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		<title>First Dispatch from the Road</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In the wee hours of the morn (10:20 AM) on July 6, Pete, Belby, and I lit out for Knoxville, TN, the first stop on our Summer Road Trip of Southerly Wonders. (I just made up that name for the trip because when I typed &#8220;first stop on our road trip&#8221; it looked kind of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ALA 2010</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I kept introducing myself as a writer and teacher, but really, my badge for ALA 2010 should have read MELISSA THOMSON: FANGIRL. Let&#8217;s be honest. I was there on a mission to meet some of my most favorite authors. AND I DID! First, on Saturday afternoon, I met Laurie Halse Anderson. !!!!!!! But I was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Summer! Sort of.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hello, blog. It&#8217;s been a while. And that&#8217;s all I&#8217;ll say about that. Even though the school year is over, my summer hasn&#8217;t officially started yet. I&#8217;m participating in a curriculum institute, where we&#8217;re working on writing new curriculum units for all subjects. It&#8217;s a pretty interesting opportunity to create changes I&#8217;ve wanted to see&#8230;and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://melissathomson.com/?p=76</link>
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		<title>Snow, Wolves, Smoke Monsters</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Snow Week Snow Week 2010 is almost over. I have watched about 60 episodes of LOST and taken about 100 pictures of the dog. I can&#8217;t account for much more of my time during my unexpected vacation. I don&#8217;t know where it all went.I have nothing to show for it other than a newfound fear [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://melissathomson.com/?p=70</link>
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		<title>My dog blogs more than I do.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s true. I am a terrible blogger. I think it&#8217;s because I let so much time lapse between posts that I feel like I have SO MUCH backlogged information to share! But I really don&#8217;t. It&#8217;s just school, TV, dog park, lather, rinse, repeat. But just for kicks, here are some mundane anecdotes and book-related [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://melissathomson.com/?p=67</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some updates, in no particular order: 1. I (We) got a dog! Her name is Belby. She&#8217;s part beagle, part feist. I think I talk about her too much at school, because on a visit to the Nature Center the other day, the Nature Center lady asked my students for examples of mammals, and one [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://melissathomson.com/?p=62</link>
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		<title>KEENA 2 has been released. Plus other updates!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Keena Ford and the Field Trip Mix-up is now available in hardback and was reviewed in The New York Times on Sunday, July 12. I&#8217;m not even lying! The review is here. Yippee! Keena Ford and the Second Grade Mix-up is now available in paperback. We are moving back to the DC area in a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://melissathomson.com/?p=60</link>
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		<title>Tomorrow is my birthday</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I am going to be 25!! And then also 5 more than that. I am creating a lot of problems for Pete because I like Big Surprises but I also like to be In Control. Last night I attempted to get enough information about my birthday celebration to restore the appropriate balance between control and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://melissathomson.com/?p=58</link>
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		<title>Chronicles of a NEWBEA</title>
		<description><![CDATA[One of the words on the spelling bee last night was DEIPNOSOPHIST, which means &#8220;one skilled in table talk.&#8221; I am not a deipnosophist. I should get that printed on a t-shirt for the remainder of BEA. Or I should just get one that says, &#8220;SOCIALLY AWKWARD, BUT HARMLESS.&#8221; I will never be able to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://melissathomson.com/?p=54</link>
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		<title>Pocketful of grumbles, such are blog posts</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I don’t have any particular topic to post about, so I‘m just going to whine about my personal shortcomings for a few paragraphs. Enjoy! First shortcoming: I’ve been trying to stick to a new writing schedule where I get up extra early and write in the mornings, but I haven’t been too successful yet. (I’m [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://melissathomson.com/?p=47</link>
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