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		<title>With fond memories</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jan 2014 14:31:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Happy 2014!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jan 2014 14:52:09 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Here is Otis, all excited and ready to greet the new year—or as excited as he gets these days. I wish you a wonderful 2014, filled with happiness and joy and great new books to read.]]></description>
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		<title>I&#8217;m ba-a-a-ck.</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Karen Cushman]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Oct 2013 22:06:47 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[After a long, sometimes difficult summer, the rains are back and so am I. &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; When it starts to rain, Otis spends a long time looking out at the backyard, trying to decide whether or not to lick the dirty water off the paving stones instead of drinking ... <a title="I&#8217;m ba-a-a-ck." class="read-more" href="https://www.karencushman.com/im-ba-a-a-ck/" aria-label="Read more about I&#8217;m ba-a-a-ck.">Read more</a>]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>After a long, sometimes difficult summer, the rains are back and so am I.</p>
<p><a href="https://i0.wp.com/www.karencushman.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/image001.jpg?ssl=1"><img data-recalc-dims="1" decoding="async" class="size-full wp-image-893 alignleft" alt="Back yard" src="https://i0.wp.com/www.karencushman.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/image001.jpg?resize=320%2C240&#038;ssl=1" width="320" height="240" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/www.karencushman.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/image001.jpg?w=320&amp;ssl=1 320w, https://i0.wp.com/www.karencushman.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/image001.jpg?resize=150%2C113&amp;ssl=1 150w" sizes="(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px" /></a></p>
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<p>When it starts to rain, Otis spends a long time looking out at the backyard, trying to decide whether or not to lick the dirty water off the paving stones instead of drinking fresh, clean water from his bowl.</p>
<p><a href="https://i0.wp.com/www.karencushman.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/image002.jpg?ssl=1"><img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignleft size-full wp-image-894" alt="Otis looking outdoors" src="https://i0.wp.com/www.karencushman.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/image002.jpg?resize=320%2C240&#038;ssl=1" width="320" height="240" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/www.karencushman.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/image002.jpg?w=320&amp;ssl=1 320w, https://i0.wp.com/www.karencushman.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/image002.jpg?resize=150%2C113&amp;ssl=1 150w" sizes="(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px" /></a> </p>
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<p>The dirty water always wins. Go try and figure out a cat.</p>
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		<title>Otis in the Sunshine</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Karen Cushman]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Jun 2012 02:53:21 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s Otis enjoying the sun and the clematis while I am inside nursing a nasty cold.   It&#8217;s a change from nasty allergies, I guess. Hope all of you are outside reveling in spring.]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="https://i0.wp.com/www.karencushman.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/otis_sunshine1.jpg?ssl=1"><img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignright size-full wp-image-569" title="Otis in the Sunshine" src="https://i0.wp.com/www.karencushman.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/otis_sunshine1.jpg?resize=240%2C180&#038;ssl=1" alt="Otis in the Sunshine" width="240" height="180" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/www.karencushman.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/otis_sunshine1.jpg?w=240&amp;ssl=1 240w, https://i0.wp.com/www.karencushman.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/otis_sunshine1.jpg?resize=150%2C113&amp;ssl=1 150w" sizes="(max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px" /></a>Here&#8217;s Otis enjoying the sun and the clematis while I am inside nursing a nasty cold.  </p>
<p>It&#8217;s a change from nasty allergies, I guess.</p>
<p>Hope all of you are outside reveling in spring.</p>
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