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	<title>Cracked Window &#187; Atticus</title>
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	<description>what passes as light</description>
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		<title>To Know Or Not To Know</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Apr 2011 16:41:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Like one of my favorite bloggers, Jason Kottke, I was put off by the idea of parties for parents to learn the sex of their gestating child. Then a video he linked to choked me up. Guess I&#8217;m a sucker for such joy. Still, not knowing the sex adds to the mystery and suspense of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Toys of Nature</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Oct 2010 01:04:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We try not to over-indulge our five-year-old son. Still, Atticus has ended up with many more things than any kid can keep track of, much less play with. I could haul away all his toys, and he wouldn&#8217;t complain &#8212; as long as he was lording over this small creek winding its way to the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Another Holiday Rule</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Dec 2008 01:56:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I drilled into our little boy today another of my dead mother&#8217;s irrational holiday rules: everything Christmas related must be taken down before the new year begins. Otherwise, the most dire bad luck will ensue. Atticus accepted the rule as if our very existence hinged upon it, and we did mom proud. As a bonus, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Man at the Park</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Oct 2008 04:05:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Assumptions are dangerous. That maxim was drilled into me years ago as a newbie journalist. But I&#8217;m not writing a news story. I&#8217;m speculating about a man at the school park up the street. He was sitting at a table, alone, surrounded by squealing kids and watchful parents. My son, Atticus, was playing nearby on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Something&#8217;s in the Air</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Oct 2008 00:05:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[At the Portland Farmers Market, roasting chilies perfume every cool breath. Autumn has thinned the crowds but not the produce. Along with poblanos, I buy what may be the year&#8217;s last peaches, several varieties of apples, shiitake mushrooms, and more. The once-ubiquitous volunteers registering people to vote are nowhere to be seen beneath the canopy [...]]]></description>
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		<title>On the Beach</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Sep 2008 05:58:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What will the boy remember of yesterday? Years hence, is Atticus, my son of three, doomed to never recall his first day at the new edge of his known world, the Pacific Coast? As I watched him run toward and away from tiny advancing and retreating waves, I realized how fleeting the moment probably was. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gun: does not compute</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Aug 2008 04:11:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Atticus Bales Tong, three days shy of three years old, doesn&#8217;t know the meaning of the word gun. Suzame and I didn&#8217;t set out to deprive him of this knowledge, though it&#8217;s no doubt a dividend of allowing scant TV viewing &#8212; and only since he turned two. I learned this today when I handed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Iraq: What have we done?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jun 2008 21:43:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Atticus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[war]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Unlike past wars, the Iraq war is an abstraction. We rarely glimpse the unspeakable suffering. Most of the media have lost interest. Some stalwarts remain, chronicling events beyond our comprehension. As much as I hate this war, I&#8217;ve never let what happens there penetrate my comfortable life here. Until now. Reality intruded last night when [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bad day turns bright</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Apr 2008 23:23:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Atticus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Forest Park]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pendleton Round-Up]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A familiar formula: too little sleep plus a frenetic start to the day equals foul mood. My black cloud lifted in two stages. Stage one: spotting one of our little boy&#8217;s books in the bathroom, propped against the wall directly across from the toilet. Suzame bought it for Atticus, and this was the first time [...]]]></description>
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