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	<description>a fish trapped inside the wind*</description>
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		<title>The Writer</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Mar 2006 00:24:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jane</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I write personal essay. I write to find out how I feel about something, an aspiration I learned from the poet May Sarton. I sometimes picture myself as a grizzled prospector leading a forlorn, burdened donkey into the trackless waste &#8230; <a href="http://janemerryman.com/the-writer/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>May 9, 2012: Kortum Trail</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 02:54:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jane</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; So many wildflowers! And we have had so little rain this year. From Wright&#39;s Beach to Shell Beach, the trail is thick with all kinds of flowers and all at their best&#8212;mustard, radish, flax, morning glory, wild strawberry, blackberry, &#8230; <a href="http://janemerryman.com/may-9-2012-kortum-trail/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>May 2, 2012: Bayview Trail–Fire Lane Trail Loop</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 02:41:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jane</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Point Reyes National Seashore]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The drive out to Pt. Reyes National Seashore is lovely, especially Limantour Road, lined with crowds of forget-me-nots, lotus, seep-spring monkeyflower, ceanothus, and cow parsnip. I hope the trails will be just as flowery. The day starts off windy and &#8230; <a href="http://janemerryman.com/465/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>April 16, 2012: Table Mountain, Oroville</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2012 20:35:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jane</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[North Table Mountain]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; North Table Mountain Reserve looks down on the town of Oroville and its man-made lake, about an hour-and-a-half drive north of Sacramento on I-5, CA 99, and CA 70. A few minutes north of Sacramento the bustling post-rush-hour traffic &#8230; <a href="http://janemerryman.com/april-16-2012-table-mountain-oroville/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>March 14, 2012: A Payne’s-Taking Day</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Mar 2012 14:39:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Musings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Crocker Art Museum]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Edgar Payne]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Are you ready for something completely different? With all the rain this week I have not been able to go out for a long hike. Instead, two friends and I drove to Sacramento to spend a good part of Wednesday &#8230; <a href="http://janemerryman.com/march-14-2012-a-paynes-taking-day/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>February 17, 2012: Horse Trail-Old Pine Trail Loop</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Feb 2012 00:18:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jane</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Bear Valley]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The promise of a sunny, warm day leads me back to Horse Trail after about four months. As has happened on my hikes for the past couple of rainless months, I find few wildflowers. Milkmaids, pristine white in the shade &#8230; <a href="http://janemerryman.com/february-17-2012-horse-trail-old-pine-trail-loop/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Dec. 5, 2011: Annadel State Park</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Dec 2011 23:47:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Hiking Descriptions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Annadel State Park]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[As I start uphill from the Carissa Avenue entrance, I spy two large, handsome acorn woodpeckers poking around in a valley oak full of acorn holes, some filled, some empty. I have chosen a sunny, breezy day, silent except for &#8230; <a href="http://janemerryman.com/dec-5-2011-annadel-state-park/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>October 27, 2011: Armstrong Redwoods State Natural Reserve</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Oct 2011 17:53:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jane</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; On a bright, sunny, perfect fall morning my friend Gay and I set out for a hike in the steep wooded hills just outside Guerneville. We parked near the visitor center where there is no fee. Several groups of &#8230; <a href="http://janemerryman.com/october-27-2011-armstrong-redwoods-state-natural-reserve/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>October 6 to 9, 2011: Cowpokes, Soldiers, and Saints</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Oct 2011 16:57:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jane</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Alabama Hills]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[geology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lone Pine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[movies ovies]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The first weekend in October my friend Sonja and I did something we had never before contemplated doing&#8212;we attended a cowboy film festival in Lone Pine, California. We aren&#39;t particularly crazy about old horse operas, but we are mad about &#8230; <a href="http://janemerryman.com/october-6-to-9-2011-cowpokes-soldiers-and-saints/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>August 10, 2011: Sky Trail</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Aug 2011 01:43:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jane</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Point Reyes National Seashore]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sky Trail is lovely today, lush green under a cloudless blue firmament. A gentle breeze makes for perfect hiking weather. The trail has become quite overgrown with ferns, elderberry, blackberry, huckleberry, and&#8212;watsonias. Watsonia is a South African bulb&#8212;a garden escapee &#8230; <a href="http://janemerryman.com/august-10-2011-sky-trail/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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