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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>Sept. 1, 2010: Kortum Trail</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Sep 2010 21:16:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Another hot day inland. Along the Sonoma Coast it&#39;s sunny and cloudless, with a gentle breeze. No one is at the Shell Beach parking lot when I arrive at 10 o&#39;clock. Heading north, I&#39;m amazed at the variety of wildflowers &#8230; <a href="http://janemerryman.com/sept-1-2010-kortum-trail/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>August 25, 2010: Limantour Spit</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Aug 2010 19:07:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jane</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Predicted 95&#176;F. at home, 70&#176;F. at Pt. Reyes, so I head for Limantour Spit. It&#39;s pretty crowded for a weekday. I walk out on the marsh side and am surprised to see how much is in bloom: sticky monkey flower, &#8230; <a href="http://janemerryman.com/august-25-2010-limantour-spit/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>August 18, 2010: Mud Lake, Pt. Reyes National Seashore</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Aug 2010 01:14:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jane</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#39;s not on the park map anymore, but I still like to visit Mud Lake several times a year. It used to be a pond of several acres frequented by frogs and egrets; now it&#39;s completely filled with cattails. Change &#8230; <a href="http://janemerryman.com/august-18-2010-mud-lake-pt-reyes-national-seashore/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>July 26 &amp; 27, 2010: Carson Pass</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Jul 2010 01:39:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jane</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My favorite habitat&#8212;at or above the tree line, in northern California about 10,000 feet above sea level. Every year I make a pilgrimage in midsummer, at the height of wildflower season, to this magical place. I couldn&#39;t live there year-round, &#8230; <a href="http://janemerryman.com/july-26-27-2010-carson-pass/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>July 13, 2010: Annadel State Park</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jul 2010 20:16:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jane</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Annadel State Park&#8212;5,000 acres of quintessential California landscape of oak woodland and meadow on the eastern edge of the city of Santa Rosa. It&#39;s the height of summer and many California natives have gone dormant&#8212;they prefer to sit out the &#8230; <a href="http://janemerryman.com/july-13-2010-annadel-state-park/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>June 24, 2010: Laguna &amp; Woodward Valley Trails Loop</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jun 2010 22:30:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jane</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This loop covers ten or eleven miles and travels on these trails: Laguna, Sky, Woodward Valley, Coast, Fire Lane, and back to Laguna. The sun shone inland but at the coast it was windy and foggy. The trails were overgrown &#8230; <a href="http://janemerryman.com/june-24-2010-laguna%e2%80%94woodward-valley-trails-loop/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>June 18-19, 2010: Sierra Nevada Foothills</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jun 2010 21:35:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jane</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I spent this weekend with my son, Eric, and daughter-in-law, Suan, and their three dogs: Ski, a rat terrier; Zoe, a min-pin; and Cassie, a min-pin foster with a broken leg. On Friday all six of us hiked four miles &#8230; <a href="http://janemerryman.com/june-17%e2%80%9319-2010-sierra-nevada-foothills/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>June 15, 2010: Rift Zone Trail</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jun 2010 03:20:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jane</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Milllions. Yes, millions of them. Millions of butter-yellow coast tarweed (Hemizonia corymbosa) clothed the sunny hillsides along Rift Zone Trail today. The theme for the whole day was yellow: dandelion, bird&#39;s-foot trefoil, and hill lotus lined the trail. Other colors &#8230; <a href="http://janemerryman.com/june-15-2010-rift-zone-trail/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>June 8, 2010: Tomales Point</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Jun 2010 15:46:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jane</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This finger of land pointing out into the Pacific Ocean at the northern end of Point Reyes National Seashore is the object of my pilgrimage every June. This is when the yellow bush lupine is in bloom and I wouldn&#39;t &#8230; <a href="http://janemerryman.com/june-8-2010-tomales-point/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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