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		<title>Here comes summer</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Thursday afternoon I have sore fingers. that would be down to the couple of hundred or so beads that I have just removed from their mandrels. And I still have 7 soaking in Coke as we speak. You know you can always tell how busy I am these days by the lack of blogging. I&#8217;m [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.sarahdownton.co.uk/2010/07/08/here-comes-summer/</link>
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		<title>Open Studios have begun</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Monday morning lunchtime Well hello there! At last I&#8217;ve managed to get outside and take up my new position to write something. Once again it&#8217;s been all go with exhibition preparation, web site stuff and general hecticalilty (good new word that, whatcha fink?). I managed to get my work priced up early, but only by [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.sarahdownton.co.uk/2010/06/21/open-studios-have-begun/</link>
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		<title>Choices</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Tuesday morning We all have choices to make. At our daughters school they say &#8216;You can make a good choice, or you can make a bad choice&#8217; in the hope that the kids will behave in a good way. Choices can be major or not, like whether to post yesterdays blog draft, which as it [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.sarahdownton.co.uk/2010/06/08/choices/</link>
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		<title>Tapas on the Tapas Tree</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Sunday evening We have a bird tree. Everyone is doing stuff online, it&#8217;s all Facebook, Bebo, forums and twitter. Remember Cameron and his funny faux pas on Absolute Radio when asked if he uses Twitter? &#8216;Too many twitters make a t**t&#8217;?  I think we have the coolest twitter place here, I can see it as [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.sarahdownton.co.uk/2010/05/23/tapas-on-the-tapas-tree/</link>
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		<title>2 years on</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Thursday morning I have to post and run today. It&#8217;s been another manic couple of weeks, with a couple more of the same to come.  I was madly getting ready for an exhibition that started last week at the Bank Gallery in Chobham, and would you believe it finishes this Saturday?  So I  have to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.sarahdownton.co.uk/2010/05/20/2-years-on/</link>
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		<title>I&#8217;m ranting today&#8230;must be election fever</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Thursday morning It&#8217;s general election day and my mind is turning to think about the things that could be done better in this country. And I&#8217;ve been thinking about some things that keep getting in my way near the front door, and that seem to keep increasing in number, and won&#8217;t go away even when [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.sarahdownton.co.uk/2010/05/06/im-ranting-today-must-be-election-fever/</link>
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		<title>Moved back in&#8230;yipeeeeee</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Tuesday morning It&#8217;s official, I&#8217;m back in my new improved studio. I have insulation, posh lining and a pale laminate floor. I also have a new shelving unit for my glass and a new workbench (well, kitchen worktop). It all looks lovely, now I have to tidy up my jars of glass and organise some [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.sarahdownton.co.uk/2010/05/04/moved-back-in-yipeeeeee/</link>
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		<title>Phew&#8230;.another fab course..thank you Andrea</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Friday morning Wow what a week, I was going to post earlier than today but I&#8217;ve been a bit busy, again. This week I had the pleasure of attending another course, this time with the marvellous Andrea Guarino who came over from America to teach at Creative Glass. She has now gone to Zurich to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.sarahdownton.co.uk/2010/04/30/phew-another-fab-course-thank-you-andrea/</link>
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		<title>Yet more new beads</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Friday afternoon More new beads&#8230;..I persuaded Rick to take some photos last night after he got back from band practice, and I&#8217;ve listed 4 new sets on Etsy today. Photos below. Unfortunately he forgot one of the angles that I like for each set so the poor duck will have to repeat the process tonight. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.sarahdownton.co.uk/2010/04/23/yet-more-new-beads/</link>
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		<title>I&#8217;m back&#8230;.(a bit like &#8216;Here&#8217;s Johny)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Tuesday morning Where do I start? Lots has happened here and globally, so what should I talk about today? I decided to write a list of possible blog topics, and it hasn&#8217;t really helped, so maybe what I&#8217;ll do is give you a very quick run down of what&#8217;s new? Or should I? Maybe I [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.sarahdownton.co.uk/2010/04/20/im-back-a-bit-like-heres-johny/</link>
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