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<!--Generated by Squarespace Site Server v5.5.4 (http://www.squarespace.com/) on Sat, 04 Jul 2009 19:07:15 GMT--><rss xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/" xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" version="2.0"><channel><title>A Colorburst Prayer</title><link>http://www.colorburstprayer.net/the-different-drummer-journal/</link><description></description><copyright></copyright><language>en-US</language><generator>Squarespace Site Server v5.5.4 (http://www.squarespace.com/)</generator><item><title>introducing sofia</title><category>co-op life</category><category>madison</category><dc:creator>Steve McClure</dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2009 23:19:30 +0000</pubDate><link>http://www.colorburstprayer.net/the-different-drummer-journal/2009/6/27/introducing-sofia.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">45693:392399:4460069</guid><description><![CDATA[I've neglected to mention a quiet revolution occurring within my own co-op house. In May, the house finally settled on a new name for itself.&nbsp;]]></description><wfw:commentRss>http://www.colorburstprayer.net/the-different-drummer-journal/rss-comments-entry-4460069.xml</wfw:commentRss></item><item><title>more impressions of albuquerque and madison</title><category>madison</category><category>travel</category><dc:creator>Steve McClure</dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2009 23:48:00 +0000</pubDate><link>http://www.colorburstprayer.net/the-different-drummer-journal/2009/6/17/more-impressions-of-albuquerque-and-madison.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">45693:392399:4304318</guid><description><![CDATA[I've been in Albuquerque during the last week to visit my father, my aunts and a friend. &nbsp;Albuquerque has always been a second home to me, not only because my father has lived here for three years, but also because I've had relatives here my entire life. &nbsp;Lately when I've been coming here, I find myself comparing Albuquerque with Madison.]]></description><wfw:commentRss>http://www.colorburstprayer.net/the-different-drummer-journal/rss-comments-entry-4304318.xml</wfw:commentRss></item><item><title>forty days into a new day</title><category>personal</category><dc:creator>Steve McClure</dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2009 02:24:47 +0000</pubDate><link>http://www.colorburstprayer.net/the-different-drummer-journal/2009/6/2/forty-days-into-a-new-day.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">45693:392399:4163295</guid><description><![CDATA[Forty days ago, a guy showed up at my door carrying a blue shoulder bag. He was delivering something I'd been eagerly anticipating for five months--something which would hopefully put an end to sleep-deprived nights and caffeine-injected days that I'd drag myself through like a zombie. Something which would address my severe case of sleep apnea]]></description><wfw:commentRss>http://www.colorburstprayer.net/the-different-drummer-journal/rss-comments-entry-4163295.xml</wfw:commentRss></item><item><title>living vicariously through graduation</title><category>personal</category><category>the seasons</category><dc:creator>Steve McClure</dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2009 01:35:24 +0000</pubDate><link>http://www.colorburstprayer.net/the-different-drummer-journal/2009/5/20/living-vicariously-through-graduation.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">45693:392399:4036227</guid><description><![CDATA[Living further away from the college campus, and not having been a student in decades, one would think that I would somehow have escaped any sort of contact with the whole graduation thing. No siree, not this year.]]></description><wfw:commentRss>http://www.colorburstprayer.net/the-different-drummer-journal/rss-comments-entry-4036227.xml</wfw:commentRss></item><item><title>everything i've done</title><category>personal</category><category>spirituality</category><dc:creator>Steve McClure</dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 10 May 2009 19:05:06 +0000</pubDate><link>http://www.colorburstprayer.net/the-different-drummer-journal/2009/5/10/everything-ive-done.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">45693:392399:3941093</guid><description><![CDATA[To this day, I'm still clear that community is of central importance to me, and I also have the desire to promote it through the Baha'i Faith, in addition to other means. Yet it is also clear that a certain cynicism has crept into a lot of my work, a feeling that I'm working hard but not necessarily achieving fulfillment.]]