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Jan 3
Jan 3 GALATEA FOR THE NEW YEAR - George Viney

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Jan 3
Jan 3 SHRINKING IN THE NEW YEAR - Trent Jones

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Jan 3
Jan 3 LOOKING BACK TO SEE AHEAD - Ted Lyddon Hatten

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Jan 3
Jan 3 TO THOSE WHO CAN'T BE WITH US, YET ARE - Maurice Possley

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Jan 2
Jan 2 FOR THE NEW YEAR: A SCRIPTURE OF CREATIVE IMAGINATION AND SCIENCE - Laura Hope-Gill

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Dec 27
Dec 27 HOPING IT MIGHT BE SO - Shan Overton

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Dec 27
Dec 27 ANOTHER IMPERFECT CHRISTMAS IS OVER - Donna Schaper

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Dec 27
Dec 27 POLAR EXPRESS: A BLESSING - Garrett Mostowski

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Nov 26
Nov 26 THINKING AGAIN, GROUNDED DISCOURSE - Katherine Savage

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MORNING AT AUBURN: A SHARED BENCH SIT - Katherine Hauswirth
Nov 26

Nov 26 MORNING AT AUBURN: A SHARED BENCH SIT - Katherine Hauswirth

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Nov 26
Nov 26 THE TOXIC CLEANUP - Rebekah Berndt

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Oct 31
Oct 31 LOVE FEAST - Rachel Pennington

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Oct 31
Oct 31 GOING HOME - Gareth Higgins

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Oct 30
Oct 30 RETURNING TO NARNIA - Kevin Varner

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Oct 30
Oct 30 DISPATCH FROM TENNESEE: LYNCHBURG, OCTOBER 2023 - Shan Overton

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Oct 30
Oct 30 4301 PINE - Trent Jones

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Sep 30
Sep 30 WE'RE NOT PRETENDING - Gareth Higgins

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Sep 30
Sep 30 THE USELESSNESS OF ENVIRONMENTAL FUNDAMENTALISM - Donna Schaper

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Sep 28
Sep 28 THE BACKSTORY OF BACKGROUND ACTING (Or The Stairway to Heaven) - Mark Marsico

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Aug 30
Aug 30 SEAMUS HEANEY AND THE MEANING OF YOU - Gareth Higgins

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