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	<title>Maya Creek Blog &#187; Tao</title>
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		<title>Healing Up and Breaking Down</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Jan 2012 06:01:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tao</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As some of you already know I suffered a serious hand injury at the end of October.  I was sharpening a shovel using far too much pressure on the file, lost control, and gashed my wrist open.  I was wearing gloves for protection, but the shovel caught me just above them and severed 4 tendons and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Stick It Where The Sun Does Shine</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Oct 2011 00:12:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tao</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s hard to believe another summer has come and gone, and as the colder weather has set in we get less and less things done.  We&#8217;ve wrapped up construction on the common house for this year and I&#8217;ve moved into the loft for the winter.  John has been taking refuge in the common house as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Growing Possibilities</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Aug 2011 01:02:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tao</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Visualizing the future of Maya Creek can be double-edged sword.  The possibilities for this place are incredible and less and less difficult to see even to outside observers.  On the other hand, the amount of energy needed to realize those possibilities can be stifling and disheartening. Still, over time I get used to the pace [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Riding the Heat Wave</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Jul 2011 00:38:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tao</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As I stepped out of the St. Louis airport and the wall of thick steamy air hit me I began to realize that Egypt isn&#8217;t all that bad this time of year.  At least the oppressive heat there is dry. I had a good 12-day trip with my family.  We saw all the major tourist [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rock, Wood, and Clay</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jun 2011 15:12:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tao</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s turned into something of a running joke here at MC that just about any problem can be solved with rocks, wood, or clay.  Andrew and John made replacement stove knobs from pieces of wood, and I built a replacement starter for it from clay.  We also cleared a path along the creek, and to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A New Direction</title>
		<link>http://www.mayacreek.org/blog/2011/new-direction/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 May 2011 21:59:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tao</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.mayacreek.org/blog/?p=275</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been doing really well since dissolving the community aspirations for Maya Creek. I don&#8217;t feel as rushed, and have enjoyed taking long walks exploring the woods with Kita. On one of those walks it really struck me how beautiful the land was, and how much it easily rivaled many of the parks I&#8217;d been [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dissolution and Renewal</title>
		<link>http://www.mayacreek.org/blog/2011/dissolution-renewal/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Apr 2011 03:46:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tao</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.mayacreek.org/blog/?p=272</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As the weather has warmed up my mind has been reeling with the physical tasks ahead of me.  How exactly am I going to build that cistern?  What kind of floor should go in the summer cabins? And on and on.  I can figure that stuff out and I&#8217;ll get it done, but the real question [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Spring Greening</title>
		<link>http://www.mayacreek.org/blog/2011/spring-greening/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mayacreek.org/blog/2011/spring-greening/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Mar 2011 00:08:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tao</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s been wonderful seeing the fruit trees and berry bushes come back to life.  They have so much more vigor this 2nd year compared to the 1st year when they were dealing with transplant shock.  There are even a few plants I thought died last summer that are setting out new leaves. I&#8217;ve been doing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Growing through the Winter</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Feb 2011 04:39:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tao</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I called the first community meeting on the second Saturday of this last December.  It was time to open this place up and really start building the community.  While I trusted everyone I invited, it was still nerve-racking to let everything out of my sole control.  I&#8217;ve poured all of my money, work, and heart [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Help Wanted</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Jan 2011 03:41:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tao</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Update: I still have space for one more summer apprentice, and I&#8217;m starting to get my short-term volunteer tent pretty booked up for the summer. (5/7/2011) The more time a volunteer spends, the more interesting or creative the tasks they&#8217;re given tend to be.  For instance, someone coming out for their first time for a [...]]]></description>
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