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term='Pasta'/><category term='Eggs'/><category term='Poultry'/><category term='Leftovers'/><category term='Valentines'/><category term='bacon'/><category term='puppy love'/><category term='dairy'/><category term='Scrummy Snacks'/><category term='Entertaining'/><category term='frozen dessert'/><category term='Sandwiches'/><category term='prayer  requests'/><category term='Cheap and Cheerful Mains'/><category term='healthy options'/><category term='convenience'/><category term='yeast'/><category term='Potatoes'/><category term='Birthdays'/><category term='Sunday Lunch'/><category term='Light Suppers'/><category term='Poetry Saturday'/><category term='Fairies'/><category term='family favourites'/><category term='Breads'/><category term='The Thumb Test For Firmness'/><category term='Soups and Stews'/><category term='Beverages'/><title type='text'>Comments on A Year From Oak Cottage: On true beauty . . .</title><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.ayearfromoakcottage.org/feeds/7517376067176146250/comments/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6123507346649841877/7517376067176146250/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.ayearfromoakcottage.org/2012/01/on-true-beauty.html'/><author><name>Marie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00407913432222377267</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-sRBEM2K3VoE/TwFzdod9WrI/AAAAAAAAAdo/p8eviwL7lS4/s220/profile%2Bpic.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>8</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6123507346649841877.post-384229417234919692</id><published>2012-01-13T22:34:48.816Z</published><updated>2012-01-13T22:34:48.816Z</updated><title type='text'>I&amp;#39;m trying to accept the many changes that see...</title><content type='html'>I&amp;#39;m trying to accept the many changes that seem to be happening daily when I look in the mirror lately, but your post today throws a whole new light on it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Beautifully written. Thank you Marie&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Have a wonderful weekend :D</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6123507346649841877/7517376067176146250/comments/default/384229417234919692'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6123507346649841877/7517376067176146250/comments/default/384229417234919692'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.ayearfromoakcottage.org/2012/01/on-true-beauty.html?showComment=1326494088816#c384229417234919692' title=''/><author><name>Neesie      Natters</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08629847485174945501</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='02332705880673343604'/><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-HVyL4gzOVOk/TVnlqlAhVLI/AAAAAAAAA0U/YrBKSFZeMqw/s220/Avitar.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.ayearfromoakcottage.org/2012/01/on-true-beauty.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6123507346649841877.post-7517376067176146250' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6123507346649841877/posts/default/7517376067176146250' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-620433469'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6123507346649841877.post-1138712936646093353</id><published>2012-01-13T18:54:02.224Z</published><updated>2012-01-13T18:54:02.224Z</updated><title type='text'>What a lovely post. I am glad that you share your ...</title><content type='html'>What a lovely post. I am glad that you share your beauty with us every day. Thank you my dear friend. You bless my life. Have a good weekend. I am feeling better today. I hope it will last. I&amp;#39;m sending hugs to you and Todd. Love, Lura</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6123507346649841877/7517376067176146250/comments/default/1138712936646093353'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6123507346649841877/7517376067176146250/comments/default/1138712936646093353'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.ayearfromoakcottage.org/2012/01/on-true-beauty.html?showComment=1326480842224#c1138712936646093353' title=''/><author><name>Grammy Staffy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02574485995391510872</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='05385799184591130163'/><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_7NGoBbO9gsw/R92VX3gBlrI/AAAAAAAAAEc/bdvJ1yGJls0/S220/DSC03264.JPG'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.ayearfromoakcottage.org/2012/01/on-true-beauty.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6123507346649841877.post-7517376067176146250' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6123507346649841877/posts/default/7517376067176146250' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-1129977525'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6123507346649841877.post-2225725865198863100</id><published>2012-01-13T13:53:55.050Z</published><updated>2012-01-13T13:53:55.050Z</updated><title type='text'>Beautiful post:)</title><content type='html'>Beautiful post:)</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6123507346649841877/7517376067176146250/comments/default/2225725865198863100'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6123507346649841877/7517376067176146250/comments/default/2225725865198863100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.ayearfromoakcottage.org/2012/01/on-true-beauty.html?showComment=1326462835050#c2225725865198863100' title=''/><author><name>La Table De Nana</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04358539954508050792</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_0zChJeqS8os/SlqAOqKkH4I/AAAAAAAADdI/-Ip7J_JP-yQ/S220/ltdna.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.ayearfromoakcottage.org/2012/01/on-true-beauty.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6123507346649841877.post-7517376067176146250' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6123507346649841877/posts/default/7517376067176146250' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-580161104'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6123507346649841877.post-3255003597211464301</id><published>2012-01-13T13:29:04.956Z</published><updated>2012-01-13T13:29:04.956Z</updated><title type='text'>If gray hair and wrinkles are a sign of beauty the...</title><content type='html'>If gray hair and wrinkles are a sign of beauty then today I am perhaps at the height of mine.  Lots of both here.  Beauty is more than skin deep for sure.  I think too much emphasis is placed on trying to look young.  To be who and what we are is a wonderful thing.  Hope your Friday is a fantastic one there!