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	<title>Shannon McKinnon</title>
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	<description>Humour columnist from the Peace River country</description>
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		<title>Deaf to the F Word</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Well here comes September swishing her colourful skirts around her tanned ankles as she dances around the bend.  I’ve been expecting her.  Not in an “I can’t wait to see you” kind of way but more in a Visa statement arriving in the mail kind of way.    It’s not her fault.  I blame all the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>To Hive Bees or Not To Hive Bees That is the Question</title>
		<description><![CDATA[  I have bee hives in the corner of my garden.  I would love to call myself a beekeeper but I am reserving that distinction until I get through my first year and have actually managed to keep my bees.  That’s what I think makes you a beekeeper.  Otherwise you’re just a bee-loser.  Or a bee-used-to-haver.  [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.shannonmckinnon.com/to-hive-bees-or-not-to-hive-bees-that-is-the-question/</link>
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		<title>The Not So Golden Thief</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Picking beans is a tedious task during which the mind tends to wander to all manner of subjects.  A couple buckets down the row I started thinking about beanstalks.  Surprising I know, but true nonetheless.  Then I started thinking about Jack and the Beanstalk.  If you are familiar with the fairy tale you might recall [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.shannonmckinnon.com/the-not-so-golden-thief/</link>
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		<title>The Career That Flew Away</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I will never be a flight attendant.  The realization smacked me right in my midlife while waiting to pick up a loved one at an airport recently.  And oh how I had once wanted to be a flight attendant!  It was the second occupation to capture my young imagination, the first being a server at [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.shannonmckinnon.com/the-career-that-flew-away/</link>
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		<title>A Beautiful Garden Takes Time</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In the last two weeks I have gone on three garden tours.  What a lot of green thumbs there are! The gardens were amazing.  It makes me look at my own catastrophe I call a garden and want to weep. While it’s true that when we first moved here there was no yard at all, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Egg Advice and Bees for a Buck</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A heartfelt thank you to everyone who took the time to reply with advice on how to master the exasperating task of extracting a loose piece of egg shell from the batter! In the spirit of paying it forward, here are some of the tips I received in no certain order. Tip One: Wash your [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.shannonmckinnon.com/egg-advice-and-bees-for-a-buck/</link>
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		<title>Embracing Life&#8217;s Mysteries</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Want to know if you have the necessary genes to live to be 100? Apparently scientists have come up with a test to do just that. There was a time I would have been compelled to find out, but I don’t want to know stuff like that anymore. I even used to wish life came [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.shannonmckinnon.com/embracing-lifes-mysteries/</link>
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		<title>Would You Like a Little Muster With That?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I was having coffee with a couple friends when our conversation suddenly went blonde.  I can say that because I am blonde.  “Have you noticed all those Muster Area signs outside stores and such?” Deena asked.  “What is a Muster Area anyway?” “It must be a condiment thing.” Moira said.  “Maybe it’s where they have [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.shannonmckinnon.com/would-you-like-a-little-muster-with-that/</link>
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		<title>Keep Your Pants On</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I always know summer is in full swing when restaurants and coffee shops start putting up their signs that read “No Shoes No Shirts No Service”. You don’t see the signs around the rest of the year. I guess it just seems too cruel or something. Living as far north as we do, anyone wearing [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.shannonmckinnon.com/keep-your-pants-on/</link>
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		<title>I Don&#8217;t Need Your Sympathy</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I have a trick ankle. An odd expression when you stop to think about it. It makes it sound like I have an ankle with the surprising talent of pulling rabbits from a top hat or something. The rest of me might be challenged to blow up a balloon, but you should come and see [...]]]></description>
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