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	<title>Jessica Crabtree</title>
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		<title>Oldest known Maya calendar &#8211; doomsday or not?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 22:04:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jessica</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[JOURNAL: Nature, art, cultural perspectives]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[BBC News, 10 May 2012: Mayan art and calendar at Xultun stun archaeologists &#8230;The Xultun find is the first place that all of the cycles have been found tied mathematically together in one place, representing a calendar that stretches more than 7,000 years into the future. The Mayan numbering system for dates is a complex [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The lure of albinos</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2012 18:45:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jessica</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Albinism is an inherited mutation that causes a lack (albinoid) or absence (albino) of melanin, the primary skin pigment. (Image: Canaille Blog) There are several drawbacks for an animal born with albinism. For most, it strips away their camouflage ability, since creatures of a brilliant white will stand out in almost any setting. Because of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pic Picks: Best of Wildlife</title>
		<link>http://www.jessicacrabtree.com/journal1/2012/05/pic-picks-best-of-wildlife-duckling</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 May 2012 21:07:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jessica</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[pic picks]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[FreeGreatPicture.com]]></description>
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		<title>Sketchbook</title>
		<link>http://www.jessicacrabtree.com/journal1/2012/05/sketchbook-qahatika-pima-girl</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2012 14:10:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jessica</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Gallery]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[American Indian]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Edward Curtis]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[native american portraits]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[portrait]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[(Click photo for larger view) The latest sketch in my Gallery. Based on a 1907 photograph of a Qahatika girl (a branch of the Pima people). Graphite, 8&#215;10.]]></description>
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		<title>Art Quotes</title>
		<link>http://www.jessicacrabtree.com/journal1/2012/04/art-quotes-19</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2012 11:51:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jessica</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Artist Tip Bag]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[art quotes]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[sayings]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Do not fail, as you go on, to draw something every day, for no matter how little it is, it will be well worth while, and it will do you a world of good.&#8221; (Cennino Cennini)]]></description>
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		<title>Spring Exhibit</title>
		<link>http://www.jessicacrabtree.com/journal1/2012/04/spring-exhibit-2012</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Apr 2012 11:34:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jessica</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[JOURNAL: Nature, art, cultural perspectives]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[exhibits]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[You can catch a glimpse of my artwork on display at the Community Gallery at First Service Bank on Highway 65, Clinton, Arkansas. Original pastel paintings and charcoal drawings offered for sale. Drop by and sign the guestbook!]]></description>
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		<title>Sketchbook</title>
		<link>http://www.jessicacrabtree.com/journal1/2012/04/sketchbook-moose</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2012 22:12:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jessica</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(Click to view up-close) My latest charcoal &#038; graphite &#8211; see her on my Online Gallery. Source photo: public domain.]]></description>
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		<title>8 Gorgeous Nature Blogs for Earth Day</title>
		<link>http://www.jessicacrabtree.com/journal1/2012/04/8-gorgeous-nature-blogs-for-earth-day</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Apr 2012 11:36:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jessica</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[JOURNAL: Nature, art, cultural perspectives]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nature]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[photography]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[WordPress Blog: 8 Gorgeous Nature Blogs for Earth Day]]></description>
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		<title>This Day in History: April 23</title>
		<link>http://www.jessicacrabtree.com/journal1/2012/04/this-day-in-history-april-23-turner</link>
		<comments>http://www.jessicacrabtree.com/journal1/2012/04/this-day-in-history-april-23-turner#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Apr 2012 14:08:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jessica</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Today in History]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[art history]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[painting]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Light is therefore color&#8221; &#8211; Turner April 23, 1775: English painter J.M.W.Turner is born Joseph Turner, known as the &#8220;Painter of Light,&#8221; was the pioneer of Romantic landscape painting. His favorite subjects were the sea and sky, storms and powerful dramatic natural elements that minimized the human aspect. Turner&#8217;s nature is wild and insurmountable, with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Native Daughters</title>
