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	<title>Magpie Girl (Rachelle Mee-Chapman) &#187; Immigrant Diaries</title>
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		<title>*8Things: What I Know For Sure</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2009 23:37:05 +0000</pubDate>
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I&#8217;ve been in a funny space lately. After 18 months we are finally on furlough from Copenhagen, Denmark and are able to come &#8220;home&#8221; for awhile to Seattle, Washington. This means big reunions with family and friends, lots of cocktails and laughter, and a fare amount of disorientation.
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		<title>*8Signs of Re-Entry</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 13:50:09 +0000</pubDate>
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It&#8217;s vacation time&#8212;a time when we so often return to a place we&#8217;ve once lived, or a holiday spot we love and come to again and again. I&#8217;ve recently returned to the States after a year and a half abroad, and I&#8217;m finding the reverse culture shock rather intriguing.  So this week&#8217;s list is all [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Pura Vida Solstice</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Jun 2009 21:09:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rachelle</dc:creator>
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Just one of many Solstice celebrations, this one at the house on Rockaway Beach. 

 
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It is not quite 5am and the dark is slowly dimming to reveal pine trees like shadow puppets awaiting the stage. Beyond them the water is still as glass waiting or the faithful northwest kayakers who will slip out at the dawn, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What&#8217;s Your Dream World?: in which she rants about Very Minor Things, and also toys with escapism.</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Jun 2009 13:13:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rachelle</dc:creator>
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This morning I went to church because it was my turn to do kaffe hour. The brownies I made wouldn&#8217;t bake properly and I ended up scooping them out of the pan one strip at a time,  flipping them upside down on a cookie sheet, and putting them back in the oven so the bottoms [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Stepping out of the Struggle</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Feb 2009 16:29:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rachelle</dc:creator>
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the small lake at my local park, from my February dreamboard.
We recently passed the one year mark of life here in Copenhagen. Baring lay-offs, we have a mandatory two-year assignment. But given Paul’s ship cycle, and what he needs to do for and with his team, we’re looking down the barrel of being here at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Have Kids, Will Travel</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Nov 2008 10:30:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rachelle</dc:creator>
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Eden and Cate wish for a return to Rome at the Trevi Fountain. When we went back to visit it all lit up at night, gelato in hand, Eden said &#8220;I&#8217;ve never been this happy before in my life! To be at the Trevi Fountain! At Night! Eating Gelato!&#8221; 
Delicious Baby&#8217;s Photo Friday this week [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Watching History Being Made</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Nov 2008 22:02:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rachelle</dc:creator>
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Paul stayed up most of the night to watch the votes come in. We woke up the girls at 6am to watch Obama&#8217;s acceptance speech. 
Hope. A call for shared sacrifice. Hundreds of thousands of people, maybe millions gathering across the U.S. to celebrate. Wow!
Here and here are how it was reported in Denmark (translated [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Barack the Vote</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Nov 2008 03:40:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rachelle</dc:creator>
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Dear World,
We are sorry for the last eight years.
We are working very hard to fix things today.
Wish us luck.
Rachelle

			
				
			
		


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		<title>Sacred Spaces: To All the Gods</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Oct 2008 03:29:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rachelle</dc:creator>
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Rachelle&#8217;s back from another trek through Europe&#8230;it must be time to talk about sacred spaces involving stones, and pagan roots.
Of all the beautiful churches and temples in Rome, the Pantheon is my absolute favorite. The Pantheon was dedicated to all (pan) the gods (theos) in 27 B.C. and is the only building in Rome to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rome Again, Home Again, Jiggity Jigg</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Oct 2008 02:17:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rachelle</dc:creator>
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an olive branch from the top of Palatine hill in Rome
Hello loves! I had good intention of posting something for Sacred Life Sunday about the Pantheon, but a heavy head cold and an equally heavy heap of post-trip laundry got the better of me. (How do two smallish suitcases translate into 8 loads of laundry?!)
Instead, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ciao Bellas!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Sep 2008 02:32:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rachelle</dc:creator>
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Magpie Girl is off to Italy. I&#8217;ll be back with lots of stories in a few days. In the meantime, why not check out what Katy K and I&#8217;ve got goin&#8217; on at Food Hero, or see my Monday morning posts (yes, even when I&#8217;m gone) over here.
Ciao!

			
				
			
		


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		<title>Sacred Sunday: Hewn</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Aug 2008 04:50:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rachelle</dc:creator>
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Click here to listen to this post, or opt to read it below.
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Listen to me, you who pursue righteousness, you who seek God
Look to the rock from which you were hewn,
and to the quarry from which you were dug.
Look to Abraham and to Sarah who bore you;
For they were but two when I called them,
but [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hello, Anybody Home?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Aug 2008 12:38:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rachelle</dc:creator>
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Last Sunday evening we got home from a wonderful trip to tiny Bornholm Island in the clear Baltic Sea. I was nervous to come back to our Copenhagen, fearing that it would not feel like a homecoming at all. When we finished our London spree in the Spring, our return to our flat was just [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sacred Sunday: Sacred Spaces</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Aug 2008 10:55:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rachelle</dc:creator>
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I enjoy the architecture of holy spaces: churches, abbeys, monasteries, temples of all types. Europe suits such a fancy, and lets me see a wide variety of structures meant to honor something – though what they honor is sometimes a bit off from the original goal. This week we are on holiday at Børnholm: Denmark’s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>On Holiday</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Jul 2008 12:26:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rachelle</dc:creator>
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Hello friends! I&#8217;m on holiday for a week. If you get lonely for me you can find me at BlogHer or maybe over at Minti for some parenting advice; or there&#8217;s always some nice archived pieces in my Top 7 of &#8216;07. See you when I get back!

			
				
			
		


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