<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8' standalone='yes'?><rss version='2.0'><channel><title>My Blog Feed</title><link>http://www.tblog.com/</link><description>A tBlog Blog!</description><lastBuildDate>Mon, 27 Oct 2008 13:45:21 -0700</lastBuildDate><language>en-us</language><item><title><![CDATA[Rope.]]></title><link>http://lorischuster.tblog.com/post/1970025695</link><guid>http://lorischuster.tblog.com/post/1970025695</guid><pubDate>Mon, 27 Oct 2008 09:11:16 -0700</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  My best friend in 8th grade, had a grandmother who strung a velvet rope (like the ones in movie theatres) across the entrance to her living room i... <a href='http://lorischuster.tblog.com/post/1970025695'>more from lorischuster...</a>]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Analogy.  ]]></title><link>http://Lorischuster.tblog.com/post/1970024929</link><guid>http://Lorischuster.tblog.com/post/1970024929</guid><pubDate>Thu, 23 Oct 2008 07:56:59 -0700</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  When we last left off,&nbsp; it was a stormy night on Mackinaw Island and I was walking on a dark, lonely path with woods on either side.&nbsp; I should have... <a href='http://Lorischuster.tblog.com/post/1970024929'>more from Lorischuster...</a>]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Prelude to an analogy.]]></title><link>http://lorischuster.tblog.com/post/1970019892</link><guid>http://lorischuster.tblog.com/post/1970019892</guid><pubDate>Thu, 25 Sep 2008 09:13:22 -0700</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  Several years ago my marriage was teetering on the edge and I had some decisions to make.&nbsp; I decided that I would take a trip by myself and think things... <a href='http://lorischuster.tblog.com/post/1970019892'>more from lorischuster...</a>]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[barefoot in the glass...]]></title><link>http://lorischuster.tblog.com/post/1970007344</link><guid>http://lorischuster.tblog.com/post/1970007344</guid><pubDate>Mon, 28 Jul 2008 08:35:30 -0700</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Note:&nbsp;&nbsp; We have been watching a show called MadMen recently.&nbsp; It reminded me of growing up in the early sixties&hellip;when parent&rsquo;s... <a href='http://lorischuster.tblog.com/post/1970007344'>more from lorischuster...</a>]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[phone call.]]></title><link>http://lorischuster.tblog.com/post/1970004706</link><guid>http://lorischuster.tblog.com/post/1970004706</guid><pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2008 13:50:47 -0700</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  &ldquo;Hi, mom.&rdquo;  There it was&hellip;just a girl&rsquo;s voice on a cell phone.  I was working in th... <a href='http://lorischuster.tblog.com/post/1970004706'>more from lorischuster...</a>]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Day at the beach...]]></title><link>http://lorischuster.tblog.com/post/1969998907</link><guid>http://lorischuster.tblog.com/post/1969998907</guid><pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2008 07:05:57 -0700</pubDate><description><![CDATA[... <a href='http://lorischuster.tblog.com/post/1969998907'>more from lorischuster...</a>]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[The space between.]]></title><link>http://lorischuster.tblog.com/post/1969989343</link><guid>http://lorischuster.tblog.com/post/1969989343</guid><pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 06:00:06 -0700</pubDate><description><![CDATA[My grandfather had dementia. &nbsp;After my father died, my grandpa would come over and ask &quot;where is Jim?&quot; Each time someone would have to tell him that Jim had died and grandpa would re... <a href='http://lorischuster.tblog.com/post/1969989343'>more from lorischuster...</a>]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Three years and a million tears.]]></title><link>http://lorischuster.tblog.com/post/1969976633</link><guid>http://lorischuster.tblog.com/post/1969976633</guid><pubDate>Fri, 29 Feb 2008 17:03:22 -0800</pubDate><description><![CDATA[&nbsp;Three years ago today, I... <a href='http://lorischuster.tblog.com/post/1969976633'>more from lorischuster...</a>]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[A cardboard box.]]