<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8509022171723579032</id><updated>2012-02-16T06:52:27.573-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Bula's Labyrinth</title><subtitle type='html'>Musings of a woman in love with life</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://marissasmoon.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8509022171723579032/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://marissasmoon.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Bula</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11490936834993160191</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='22' src='http://i202.photobucket.com/albums/aa98/marissasmoon/croppedlabyrinth.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>5</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8509022171723579032.post-3529248958682477725</id><published>2009-05-11T11:01:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-05-11T15:18:04.941-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Words</title><content type='html'>A constant hum in my mind, a myriad of thoughts streaming, compete with the desire to order them into words and sentences, possibly even paragraphs fit to convey the ideas that are bubbling within.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8509022171723579032-3529248958682477725?l=marissasmoon.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://marissasmoon.blogspot.com/feeds/3529248958682477725/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8509022171723579032&amp;postID=3529248958682477725&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8509022171723579032/posts/default/3529248958682477725'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8509022171723579032/posts/default/3529248958682477725'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://marissasmoon.blogspot.com/2009/05/constant-hum-in-my-mind-myriad-of.html' title='Words'/><author><name>Bula</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11490936834993160191</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='22' src='http://i202.photobucket.com/albums/aa98/marissasmoon/croppedlabyrinth.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8509022171723579032.post-643161513545518446</id><published>2009-03-04T11:30:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2009-03-04T11:52:38.378-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Of the Sea....</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;font-size:100%;" &gt;is the the meaning of my name and on that note.I created this in the fall and saved it for a rainy day.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;font-size:100%;" &gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/11863858@N05/2965465204/" title="photo sharing"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3062/2965465204_d3dd22bc79_m.jpg" alt="" style="border: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="margin-top: 0px; font-family: verdana;font-size:100%;" &gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="font-family: verdana;font-size:100%;" &gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1. &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/smbennett/1371696161/"&gt;A Star for Marissa&lt;/a&gt;, 2. &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/cmariani/1396768707/"&gt;Autumn's colours !&lt;/a&gt;, 3. &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/luismontemayor/2150470435/"&gt;The Penultimate Sunset of 2007&lt;/a&gt;, 4. &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/8549163@N04/2214883145/"&gt;Burgundy&lt;/a&gt;, 5. &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/gastronauten/251303385/"&gt;Beauty floating on the surface...&lt;/a&gt;, 6. &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/ilmatte/1891092762/"&gt;Red, black and green tea&lt;/a&gt;, 7. &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jhoadley/2633166770/"&gt;Molakai Sunset&lt;/a&gt;, 8. &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/1bluecanoe/201294258/"&gt;Blackberry Pie To Be&lt;/a&gt;, 9. &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/trucolorsfly/352573802/"&gt;Day 106 - I am a librarian&lt;/a&gt;, 10. &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/keesssss/544804899/"&gt;Nature drops closer&lt;/a&gt;, 11. &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/21299097@N00/389027073/"&gt;Lilly&lt;/a&gt;, 12. &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/festblues/1085670193/"&gt;~ Light ~&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;Created with &lt;a href="http://bighugelabs.com/flickr/"&gt;fd's Flickr Toys&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left; font-family: verdana;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;How to make one yourself&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;Type your answers to each of the questions below into &lt;a target="_blank" href="http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=&amp;amp;w=all"&gt;Flickr&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2- Using only the first page, pick an image.&lt;br /&gt;3- Copy and paste each of the URLs for the images into &lt;a target="_blank" href="http://bighugelabs.com/flickr/mosaic.php"&gt;fd’s mosaic maker&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;4- Save a copy to your PC and then post it in your blog&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt; or use the flickr blogit tool.&lt;br /&gt;The questions are:&lt;br /&gt;1. What is your first name?&lt;br /&gt;2. What is your favorite food?&lt;br /&gt;3. What high school did you go to?&lt;br /&gt;4. What is your favorite color?&lt;br /&gt;5. Who is your celebrity crush?&lt;br /&gt;6. Favorite drink?&lt;br /&gt;7. Dream vacation?&lt;br /&gt;8. Favorite dessert?&lt;br /&gt;9. What do you want to be when you grow up?&lt;br /&gt;10. What do you love most in life?&lt;br /&gt;11. One Word  to describe you.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;12. Your Flickr name.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8509022171723579032-643161513545518446?l=marissasmoon.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://marissasmoon.blogspot.com/feeds/643161513545518446/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8509022171723579032&amp;postID=643161513545518446&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8509022171723579032/posts/default/643161513545518446'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8509022171723579032/posts/default/643161513545518446'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://marissasmoon.blogspot.com/2009/03/my-creation.html' title='Of the Sea....'/><author><name>Bula</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11490936834993160191</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='22' src='http://i202.photobucket.com/albums/aa98/marissasmoon/croppedlabyrinth.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3062/2965465204_d3dd22bc79_t.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8509022171723579032.post-8435709499585856437</id><published>2009-03-02T15:14:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-03-02T18:04:09.277-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Signs of Spring</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;scarlet hummingbirds flitting in territorial battles&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mn87MNkRxSs/Saxrh7aj8hI/AAAAAAAAAMI/JKwbj-87U5k/s1600-h/hummingbirdjpg.