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	<title>The Astonished Tamale! &#187; Knoxville</title>
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	<description>Notes from Stonehaven by Gary L. Matthews</description>
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		<title>Happy Valentine&#8217;s Day</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Feb 2013 20:16:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dear friends and readers, Happy Valentine&#8217;s Day to you all. You are one and all loved by at least one very Astonished Tamale! Here&#8217;s hoping every one of you also is loved deeply and intensely by someone you love just as much. Speaking of astonishment: We&#8217;re pleased to note that for the second year in [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>New Websites</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Feb 2013 18:28:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Several long-term projects coming to fruition: Please take a look at the all-new Stonehaven Press website at stonehavenpress.com. This site, the storefront for the publishing company Cheri and I own, has been in the works for a long time. Way overdue, but we haven&#8217;t had the time needed to bring it into being. Also its [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Where We Left Off</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Sep 2012 17:48:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;What&#8217;s going on with the Tamale?&#8221; Thus inquired my friend Patricia, just last night. As a subscriber to this blog, she no doubt was puzzled at not having gotten any updates for the past four-and-and-half months. Okay, fasten your seat belts: It was May 8-9 when Zabine Van Ness and I returned to Seattle from [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Seoul Pancake</title>
		<link>http://astonishedtamale.com/health/seoul-pancake</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 May 2012 05:16:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Apologies to Rainn Wilson for the pun on his wacky, wonderful website. But facing a 13-hour layover in Seoul, Korea, I was ready to disclaim any further responsibility for anything. Then Zabine and I got a clue: We remembered our Vietnamese home-stay host telling us of a terrific five-hour tour of Seoul we could take [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Blending in in Vietnam</title>
		<link>http://astonishedtamale.com/interfaith/blending-in-in-vietnam</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 May 2012 08:17:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Gary Matthews]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One faithful reader complains of difficulty in picking out my friend Zabine from the group photos posted here. The reason is that Zabine and I, as seasoned world travelers, have learned to blend into a crowd of Vietnamese. Here’s a picture of the two of us blending in. Zabine, you’ll notice, does it better than [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Hanoi: Baha&#8221;i 20th Anniversary Images</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 May 2012 16:52:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Hanoi: Baha&#8217;i 20th Anniversary</title>
		<link>http://astonishedtamale.com/interfaith/hanoi-bahai-20th-anniversary</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 May 2012 08:08:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[For Zabine Maryam (Linkins) Van Ness, this has been a journey of 20 years. For me, it only felt like one. We arrived Sunday morning at the hotel in Hanoi where the Baha’i community was gathering to celebrate the 20th anniversary of its founding. Stunning floral arrangements were everywhere. Many of these, I hear, were [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Vietnam: Hanoi Beginnings</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2012 10:47:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[April 29, 2012 (Sunday) – As I have explained, the stated reason Zabine Van Ness and I are in Vietnam is that the Hanoi Baha’i community, on the 20th anniversary of its founding, wanted to honor Zabine for her role in that seminal event. That “stated” reason is of course their reason – and a [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Historic, Healing Heartsongs</title>
		<link>http://astonishedtamale.com/interfaith/historic-healing-heartsongs</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 May 2012 19:37:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Gary Matthews]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[April 29, 2012 (Sunday) – Simple acts of kindness are miraculously effective at bridging deep divides. Among the many miracle workers we have met in Hanoi are Michael Orona; his wife, Selena; and their three children. These beautiful Baha’i souls made history at the 20th Anniversary celebration of the founding of the Hanoi Baha’i community. [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Vietnam Rice Dance</title>
		<link>http://astonishedtamale.com/interfaith/vietnam-day-four</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2012 14:18:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Gary Matthews]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[April 29, 2012 (Sunday) &#8212; Today is the big day of our trip, the reason we came: the 20th anniversary celebration of the founding of Hanoi&#8217;s Baha&#8217;i community. I have a lot of notes and photos to document this milestone and will upload them Any Day Now. But while I&#8217;m organizing, please enjoy this video [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>A Colorful Hanoi Drive</title>
		<link>http://astonishedtamale.com/interfaith/a-colorful-hanoi-drive</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2012 09:43:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of my striking impressions of Vietnam is how colorful everything is. This is no coincidence, nor is it just a fact about tropical nature. It extends to human artifacts of all kinds. This seems to reflect a deep national and cultural attraction to beauty. There are many other counties where this is far less [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Vietnam Day Three</title>
		<link>http://astonishedtamale.com/interfaith/vietnam-day-three</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2012 08:34:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[April 28, 2012 (Saturday) – This morning, Zabine had a wonderful and completely unexpected encounter with Rosalie Huibonhua, a Baha’i Continental Counselor. Her areas of responsibility include China, Hong Kong, Vietnam and other Asian countries. She is here, of course, to attend the celebration of the Hanoi Baha’i community’s 20th anniversary. We met her at [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Eat, Pray, Love, Shop (Vietnam Style)</title>
		<link>http://astonishedtamale.com/interfaith/eat-pray-love-shop-vietnam-style</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Apr 2012 07:20:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[April 27, 2012 (Friday) – Having enjoyed our motorcycle ride, we were set for a busy day. First, we sat in on a committee meeting at the home of a Baha’i friend, met many members of the Baha’i community, along with a visiting Counselor, George Saroya, from Indonesia. Lunch at an outdoor noodle cafe. Delicious [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Hanoi from the Handlebars</title>
		<link>http://astonishedtamale.com/health/hanoi-from-the-handlebars</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Apr 2012 01:51:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[April 27, 2012 (Friday) – Our busy day started with an unexpected treat – motorcycle rides for Zabine and me. We knew that Baha’i friends were coming by to pick us up, and I suppose we expected a van or car or something. But the most normal mode of transport in Hanoi seems to be [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Hanoi Street Market</title>
		<link>http://astonishedtamale.com/health/hanoi-street-market</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2012 03:14:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Vietnam Journey Unfolding</title>
		<link>http://astonishedtamale.com/interfaith/vietnam-journey-unfolding</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2012 15:24:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[April 24, 2012 &#8212; Zabine and I are in flight &#8211;Asiana Airlines&#8211; somewhere between Seattle and Seoul. We&#8217;ve travewled 1550 of our 5210-mile total;our altitude is 36,000 feet, ground speed 532 miles per hour, and current outside air temperature &#8212; a balmy minus-70 degrees F. (Guess if I get too hot, I can always go [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Knoxville: Lover&#8217;s Lane for the Prematurely Old?</title>
		<link>http://astonishedtamale.com/health/knoxville-lovers-lane-for-the-prematurely-old</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2012 19:18:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Can America&#8217;s most geriatric city top our nation&#8217;s &#8220;hot to trot&#8221; list? Yes, we can! Let&#8217;s contrast two hot-off-the-press news flashes: ITEM ONE: It&#8217;s official: During the run-up to Valentine&#8217;s Day 2012, we learn that America&#8217;s most romantic city is Knoxville, Tennessee, home of the famous Astonished Tamale! (Also the University of Tennessee Lady Vols, [&#8230;]]]></description>
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