></description><wfw:commentRss>http://www.colorburstprayer.net/the-different-drummer-journal/rss-comments-entry-3941093.xml</wfw:commentRss></item><item><title>reflection on the twelve days of ridvan</title><category>spirituality</category><category>the seasons</category><dc:creator>Steve McClure</dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2009 02:30:15 +0000</pubDate><link>http://www.colorburstprayer.net/the-different-drummer-journal/2009/5/4/reflection-on-the-twelve-days-of-ridvan.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">45693:392399:3882420</guid><description><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.bahai.us/garden-of-paradise">Ridvan</a>, for you non-Baha'i readers out there, marks the twelve days that Baha'u'llah spent in a garden outside of Baghdad right before he was exiled to Constantinople. It was there that he declared his mission to his followers. It is considered the holiest of holidays for Baha'is. It started on 21 April and went until yesterday, 2 May.]]></description><wfw:commentRss>http://www.colorburstprayer.net/the-different-drummer-journal/rss-comments-entry-3882420.xml</wfw:commentRss></item><item><title>a new day</title><category>blogging</category><category>personal</category><category>the seasons</category><dc:creator>Steve McClure</dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 26 Apr 2009 02:07:01 +0000</pubDate><link>http://www.colorburstprayer.net/the-different-drummer-journal/2009/4/26/a-new-day.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">45693:392399:3801634</guid><description><![CDATA[Thought you might like the new design. I never quite felt comfortable with the old one. Someone had remarked that it looked like a winter sunset, and there was indeed something kind of bleak about it. The graphic was based on something much more colorful, but it was so bright that it detracted from the text. This one is intended to be more cheerful.]]></description><wfw:commentRss>http://www.colorburstprayer.net/the-different-drummer-journal/rss-comments-entry-3801634.xml</wfw:commentRss></item><item><title>okay, enough about colds—but how about that emergency room visit?</title><category>personal</category><category>the seasons</category><dc:creator>Steve McClure</dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2009 00:17:42 +0000</pubDate><link>http://www.colorburstprayer.net/the-different-drummer-journal/2009/4/13/okay-enough-about-coldsbut-how-about-that-emergency-room-vis.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">45693:392399:3629622</guid><description><![CDATA[I was reluctant to post about this because after a post about colds, a post about snow, and a post about colds and snow, well, I didn't want to be writing about this subject again.]]></description><wfw:commentRss>http://www.colorburstprayer.net/the-different-drummer-journal/rss-comments-entry-3629622.xml</wfw:commentRss></item><item><title>more sunday snow and a box of tissues</title><category>madison</category><category>personal</category><category>the seasons</category><dc:creator>Steve McClure</dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 05 Apr 2009 14:15:50 +0000</pubDate><link>http://www.colorburstprayer.net/the-different-drummer-journal/2009/4/5/more-sunday-snow-and-a-box-of-tissues.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">45693:392399:3560197</guid><description><![CDATA[If it's Sunday, it must be snow again. When I woke up this morning around 6:30 a.m., I saw the first tiny snow flakes falling down and within an hour or so, the landscape had turned from brown to white.&nbsp; We are looking at three to seven inches before day's end.&nbsp; Once again, I am sequestering myself in my bedroom, though now it's because I've come down with a nasty cold.]]></description><wfw:commentRss>http://www.colorburstprayer.net/the-different-drummer-journal/rss-comments-entry-3560197.xml</wfw:commentRss></item><item><title>listen, the snow is falling</title><category>madison</category><category>the seasons</category><dc:creator>Steve McClure</dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 29 Mar 2009 12:49:50 +0000</pubDate><link>http://www.colorburstprayer.net/the-different-drummer-journal/2009/3/29/listen-the-snow-is-falling.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">45693:392399:3500173</guid><description><![CDATA[After two weeks of enjoying weather in the 50's and 60's, a winter storm blew through and dumped a few inches of snow on south central Wisconsin.]]></description><wfw:commentRss>http://www.colorburstprayer.net/the-different-drummer-journal/rss-comments-entry-3500173.xml</wfw:commentRss></item></channel></rss>