></title><link>http://Lorischuster.tblog.com/post/1969975755</link><guid>http://Lorischuster.tblog.com/post/1969975755</guid><pubDate>Thu, 21 Feb 2008 11:50:39 -0800</pubDate><description><![CDATA[A cardboard box sits in front of me.&nbsp; It is approximately 18x18 inches.&nbsp; Two of the edges are ripped and there is an indentation on t... <a href='http://Lorischuster.tblog.com/post/1969975755'>more from Lorischuster...</a>]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[2008]]></title><link>http://lorischuster.tblog.com/post/1969970161</link><guid>http://lorischuster.tblog.com/post/1969970161</guid><pubDate>Sun, 30 Dec 2007 19:52:58 -0800</pubDate><description><![CDATA[I put so much hope into the passing of that final minute.&nbsp; The new year lies ahead like a layer of fres... <a href='http://lorischuster.tblog.com/post/1969970161'>more from lorischuster...</a>]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[chapter....]]></title><link>http://lorischuster.tblog.com/post/1969968861</link><guid>http://lorischuster.tblog.com/post/1969968861</guid><pubDate>Mon, 17 Dec 2007 06:27:09 -0800</pubDate><description><![CDATA[I have not written here for a very long time and I miss you.&nbsp; Much has happened since our paths last crossed.&nbsp; I have moved forward and I have ... <a href='http://lorischuster.tblog.com/post/1969968861'>more from lorischuster...</a>]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Flying Home.]]></title><link>http://lorischuster.tblog.com/post/1969940429</link><guid>http://lorischuster.tblog.com/post/1969940429</guid><pubDate>Tue, 27 Feb 2007 15:19:57 -0800</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Craig and I are going away for a few days.   Thursday will be the second anniversary since Ali left us.  In honor of Ali I just want to feature three links.  Her video, her xanga site and our Carin... <a href='http://lorischuster.tblog.com/post/1969940429'>more from lorischuster...</a>]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[baby.]]></title><link>http://lorischuster.tblog.com/post/1969940244</link><guid>http://lorischuster.tblog.com/post/1969940244</guid><pubDate>Mon, 26 Feb 2007 04:45:51 -0800</pubDate><description><![CDATA[&nbsp;Well, I am home and the internet is working.&nbsp; Another crazy week ahead.&nbsp; I... <a href='http://lorischuster.tblog.com/post/1969940244'>more from lorischuster...</a>]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[In Brief...]]></title><link>http://lorischuster.tblog.com/post/1969939467</link><guid>http://lorischuster.tblog.com/post/1969939467</guid><pubDate>Sat, 17 Feb 2007 10:30:42 -0800</pubDate><description><![CDATA[So, someone sneezed two counties over and our internet went out...again.&nbsp; It has been five days.&nbsp; So, now I'm at Panera.&nbsp; In the meantime, I took Coco back to Megan's and spent the n... <a href='http://lorischuster.tblog.com/post/1969939467'>more from lorischuster...</a>]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Shades of gray.]]></title><link>http://lorischuster.tblog.com/post/1969938390</link><guid>http://lorischuster.tblog.com/post/1969938390</guid><pubDate>Tue, 06 Feb 2007 05:41:41 -0800</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ &quot;To keep our faces toward change, and behave like free spirits in the presence of fate, is strength undefeatable.&quot; Helen Keller.There is still much to work through in my life... <a href='http://lorischuster.tblog.com/post/1969938390'>more from lorischuster...</a>]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Backward turn backward...]]></title><link>http://lorischuster.tblog.com/post/1969936653</link><guid>http://lorischuster.tblog.com/post/1969936653</guid><pubDate>Mon, 22 Jan 2007 15:43:12 -0800</pubDate><description><![CDATA[To a child, the world is an open book.  There are not chapters, pages, or periods.  They take on the world one footstep&mdash;one sidewalk crack a... <a href='http://lorischuster.tblog.com/post/1969936653'>more from lorischuster...</a>]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think someone is trying to tell me something...]]></title><link>http://lorischuster.tblog.com/post/1969936181</link><guid>http://lorischuster.tblog.com/post/1969936181</guid><pubDate>Thu, 18 Jan 2007 16:21:10 -0800</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Well, the computer is fixed...but our internet is down.  