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	<title>Betty Birney's Blog &#187; Awards + Nominations</title>
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		<title>More Drama from Mother Nature</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Dec 2008 19:45:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Answer to last post&#8217;s mystery question: it&#8217;s a magnolia tree seed pod. The tree is actually in our neighbor&#8217;s yard. We frequently see the pods themselves but I&#8217;ve never seen those red M&#38;M looking seeds before. Except for the skunks (and mosquitoes, etc.) nature is pretty grand.
Especially the owl I hear at 3 and 4 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jun 2008 23:06:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It wasn&#8217;t a tour, exactly, but it was a mystery &#8211; a big question mark that&#8217;s been on my calendar for months. And once the mystery was solved, it turned out to be a magical trip after all.
Last year, the Penguin marketing team came up with the idea of a Humphrey Drawing Contest. Last week, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sequoyah Award and LA Times Festival of Books</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Apr 2008 20:57:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I will be signing Humphrey books at the L.A. Times Festival of Books on Saturday, April 26th at 10:00 a.m. (sorry, that&#8217;s early) at the Mrs. Nelson&#8217;s Toy and Book Shop booth in the children&#8217;s area. Hope to see you there &#8211; it&#8217;s a great event! And you can wish me a happy birthday on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I LOVE LIBRARIES &#8230; and LIBRARIANS</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Nov 2007 00:55:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[What would writers do without librarians? Or without libraries. I visit my own Studio City branch once or twice a week. As a part of the vast Los Angeles Public Library system, I can go online, order any book in the system and pick it up near my house within a few days. Brilliant &#8211; [...]]]></description>
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