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	<description>The stories of ordinary Americans facing the hardest year.</description>
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		<title>Giving Thanks</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 06:53:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[“There’s always somebody worse off than you.” I can’t tell you how many times I’ve heard that phrase or sentiment expressed in some way or another over these past six months. I can tell you my first reaction was always silent disbelief. I never doubted the sincerity; I only wondered how the person who said [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Home</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 20:56:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Escaper&#8217;s retired from The Hardest Year duty and just in time by the weather reports I&#8217;ve seen lately from Colorado! The camper served us well, carrying us from Virginia to Seattle, WA and back again. Of course, there were some speed bumps along the way: gas caps kept getting left behind, the air conditioner [...]]]></description>
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		<title>In Their Shoes</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2009 18:18:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We take our shoes off before entering the Escaper. Not while we go in and out during the day, but when we&#8217;re in for the night. It&#8217;s become a ritual: John stands in the doorway, scraping the heel of one foot with the toe of the other until his running shoes land outside. He pushes [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Way It Is</title>
		<link>http://thehardestyear.com/2009/07/the-way-it-is/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2009 17:00:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Growing up a television junkie (I&#8217;m talking broadcast, we didn&#8217;t get cable until I was in high school), I found that limited programming made for a greater shared experience by us, the viewing audience. There were only so many Saturday morning cartoons to goof about at the cafeteria table; there was only one Fonz. Even [...]]]></description>
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		<title>From Here to Kingdom Come</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 22:48:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One month and three gas caps later, John and I have literally driven from Kingdom Come to Promised Land. Granted, those are State parks in Kentucky and Pennsylvania, respectively, but in just the few weeks that we&#8217;ve been on the road in our rusty, trusty RV we affectionately refer to as the Escaper (because that&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mustard with Jazz Hands</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 14:20:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[John gets full credit for the title of this blog even though he doesn&#8217;t remember uttering the phrase &#8220;jazz hands.&#8221; It was an observation made over a week ago about an enthusiastic waitress at a Chinese-Thai restaurant outside of Berea, Kentucky who delivered the squeeze bottle of hot mustard with flair. I almost did a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Until the Storm Passes</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2009 15:52:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The rain keeps falling but it has not kept the birds outside my window from their early morning revelry. As I sit safe and dry, listening to the drops pound against the roof, I wonder what exactly these little creatures have to sing about while stuck in the treetops, their flights delayed? Just like me, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Walk in the Woods</title>
		<link>http://thehardestyear.com/2009/05/a-walk-in-the-woods/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 31 May 2009 14:15:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ll fess up: I used to laugh every time I heard the word &#8220;staycation&#8221; on the news. It was the overuse of the word these past few years that amused me, not the concept. I actually think we all need to look around our backyards more and appreciate just where we call home. Too many [...]]]></description>
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