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		<title>Spectors of Doubt</title>
		<link>http://chronictraveler.wordpress.com/2013/05/01/spectors-of-doubt/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 May 2013 16:10:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Two months to go until I pack up my bags, board a plane once more, and head off to Thailand. The initial excitement has given way to a nervous stew of self-doubt and questions. I am returning to teaching after five &#8230; <a href="http://chronictraveler.wordpress.com/2013/05/01/spectors-of-doubt/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=chronictraveler.wordpress.com&#038;blog=7740090&#038;post=2761&#038;subd=chronictraveler&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Taking the Leap &#8211; Teaching in Thailand</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Apr 2013 17:21:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I haven&#8217;t posted much lately. There is a huge, life-altering reason to this and I was waiting for the right moment to share it. That time is now. I will be teaching English in a rural mountain village in Thailand &#8230; <a href="http://chronictraveler.wordpress.com/2013/04/24/taking-the-leap-teaching-in-thailand/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=chronictraveler.wordpress.com&#038;blog=7740090&#038;post=2758&#038;subd=chronictraveler&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Skiing with Fibromyalgia (Oh, My Knees!)</title>
		<link>http://chronictraveler.wordpress.com/2013/02/12/skiing-with-fibromyalgia-oh-my-knees/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2013 17:48:09 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Alberta]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[My final dispatch from January&#8217;s trip to Jasper, Alberta, high in the Canadian Rockies. As I watch the rain mixed with snow turn my neighborhood into a slick mess, I long for the deep cold and fresh powder of Jasper. &#8230; <a href="http://chronictraveler.wordpress.com/2013/02/12/skiing-with-fibromyalgia-oh-my-knees/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=chronictraveler.wordpress.com&#038;blog=7740090&#038;post=2755&#038;subd=chronictraveler&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Maligne Ice Canyon Hike Photos Posted</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Feb 2013 15:44:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Photos from my hike through the icy wonders of Maligne Canyon in Jasper National Park are now posted. From frozen cascades of ice to cave spelunking, this hike lay to rest all my doubts about hiking in the depths of &#8230; <a href="http://chronictraveler.wordpress.com/2013/02/04/maligne-ice-canyon-hike-photos-posted/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=chronictraveler.wordpress.com&#038;blog=7740090&#038;post=2751&#038;subd=chronictraveler&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A Birthday Bash, Jasper Style</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2013 18:26:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Another delayed post from my week in the Canadian Rockies&#8230;. Today the town of Jasper, Alberta threw a birthday party for me. Okay, it was really their annual Winterstruck! festival out at Pyramid Lake, a part of their month-long Jasper &#8230; <a href="http://chronictraveler.wordpress.com/2013/01/31/a-birthday-bash-jasper-style/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=chronictraveler.wordpress.com&#038;blog=7740090&#038;post=2707&#038;subd=chronictraveler&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Hiking the Icy Wonders of Maligne Canyon</title>
		<link>http://chronictraveler.wordpress.com/2013/01/28/hiking-the-icy-wonders-of-maligne-canyon/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jan 2013 15:15:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It has been a long while since I posted, but not for lack of writing or travel.  I blame it on technology, a stubborn laptop that refused to acknowledge WiFi. So when I visited Jasper National Park a couple of &#8230; <a href="http://chronictraveler.wordpress.com/2013/01/28/hiking-the-icy-wonders-of-maligne-canyon/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=chronictraveler.wordpress.com&#038;blog=7740090&#038;post=2704&#038;subd=chronictraveler&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Old San Juan, A Photo Kaleidoscope</title>
		<link>http://chronictraveler.wordpress.com/2012/12/19/old-san-juan-a-photo-kaleidoscope/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Dec 2012 18:30:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A week of sadness has left me strangely bereft of words. In the meantime, I leave you with images of my recent trip to Puerto Rico. This slide show batch focuses on Old San Juan, the section of the city &#8230; <a href="http://chronictraveler.wordpress.com/2012/12/19/old-san-juan-a-photo-kaleidoscope/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=chronictraveler.wordpress.com&#038;blog=7740090&#038;post=2701&#038;subd=chronictraveler&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A Prayer for My Hometown</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Dec 2012 19:07:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I want to express my deepest sympathies to the families affected most by Tuesday&#8217;s tragedy in Portland. To the families of Steve Forsyth and Cindy Yuille, my prayers and heart are with you as you grapple with the horror of &#8230; <a href="http://chronictraveler.wordpress.com/2012/12/13/a-prayer-for-my-hometown/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=chronictraveler.wordpress.com&#038;blog=7740090&#038;post=2614&#038;subd=chronictraveler&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Piragua and maví &#8211; Handling the heat, Puerto Rican style</title>
		<link>http://chronictraveler.wordpress.com/2012/12/05/piragua-and-mavi-handling-the-heat-puerto-rican-style/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Dec 2012 18:10:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Extreme swings in temperature and climate don’t agree with me. Most people find any changes unpleasant – the chapped lips and dry skin of winter in the snowy north, the frizzy hair of the humid south – but fibromyalgia magnifies &#8230; <a href="http://chronictraveler.wordpress.com/2012/12/05/piragua-and-mavi-handling-the-heat-puerto-rican-style/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=chronictraveler.wordpress.com&#038;blog=7740090&#038;post=2609&#038;subd=chronictraveler&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Puerto Rico 101</title>
		<link>http://chronictraveler.wordpress.com/2012/12/03/puerto-rico-101/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Dec 2012 19:26:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I landed in Puerto Rico with no expectations. No detailed plans beyond where I would lay down my head each night. This was a trip planned on a whim. As soon as I realized I could fly to San Juan &#8230; <a href="http://chronictraveler.wordpress.com/2012/12/03/puerto-rico-101/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=chronictraveler.wordpress.com&#038;blog=7740090&#038;post=2601&#038;subd=chronictraveler&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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