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            <title><![CDATA[The Weight of Water]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Sat, 03 Aug 2024 03:01:48 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[My Podcast Interview for Blue Planet Stories]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 02 Aug 2024 23:29:37 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Miss Uma Zooma Angelwings]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 30 Jul 2024 00:02:31 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[The Ephemerality of Light]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Sat, 27 Jul 2024 09:55:26 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[I Have Cute Toes and I Know It]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Sat, 27 Jul 2024 02:01:39 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[The Hawk in the Hydrangea]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Sat, 20 Jul 2024 09:18:56 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Little Miss Freyja]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 14 Jul 2024 12:01:34 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Back from Sicily, Vacation Interruptus, Knee Surgery, OC Fair Photos, the Garden in Sky]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 11 Jul 2024 02:25:19 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[The Solidity of Mountains]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 26 Jun 2024 04:40:07 GMT</pubDate>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 30 Apr 2024 09:46:15 GMT</pubDate>
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