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		<description><![CDATA[I am moving!  My new home is about one quarter the size of my current home.  This is a conscious choice for me as I have begun to realize that the only way we can truly impact our ever growing environmental crisis is to make a much smaller footprint on the planet.  And, I have [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=speakingpresence.com&amp;blog=6257156&amp;post=310&amp;subd=speakingpresence&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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