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	<title>The Grandparents' Blog</title>
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	<description>A lighthearted look at grandparenting and retirement</description>
	<pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2008 19:31:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>The Wife&#8217;s View</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2008 19:31:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ When the man in your life retires, you both talk about it and plan it. How you both look forward to retirement, hoping you will have time to travel, read, cross-stitch, walk, spend more time with the grand-children and enjoying the garden. He can start on that list of jobs he said he would [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Protecting Wildlife</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Dec 2008 11:35:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
		
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 My grandson Mitch is currently concerned about our local wildlife and wanted to add an article on protecting the barn owls in our area.
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His drawing reflects his enthusiasm, although the &#34;special effects&#34; may be a bit OTT!
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He may add more to this next visit!
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		<title>Grandpa&#8217;s Seafaring History!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Nov 2008 12:10:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[My grandfather was a soldier in WWI and my father and uncles were all in the British army in WWII.&#160; So why did my brother and I join the Navy? There are family ties with the sea.&#160; Grandfather was a fisherman sailing from the Durham fishing ports for a while. There were other ancestors from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Keeping in touch with grandchildren</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Nov 2008 15:24:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160;


 Using the Internet to stay close to family and friends at home and abroad

How do you raise your children and grandchildren to enjoy the full benefits of the extended family, if grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins and friends are scattered around the world? This is a problem I have lived with first hand!
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I recently submitted [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Grandma&#8217;s Cards  -  (Cards by Cornelia!)</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Nov 2008 21:35:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ Like 1,356,728 other grandmas, this one is into card making! 
Pity it wasn&#8217;t Texas holdem or Black jack or something.&#160; However, she spends a few pounds (or twice as many bucks) on supplies each month and disappears into the card room for longer periods than grandpa spends on the PC (I swear).&#160; 
The end [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why Are We So Busy?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Oct 2008 10:39:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ Myths and misconceptions about retirement. - I have now been retired (mostly) for the past six years so, whilst I am still a relative newcomer to retirement, I have had ample opportunity to reflect on how I reached this stage. This stage being a state of staying fairly constructive and busy, whilst body and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Flying Kites - with pictures by Henry</title>
		<link>http://www.thegrandparentsblog.com/flying-kites-inspired-by-henry-pictures-to-be-added/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Aug 2008 15:00:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Banana&#8217;s younger brother, George came back to the farm again on holiday.&#160; This time he brought his friend Henry, the orange monkey, with him.&#160; George was a good little gorilla and helped his big brother on the farm whenever he could.&#160; However, as we know, Henry was a little monkey all the time!
One day, Bananas [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Bear Stone - with pictures by George</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2008 14:10:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Long, long ago, a beautiful princess lived in a tiny castle high up on Bear Mountain.&#160; Her father John was the King of the valley and lived many miles away.&#160; King John&#8217;s army was not very big so he gave his daughter just two of his best soldiers to protect her. The bravest of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>George Helps Bananas and Farmer Jones</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jun 2008 12:12:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Bananas’ little brother George wants to help but he is still a very small gorilla!]]></description>
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		<title>Family Feedback</title>
		<link>http://www.thegrandparentsblog.com/family-feedback/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jun 2008 12:53:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160;Encouraging feedback from our sister, also a grandma: &#34; I love your new site!&#160; I think it will catch on once oldies find it (and can remember how to find it again). &#34; 
 Don&#8217;t forget to bookmark this site or get really clever and sign up for RSS feed updates or email announcements of [...]]]></description>
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