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		<title>My Reviews of Books posted on Goodreads</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Goodreads is my favorite book site now. Of course I use Amazon and Barnes &#38; Noble too, but I have more trouble negotiating  there. Here are some of my recently posted reviews. I won&#8217;t inundate you. More later. Thank you Goodreads helping me get the word out. &#160; Read from October 14 to 29, 2011 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://costajill.com/2011/12/18/my-reviews-of-books-posted-on-goodreads/</link>
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		<title>Your Book Reviews of Free to Bloom</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I want to thank everyone for your comments, reviews, purchases, support for Free to Bloom. I&#8217;m still beating the pavement to get the word out. In the meantime I keep reading, so next post will be my reviews of others books. And writing, I&#8217;ll get back to that after the holidays. Peace and Love to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://costajill.com/2011/12/16/your-book-reviews-of-free-to-bloom/</link>
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		<title>Great Review of Free to Bloom by Dorothy MacKinnon of the Tico Times</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Adventures of an independent woman in Costa Rica Posted: Friday, November 18, 2011 &#8211; By Dorothy MacKinnon OPEN BOOK: Southern Zone resident Jill Green relates her experiences living as a foreign woman alone in Costa Rica in her book, “Free to Bloom.” What is it about Costa Rica that attracts so many accomplished, independent women to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://costajill.com/2011/11/21/great-review-of-free-to-bloom-by-dorothy-mackinnon-of-the-tico-times/</link>
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		<title>50th Class Reunion Made Me Do It &#8211; Generate My Bucket List</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; My Venice High class of &#8217;61 just celebrated  its 50th class reunion. Amazing! A few interesting statistics: There were 119 graduates. First class over 100. 13 have died. Not bad. 7 are missing. Not bad. 33 have been married [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://costajill.com/2011/11/04/50th-class-reunion-made-me-do-it-generate-my-bucket-list/</link>
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		<title>Books Inc. &#8211; Best Indie Bookstore Gainesville &#8211; Free To Bloom</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Books Inc. &#8211; The Food Lovers Cafe Follow me to Books Inc &#8211; The Book Lovers Cafe at 505 NW 13th St. Gainesville, FL on Oct 23 from 4-6 pm It would be greatly appreciated if my Florida Facebook friends would share this with theirs. &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; A description and biography follows: Description [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://costajill.com/2011/10/12/books-inc-best-indie-bookstore-gainesville-free-to-bloom/</link>
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		<title>I&#8217;m It! Ten Random Facts About Myself.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I just got tagged by Sue Ann Bowling to tell 10 random facts about myself, tag 3 other people and link to their sites. To preface the assignment, I have been trying hard to publicize my newly published book Free To Bloom about the adventures of a single woman learning to live alone in Costa [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://costajill.com/2011/09/16/im-it-ten-random-facts-about-myself/</link>
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		<title>Inspirations For Life</title>
		<description><![CDATA[My horoscope nudges me: &#8220;What images would heal and activate my mind? What scenes would inspire me?&#8221; A full moon, Its light radiating From a perfect kiss, The vibrations Fusing us together In a slithery dance Of mating snakes. Morning rainbows over the sea. Blissful faces of the people I love. Clear splashing rivers with [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://costajill.com/2011/09/06/inspirations-for-life/</link>
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		<title>El Porvenir/Casas Viejas Update</title>
		<description><![CDATA[El Porvenir’s Impact on the Community &#8211; Spring 2011 At the end of El Porvenir’s 5-day Casas Viejas, Nicaragua construction project the community members of all ages and the volunteers celebrated together in the school yard with a piñata for the children, a local band, students performing folkloric dances, and lots of happiness. The Casas [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://costajill.com/2011/08/25/el-porvenircasas-viejas-update/</link>
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		<title>Life&#8217;s Goals Before Death&#8217;s Ghouls?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Will I reach my goals before the ghouls reach for me? Goal 1 &#8211; Writing the Damn Book Free To Bloom My writing dates back 50 years. I had a fantastic HS English teacher who made us read Chaucer, taught us to write long essays, made us speak extemporaneously in front of the class and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://costajill.com/2011/08/10/lifes-goals-before-deaths-ghouls/</link>
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		<title>Advice from Joe Konrath &#8211; Are You Writing?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I open my Kindle to download a little treasure, Bruno&#8217;s Dream by Iris Murdoch, and for only $1.99. It&#8217;s true she&#8217;s old and dead, but one of my favorite authors. Joe Konrath&#8217;s  blog Newbie&#8217;s Guide to Publishing downloads with it. I immediately click his title &#8216;Are You Writing?&#8217;. Because the answer is &#8216;No&#8217; I find out I&#8217;m an epic [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://costajill.com/2011/07/27/advice-from-joe-konrath-are-you-writing/</link>
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