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	<description>Living in an alternate universe</description>
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		<title>Close Encounter of the natural kind</title>
		<link>http://shariphiel.com/blog/2010/05/close-encounter-of-the-natural-kind/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 May 2010 04:14:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Despite the lack of a blazing sun (I&#8217;ve given up on such a thing happening on the Pacific Northwest coast) I decided to brave Netarts Bay this afternoon for a little kayaking and had a wonderful, albeit all to brief, reward. As I was paddling along, I felt something bump the
underside of the kayak. This [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Champagne tastes</title>
		<link>http://shariphiel.com/blog/2010/05/champagne-tastes/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 May 2010 03:17:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Life in Cannon Beach!

Even the wildlife here have expensive tastes.
This baby squirrel was seen busily gorging on a chocolate-covered strawberry at a recent business event.
(Click on the image to view full size)

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I&#8217;ve been working in Cannon Beach and Seaside for the past few months now and am glad to say that &#8212; for the most [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Go Shari!</title>
		<link>http://shariphiel.com/blog/2010/02/go-shari/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 04:49:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This picture was taken this afternoon on the way home from a Pioneer Association meeting. Not bad. Not bad at all.


It&#8217;s hard to believe it&#8217;s been nearly six months since I last posted to my blog. Man, time flies when you&#8217;re stressed out. Since last posting, I moved 1,400 miles from Colorado to the wettest [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Time for a Change</title>
		<link>http://shariphiel.com/blog/2009/07/time-for-a-change/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2009 01:14:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>xphiel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[

My Summer Vacation &#8230; in a Third World Country
A few weeks ago I got a tip about a former Berthoud resident, whose father still lives in the area, who traveled to Honduras shortly after President Zelaya was ousted. Within 24 hours, I was able to interview the young man, a former LDS missionary named Neil [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wrestling Alpacas</title>
		<link>http://shariphiel.com/blog/2009/06/wrestling-alpacas/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2009 04:37:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>xphiel</dc:creator>
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Last September, I covered a story about twin alpacas born at Luna Nueva Ranch just west of Berthoud, Colo. Little Meijo and his sister Meija were a surprise to the ranch owners as twins births in alpacas are extremely rare.  So when I was invited back to see the entire alpaca herd being sheared I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bumps and Bruises</title>
		<link>http://shariphiel.com/blog/2009/05/bumps-and-bruises/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 31 May 2009 21:59:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[When I die and go to hell, I won&#8217;t be trapped in a burning lake of fire or torn apart by Cerberus. No, I&#8217;ll be stuck in a room full of screaming, sweaty, smelly children &#8212; day in and day out for all eternity. I really don&#8217;t like kids, or at least most of them. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Happy Mother&#8217;s Day</title>
		<link>http://shariphiel.com/blog/2009/05/happy-mothers-day/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2009 00:33:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>xphiel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today is Mother&#8217;s Day and, like so many, it has me thinking about my relationship with mom. A little background info here &#8212; In 2001, mom decided it was time to &#8220;retire&#8221; and came to Colorado for a few months to visit and look at living here in the Centennial State. Eight years later she [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Karma&#8217;s a Bitch</title>
		<link>http://shariphiel.com/blog/2009/05/karmas-a-bitch/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2009 04:01:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Under the guise of working as a newspaper reporter, I have been covering the economic issues smaller towns along the Colorado Front Range have been experiencing. The Berthoud community in particular has seen several businesses, some that have been around for years and were well known and well liked, go by the wayside.
At first I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Staying on the Move</title>
		<link>http://shariphiel.com/blog/2009/04/staying-on-the-move/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2009 23:27:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>xphiel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Several months ago I suggested to my 73-year-old mother, who was having a slightly difficult time keeping up with me while we walked through a parking lot, that perhaps it was time for her to get a mobility scooter. Let’s just say my suggestion was not well received. Who knew my mother knew those kinds [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Part of the Problem</title>
		<link>http://shariphiel.com/blog/2009/04/part-of-the-problem/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Apr 2009 23:50:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>xphiel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the key points made by independent filmmaker Michael Moore in &#8220;Bowling for Columbine&#8221; was the idea of a &#8220;fear-based&#8221; society. In the 2002 film, shock-rocker Marilyn Manson brought up the idea that American media, be it news, movies, television or advertising, create a consumer need by using fear to sell their products.
I don&#8217;t [...]]]></description>
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