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      <image:caption>Wall display of the “soil” beneath the vines at Château Giscours in Margaux, France. May 2019.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The Women - A Novel by Kristin Hannah published February 6, 2024 by St. Martin’s Press genre: historical fiction</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The Forty Rules of Love — A Novel of Rumi by Elif Shafak published in English in 2010 by Viking Penguin genre: literary and historical fiction</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Babel - Or the Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators’ Revolution by R.F. Kuang published August 2022 by HarperCollins genre: historical fantasy</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>When the Body Says No - Exploring the Stress-Disease Connection by Gabor Maté, M.D. first published by Alfred A. Knopf in Canada in 2003 non-fiction, medical, self-help</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer published in 2013 by Milkweed Editions genres: non-fiction, biography, nature writing, autobiography</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The Dictionary of Lost Words - a novel by Pip Williams published by Ballentine Books in 2020 fiction - historical, literary, women’s</image:caption>
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    <lastmod>2024-07-23</lastmod>
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      <image:caption>Bittersweet~ How Sorrow and Longing Make Us Whole by Susan Cain published by Crown in 2022 nonfiction</image:caption>
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    <lastmod>2024-07-23</lastmod>
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      <image:caption>an audio only memoir by Jeff Daniels published September 2023 image from audible</image:caption>
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    <lastmod>2024-07-22</lastmod>
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      <image:caption>The Creation of Patriarchy by Gerda Lerner published in 1986 by Oxford University Press nonfiction</image:caption>
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    <lastmod>2024-07-02</lastmod>
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      <image:caption>The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store - a novel by James McBride published in 2023 by Riverhead Books</image:caption>
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    <lastmod>2024-06-25</lastmod>
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      <image:caption>Quiet - The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking by Susan Cain published by Broadway Books in 2012</image:caption>
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    <lastmod>2024-06-18</lastmod>
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      <image:caption>The Chalice &amp; the Blade ~ Our History, Our Future by Riane Eisler published in 1987 by HarperCollins 1987 just happens to be the year I graduated from college. read during April and May of 2024</image:caption>
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    <lastmod>2024-06-11</lastmod>
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      <image:caption>bird by bird Some Instructions on Writing and Life by Anne Lamott published in 1995 by Doubleday</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>No Cure for Being Human (And Other Truths I Need to Hear) by Kate Bowler published in 2021 by Random House</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Everything Happens For A Reason — And Other Lies I’ve Loved by Kate Bowler published in 2018 by Random House</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>TRUST a novel by Hernan Diaz Published in 2022 by Riverhead Books</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Scattered How Attention Deficit Disorder Originates and What You Can Do About It by Gabor Maté, M.D. Published by Plume part of the Penguin Group in 1999</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Wolf Hollow by Lauren Wolk published in 2016 by Puffin Books</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>HORSE… a novel by Geraldine Brooks Published by Viking in 2022</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The Land Is Not Empty — Following Jesus in Dismantling of the Doctrine of Discovery by Sarah Augustine published in 2021 by Herald Press</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Remarkably Bright Creatures — a novel by Shelby Van Pelt published in 2022 by Ecco/Harper Collins audio version narrated by Marin Ireland and Michael Urie</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The Measure - A Novel by Nikki Erlick published by HarperCollins B and Blackstone in 2022 audiobook narrated by Julia Whelan genre: science fiction, suspense, dystopian fiction</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>East of Eden by John Steinbeck Published in 1952 by Penguin Classics</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The Cherokee Rose — A Novel of Gardens and Ghosts by Tiya Miles Published by Random House in 2023 -a personal and family photo of Unega Woya</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks First published in the USA in 2008 by Viking Penguin</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Where’d You Park Your Spaceship? An Interplanetary Tale of Love, Loss, and Bread Book One: Welcome to Firdus by Rob Bell Published by BackHouse Books 2023</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Christmas in the Crosshairs Two Thousand Years of Denouncing and Defending the World’s Most Celebrated Holiday by Gerry Bowler — also, father of Kate Bowler Published 2017 by Oxford University Press I began reading in early 2017 and finally finished in November 2018.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>photo captured from Amazon… I didn’t own my own copy at the time of this reflection, but I have since gifted it to myself :) The Dutch House A Novel by Ann Patchett Published September 2019 by Harper Audio version read by Tom Hanks</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The Preacher’s Wife The Precarious Power of Evangelical Women Celebrities by Kate Bowler Published in 2019 by Princeton University Press</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The Lost Book of Names A Novel by Kristen Harmel Published in 2020 by Gallery Books</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The Dawn of Detroit A Chronicle of Slavery and Freedom in the City of the Straits by Tiya Miles Published by The New Press in 2017.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The Red Address Book A Novel by Sofia Lundberg Translated by Alice Menzies This book was originally published in 2017 in Swedish and then in 2019 in English by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>for Elena and the same generation cousins... and the generations to come it's been 29 years, still thinking of her...</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>photo of a blank card I bought in Jolene’s Tea Shop in Canada summer of 2023 artist is Loré Pemberton</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>photo is a screenshot of a video courtesy of my niece in Zionsville, IN</image:caption>
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    <lastmod>2024-05-28</lastmod>
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      <image:caption>still writing the date</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.catcougill.com/poetry/melancholy</loc>
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    <lastmod>2024-12-16</lastmod>
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  <url>
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    <lastmod>2024-03-21</lastmod>
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    <lastmod>2024-03-19</lastmod>
