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		<title>Six Bloggers That Move Me (And Can Move You Too)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Some of the more amazing things that have happened since starting The New Pursuit almost two years ago are the fellow bloggers that I&#8217;ve had the privilege of meeting and following. The diversity of thought and word that has trickled across my screen &#8212; whether via blogs, e-books or emails has been eye-opening, inspiring and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Reclaiming the Smallness and Intimacy of Yesteryear</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There are moments when you have to take a step back and contemplate what we have lost in the face of what we have (supposedly) gained. The other week I found myself one town over picking up an x-ray at a local medical services building. As is the protocol, I went to the front desk, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thenewpursuit.com/2012/03/28/reclaiming-the-smallness-and-intimacy-of-yesteryear/</link>
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		<title>Four Big Reasons Smartphones Aren&#8217;t Making Us Smarter</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Next time you&#8217;re out and about in public, try this simple observation &#8220;experiment&#8221;: Look at all the people around you. How many are head down in some sort of mobile device? How many are tapping and scrolling and thumb-typing away feverishly, tuned out from everything else around them? The more I look around the more [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thenewpursuit.com/2012/03/11/three-big-reasons-smartphones-arent-making-us-smarter/</link>
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		<title>The Growing Desperation of the Consumer Machine</title>
		<description><![CDATA[“A shopping cart flipped upside down forms a cage that I use to protect myself from consumerism.” ~ Jarod Kintz We were just sitting down to dinner. Friends of ours, stopping by for an impromptu visit decided to stay. The kids (all five across our two families) were settled in to their chairs as we [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thenewpursuit.com/2012/02/28/the-growing-desperation-of-the-consumer-machine/</link>
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		<title>From Our Garden to Yours: 6 &#8220;Mistakes&#8221; We Made That You Can Avoid</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Everything that slows us down and forces patience, everything that sets us back into the slow circles of nature, is a help. Gardening is an instrument of grace.&#8221; ~ May Sarton It’s about that time again. While winter hasn’t really felt like winter all that much this season, one thing is for sure: The gardening [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thenewpursuit.com/2012/02/19/from-our-garden-to-yours-6-mistakes-we-made-that-you-can-avoid/</link>
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		<title>Why Connecting Kids With Nature Could Just Save the World (Part 2)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Two-by-two the kids made their way down the path. The air was cool and crisp; the sky blue with wispy cirrus clouds creating a patchwork blanket as far as the eye could see. Even standing at the end of the pack, you could hear and feel the kids’ excitement as they kept their eyes peeled [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thenewpursuit.com/2012/02/09/why-connecting-kids-with-nature-could-save-the-world-part-2/</link>
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		<title>This Winter Night</title>
		<description><![CDATA[[Editor's Note: Earlier this week during one of my nightly jaunts to do some chores outside, I was captivated by my surroundings in a way I hadn't felt before. It's been a long time since I wrote -- and shared so quickly -- poetry. I hope it can deliver a sense of what I experienced.] [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thenewpursuit.com/2012/01/22/this-winter-night/</link>
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		<title>Five Surefire Ways to NOT Help Your Community Thrive</title>
		<description><![CDATA[[Editor's Note: This post originally appeared in the Tiverton/Little Compton Rhode Island Patch, where I've started blogging on redefining the suburban experience as a way to help drive dialogue in my community on issues that I believe are important to our vitality and resilience. Given that you could easily replace Tiverton and Little Compton with [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thenewpursuit.com/2012/01/04/five-surefire-ways-to-not-help-your-community-thrive/</link>
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		<title>2011: The Rearview Mirror Edition</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In a few short days, 2011 will come to a close and the new year will begin. Naturally, there is reflection. Passing time is like a rearview mirror of sorts; a window back into our lives that is cast wide open when we want it to be. With each passing year, time feels to move [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thenewpursuit.com/2011/12/29/2011-the-rearview-mirror-edition/</link>
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		<title>Star Struck</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Hitch your wagon to a star.&#8221; ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson Most nights, after the kids have nestled into bed and the kitchen is cleaned from dinner, I undertake an almost daily ritual. Grabbing the compost bucket from under the counter and donning my headlamp, I venture outside into the night to do some chores. It&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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