper left-hand column.  I&#8217;ve been nominated for Education Blog of the Year and you can vote for me by clicking here.  &#8220;Pass the Torch&#8221; is approximately halfway down the list and you vote by selecting the radio button and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Becoming an Author &#8211; Part Two</title>
		<link>http://2passthetorch.com/2008/05/07/becoming-an-author-part-two/</link>
		<comments>http://2passthetorch.com/2008/05/07/becoming-an-author-part-two/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2008 17:38:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kelly</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This seven-part series will cover the 2 ½-year time span between the day I set out to become an author and the day I became one.
Becoming an Author – Part Two
Spring 2006
Part One is here.
After two months of constant writing, reading the boards at Absolute Write, and researching and querying magazines, I was getting discouraged. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Want to see what my book looks like?</title>
		<link>http://2passthetorch.com/2008/05/06/want-to-see-what-my-book-looks-like/</link>
		<comments>http://2passthetorch.com/2008/05/06/want-to-see-what-my-book-looks-like/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 May 2008 22:06:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kelly</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(CLICK ON THE PHOTO)

In less than a month, my book will become available, and my publisher has launched the book&#8217;s landing page.  Want to see what it looks like?  Just click the image above and it will take you there.
Becoming an Author series:
Part One &#8212; Winter 2006
Part Two &#8212; Spring 2006
Part Three &#8212; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Becoming an Author &#8211; Part One</title>
		<link>http://2passthetorch.com/2008/05/02/becoming-an-author-part-one/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 May 2008 15:48:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kelly</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This seven-part series will cover the 2 ½-year time span between the day I set out to become an author and the day I became one.
Becoming an Author – Part One
Winter 2006
It was January 2006.  Our family had survived a stressful move/remodel/live in a construction zone period for the previous four months. (Think “sleep [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ten thousand miles in Blue Streak</title>
		<link>http://2passthetorch.com/2007/05/04/ten-thousand-miles-in-blue-streak/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2007 13:02:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kelly</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In honor of Mother&#8217;s Day and my television debut, I&#8217;ve decided to republish my Chicken Soup for the Soul:  Mothers and Daughters contribution, with photos.

(Blue Streak, Beartooth&#8217;s Pass, circa 1975)
Ten Thousand Miles in Blue Streak
As a child, raised by a single mother, my experience in the 1970’s was different from that of my friends. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chicken Soup for the Soul &#8211; Mothers and Daughters</title>
		<link>http://2passthetorch.com/2007/03/01/chicken-soup-fo-the-soul-mothers-and-daughters/</link>
		<comments>http://2passthetorch.com/2007/03/01/chicken-soup-fo-the-soul-mothers-and-daughters/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Mar 2007 01:23:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kelly</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[
Chicken Soup for the Soul: Celebrating Mothers and Daughters was finally released today.  The anthology features my story, Ten Thousand Miles in Blue Streak.  (I&#8217;ve also submitted this story for Scribbit&#8217;s Write-Away Contest.)

UPDATED TO ADD:  Be sure to click over to the Blue Streak story &#62;HERE&#60; and read comment number 24. My [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bucktown, Maryland &#8211; History&#8217;s Hidden Gem</title>
		<link>http://2passthetorch.com/2007/02/15/bucktown-maryland-historys-hidden-gem/</link>
		<comments>http://2passthetorch.com/2007/02/15/bucktown-maryland-historys-hidden-gem/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Feb 2007 10:14:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kelly</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Travel writer&#8221; is one of my hats, and I wrote an article for Chesapeake Family Magazine, about Bucktown, Maryland &#8212; Harriet Tubman&#8217;s hometown.
D and I took a trip there two summers ago, and this article recounts some of the history we learned there.  I&#8217;ve also included tips about ways to engage your kids in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>10,000 Miles in Blue Streak</title>
		<link>http://2passthetorch.com/2006/11/14/10000-miles-in-blue-streak/</link>
		<comments>http://2passthetorch.com/2006/11/14/10000-miles-in-blue-streak/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Nov 2006 00:02:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kelly</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This essay appeared in over 100 US newspapers in October, and was released March 1, 2007 in Chicken Soup for the Soul.
Ten Thousand Miles in Blue Streak
As a child, raised by a single mother, my experience in the 1970’s was different from that of my friends.  I was a latchkey kid with more responsibilities [...]]]></description>
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