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    <lastmod>2024-03-15</lastmod>
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    <loc>https://www.catcougill.com/poetry/doing-it-for-the-plot</loc>
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    <lastmod>2024-03-14</lastmod>
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      <image:caption>Photo credit: Anna Gourley I love learning new phrases. The phrase above was explained to me by my niece, and she provided me with a photo that represents the phrase to her.</image:caption>
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    <lastmod>2024-03-13</lastmod>
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    <loc>https://www.catcougill.com/poetry/reverent-ink</loc>
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    <lastmod>2024-12-16</lastmod>
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      <image:caption>photo credit: freepik</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.catcougill.com/poetry/wintering</loc>
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    <lastmod>2024-03-11</lastmod>
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    <loc>https://www.catcougill.com/poetry/snowflake</loc>
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    <lastmod>2024-03-08</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Poetry - Snowflake - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>photo credit: @mikechilcoatphoto I came across this photo from a guy on Instagram living in Colorado . It was perfect for my poem that was awaiting a visual companion. I reached out to him and he actually gave me permission to use it here. What a gem of a human being! His work is absolutely incredible! Thank you so much!</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.catcougill.com/poetry/armor</loc>
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    <lastmod>2024-03-07</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Poetry - Armor - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>photo credit: freepik</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.catcougill.com/poetry/a-mulligan-please</loc>
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    <lastmod>2024-12-16</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Poetry - a mulligan please - Make it stand out</image:title>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.catcougill.com/poetry/invitation</loc>
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    <lastmod>2024-12-16</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6106df5260f0122454bd1047/7eec0264-0aea-4cd2-9025-93a3fd25f809/IMG_1608.jpeg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Poetry - Invitation - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Photo credit: Lindsay, cousin of Levi Williams. Levi… a new friend and fellow poet. This was the poem I wrote in a poetry group exercise with his descriptive words. Thank you, Levi, for sharing in this journey. You bring fresh joy.</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.catcougill.com/poetry/a-bees-life</loc>
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    <lastmod>2024-03-04</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Poetry - a bee’s life</image:title>
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      <image:title>Poetry - a bee’s life</image:title>
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      <image:title>Poetry - a bee’s life</image:title>
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      <image:title>Poetry - a bee’s life</image:title>
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      <image:title>Poetry - a bee’s life</image:title>
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      <image:title>Poetry - a bee’s life</image:title>
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      <image:title>Poetry - a bee’s life</image:title>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.catcougill.com/poetry/366-days</loc>
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    <lastmod>2024-03-05</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6106df5260f0122454bd1047/14d12c13-f6a2-457f-b8fa-0845b4df20e7/IMG_3330.jpeg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Poetry - ~366 days~ - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.catcougill.com/poetry/line-up</loc>
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    <lastmod>2024-12-16</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6106df5260f0122454bd1047/7323dddb-9eff-4ca4-8451-53a3b65f8719/IMG_2780.jpeg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Poetry - Line up! - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>-a photo from my collection while living in Detroit, MI -a portion of Diego Rivera’s amazing frescoes completed between 1932 and 1933 located inside the Detroit Institute of Arts</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.catcougill.com/poetry/i-want-to-be</loc>
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    <lastmod>2024-12-16</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6106df5260f0122454bd1047/47607c81-0cc2-4e40-be79-1e1bc9a4e1c3/F1E0900A-4907-415B-9440-43538202F991.jpeg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Poetry - i want to be - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.catcougill.com/poetry/write-about-love-she-said</loc>
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    <lastmod>2024-02-29</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6106df5260f0122454bd1047/80bd0be6-cd91-4e8a-8ffc-93983c8ec5e6/love+and+growth+2.jpeg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Poetry - "write about love"   she said - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
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  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.catcougill.com/poetry/in-the-waking-moment</loc>
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    <lastmod>2024-02-26</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6106df5260f0122454bd1047/1708553193203-N5X3ZB0ZWPIQLC2EDMRJ/IMG_6984.jpeg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Poetry - in the Waking Moment…</image:title>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6106df5260f0122454bd1047/1708553207108-D4P0BSQW3SJB0OIJ204F/IMG_0674.jpeg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Poetry - in the Waking Moment…</image:title>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6106df5260f0122454bd1047/1708553220814-FXKN4GN3VOL8JZGYZJZM/IMG_2907.jpeg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Poetry - in the Waking Moment…</image:title>
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      <image:title>Poetry - in the Waking Moment…</image:title>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.catcougill.com/poetry/rabbit-trails</loc>
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    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-06-16</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6106df5260f0122454bd1047/6b5c10c6-4c75-4ab6-9ff6-2da7863ed090/IMG_2850.jpeg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Poetry - ~rabbit trails~ - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
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  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.catcougill.com/poetry/snowchips</loc>
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    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2024-02-14</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6106df5260f0122454bd1047/00724513-295a-4470-95dc-b18379b09183/IMG_2939.jpeg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Poetry - snowchips - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
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  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.catcougill.com/poetry/i-am-butte</loc>
