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		<title>OSF 2010, Part Un</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hey kids,
So, I&#8217;m back in Ashland for my first trip of the year to the Oregon Shakespeare Festival. Yay! But it&#8217;s been terribly cold and rainy and gray. Boo! But as my guy says, &#8220;That&#8217;s the universe telling you you should write.&#8221; Wise, wise man. Got a lot of noveling work done the last couple [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Big Sur for the weekend</title>
		<description><![CDATA[My guy and I took a little weekend trip down to Big Sur and stayed in a yurt at the Treebones Resort. This is not your typical yak herder&#8217;s yurt. This yurt had polished wood floors, a queensized bed, and a sushi bar 50 yards away. Kids, this is camping Shelly style!
We also stopped at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Arguing in public? Speak up please.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Right now, there’s a couple arguing at the table next to me. I’m trying to write, but I feel so tense! They are a terrible distraction. I wish they would either hold it down so I wouldn’t notice them or speak up so I could hear them better.
I have trouble writing fights, either physical or [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A rose by any other word…</title>
		<description><![CDATA[…would be boring as all get out. Character names are so important. Who wants to read a story about John Smith or Mary Jones. (My deepest apologies to the John Smiths and Mary Joneses out there, but if you want to pop on the page, I hope you’ve got an curious middle name.)
When it comes [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Thank goodness! I was about to bust.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Those of you who are devoted readers will remember I mentioned a bit of Oregon Shakespeare Festival casting gossip I couldn&#8217;t relay. Well, OSF sent out this bit today to its members:
Well, let&#8217;s start with the juicy stuff. If you haven&#8217;t heard yet, two roles for the 2010 season have already been cast. The title [...]]]></description>
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		<title>An empty seat at our table</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I found out today that a friend died. It wasn&#8217;t a shock. He&#8217;d been ill for a while now. But no one is ever really prepared, though Laurence did his best to help us along. He threw a big party a few months ago. It wasn&#8217;t sad at all, but festive. It&#8217;s one of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Oh, the joyful chaos when someone brings eye of newt to the party</title>
		<description><![CDATA[OK, folks&#8230;final bits from OSF 2009, Part Un.
Years ago, I used to love this little restaurant in Noe Valley called The Flying Saucer. At the end of the meal, they brought you the lightest cloud of pink cotton candy you&#8217;ve ever seen, piled high in a martini glass. It was supposed to cleanse your palette [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tingly all over</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A 2 1/2 hour play that could have been done in 45 minutes: So, Thursday night was Death and the King&#8217;s Horseman. An African chief plans to kill himself in a ritual that will ensure the prosperity of his people and the British government, not understanding the culture and not wanting to, tries to stop [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Meat, we have lots and lots of meat</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I never knew it could be like this: I arrived in Ashland around lunch yesterday and having a couple of hours before I could check into my room, I did what I always consider doing when I have a couple of hours to kill. I went to get a pedicure. I tried out a new [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.shellyking.com/?p=210</link>
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		<title>Oregon Shakespeare Festival 2009, Part Un</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Yes, it&#8217;s that time of year again, the first of my two trips to the Oregon Shakespeare Festival. I was somewhat horrified when my boss asked me if I had a costume ready. It&#8217;s not a Ren Faire people! (Not that there&#8217;s anything wrong with that.) OSF is the largest repertory theater in the country. [...]]]></description>
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