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		<title>6th Annual Brass Crescent Awards</title>
		<link>http://rickshawdiaries.wordpress.com/2009/09/27/6th-annual-brass-crescent-awards/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Sep 2009 20:00:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Apparently nominations opened a week ago so please nominate your favorite blogs, posts &#38; writers.
So many great blogs have stopped publishing in the last year that I&#8217;d be interested to know what people are reading these days.
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		<title>Peace</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2009 07:43:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Baraka</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I often think about those who say that &#8220;Islam means peace&#8221; and expect that to be the end of the story.  And yet each year it seems that anger grows everywhere and in everyone, regardless of religion or a lack thereof.
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		<title>On the eve of her 30th birthday</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2009 22:47:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Baraka</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A dear friend of mine who has been battling infertility for two years, wrote a hopeful and moving piece about her thoughts and feelings about turning 30 tomorrow.
She is an amazing woman who has taught me so much about deep empathy and love, and I wrote a letter to her in response, which I&#8217;ve posted [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rickshawdiaries.wordpress.com&blog=1668016&post=2217&subd=rickshawdiaries&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>You are Joy!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2009 06:55:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Baraka</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Arts & Literature]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was at a wonderful spiritual retreat this weekend with about 30 other people and four speakers. The theme included joy, an aspect of Islam that is too rarely spoken of. Shaykh Kabir Helminski addressed the topic directly in our last session of the day, with his wife Camille reciting the beautiful poem below.
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		<title>You who break the dark all night</title>
		<link>http://rickshawdiaries.wordpress.com/2009/08/06/you-who-break-the-dark-all-night/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2009 20:34:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Baraka</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[An Introduction
You who break the dark all night, whisper and shout,
who travel in and out of all the rooms,
who come with pill or needle, vial or chart,
with bedding, mop and bucket, tray of food;
who turn, clean, pull, read, record, pat, and go;
who see her hair matted by the pillow, greasy white
wild short hair that will [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rickshawdiaries.wordpress.com&blog=1668016&post=2207&subd=rickshawdiaries&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Important Thing</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2009 19:32:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Baraka</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve always loved the ways pelicans dive,
as if each silver fish they see
were the goddamned most important
thing they&#8217;ve ever wanted on this earth—
and just tonight I learned sometimes
they go blind doing it,
that straight-down dive like someone jumping
from a rooftop, only happier,
plummeting like Icarus, but more triumphant—
&#8230;&#8230;there is the undulating fish,
&#8230;&#8230;the gleaming sea,
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		<title>The dust is settling on our faces</title>
		<link>http://rickshawdiaries.wordpress.com/2009/06/16/the-dust-is-settling-on-our-faces/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2009 01:06:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Baraka</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Only Connect]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;It&#8217;s as if no time has passed&#8221; is the phrase we use to describe the closeness we feel upon reuniting with loved ones.  We pick up the threads of conversation as if we have just left the room a few minutes ago instead of the months or sometimes years that have ensued in between.
Basil and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rickshawdiaries.wordpress.com&blog=1668016&post=2191&subd=rickshawdiaries&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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