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		<title>Notes on the State of New Jersey</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Feb 2011 17:12:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa Morris</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Great news! The Jersey Girl project has become part of a fabulous, new online publication called Notes on the State of New Jersey. Would love for you to check it out! Submit a question.  Be a part of history! www.notesonnj.com ~Melissa facebook twitter &#160; &#160;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=melissamorris.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4313925&amp;post=654&amp;subd=melissamorris&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Make-A-Wish Foundation</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Aug 2010 15:20:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Read all about the &#8220;Live your passion, live your life&#8221; event for the Make-A-Wish Foundation at Katra Lounge: http://thejerseygirl.wordpress.com/2010/08/07/make-a-wish-foundation-event-at-katra-lounge-july-2010/ ~Melissa<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=melissamorris.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4313925&amp;post=650&amp;subd=melissamorris&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Unpacking, Not Enough Rain, and Make-A-Wish</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jul 2010 00:24:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa Morris</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Art of Unpacking Just settling in after being on the road for 8+ hours today.  It&#8217;s nice to come home and rest (even though there is a lot of writing I want to get to &#8211; after a week of being away from the computer).  But first, I have laundry to do and lots [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=melissamorris.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4313925&amp;post=646&amp;subd=melissamorris&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A Road Trip, Thomas Jefferson, and My Blog</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 12:40:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa Morris</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Finally in front of a computer that successfully connects to the internet! From the Road I&#8217;m writing today from sunny South Carolina where a road trip (my first in a really long time) has taken me.  This trip seemed like a perfect way to spend a week or so of my summer vacation &#8211; exploring, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=melissamorris.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4313925&amp;post=638&amp;subd=melissamorris&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Live Your Passion&#8230;Live Your Life!&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jul 2010 15:28:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa Morris</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Networking and Charity Event to Benefit the Make-A-Wish Foundation I’m honored to be a part of this important event and want to share it all with you.  I know too many people who’ve given up on their dreams, and this will be an amazing opportunity for people to begin working toward them instead.  Come to Katra [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=melissamorris.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4313925&amp;post=630&amp;subd=melissamorris&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Super Chicken Nugget Boy&#8230;and the Furious Fry by Josh Lewis</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 23 May 2010 14:10:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa Morris</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One day, Josh Lewis had a detailed conversation with his young nephew about a giant chicken nugget &#8211; that could talk and walk.  Topics like this, of course, are not uncommon among conversations with imaginative kids.   However, the unique thing about this particular conversation was that it sparked a brilliant idea in Lewis called [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=melissamorris.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4313925&amp;post=609&amp;subd=melissamorris&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Books in Progress</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Apr 2010 00:55:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa Morris</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In my living room, I have an entire shelf of books devoted to &#8220;books people have lent me&#8221; and &#8220;books in progress.&#8221;  Actually, the shelf is starting to overflow.  I love to read every day.  Lately though, I just haven&#8217;t had the time to sit down with a book and really make as much of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=melissamorris.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4313925&amp;post=599&amp;subd=melissamorris&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>In honor of National Poetry Month</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Apr 2010 01:42:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa Morris</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[River Poets Journal is featuring a special &#8220;pocket poems&#8221; exhibit on their site to celebrate National Poetry Month. Check out the exhibit:  http://www.riverpoetsjournal.com/National-Poetry-Month&#8212;Pocket-Poems.html ~Melissa<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=melissamorris.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4313925&amp;post=596&amp;subd=melissamorris&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Eat, Pray, Love&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Mar 2010 23:08:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa Morris</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When it rains like it is now, I have to find a good book, curl up and read.  I just starting to read Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert; so far, the first two dozen pages have kept me interested. Has anyone read it?  Any thoughts? Melissa<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=melissamorris.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4313925&amp;post=592&amp;subd=melissamorris&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Jersey Girl blog is up and running (finally)</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 04:06:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Check out my new and exciting project at www.thejerseygirl.wordpress.com. I wasn&#8217;t able to start when I had originally hoped to, but the project is up and running now! ~Melissa<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=melissamorris.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4313925&amp;post=588&amp;subd=melissamorris&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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