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		<title>A genuine spork</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Oct 2010 06:15:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m a real, true, genuine spork. &#8220;Huh?,&#8221; you say. A spork &#8212; one thing that does two jobs, i.e., a spoon and a fork merged as one utensile. [Here's a titanium one from ThinkGeek.] I recently read this in a post: If someone professes to be a designer and also offers to edit the book, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=purpleswirlarts.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3601416&amp;post=352&amp;subd=purpleswirlarts&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Mother of Lesbos</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Jul 2010 21:08:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[29&#8243;w x 23&#8243;h • 2001 • acrylics/collage • $3,000 Framed original painting on canvas by Betty G. Miller, signed “Bettigee” twice, in ‘00 and ‘01 so it must have been reworked between those two dates. It was shown in the Sept-Nov 2008 NTID Dyer Show. This painting shows two women with semi-transparent nude in the background, other women&#8217;s shapes, and collaged happy faces of women at bottom. Also, an [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=purpleswirlarts.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3601416&amp;post=330&amp;subd=purpleswirlarts&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The ASL Flag</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jun 2010 20:32:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[23&#8243;w x 28&#8243;h each (two pieces) • 1999 • acrylics/mixed media • $4,250 Framed (painted balsa wood) •  original painting on canvas, by Betty G. Miller, signed  “Bettigee.” 1991. This is a diptych, with two separate canvases creating one image. Betty has done a series of paintings featuring the American flag through the years. The first one was the &#8220;Ameslan Flag&#8221; (1974) [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=purpleswirlarts.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3601416&amp;post=321&amp;subd=purpleswirlarts&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Nobody thinks to tell you&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 May 2010 10:43:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Betty&#8217;s Cataract Surgery, Part 3 Betty and I are still getting used to her new eyes. Her second surgery was last week and Betty has new habits to develop. First, she&#8217;s learning to stop looking for her glasses in the morning. It&#8217;s such a deeply ingrained habit to put them on as soon as she [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=purpleswirlarts.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3601416&amp;post=306&amp;subd=purpleswirlarts&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A stressful day with a happy ending-2</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 May 2010 05:32:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Betty&#8217;s Cataract Surgery, Part 2 The day of the surgery we had to be at the hospital at 10 am, and I&#8217;m a night owl, so between my wide awake tendencies and my anxiety, I&#8217;d only gotten about an hour&#8217;s sleep. That was the first stressor. Our friend Carolyn came with us to take care [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=purpleswirlarts.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3601416&amp;post=282&amp;subd=purpleswirlarts&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A stressful day with a happy ending</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 08 May 2010 22:30:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Betty&#8217;s Cataract Surgery, Part 1 Betty had her first cataract surgery, on her right eye, earlier this week. It was one of the most nerve-wracking days of my life, but the surgery was a success and she can see again! I&#8217;m phobic about my eyes. I can&#8217;t give myself eye drops or sit still for [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=purpleswirlarts.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3601416&amp;post=277&amp;subd=purpleswirlarts&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>What we do for love</title>
		<link>http://purpleswirlarts.wordpress.com/2010/04/28/what-we-do-for-love/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Apr 2010 05:54:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s always the small things that show real love. Betty and I currently have two cats and one dog, all wonderful members of our family. Tippy is the oldest at nearly 14, and I remember when Betty picked her out at the shelter in DC&#8211; one of my random thoughts was, &#8220;she won&#8217;t match anything [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=purpleswirlarts.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3601416&amp;post=270&amp;subd=purpleswirlarts&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Recycling woes &#8212; just in time for Earth Day</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Apr 2010 04:43:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m pissed. last week my recycling wasn&#8217;t picked up, though my trash was. Today my recycling box is gone, so I don&#8217;t know if the regular trash people took all my recycling including the box, or the recycling company took them or what. But this is the second time and I&#8217;m pissed. I&#8217;m getting ahead [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=purpleswirlarts.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3601416&amp;post=262&amp;subd=purpleswirlarts&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>From &#8220;fan&#8221; to &#8220;like&#8221; &#8212; on Facebook, anyway.</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Apr 2010 20:00:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have to start changing my terminology whenever asking folks to &#8220;become a fan&#8221; of our Facebook business page. Now I have to ask them to &#8220;like our page.&#8221; Will this change in terminology be more confusing or less? At first blush, I don&#8217;t like this change, but give me some time to process it [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=purpleswirlarts.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3601416&amp;post=252&amp;subd=purpleswirlarts&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Writing is exploring</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Apr 2010 05:50:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I recently lamented to someone that I wish there was an easier way to get my thoughts from my head to my blog. I think about possible blog posts while I&#8217;m driving, or watching TV, and then I come to the computer and do everything else here&#8211; everything except write. Here it is, well past [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=purpleswirlarts.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3601416&amp;post=248&amp;subd=purpleswirlarts&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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