</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6123507346649841877/7517376067176146250/comments/default/3255003597211464301'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6123507346649841877/7517376067176146250/comments/default/3255003597211464301'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.ayearfromoakcottage.org/2012/01/on-true-beauty.html?showComment=1326461344956#c3255003597211464301' title=''/><author><name>I'm mostly known as 'MA'</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12107548726472541669</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='25' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Kj_epqm2SQs/TqGgnKgz2TI/AAAAAAAApTI/848HoEm2quA/s220/securedownload.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.ayearfromoakcottage.org/2012/01/on-true-beauty.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6123507346649841877.post-7517376067176146250' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6123507346649841877/posts/default/7517376067176146250' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-1852737304'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6123507346649841877.post-3977554252760082722</id><published>2012-01-13T12:53:28.178Z</published><updated>2012-01-13T12:53:28.178Z</updated><title type='text'>Thank you for always sharing the beauty with us, M...</title><content type='html'>Thank you for always sharing the beauty with us, Marie! :o) My Mom used to make a wonderful Chicken Cordon Bleu years ago... But I like your recipe here with the pancetta--must try. And I must go see about those Gingerbread Blondies...*swoon*...LOL! Wishing you, Todd &amp;amp; Mitize a lovely weekend now ((LOVE &amp;amp; BIG HUGS))</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6123507346649841877/7517376067176146250/comments/default/3977554252760082722'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6123507346649841877/7517376067176146250/comments/default/3977554252760082722'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.ayearfromoakcottage.org/2012/01/on-true-beauty.html?showComment=1326459208178#c3977554252760082722' title=''/><author><name>Tracy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09179096002434748927</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-U5U9rdHJQRk/ThxAseyNo0I/AAAAAAAAAA8/UaDmE3rXPKE/s220/AboutMeJuly2011_160.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.ayearfromoakcottage.org/2012/01/on-true-beauty.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6123507346649841877.post-7517376067176146250' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6123507346649841877/posts/default/7517376067176146250' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-1903579060'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6123507346649841877.post-1194828704046846003</id><published>2012-01-13T12:24:26.388Z</published><updated>2012-01-13T12:24:26.388Z</updated><title type='text'>I sure wish we could teach our daughters your trut...</title><content type='html'>I sure wish we could teach our daughters your truths Marie - so many just don&amp;#39;t believe it.  blessings, marlene</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6123507346649841877/7517376067176146250/comments/default/1194828704046846003'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6123507346649841877/7517376067176146250/comments/default/1194828704046846003'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.ayearfromoakcottage.org/2012/01/on-true-beauty.html?showComment=1326457466388#c1194828704046846003' title=''/><author><name>StitchinByTheLake</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04501479854150315011</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='13775158429327920314'/><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_YEdUg-Cu5C8/TQe_FwVosTI/AAAAAAAACk4/Gtb64yPP08M/S220/me%2B3.JPG'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.ayearfromoakcottage.org/2012/01/on-true-beauty.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6123507346649841877.post-7517376067176146250' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6123507346649841877/posts/default/7517376067176146250' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-677480871'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6123507346649841877.post-9136406340068036636</id><published>2012-01-13T12:06:51.743Z</published><updated>2012-01-13T12:06:51.743Z</updated><title type='text'>I was recently watching Maggie Smith in an episode...</title><content type='html'>I was recently watching Maggie Smith in an episode of Downton Abbey and was struck by how much more interesting she looks than the stars who have had so many cosmetic procedures that their faces have become immobile.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6123507346649841877/7517376067176146250/comments/default/9136406340068036636'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6123507346649841877/7517376067176146250/comments/default/9136406340068036636'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.ayearfromoakcottage.org/2012/01/on-true-beauty.html?showComment=1326456411743#c9136406340068036636' title=''/><author><name>Tracey@Breathing English Air</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09205058195231977086</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='15212815924934746436'/><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-gMgS8aKsEo8/TutSmV4TeAI/AAAAAAAAAZ8/Z030vtYCN94/s220/c80079.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.ayearfromoakcottage.org/2012/01/on-true-beauty.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6123507346649841877.post-7517376067176146250' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6123507346649841877/posts/default/7517376067176146250' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-1214046218'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6123507346649841877.post-5641326713059194517</id><published>2012-01-13T10:47:27.628Z</published><updated>2012-01-13T10:47:27.628Z</updated><title type='text'>What a beautiful blog today Marie.  Hope you enjoy...</title><content type='html'>What a beautiful blog today Marie.  Hope you enjoyed your lie in this morning, LOL  We all need that once in a while.  Hugs, Chris</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6123507346649841877/7517376067176146250/comments/default/5641326713059194517'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6123507346649841877/7517376067176146250/comments/default/5641326713059194517'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.ayearfromoakcottage.org/2012/01/on-true-beauty.html?showComment=1326451647628#c5641326713059194517' title=''/><author><name>Chris</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04371079442081063376</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='16642829576531991521'/><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-jwr8FVAMwww/Tu6_yJlNSZI/AAAAAAAAAgI/y7wLfEwir4g/s220/phil%2B002.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.ayearfromoakcottage.org/2012/01/on-true-beauty.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6123507346649841877.post-7517376067176146250' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6123507346649841877/posts/default/7517376067176146250' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-1375739829'/></entry></feed>