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    <lastmod>2024-12-16</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6106df5260f0122454bd1047/9be617ed-36fe-4e69-9ecf-4bf7a2ed2193/I+am+Butte+2.jpeg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Poetry - I am Butte - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
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  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.catcougill.com/poetry/into-softness</loc>
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    <lastmod>2024-12-16</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Poetry - into softness - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.catcougill.com/poetry/the-last-rock</loc>
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    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2024-12-16</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6106df5260f0122454bd1047/d57f7bc9-dbb8-475d-b35d-aedb6ff0ba7a/IMG_2649.jpeg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Poetry - The Last Rock - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.catcougill.com/poetry/last-rock</loc>
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    <lastmod>2024-12-16</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Poetry - Last Rock - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
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  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.catcougill.com/poetry/writing-the-date</loc>
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    <lastmod>2024-01-25</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6106df5260f0122454bd1047/7fc90556-2d7d-468e-bd41-8bc0d8bd57e7/IMG_2626.jpeg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Poetry - Writing the Date… - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>In honor of “The Stafford Challenge”</image:caption>
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  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.catcougill.com/poetry/the-silent-pretend</loc>
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    <lastmod>2024-12-16</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6106df5260f0122454bd1047/c3f2e1e1-baf4-476e-a9d5-f0778ec51c23/IMG_2623.jpeg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Poetry - The Silent Pretend - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>for Donna</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.catcougill.com/poetry/sage-and-pine</loc>
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    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2024-01-10</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Poetry - Sage and Pine - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.catcougill.com/poetry/braiding</loc>
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    <lastmod>2024-12-16</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Poetry - BRAIDING - Make it stand out</image:title>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.catcougill.com/poetry/ill-be-your-body-pillow</loc>
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    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-12-30</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Poetry - I’ll be your body pillow - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
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  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.catcougill.com/poetry/more-time</loc>
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    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2023-12-19</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6106df5260f0122454bd1047/ba06ee14-f3d7-46fe-a9d6-95ec26b09166/IMG_0645.jpeg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Poetry - MORE TIME - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>All photos here are mine. I am very grateful to Caro Cougill for her time, creativity and technical abilities in putting them into this collage for me.</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.catcougill.com/poetry/a-lament-of-my-heart</loc>
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    <lastmod>2023-12-13</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Poetry - A lament of my heart - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>photo courtesy of Freepik</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.catcougill.com/poetry/silent-presence</loc>
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    <lastmod>2024-06-04</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Poetry - Silent Presence - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.catcougill.com/poetry/imagining-the-breath-of-creator</loc>
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    <lastmod>2024-12-16</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6106df5260f0122454bd1047/961dc56f-c768-4f1d-9188-db89daf90a5d/IMG_2146.jpeg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Poetry - Imagining the Breath of Creator - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>photo credit Sarah Hope… a newfound friend from Facebook’s “Cloud Appreciation Society” group and a fellow Iceland lover— thank you so much!</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.catcougill.com/poetry/puzzling</loc>
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    <lastmod>2023-12-06</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Poetry - Puzzling - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
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  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.catcougill.com/poetry/hope-and-pheasants</loc>
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    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2024-12-16</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Poetry - Hope and Pheasants - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>photo credit Freepik</image:caption>
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  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.catcougill.com/poetry/eyes-closed</loc>
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    <lastmod>2024-12-16</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Poetry - Eyes Closed - Make it stand out</image:title>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.catcougill.com/poetry/stains-on-the-stovetop</loc>
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    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2023-12-06</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Poetry - Stains on the Stovetop - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>photo courtesy of Freepik</image:caption>
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  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.catcougill.com/poetry/i-am-becoming</loc>
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    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2023-12-22</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6106df5260f0122454bd1047/d96a6913-7957-4a73-8553-3a4e63d78c3a/IMG_0354+copy.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Poetry - i am becoming - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
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  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.catcougill.com/poetry/pandemic-dragsters</loc>
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    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2023-12-22</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6106df5260f0122454bd1047/f4918c72-77a0-4fe0-b401-bc7b95811de7/IMG_2281.jpeg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Poetry - Pandemic Dragsters - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
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  </url>
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