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	<title>Cynthia &#187; Observations</title>
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	<description>My life, my sculpture...and other things</description>
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		<title>Glass resources update</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Jan 2012 21:30:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cynthia</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hey, folks; I&#8217;m in the process of updating my enormous casting resources page and I need your help. I&#8217;m adding new categories such as adhesives &#38; sealants, coldworking and casting instruction (and I mean REAL, intensive glass casting classes). I&#8217;m also checking old listings and making sure they work. At some point (soon, I hope) [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Stolen hours, bullies and gloryholes</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Dec 2011 00:09:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cynthia</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[12/10/11. The words of &#8220;Save the Country&#8221; struck me with almost cosmic force this morning, about the time I was supposed to be judging a kids&#8217; robotics contest. I&#8217;ve got fury, in my soul Fury&#8217;s going to take me to the glory goal In my mind, I can&#8217;t study war No more I actually never [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Towels on the floor</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Dec 2011 02:11:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cynthia</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[OK, I'm beginning to look like a doting mamma with home videos, but...I kept finding towels on the floor in the guest bath. Wasn't difficult to figure out who was doing it--not with The Princess Lola and Nikki the Tikkimaus around--but all the other towel racks in the house were safe from their depredations.

So I hung the towel back on the rack, grabbed Izzy the 'Pad (that iMovie feature is really killer), and settled into the bathtub to wait. It didn't take long:]]></description>
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		<title>Locasnob</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2011 21:32:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cynthia</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Strolling the Pearl (a favorite occupation I hardly ever get to do these days), I spied a big cast glass sculpture in the window and stopped in to see who made it.

"He's from Israel, really talented artist," said the clerk.

"Ahh...and that one?" I pointed to  a big blown dinosaur-like piece, reminiscent of Tagliapietra.

"Celotto, from Italy."

Hmmm. "How about that one?" and I indicated a series of flat, fused (ooops, sorry, Lani) kilnformed panels on the usual powder-coated steel stands.

Swedish.]]></description>
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		<title>Making a cat gym (AKA &#8220;less ugly cat tree&#8221;)</title>
		<link>http://www.morganica.com/bloggery/2011/latest/making-a-cat-gym-aka-less-ugly-cat-tree/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Nov 2011 13:05:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cynthia</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Savannah kittens make wonderful housemates...if you stay two steps ahead of their inventive little minds. Give them enough "legal" stuff to do, the theory goes, and they won't edit your art collection (i.e., break stuff).

I gave them a "highly difficult" puzzle, guaranteed to keep dogs occupied for weeks, with small wooden cups that move along a track. The animal is supposed to slide the cups until they can be upended, to reveal treat. The kittens liberated all the treats in about 15 minutes and then, bored, headed for the bathroom to play toilet bowl jacuzzi (they LIKE water).

So I made them a cat gym.]]></description>
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		<title>Cynthia, cat trainer</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Nov 2011 20:13:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cynthia</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[OK, just had to brag a bit, although I'm not sure if I'm bragging about what a great cat trainer I am (frankly, if I were, I wouldn't be sweeping up broken sculptures), or the unusually large brains of my cats.]]></description>
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		<title>The q-tip that saved a life&#8230;maybe</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Nov 2011 20:23:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cynthia</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Technically, it's not a q-tip, it's a buccal swab, and it just played Mr. Toothbrush against the inside of my cheek for a very good reason.

I just joined the National Marrow Registry. You might want to think about doing that yourself.

I registered years ago, before they took this show online. I was never called upon--guess I'm a rare beast who never matched anyone else's DNA--but I'm re-upping now, for a very good reason.]]></description>
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		<title>Hallowine</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Oct 2011 18:24:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cynthia</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sunday afternoon I went out to run a short errand, took a detour at a richly orange sugar maple, and just drove around for awhile, taking in the foliage.

Holy cow. *I* took a Sunday drive.

It was raining--hey, this is Portland, after all--but the saffrons and umbers and corals gleamed and glittered in the random shafts of sunlight. And I remembered that autumn was, and probably always will be, my favorite season.

It's been a great October.]]></description>
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		<title>Pate de verre in a hurry, Part I</title>
		<link>http://www.morganica.com/bloggery/2011/latest/pate-de-verre-in-a-hurry-part-i/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Oct 2011 12:21:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cynthia</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[How do you give non-casters a taste of pate de verre making..in less than four hours?

That was the assignment, anyway. It was the Portland chapter's turn to host the Oregon Glass Guild's annual state meeting, and we wanted to do something a bit special.

We decided on a theme of Stretch Your Wings, and gave it multiple meanings. First, we meant "stretch your wings by reaching out to the community." Instead of focusing on personal enrichment, this time we'd make art for the community, a glass quilt to be installed in a local hospital. Everyone who came would make at least one 6x6 inch tile for the quilt.]]></description>
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		<title>Ultracats</title>
		<link>http://www.morganica.com/bloggery/2011/latest/ultracats/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Oct 2011 13:37:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cynthia</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I've got it all over Jane Goodall. To make friends with wildlife, she had to go to the deep, dark jungles full of crocodiles, tsetse flies, tents and very poor room service.

All *I* do is go home.

My friend Shelby and I trekked down south a few weeks ago to pick up Nikki the Tikimaus and The Princess Lola. We returned with two carrierfuls of terrified kitten yowling to be let O-U-T. We set the carriers on the floor of the cat isolation center (AKA the laundry room), unfastened the doors and stepped back, expecting to see two furry streaks running past.]]></description>
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