It is snowing...not a lot but it doesn't take a lot.  A breeze...a light rain.  We are going to have to find a new company.  I am currently at ... <a href='http://lorischuster.tblog.com/post/1969936181'>more from lorischuster...</a>]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Promises...]]></title><link>http://lorischuster.tblog.com/post/1969935781</link><guid>http://lorischuster.tblog.com/post/1969935781</guid><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jan 2007 19:45:29 -0800</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening&nbsp;by Robert Frost&nbsp;Whose woods these are I think I know.  His house is in the village, though;  He will not see me st... <a href='http://lorischuster.tblog.com/post/1969935781'>more from lorischuster...</a>]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[merry merry...]]></title><link>http://lorischuster.tblog.com/post/1969932257</link><guid>http://lorischuster.tblog.com/post/1969932257</guid><pubDate>Thu, 21 Dec 2006 16:30:43 -0800</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Well, my computer is toast...
or so it seems.  The APPLE store can fit me in sometime in 2008 if I'm lucky.  In the meantime...I'm at the Grand Haven Library.  I was thinking about saving to buy a ne... <a href='http://lorischuster.tblog.com/post/1969932257'>more from lorischuster...</a>]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Gift of the Magi--rewritten.]]></title><link>http://lorischuster.tblog.com/post/1969931450</link><guid>http://lorischuster.tblog.com/post/1969931450</guid><pubDate>Sun, 17 Dec 2006 09:01:41 -0800</pubDate><description><![CDATA[When my kids were growing up, I was the queen of Christmas.  Everything after Thanksgiving was devoted to this merriest of holidays.  Out came the boxes (and boxes) of decorations a... <a href='http://lorischuster.tblog.com/post/1969931450'>more from lorischuster...</a>]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[My T-blog Christmas Wish List...]]></title><link>http://lorischuster.tblog.com/post/1969930558</link><guid>http://lorischuster.tblog.com/post/1969930558</guid><pubDate>Mon, 11 Dec 2006 15:12:58 -0800</pubDate><description><![CDATA[To Judypatoote:&nbsp; that life (and your children) will be kind and loving and all your technological glitches behind you.To Irish:&nbsp; Victory for the scarlet and gray and a millio... <a href='http://lorischuster.tblog.com/post/1969930558'>more from lorischuster...</a>]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[The waves in winter.]]></title><link>http://lorischuster.tblog.com/post/1969930536</link><guid>http://lorischuster.tblog.com/post/1969930536</guid><pubDate>Mon, 11 Dec 2006 09:58:19 -0800</pubDate><description><![CDATA[More and more I have begun to relate to the lake that I see when I look out the window.  Some days it is like sparkling glass; smooth, bright and eerily calm.  Already this winter, there have been ... <a href='http://lorischuster.tblog.com/post/1969930536'>more from lorischuster...</a>]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thanksgiving Nerf Wars.]]></title><link>http://lorischuster.tblog.com/post/1969928531</link><guid>http://lorischuster.tblog.com/post/1969928531</guid><pubDate>Tue, 28 Nov 2006 18:53:04 -0800</pubDate><description><![CDATA[&nbsp;... <a href='http://lorischuster.tblog.com/post/1969928531'>more from lorischuster...</a>]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thanksgiving Nerf Wars.]]></title><link>http://lorischuster.tblog.com/post/1969928527</link><guid>http://lorischuster.tblog.com/post/1969928527</guid><pubDate>Tue, 28 Nov 2006 18:45:44 -0800</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ &nbsp;... <a href='http://lorischuster.tblog.com/post/1969928527'>more from lorischuster...</a>]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Tattered Stable.  A Christmas Story.]]></title><link>http://lorischuster.tblog.com/post/1969927446</link><guid>http://lorischuster.tblog.com/post/1969927446</guid><pubDate>Tue, 21 Nov 2006 02:54:22 -0800</pubDate><description><![CDATA[I worship carrots.Away in the mangerNo crib for a bedThe exhausted Lord JesusLaid down his tired headand pounded it on the tableAgain and again and again.... <a href='http://lorischuster.tblog.com/post/1969927446'>more from lorischuster...</a>]]></description></item></channel></rss>