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 130px; height: 126px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mn87MNkRxSs/Saxrh7aj8hI/AAAAAAAAAMI/JKwbj-87U5k/s320/hummingbirdjpg.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5308736291391926802" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;excitement over a patch of potential garden space&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mn87MNkRxSs/SaxtPSY0dmI/AAAAAAAAAMY/lFM10s-DU7c/s1600-h/garden+before.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mn87MNkRxSs/SaxtPSY0dmI/AAAAAAAAAMY/lFM10s-DU7c/s320/garden+before.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5308738170164377186" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.territorialseed.com/email_feb09-3/?r=feb09-3_34"&gt;deadlines for ordering plants&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;the desire to shed layers on my walk....&lt;br /&gt;use your imagination ;)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;celebrations of growth and change everywhere&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mn87MNkRxSs/SayNPARVaUI/AAAAAAAAAMg/krF0ZrrR6HQ/s1600-h/crocus.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 112px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mn87MNkRxSs/SayNPARVaUI/AAAAAAAAAMg/krF0ZrrR6HQ/s320/crocus.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5308773349673232706" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8509022171723579032-8435709499585856437?l=marissasmoon.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://marissasmoon.blogspot.com/feeds/8435709499585856437/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8509022171723579032&amp;postID=8435709499585856437&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8509022171723579032/posts/default/8435709499585856437'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8509022171723579032/posts/default/8435709499585856437'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://marissasmoon.blogspot.com/2009/03/signs-of-spring.html' title='Signs of Spring'/><author><name>Bula</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11490936834993160191</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='22' src='http://i202.photobucket.com/albums/aa98/marissasmoon/croppedlabyrinth.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mn87MNkRxSs/Saxrh7aj8hI/AAAAAAAAAMI/JKwbj-87U5k/s72-c/hummingbirdjpg.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8509022171723579032.post-8999240600455335941</id><published>2009-02-26T08:38:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-02-26T10:31:43.007-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Rewards</title><content type='html'>Yesterday was pouring rain all day. Soaking, pounding, and gusting winds. Since I live in Seattle  if I used the rain as an excuse to not walk well then success just wouldn't happen very often.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I was rewarded for getting a little damp by the presence of the mated bald eagle pair that live in the neighborhood roosting in a tree along my path. They even vocalized their eagle cries and took off from their perch as I watched them soar into the sky.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;At the entrance to the   horticulture center tiny yellow flowers were budding all over the trees.&lt;br /&gt;In the evening I met up with a friend for delicious cozy latte from &lt;a href="http://www.zokacoffee.com/"&gt;Zoka&lt;/a&gt; and finished my Chevron hat before heading home&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I woke up on my birthday eve to this amazing scene&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mn87MNkRxSs/SabSX1CQWLI/AAAAAAAAALw/HGv98vJvArE/s1600-h/P2260025.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mn87MNkRxSs/SabSX1CQWLI/AAAAAAAAALw/HGv98vJvArE/s320/P2260025.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5307160517718071474" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mn87MNkRxSs/SabSYI4KJcI/AAAAAAAAAL4/qn29FmdjAWA/s1600-h/P2260026.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mn87MNkRxSs/SabSYI4KJcI/AAAAAAAAAL4/qn29FmdjAWA/s320/P2260026.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5307160523044431298" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Now everything is glistening in the sunlight since the clouds have passed.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8509022171723579032-8999240600455335941?l=marissasmoon.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://marissasmoon.blogspot.com/feeds/8999240600455335941/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8509022171723579032&amp;postID=8999240600455335941&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8509022171723579032/posts/default/8999240600455335941'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8509022171723579032/posts/default/8999240600455335941'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://marissasmoon.blogspot.com/2009/02/rewards.html' title='Rewards'/><author><name>Bula</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11490936834993160191</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='22' src='http://i202.photobucket.com/albums/aa98/marissasmoon/croppedlabyrinth.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mn87MNkRxSs/SabSX1CQWLI/AAAAAAAAALw/HGv98vJvArE/s72-c/P2260025.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8509022171723579032.post-3152059761177934879</id><published>2009-02-24T17:29:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-02-24T17:41:09.402-08:00</updated><title type='text'>A year off</title><content type='html'>I took a year off blogging while I quit smoking and fell in love. Two life altering events in and of themselves combined can kick your ass in a whole new way. They apparently left me stunned speechless.I am attempting to find my voice and settle into a new kind of joy.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My walk through the sanctuary was a riot of birds this afternoon... honks filled the air as the geese arrived back at their spring home, starlings swooped through the sky in swarms and robins feasted on the worms basking in the paths from the morning rain.  My walks are an inspiring and humbling part of my days.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8509022171723579032-3152059761177934879?l=marissasmoon.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://marissasmoon.blogspot.com/feeds/3152059761177934879/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8509022171723579032&amp;postID=3152059761177934879&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8509022171723579032/posts/default/3152059761177934879'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8509022171723579032/posts/default/3152059761177934879'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://marissasmoon.blogspot.com/2009/02/year-off.html' title='A year off'/><author><name>Bula</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11490936834993160191</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='22' src='http://i202.photobucket.com/albums/aa98/marissasmoon/croppedlabyrinth.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
