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		<title>Reviving Old-Fashioned Wisdom</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2026 15:17:12 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[We didn&#8217;t always observe this in my family of origin, but it was an ever-present attitude. I recall once when I was scolding my brother for dropping the washed silverware into the hot rinse water (we didn&#8217;t have a dishwasher), causing the hot water to splash onto my hand. Mom chided me, saying if my &#8230;]]></description>
		
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2026 11:33:50 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Isn&#8217;t it easy to make a judgment about someone else based on our own experience? Then later, if we are forced to walk the road they traveled, we gain understanding and drop our critical opinions. If only we would seek to understand others, to walk in their shoes, before we decide to judge them.]]></description>
		
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		<title>Reviving Old-Fashioned Wisdom in Modern Culture</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2026 13:04:36 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[American culture sorely needs the rules by which older generations were raised. Let&#8217;s bring back old-fashioned wisdom. Mother always said this when we kids blamed each other for starting a fight or an argument. When provoked, we can choose to react or to walk away. #oldfashionedwisdom]]></description>
		
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		<title>25% Off All Books During Smashwords Sale</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2026 22:22:37 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[All my books are on sale for 25% off in Smashwords&#8217; Summer/Winter Sale. Find them at https://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/Mary_LHamilton]]></description>
		
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		<title>Meet Local Authors at Hewitt Library&#8217;s Fair</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2026 14:36:16 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Wow! How exciting to see four of my books featured on the Hewitt Library&#8217;s home page! If you happen to be in the Waco, Texas area this Saturday morning, June 11, stop by the Hewitt Public Library and say hi. I&#8217;ll be there for a Local Author Fair, along with lots of other local authors. &#8230;]]></description>
		
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		<title>Honoring Those Who Sacrificed for Our Freedom</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 May 2026 15:16:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[They gave everything for our freedom. Don&#8217;t let their sacrifice be in vain.]]></description>
		
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2026 18:37:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Jul 2023 14:40:52 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[For 50 years, I've held onto a baseball that was a gift from a guy I once had a crush on. Why? What makes us hold onto stuff that no one else values? ]]></description>
		
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		<title>Sale on Pendant: A Novel of Mystery and Suspense</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Jun 2023 15:25:19 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A former teacher recognizes the necklace of her missing student around the neck of another young girl. She's determined to find out what happened to her student. But the search turns deadly. PENDANT by M L Hamilton is available through all major online retailers.]]></description>
		
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		<title>Battling Discouragement in Writing</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Jun 2023 16:21:39 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Tasked with writing our organization’s monthly newsletter, I submitted my first month’s draft for my supervisor’s approval. She took out her red pen and proceeded to slash and burn my draft—crossing out, circling, drawing arrows, writing in… I left her office fighting tears and thinking, "Why doesn’t she just write it herself?"]]></description>
		
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