		<link>http://www.jessicacrabtree.com/journal1/2012/04/native-daughters</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Apr 2012 15:58:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jessica</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[JOURNAL: Nature, art, cultural perspectives]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[American Indian]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Native American]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[recommendations]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s an interesting site with a good compilation of stories &#038; biography on influential American Indian women (and I&#8217;m not talking about Pocahontas and Sacajawea). Lots of great resources and multimedia, courtesy of the University of Nebraska. Past Present Future: Native Daughters]]></description>
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		<title>Art Quotes</title>
		<link>http://www.jessicacrabtree.com/journal1/2012/04/art-quotes-18</link>
		<comments>http://www.jessicacrabtree.com/journal1/2012/04/art-quotes-18#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Apr 2012 21:40:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jessica</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[color]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;The purest and most thoughtful minds are those which love colour the most.&#8221; (John Ruskin)]]></description>
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		<title>Pic Picks: Best of Wildlife</title>
		<link>http://www.jessicacrabtree.com/journal1/2012/04/pic-picks-best-of-wildlife-heron</link>
		<comments>http://www.jessicacrabtree.com/journal1/2012/04/pic-picks-best-of-wildlife-heron#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Apr 2012 20:11:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jessica</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A gorgeous shot of a Little Blue Heron in the John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge. Photo credit: Bill Buchanan of the US Fish &#038; Wildlife Service (Flickr).]]></description>
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		<title>NatGeo: Will Modern Phoenix Outlast the Prehistoric Hohokam?</title>
		<link>http://www.jessicacrabtree.com/journal1/2012/04/natgeo-will-modern-phoenix-outlast-the-prehistoric-hohokam</link>
		<comments>http://www.jessicacrabtree.com/journal1/2012/04/natgeo-will-modern-phoenix-outlast-the-prehistoric-hohokam#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Apr 2012 16:57:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jessica</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[essays]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National Geographic]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Native American]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sustainability]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This National Geographic news story caught my eye, since it resonates with a subject dear to my heart: modern technology vs. indigenous tradition. It&#8217;s a little known fact that the desert oasis of Phoenix was built on an irrigation center constructed by the &#8220;millennial kingdom&#8221; of the Hohokam culture. Residents of today&#8217;s Phoenix, or San [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ancient trees</title>
		<link>http://www.jessicacrabtree.com/journal1/2012/04/ancient-trees</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Apr 2012 19:55:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jessica</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[JOURNAL: Nature, art, cultural perspectives]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I just love this picture. And it&#8217;s in the public domain, if anyone else does too.]]></description>
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		<title>Original meanings of 50 tribal names</title>
		<link>http://www.jessicacrabtree.com/journal1/2012/04/original-meanings-of-50-tribal-names</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Apr 2012 21:04:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jessica</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[JOURNAL: Nature, art, cultural perspectives]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[American Indian]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[apache]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Crow]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lakota]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jessicacrabtree.com/journal1/?p=5674</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[What do we mean when we say &#8220;American&#8221;? For some it conjures up patriotic feeling, for others a collage of apple pie, baseball, and pop music. Some may recall the grade school story of the Italian explorer Amerigo Vespucci whose name was inadvertently tacked onto the &#8220;newly discovered&#8221; continent. For tribal or indigenous peoples (as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>This Day in History: March 16</title>
		<link>http://www.jessicacrabtree.com/journal1/2012/03/this-day-in-history-march-16-rosa-bonheur</link>
		<comments>http://www.jessicacrabtree.com/journal1/2012/03/this-day-in-history-march-16-rosa-bonheur#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Mar 2012 17:18:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jessica</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Born on this day in 1822, Rosa Bonheur was probably the most successful and widely recognized woman painter of the 1800s. Belonging to an artistic family with unusual social and political views gave Rosa a huge advantage in pursuing her talents. Her father, an accomplished artist himself, quickly recognized the independent streak in the tempestuous [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Wigemar Wasung&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.jessicacrabtree.com/journal1/2012/03/wigemar-wasung</link>
		<comments>http://www.jessicacrabtree.com/journal1/2012/03/wigemar-wasung#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Mar 2012 03:31:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jessica</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[JOURNAL: Nature, art, cultural perspectives]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was quite taken by this portrait of an Ojibway girl, done by Eastman Johnson (1824-1906). Charcoal on paper, 8&#215;10. More from the collection: Eastman Johnson: Paintings and Drawings of the Lake Superior Ojibwe]]></description>
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		<title>Jacarandas</title>
		<link>http://www.jessicacrabtree.com/journal1/2012/03/jacarandas</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Mar 2012 01:03:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jessica</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Even after a half-hearted winter, I find myself craving the first signs of springtime. The geese have long since passed overhead on their way north, and the first buds are appearing on the trees so I know I haven&#8217;t long to wait. While spring in most temperate regions brings a welcome surge of color and [...]]]></description>
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