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		<title>The Great Green Halloween Grinch</title>
		<link>http://organicmania.com/2011/11/01/the-great-green-halloween-grinch/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2011 03:16:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lynn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Now that Halloween is over, I&#8217;ll confess.  For the past few weeks, I’ve been biting my tongue to keep from sounding like the Great Green Halloween Grinch. Don’t get me wrong. I love Halloween as much as anyone. Dressing up in costume, trick or treating, and childhood memories make it one of my favorite celebrations. [...]


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		<title>My Subaru’s Totaled, So I’m Going Car-less….For Now</title>
		<link>http://organicmania.com/2011/10/10/my-subaru%e2%80%99s-totaled-so-i%e2%80%99m-going-car-less%e2%80%a6-for-now/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Oct 2011 02:36:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lynn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Two totaled Subarus in five years: what are the odds? Thank God, we’re all fine, and no, neither accident was our fault! Two weeks ago, a Jeep slammed into our 2001 Subaru Legacy. Our four-year-old was in the backseat. Ironically, that&#8217;s where his big brother was sitting on Mother&#8217;s Day, 2006, when a huge deer [...]


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		<title>Green Weekend Ideas: RSVP Now for Bethesda Green Gala</title>
		<link>http://organicmania.com/2011/09/30/green-weekend-ideas-rsvp-now-for-bethesda-green-gala/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Oct 2011 00:19:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lynn</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bethesda]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s unusual for someone from &#8220;the burbs&#8221; to hear Washingtonians whispering about all that is going on in Bethesda. But it&#8217;s true. So I&#8217;d be holding out if I didn&#8217;t remind you, dear readers, that it&#8217;s the last day to RSVP for tickets to the annual Bethesda Green gala, coming up on October 5th, from [...]


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		<title>Back-to-School Adjustments and Homework Hassles. How’s it Going?</title>
		<link>http://organicmania.com/2011/09/21/back-to-school-adjustments-and-homework-hassles-how%e2%80%99s-it-going/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Sep 2011 17:32:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lynn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I can’t be the only parent who feels like once the kids go back to school, I’ve got a new, demanding job.  Demanding jobs are great, but I already have one! It&#8217;s a lot to deal with, whether you&#8217;re helping a child adjust to the new teachers’ styles; figuring out which battles to fight and [...]


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<li><a href='http://organicmania.com/2011/08/20/back-to-school-shopping-remembering-you-can-still-refuse-reduce-reuse-repurpose-or-recycle/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Back to School Shopping: Remembering You Can Still Refuse, Reduce, Reuse, Repurpose or Recycle!'>Back to School Shopping: Remembering You Can Still Refuse, Reduce, Reuse, Repurpose or Recycle!</a> <small>I chalk it up to a mother’s Prehistoric background as...</small></li>
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		<title>The Fifth R&#8230;.Refuse, Reduce, Reuse, Recycle&#8230;and When All Else Fails&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://organicmania.com/2011/04/03/the-fifth-r-refuse-rduce-reuse-recycle-and-when-all-else-fails/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Apr 2011 03:33:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lynn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[With Earth Day approaching, I&#8217;ve been giving a lot of thought to the 4Rs (Refuse, Reduce, Reuse, Recycle). When you look at this brush, what do you see? An old baby bottle brush that should have been thrown out when baby stopped bottles?  Thrown out?! Didn&#8217;t I mean recycled? Well, that would be nice, but [...]


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		<title>When It’s Not What It Seems: The Murder at Lululemon</title>
		<link>http://organicmania.com/2011/03/21/when-it%e2%80%99s-not-what-it-seems-the-murder-at-lululemon/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Mar 2011 16:53:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lynn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Thursday, I quickly put up a post about a community gathering in memory of Jayna Murray. A friend from Bethesda’s Mindfulness Center had asked me to put the post up, emailing me that“the women at the Mindfulness Center have been close to Jayna and all the workers at Lululemon.” No longer. The murder victim’s [...]


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		<title>Bethesda Community to Gather at Candlelight Vigil in Remembrance of Jayna Murray this Friday Evening</title>
		<link>http://organicmania.com/2011/03/16/bethesda-community-to-gather-in-remembrance-of-jayna-murray-this-friday-evening/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Mar 2011 13:16:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lynn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; Our community has been rocked by a random act of violence:  the senseless attack against two beautiful young women, yogis who radiated peace and happiness through their work at Lululemon Athletica.  I was asked to post the following to help get the word out about a community gathering this Friday evening in remembrance of [...]


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		<title>My Top 10 Tips for a &#8220;Green&#8221; Labor Day Weekend  (And Don&#8217;t Forget the Laborers, esp. The Freelancers!)</title>
		<link>http://organicmania.com/2010/09/03/my-top-10-tips-for-a-green-labor-day-weekend-and-dont-forget-the-laborers-esp-the-freelancers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Sep 2010 01:06:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lynn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Every year, my Labor Day post focuses on eco-friendly tips, but never before have I blogged about the real meaning of Labor Day. So this Labor Day, I&#8217;m adding a plea that you think about the many people &#8211; contract workers, freelancers, bloggers, writers, and others &#8211; who work hard but often don&#8217;t get paid [...]


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		<title>How Selling My Babies’ Stuff Gave Me The Baby Blues</title>
		<link>http://organicmania.com/2010/08/14/how-selling-my-babies%e2%80%99-stuff-gave-me-the-baby-blues/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Aug 2010 17:09:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lynn</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Baby]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It should have been a simple business transaction: clear the clutter, post the old baby things online, and use the money for a trip to one of those kiddie-meccas. But as I tweeted here, all of a sudden I began to feel…sad…emotional…melancholy. Oh my God, I had the baby blues all over again! Those gorgeous [...]


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		<title>Power Outage: What Would You Save From Your Fridge?</title>
		<link>http://organicmania.com/2010/07/26/power-outage-what-would-you-save-from-your-fridge/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jul 2010 21:40:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lynn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As if the  blizzard,  earthquake, and 106 degree heat were not enough weather related wackiness for the DC area, we were struck with 80 mph winds yesterday which left 250,000 people (including yours truly) without power. As luck would have it, I had just bought enough organic, natural and rGBH-free ice cream to last the [...]


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