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		<title>re design coming</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[working on a re design,,,, out til then. Looks like this may take longer than planned. I am wanting to re design this blog and take it out of the limited free template island. I just finished a very successful blog for a client and will now start on a new design for myself. Look [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theobservantimagist.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6186793&amp;post=394&amp;subd=theobservantimagist&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Traveling without my camera</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2009 22:03:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This morning was very odd. Regular programming was interrupted 15 times in 10 minutes to warn of a fast moving thunderstorm that was producing abnormally high lightening strikes. Each radar pass resulted in hundreds of strikes. Little fancy bolt shapes completely covered the traditional yellow, green and red computer generated rain fall. It was set [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theobservantimagist.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6186793&amp;post=387&amp;subd=theobservantimagist&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Electronic smart glass in place of a traditional aperture device</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2009 17:47:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A question in a forum that I read asked why the aperture mech. needed to stay in the lens, and could it be moved to the film plane? This got me thinking about the nature of current digital design and that we still use the standard bladed aperture to limit the amount of light entering the the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theobservantimagist.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6186793&amp;post=385&amp;subd=theobservantimagist&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Thinking about toners</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2009 07:05:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have always loved to work with toners, either pre-packaged or the formulary route. The hazardous nature alone is enough to satisfy my inner child, you know, the one that mothers complain about. I feel deviant while working in this manner and will perform the task under the dim safe light to round out the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theobservantimagist.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6186793&amp;post=381&amp;subd=theobservantimagist&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>It&#8217;s getting close</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2009 16:47:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Summer has almost arrived for me. For many in the world of academia, the summer marks a time where personal interests can be pursued, or better yet, a more relaxed lifestyle can be led.  For years I have attended workshops and classes as part of my summer professional development, but this year I am choosing to work on making a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theobservantimagist.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6186793&amp;post=378&amp;subd=theobservantimagist&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Chamber Punk?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2009 15:06:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I just finished listening to one of my talented students exhibit another side of creativity with the cello. He is already an up and coming ceramist, but he chose to play a piece on the cello for senior convocation. I was blown away. In kind I did a search for cellists to add to my collection of music and ran [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theobservantimagist.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6186793&amp;post=375&amp;subd=theobservantimagist&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>What I am listening to,,, today</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2009 14:59:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Laura Veirs   Lets just say that I have worn out The Sundays (a favorite of mine since 1989), yet my love for Harriet Wheeler&#8217;s dreamy voice continues. Each new female indie pop folk voice that I come across is instantly compared to hers and I have yet to find a replacement that  satisfies me like [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theobservantimagist.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6186793&amp;post=368&amp;subd=theobservantimagist&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>November Muse, sonnet #4</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2009 14:08:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Morning mist kissed leaves of red gold weigh heavily on age perfected branches tightly entangled, brittle and lifeless our ground opulently patterned by natures old and a faint weeping echo of stories lay cold I await, dressed in love and spoiled chances breath dense with desire but fogged by distance sense ripened by time, pick, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theobservantimagist.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6186793&amp;post=342&amp;subd=theobservantimagist&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>USB Sushi</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2009 15:10:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[  Okay,,, now they have gone and done it! This series of USB devices is bay far my fave. What&#8217;s not to like, with storage from 256 meg to 2 gig , these small beauties not only store data, but look like a healthy mouthful as well&#8230; Get them here.. They also have other cool [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theobservantimagist.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6186793&amp;post=339&amp;subd=theobservantimagist&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Inspired Bicycles-Danny MacAskill April 2009</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2009 01:55:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[You have to see this. Truly amazing skills on a bicycle&#8230;.  I am speechless&#8230;.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theobservantimagist.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6186793&amp;post=328&amp;subd=theobservantimagist&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>I miss my Thermos</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2009 15:05:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I miss my old Thermos. It had nicks, scratches and a stained inside from constant use. I carried it around for years and abused the coffee that it kept hot. I even gave up my favorite ceramists mug in favor of the little  chrome cup that screwed in nicely on the top. I was always assured that [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theobservantimagist.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6186793&amp;post=324&amp;subd=theobservantimagist&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>new ad image and a wonderful model</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Apr 2009 01:46:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Penn Boysen © 2009       &#8220;Rachel&#8221; Ad image for promotion of jewelry designer I love this image and  want to use it elsewhere. The model Rachel was a joy to work with and I would actually like to work with her again away from the commercial imagery. penn<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theobservantimagist.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6186793&amp;post=320&amp;subd=theobservantimagist&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>at my fathers</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2009 19:59:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I spent only a brief time at my fathers place last time I was in Illinois. Mom and dad are divorced (since I was 11) and sometimes it is hard to balance time spent with each so that they both feel like they have not been cheated. My dad is a unique retired art professor [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theobservantimagist.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6186793&amp;post=311&amp;subd=theobservantimagist&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>the ritual (recycled)</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2009 01:48:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[the ritual  (recycled) &#8220;pink&#8221; Penn Boysen © 2009 the ritual (recycled) &#8220;blue&#8221; Penn Boysen © 2009<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theobservantimagist.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6186793&amp;post=300&amp;subd=theobservantimagist&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>New camera, new images, not really a test</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2009 15:02:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I sold off my major hardware recently in an attempt to go lighter and simpler. My aging Canon 5D was a trusty work horse, but the size, weight, and the constant requests for pro-bono work from everyone that knew I was a photographer started to sour the taste of making imagery. I need a new [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theobservantimagist.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6186793&amp;post=296&amp;subd=theobservantimagist&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;a storm still life&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2009 14:21:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is what I found after a recent storm. The high winds had pushed all of the deck contents into one corner and snapped the umbrella. Tornado warnings were out, but our area only got a little rain and apparently high winds. Bummer, it was a &#8220;new to us&#8221; deck set&#8230;. &#8220;a storm still life&#8221;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theobservantimagist.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6186793&amp;post=293&amp;subd=theobservantimagist&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>I went to a birthday party</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2009 14:07:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I love birthday parties, especially those with surprise guests. Mark Tucker, photographer, friend and ex boss extraordinaire added another year, and no, I wont mention how many. With age comes wisdom and Mark should have seen this coming. Actually, he must have, with his highly trained photographic eye. Nothing could get past him, right? Take note [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theobservantimagist.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6186793&amp;post=288&amp;subd=theobservantimagist&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Is it the shoes?&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2009 15:27:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Edited for a possible delete because of miss information&#8230;. mikeperryartwork.com<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theobservantimagist.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6186793&amp;post=280&amp;subd=theobservantimagist&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>From: &#8220;Letters to My Muse&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Mar 2009 21:46:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am to you what you need, its all you seem to need Roll away from me again and keep your back to me in the middle of the night. I keep you free from all that threatens and decays yet you keep me alone, stuck in the middle of this and that, without me [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theobservantimagist.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6186793&amp;post=276&amp;subd=theobservantimagist&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>She says:</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2009 19:57:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Her age was 6 &#8220;I don&#8217;t like to swim in the school pool.&#8221; In response I try to coax her out of the fear she is experiencing by using words like &#8220;safe&#8221;, &#8220;toes&#8221;, &#8220;friends&#8221;, and &#8220;prune&#8221; in fancy daddy like sentences. But I remember my own childhood and the problems that I had with water, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theobservantimagist.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6186793&amp;post=272&amp;subd=theobservantimagist&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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