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	<description>Ruminations on life, travel, and writing (by Sylvie Beauvais)</description>
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		<title>India: Dream Continent. Kolkata: Dream City</title>
		<link>http://www.sylviewrites.com/2013/05/17/india-dream-continent-kolkata-dream-city/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 15:32:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sylvie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Identity]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[mixed metaphors]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s one of my theories about travel: For every major city known around the world (think London, Hong Kong, New York, Cape Town, Kolkata), there is a dream version of the city which lives in our minds&#8211;a dream composed of &#8230; <a href="http://www.sylviewrites.com/2013/05/17/india-dream-continent-kolkata-dream-city/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Tropical, Political Clothing</title>
		<link>http://www.sylviewrites.com/2013/05/16/tropical-political-clothing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 16:20:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sylvie</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.sylviewrites.com/?p=720</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[For the next six weeks, I live in Kolkata. Not even in Junior High did I think so hard about what clothes I wear, how they fit my body, and what my appearance conveys about my identity, my values, and &#8230; <a href="http://www.sylviewrites.com/2013/05/16/tropical-political-clothing/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Time, Space, Heat, Color</title>
		<link>http://www.sylviewrites.com/2013/05/13/time-space-heat-color/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 15:42:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sylvie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Identity]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.sylviewrites.com/?p=710</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[My roommates and I decided (I think on our first day) that the space-time continuum needed to be altered to the space-time-heat continuum&#8211;a few hours in Kolkata bring home that point abundantly.  Heat changes the way your body experiences both &#8230; <a href="http://www.sylviewrites.com/2013/05/13/time-space-heat-color/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Bouquets of Saris</title>
		<link>http://www.sylviewrites.com/2013/05/12/bouquets-of-saris/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 May 2013 17:02:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sylvie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[travel]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Sari]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.sylviewrites.com/?p=706</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In each train car in the Kolkata Metro, there is a section for Ladies where the women huddle together. On Saturday night, the train was too crowded and I could only really see faces and I marveled that even in &#8230; <a href="http://www.sylviewrites.com/2013/05/12/bouquets-of-saris/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Kindness of Strangers Mode</title>
		<link>http://www.sylviewrites.com/2013/05/10/kindness-of-strangers-mode/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2013 10:17:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sylvie</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.sylviewrites.com/?p=697</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It took me 36 hours, three planes, a train ride, and a taxi cab to get from Philadelphia to my apartment for the next six weeks in Kolkata, India. My checked suitcase and I made it together despite a tense &#8230; <a href="http://www.sylviewrites.com/2013/05/10/kindness-of-strangers-mode/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Distraction as Medication</title>
		<link>http://www.sylviewrites.com/2013/05/04/distraction-as-medication/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 May 2013 15:48:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sylvie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[health]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.sylviewrites.com/?p=688</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday was my last day of work. I said goodbye. A lot. This took its toll. My composure transmuted into more of a wet sponge facade. However, it turned out I had the following arrows in my quiver (some lucky, &#8230; <a href="http://www.sylviewrites.com/2013/05/04/distraction-as-medication/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Goodbye Season</title>
		<link>http://www.sylviewrites.com/2013/04/22/the-goodbye-season/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Apr 2013 00:36:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sylvie</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[impatience]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.sylviewrites.com/?p=685</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;I can tell by your tears that you will remember it all&#8221; is one peculiar quote I found online while making a half-hearted attempt to research how to say goodbye. I&#8217;m in the midst of closing chapter after chapter: The &#8230; <a href="http://www.sylviewrites.com/2013/04/22/the-goodbye-season/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>In Motion</title>
		<link>http://www.sylviewrites.com/2013/04/21/in-motion/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Apr 2013 15:17:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sylvie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Identity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[impatience]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mission statement]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.sylviewrites.com/?p=681</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I couldn&#8217;t write for  a while because everything I was concocting had to remain quiet until I informed my employers. Also, I&#8217;m not very good at being indirect or coy, so I felt a bit muffled. Then, once I was &#8230; <a href="http://www.sylviewrites.com/2013/04/21/in-motion/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Terror of Dreams Come True</title>
		<link>http://www.sylviewrites.com/2013/03/05/the-terror-of-dreams-come-true/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sylviewrites.com/2013/03/05/the-terror-of-dreams-come-true/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Mar 2013 03:53:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sylvie</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[memory]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.sylviewrites.com/?p=674</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m in the process of changing careers. It&#8217;s a dramatic shift &#8211; from administrator to therapist. I suppose there&#8217;s an argument, or a joke, to be make about how the two professions overlap. I&#8217;m struggling with the speed of the &#8230; <a href="http://www.sylviewrites.com/2013/03/05/the-terror-of-dreams-come-true/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Argonauts/The Future</title>
		<link>http://www.sylviewrites.com/2013/02/20/argonautsthe-future/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Feb 2013 02:35:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sylvie</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.sylviewrites.com/?p=670</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s been an intense period of &#8220;what next?&#8221; I&#8217;m trying to figure out what would be nice to see happen in 2013 and 2014. It&#8217;s requiring spreadsheets, some dreaming, some internal negotiations, conversations with multiple parties, overcoming fears, and letting &#8230; <a href="http://www.sylviewrites.com/2013/02/20/argonautsthe-future/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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