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		<title>Gas Tank Gimmicks</title>
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A young woman relaxing, reading on the Bridge of Flowers in Shelburne Fall, MA
 
With all the talk and battling policies in the presidential campaign, nobody is willing to tell the American people the one thing they can do to lower the cost of gasoline.  Drive less.
Nobody wants to say it because they don&#8217;t really want [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Working Artist or Business - Which Am I?</title>
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Russian Black Iris, New Brunswick, Canada, 2005
Last week I put up a show on Main St. in Greenfield, Mass.  Part of a project called AWE (Artist Window Exhibit) the Artists of Franklin County (AFC) are displaying their work in various store windows in town.  It was a big hit last year and so we&#8217;re doing [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ejblanchettephoto.com/blog/2008/04/19/working-artist-or-business-which-am-i/</link>
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		<title>Thinking Out Loud</title>
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Twin Tulips, Spring 2005 
I find myself quite excited about the voting taking place today in Ohio and Texas.  In a New York Times article posted on their website today, I read a quote from Hillary Clinton.  In defense, ahead of time, of going on beyond today&#8217;s elections (in case she doesn&#8217;t win) she said, “We’re just [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Do We Care?  I think we do.</title>
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Turners Falls Marching Band in Memorial Day parade 2007  
This has been bugging me for a long time so I thought today was as good a day as any to get into it. According to Bob Schieffer, reporting on Face the Nation this morning, there have been almost 4000 American soldiers killed and over 90 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ejblanchettephoto.com/blog/2008/03/02/do-we-care-i-think-we-do/</link>
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		<title>Looking through the fog</title>
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	The air was warm yesterday, looking strange and  mysterious as mist coming off the snow created a kind of fog that wouldn&#8217;t clear even in midday.  It stayed through the rain in late afternoon and remained to day&#8217;s end as seen in the photograph above.
	The fog also drifted into the corners of the mind as [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ejblanchettephoto.com/blog/2008/02/19/looking-through-the-fog/</link>
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		<title>Stepping out with art</title>
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           Mill Pond in Fog, Rowe, Mass. &#8212; May 2005 by Ellen Blanchette
I want to thank everyone for their kind words.  Your support means so much to me.  It is surprisingly difficult to step out into the world with your art.  I [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ejblanchettephoto.com/blog/2007/08/27/stepping-out-with-art/</link>
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		<title>Daffodil Hill</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I was looking through my photographs, trying to decide what I would like to share with you, and found this one from 2003 from the Brooklyn Botanical Gardens.  This hill was planted with daffodils in October of 2001 after 1.5 million bulbs were donated to New York City as a memorial to those lost [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ejblanchettephoto.com/blog/2007/08/24/daffodil-hill/</link>
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		<title>Hello world!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Welcome to my new blog!  I am so looking forward to sharing my photos and thoughts with you.  I hope you&#8217;ll feel free to exchange ideas with me and say what you think in a frank and courteous manner.  I&#8217;ll be sharing a variety of photos and some stories to go with [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ejblanchettephoto.com/blog/2007/08/16/hello-world/</link>
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