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		<title>Oh no! My Son’s Growing Up and Changing our Family Traditions!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Dec 2011 14:23:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lynn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In years past, I’ve blogged about the beauty of the Advent season  and taking time during the frenetic holiday season to Slow Down and Relax. This year, I took my own advice, and did less blogging – and working – and more cookie baking!  But we still practiced – or tried to practice – the [...]


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		<title>Holiday Blues Got You Down? A Few Tips to Deal with Depression</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Dec 2011 04:54:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lynn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Christmas Day may be over, but the holiday season is still in full swing, with New Year’s just around the corner. What happens when “the happiest time of the year” is anything but happy? It’s something the @GreenMoms of the Green Moms Carnival discussed when one of our tribe confessed that she was down in [...]


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		<title>How to be a Green Consumer: First, Ignore Black Friday! (At least on Thanksgiving!)</title>
		<link>http://organicmania.com/2011/11/24/how-to-be-a-green-consumer-first-ignore-black-friday/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Nov 2011 06:27:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lynn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Forget the over commercialization of Christmas. That battle is lost. The new battle is over Thanksgiving.


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		<title>Do Dads Get a Bum Deal on Father&#8217;s Day?</title>
		<link>http://organicmania.com/2011/06/14/do-dads-get-a-bum-deal-on-fathers-day-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jun 2011 03:28:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lynn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[“Just look at this!” my husband exclaimed, gazing at the selection of grilling guides artfully arranged in the bookstore in anticipation of Father’s Day . Did I mention &#8211; he&#8217;s a vegetarian and he doesn&#8217;t grill? “You Moms get spa outings and retreats on Mother’s Day! Us Dads? We’re expected to fire up the grill. [...]


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		<title>Kids and Veterans on Memorial Day</title>
		<link>http://organicmania.com/2011/05/30/kids-and-veterans-on-memorial-day/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 May 2011 18:46:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lynn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I think of Memorial Day as the start of the summer beach season. It wasn’t until my dear brother made a comment about “no one remembering veterans anymore” that I realized Memorial Day could be yet another “teachable moment” with my kids. When I told my eight-year-old son we were going to watch the Veteran’s [...]


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		<title>It’s True: I’m Off to the Royal Wedding</title>
		<link>http://organicmania.com/2011/04/01/it%e2%80%99s-true-i%e2%80%99m-off-to-the-royal-wedding/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Apr 2011 23:07:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lynn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It may be April Fool’s Day, but this is no joke &#8212; I’m keeping a promise I made to myself when I watched Lady Diana Spencer walk down the aisle. “Someday,” I told myself, “she’ll have a son. And when he gets married, I’m going to be there.” My fascination with Princess Diana was in [...]


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		<title>A Saturday Night Earth Hour Tradition for the Adults: Bermuda&#8217;s Black Out  Martini</title>
		<link>http://organicmania.com/2011/03/26/a-saturday-night-earth-hour-tradition-for-the-adults-bermudas-black-out-martini/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Mar 2011 00:37:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lynn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For years now, I&#8217;ve been blogging about trying to mark Earth Hour with little kids. You can read about my trials and tribulations in 2008, in 2009 and  in 2010. I thought about going all out this year, focusing on the poignancy of this year&#8217;s Earth Hour, given the events in Japan.  But it seemed [...]


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		<title>Going Green on Saint Patty&#8217;s Day (My Annual Saint Patrick&#8217;s Day Post)</title>
		<link>http://organicmania.com/2011/03/10/going-green-on-saint-pattys-day-my-annual-saint-patricks-day-post/</link>
		<comments>http://organicmania.com/2011/03/10/going-green-on-saint-pattys-day-my-annual-saint-patricks-day-post/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Mar 2011 15:31:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lynn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The “green” holiday is becoming anything but green. Back in the “olden days” when I was a kid, celebrating St. Patrick’s Day was simple. You put on some green clothing,  a “Kiss Me I’m Irish” button, and made sure to down some beer that night. If you truly had the Luck of the Irish, you [...]


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		<title>Simpler Celebrations: Christmas AND Chanukah?</title>
		<link>http://organicmania.com/2010/12/01/simpler-celebrations-christmas-and-chanukah/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Dec 2010 04:59:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lynn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My son came home from school today and declared himself a poor soul because he only gets Christmas presents, not Christmas AND Chanukah presents, like most of the kids in his class. “You’re kidding,” I said. “Most?” “Yes,” he insisted. “There’s only like five of us who just celebrate either Christmas OR Chanukah.”  (And he [...]


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		<title>Today’s the Day: Take Back Christmas, Fighting Commercialization of the Holidays and Celebrating Advent</title>
		<link>http://organicmania.com/2010/11/28/today%e2%80%99s-the-day-take-back-christmas-fighting-commercialization-of-the-holidays-and-celebrating-advent/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Nov 2010 22:19:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lynn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sunday, November 27th is more than just the final day of the “Black” shopping weekend following Thanksgiving.  It’s the first Sunday in Advent. If you’re someone who doesn’t mind injecting a bit of religion into your Christmas celebration,  it’s a great day to start doing so, and to forge a Christmas tradition set apart from [...]


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