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		<title>My Snow Day Weekend</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Feb 2026 15:15:38 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Over the weekend here in the Carolinas a Cold Snap peaked on Saturday, with a Snow Dump of about 4 inches Sunday morning. We were ready for the ‘bad weather’ predicted locally. Except for the prospect of power outages (there were none, yay!) due to ice on the many exposed power lines in the area, [&#8230;]</p>
The post <a href="https://laurabrunolilly.com/my-snow-day-weekend/">My Snow Day Weekend</a> first appeared on <a href="https://laurabrunolilly.com">Laura Bruno Lilly</a>.]]></description>
		
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		<title>Holiday Miscellany &#038; Poem</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Dec 2025 22:21:10 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>A Pair of Snowy Owls in Chicago on the Lakefront - December 2025©LBLArctic gift of natureSlipped through the polar vortex.Come to visit those who need respite frombrutality and greed. The teapot makes me smile – a reminder of my first Christmas as a newlywed. Hubby spent hours with a carpenter friend in his shop designing [&#8230;]</p>
The post <a href="https://laurabrunolilly.com/holiday-miscellany-poem/">Holiday Miscellany & Poem</a> first appeared on <a href="https://laurabrunolilly.com">Laura Bruno Lilly</a>.]]></description>
		
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		<title>Fall of Freedom &#8211; 11/21-22, 2025</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[laura bruno lilly]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Nov 2025 12:58:35 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Let the Creative Resistance Begin &#8216;641&#8217; Laura Bruno Lilly and Kevin McKinney (Doc Snow) If unable to view video, go here. Poem for '641'spoken word by Laura Bruno Lilly©2025I am woman.I have a uterus.Feminism is in my DNA.Family is my tribe.I was once an at-risk pregnant person.I received accessible, science-based, person-centered care during those vulnerable [&#8230;]</p>
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		<title>Fall of Freedom Project Update</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[laura bruno lilly]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2025 18:48:40 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Monday evening, 11/17: I just pushed ‘submit’ on the Fall of Freedom Event Registration Form. This is a big deal. Not in the fact that Kevin and I are now committed to the deadline, but because even as creative participants, we don’t fit the mold &#8211; we are not an organization. In fact, under the [&#8230;]</p>
The post <a href="https://laurabrunolilly.com/fall-of-freedom-project-update/">Fall of Freedom Project Update</a> first appeared on <a href="https://laurabrunolilly.com">Laura Bruno Lilly</a>.]]></description>
		
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		<title>It’s amazing what a new set of strings will do for one’s sense of well being</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[laura bruno lilly]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Nov 2025 15:56:01 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Prior to my first face-to-face meeting with K (Fall of Freedom presentation piece collaborator), I quickly changed out strings on the Prisloe. &#160; My thinking being: if we are going to live-perform our evolving ensemble presentation piece in 3 weeks, I need to have freshly broken in strings for the momentous occasion. Weeks of private [&#8230;]</p>
The post <a href="https://laurabrunolilly.com/its-amazing-what-a-new-set-of-strings-will-do-for-ones-sense-of-well-being/">It’s amazing what a new set of strings will do for one’s sense of well being</a> first appeared on <a href="https://laurabrunolilly.com">Laura Bruno Lilly</a>.]]></description>
		
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		<title>Deborah&#8217;s Book Blog Tour Sneak Peek</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[laura bruno lilly]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Sep 2025 14:39:13 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Sometime this past Spring, longtime blogger friend, Deborah Brasket asked if I’d be an ARC reader for her debut novel, When Things Go Missing set for publication September 22nd. I jumped at the chance! Some of you may be wondering: what exactly is an ARC Reader? First off, ARC stands for “Advanced Readers Copy” and [&#8230;]</p>
The post <a href="https://laurabrunolilly.com/deborahs-book-blog-tour-sneak-peek/">Deborah’s Book Blog Tour Sneak Peek</a> first appeared on <a href="https://laurabrunolilly.com">Laura Bruno Lilly</a>.]]></description>
		
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		<title>October 18, 1972</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Oct 2024 23:54:44 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Note: Today, Friday, October 18, 2024 is an ‘especially significant day’ as my oldest (by 5 years) girl cousin says. I confess I’m a bit cranky this year as it’s the year I tilt over from the nines into a new decade of numbers…But I’ll get over that, I always do! HA!In the spirit of [&#8230;]</p>
The post <a href="https://laurabrunolilly.com/october-18-1972/">October 18, 1972</a> first appeared on <a href="https://laurabrunolilly.com">Laura Bruno Lilly</a>.]]></description>
		
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		<title>Something to Ponder #1</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Oct 2024 12:46:39 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>note: I’m gonna go out on a limb here. Naming this post with a “1” after it implies there will be more to come…let’s see how well that works out. Meantime, enjoy the break from most things serious! Way back when I was in the duo Laura &#38; Thereza*, we came across yet another ‘Celtic’ [&#8230;]</p>
The post <a href="https://laurabrunolilly.com/something-to-ponder-1/">Something to Ponder #1</a> first appeared on <a href="https://laurabrunolilly.com">Laura Bruno Lilly</a>.]]></description>
		
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		<title>Goals, ToDos &#038; TryOuts &#8211; part 2</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Jul 2024 22:07:49 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>First seen in this earlier post and then again in part 1, a certain coffee mug takes center stage as an example of a ‘quick TryOut’. That said, the &#8216;quick TryOut&#8217; to finish Aromatic Steam Arising is only as good as the sum of its parts. Meaning: one of those parts was to compose a [&#8230;]</p>
The post <a href="https://laurabrunolilly.com/goals-todos-tryouts-part-2/">Goals, ToDos & TryOuts – part 2</a> first appeared on <a href="https://laurabrunolilly.com">Laura Bruno Lilly</a>.]]></description>
		
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		<title>Yep, Still Technical Difficulties, but I’m Back Anyway</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 May 2024 23:29:59 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>And what should appear in my email but a notice from a certain Manc Bud Poet that he’d filmed a snippet of a song I love during a concert he attended just Friday night. He wanted me to know that the vid was too large to send so – get this – he decided to [&#8230;]</p>
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