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	<description>The story behind the scenes at The Silk Road Fair Trade Market, as it unfolds.</description>
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		<title>I bought a little forest.</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 21:32:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[So I do this tree seedling giveaway every April.  I buy 100 baby tree seedlings from the Howard Nursery here in PA and I literally give them away on the third Saturday.  In a sense, it feels like I&#8217;m dispatching a little forest.  The forest won&#8217;t be planted all together, but 100 trees can make [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=silkroadmkt.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7885589&amp;post=540&amp;subd=silkroadmkt&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The buzz about coffee</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2011 23:56:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m a coffee addict.  Seriously, I&#8217;m not exaggerating in the slightest.  I&#8217;m a full blown addict.  Without my morning coffee, a headache hits by lunch time and the shakes start by mid afternoon.  If I start feeling sluggish, or don&#8217;t have time for coffee, I toss the beans straight from the jar into my mouth. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=silkroadmkt.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7885589&amp;post=535&amp;subd=silkroadmkt&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>And the Lingerers Appear.</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Nov 2011 03:50:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The past two weeks have brought shipments that are beyond my wildest dreams.  The products are awesome, of course, but my excitement comes from the fact that for many of them, I had given up all hope that they would ever arrive.  The latest box of fun, came this past Friday.  It is chock full [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=silkroadmkt.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7885589&amp;post=534&amp;subd=silkroadmkt&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Meet the Attitude Angels</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Nov 2011 20:46:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Meet the Attitude Angels.  They&#8217;re tree ornaments made out of recycled soda cans.  I take these things everywhere I go come fall because the story is so touching to me, and the angels are incredibly fun.  You see, these angels are made by children of the Zulu tribe in South Africa who have been orphaned [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=silkroadmkt.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7885589&amp;post=425&amp;subd=silkroadmkt&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A touch of old Egypt</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Oct 2011 02:49:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Every so often, I find myself humbled by the power of the little things.  This week I had one of those moments.   In preparation for an upcoming conference, I wanted to find items that specifically helped disadvantaged youth.  I started searching high and low for possibilities, when a papyrus card came up.  Really?  I already [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=silkroadmkt.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7885589&amp;post=420&amp;subd=silkroadmkt&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A Christmas eruption</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Oct 2011 20:47:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m in the holiday home stretch now!  Nativities go out for November 1, so most of them are in the shop at this point, tucked away until the 30th.  Last head count, there were roughly 52 different nativities&#8230;with multiples of several of them&#8230;and 6 more scheduled to arrive in the next week or so.  In [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=silkroadmkt.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7885589&amp;post=416&amp;subd=silkroadmkt&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Toasted tootsies</title>
		<link>http://silkroadmkt.wordpress.com/2011/09/29/toasted-tootsies/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Sep 2011 18:09:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have this recurring problem.  I get cold feet.  I&#8217;m not talking about the fear of jumping into something, I have NO qualms about that.  I literally get cold feet.  You will frequently find me in 75 or even 80 degree weather wearing socks, because my toes are cold.  And I&#8217;m here to tell you, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=silkroadmkt.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7885589&amp;post=412&amp;subd=silkroadmkt&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Deflecting the pickle.</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Sep 2011 21:03:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have a very poor sense of time and space.  I&#8217;m fully aware of it and my friends are aware of it.  So, aside from being the butt of numerous jokes as a result, I&#8217;ve grown to accept it.  It actually makes me laugh at myself, but every so often I end up in a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=silkroadmkt.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7885589&amp;post=410&amp;subd=silkroadmkt&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>I feel like I&#8217;m in the front row!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Aug 2011 19:22:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This past Monday I experienced a rare treat.  Let me start by giving you some back story.  One of my fair trade contacts, who works primarily with artisans in Nicaragua, happened to be at the same event in late March.  Needless to say, I&#8217;m a talker, and, well, she&#8217;s a talker, so at some point [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=silkroadmkt.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7885589&amp;post=407&amp;subd=silkroadmkt&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Packing up and hitting the road</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Aug 2011 22:07:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[My fall is starting to fill up with events.  Not events at the shop, but pack up my stuff and hit the road kind of events.  And I&#8217;m here to tell you, getting ready for these shindigs is not an easy task.  I have six rooms, and literally thousands of items here at my brick [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=silkroadmkt.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7885589&amp;post=405&amp;subd=silkroadmkt&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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