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            <title><![CDATA[As a reader of tiny miracles, the signs that foretell our futures and propel us forward from our…]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[<div class="medium-feed-item"><p class="medium-feed-snippet">For me, anyway, my future is quickly approaching and I am itching to move on it, and to avail myself of the miracles hurtling towards me.</p><p class="medium-feed-link"><a href="https://sanctuaree.medium.com/as-a-reader-of-tiny-miracles-the-signs-that-foretell-our-futures-and-propel-us-forward-from-our-6592a51701a3?source=rss-e8322b03508e------2">Continue reading on Medium »</a></p></div>]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2025 02:33:14 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[I Don’t Get It]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Joan Didak]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2025 05:03:31 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[SO LONG CURRENT REALITY]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 24 Nov 2024 06:44:11 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Goodbye, Florida]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 24 Oct 2024 13:28:34 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Forest of Dreams]]></title>
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through the forest of your dreams
Nothing here is as it seems
Dark is day with night aglow
Bobcats growl
Sand rivers&#x2026;</p><p class="medium-feed-link"><a href="https://medium.com/zen-poetry/forest-of-dreams-69f119c28afe?source=rss-e8322b03508e------2">Continue reading on Zen Poetry »</a></p></div>]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 23 Oct 2024 15:24:31 GMT</pubDate>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 09 Apr 2024 19:16:23 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Nanny Tales, Part 1]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 08 Dec 2023 22:48:37 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Maui]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Sat, 12 Aug 2023 01:44:52 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Nothing Is As It Appears To Be]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 25 Jun 2023 23:53:27 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Hot Chocolate]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Joan Didak]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Sat, 24 Jun 2023 17:44:44 GMT</pubDate>
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