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		<title>Pokagon State Park (Indiana DNR)</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2009 20:28:38 +0000</pubDate>
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Pokagon State Park is a great example of what the Indiana State Park system has to offer.  At just over 1200 acres, this park has something for everyone.
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		<title>Ravinia Woods (A Unit of the Morgan-Monroe State Forest)</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Feb 2009 21:06:14 +0000</pubDate>
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Ravinia Woods is a unit of the Morgan-Monroe State Forest located just 30 miles southwest of Indianapolis. This 1500 acre area of wooded rolling hills and valleys is interspersed with fields, small ponds and several streams.  The land was purchased in 2004 from AES/Indianapolis Power and Light and is open to the public for a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=viewfromthecrossroads.wordpress.com&blog=1311325&post=64&subd=viewfromthecrossroads&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Dying boy&#8217;s wish &#8211; Brendan Foster</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Nov 2008 02:15:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[With Thanksgiving just two days away I think this is a very timely story.  Sometimes it takes a child to remind us adults how we should treat the least among us.  You&#8217;re my hero Brendan.

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		<title>As the leaves fall&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Oct 2008 03:23:02 +0000</pubDate>
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The other night I dreamt I was standing underneath a huge sycamore tree surrounded by its fallen leaves. I felt happiness and connection as I took in the wonder of the scene. In the dream, each time I reached down to pick up a leaf, I was reminded of a family member or friend who [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=viewfromthecrossroads.wordpress.com&blog=1311325&post=51&subd=viewfromthecrossroads&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Richard Wright goes &#8220;on tour&#8221; and plays the Great Gig in the Sky</title>
		<link>http://viewfromthecrossroads.wordpress.com/2008/09/16/richard-wright/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Sep 2008 17:54:53 +0000</pubDate>
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One of the founding weavers of the aural tapestry that is Pink Floyd has joined the &#8220;Great Gig in the Sky&#8221;.  Richard Wright, Pink Floyd keyboardist, has passed away at age 65 from cancer.
You can read the BBC article here: Floyd founder Wright dies at 65
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		<title>The Middle-Aged Boy Scout</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jun 2008 02:49:00 +0000</pubDate>
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1972 and Wearing my &#8220;Store bought&#8221; Cub Scout cap in the Smokies.

I remember the Scout Leader coming to school when I was a young boy and talking to us about joining cub scouts.  I was thrilled!  Hiking, camping, crafts.  It all sounded like a blast to me and something I could really [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=viewfromthecrossroads.wordpress.com&blog=1311325&post=44&subd=viewfromthecrossroads&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Listen to your mother this Earth day!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2008 17:25:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mother Earth is speaking

Are YOU listening?
Celebrate Earth Day by listening to your mother!
Copied from LiveScience:
 Earth&#8217;s Hum Sounds More Mysterious Than Ever
By Charles Q. Choi, Special to  LiveScience
posted: 16 April 2008 09:03 am ET
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		<title>Tibet</title>
		<link>http://viewfromthecrossroads.wordpress.com/2008/04/01/tibet/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Apr 2008 13:15:39 +0000</pubDate>
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When I was a student at Indiana University back in the 1980s I had the pleasure of attending a lecture given by the Dalai Lama.  While waiting for the lecture to begin there were Chinese students handing out pamphlets denouncing the Dalai Lama and stating how much better off the Tibetan people were now [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=viewfromthecrossroads.wordpress.com&blog=1311325&post=42&subd=viewfromthecrossroads&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Natural Heritage Of Indiana</title>
		<link>http://viewfromthecrossroads.wordpress.com/2008/03/21/the-natural-heritage-of-indiana/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Mar 2008 14:28:15 +0000</pubDate>
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My fellow Hoosier Blogging friends.  I caught a great program on PBS last  night that I highly recommend.  It&#8217;s called The Natural Heritage of  Indiana.  Yes, it&#8217;s a nature documentary and some of you might start having  5th grade Indiana History flash backs watching it, but it is a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=viewfromthecrossroads.wordpress.com&blog=1311325&post=41&subd=viewfromthecrossroads&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>After a Long Winter’s Nap…</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Mar 2008 02:52:26 +0000</pubDate>
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Last years garden covered in straw
The land is waking and so am I.  This has been a long winter and has drug on and on.  We didn’t really get much snow this year.  The temps however, rarely approached 40 F and the sky has stayed gray for most of 4 months.
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