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	<title>Gold of the Valley, Lapis of the River &#187; Ten Days of Joy</title>
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		<title>Ten Days of Joy (2011): Day Ten</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Dec 2011 03:25:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shefyt</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today was the Feast of Bast Guards the Two Lands, the last of the Ten Days of Joy. My housemate and I are celebrating the Feast part this weekend, when I&#8217;ll be home and can roast the duck, but tonight I offered shrimp tempura sushi at dinner and then, during Senut, Belgian chocolate mousse cake. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ten Days of Joy (2011): Day Nine</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Dec 2011 02:03:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shefyt</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today was not only the ninth of the Ten Days of Joy; it was also the festival of the Procession of Bast, a sort of lead-in to tomorrow&#8217;s festival of Bast Guards the Two Lands, I suppose. To celebrate, I walked down to the lake bridge at lunch, looking for signs of Her presence. And [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ten Days of Joy (2011): Day Eight</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2011 23:35:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shefyt</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today&#8217;s joy: the moment at work when the deadline anxiety melts away and the experience of flow takes over, so that the job becomes a pleasure and a challenge both, unfolding hour by hour. Praise to You, O Bast &#8212; may I dwell in the moment as You do!]]></description>
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		<title>Ten Days of Joy (2011): Day Seven</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2011 01:21:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shefyt</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today&#8217;s joy: lighting the candles and making the offerings in the shrine room, honoring the Gods and the Akhu in that space of perfect tranquility &#8212; finding purpose, finding meaning in the warm glow of the flames, in the music of cool water. Dua Netjer! Dua Akhu! Nekhtet!]]></description>
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		<title>Ten Days of Joy (2011): Day Six</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Dec 2011 01:56:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shefyt</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Joy again in being outside under the open sky, breathing the clean, cold air and feeling the wind&#8217;s rush, hearing the bright, sharp cries of the gulls as they wheel above the parking lot, wings spread against the gray, snow-laden clouds. Breathing in and then out &#8212; a long moment of stillness in the midst [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ten Days of Joy (2011): Day Five</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Dec 2011 01:16:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shefyt</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today&#8217;s joy: Finishing a day of intense focus at work, and finally being able to relax. A couch, a fleecy blanket, two cats, a mug of chocolate chai, and some good reading &#8212; the subtle, mellow joy of being home. Ahhh. Dua Bast, guardian of the house and all its joys! May you bless me [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ten Days of Joy (2011): Day Four</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2011 21:05:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shefyt</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today&#8217;s joy was going out for a walk at lunchtime. What a gift it is to be able to walk, to breathe, to feel the earth firm beneath each footstep, the sky cool and bright overhead. Dua Geb! May I walk gently upon you each and every day.]]></description>
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		<title>Ten Days of Joy (2011): Day Three</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2011 20:35:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shefyt</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today&#8217;s joy: Standing outside at 5:00 in the morning, transfixed by beauty &#8212; watching the moon soar in a ring of rainbow haze, the thinnest plumes of cloud passing before His face. Dua Khonsu-Heru, son of Bast, sailing in glory!]]></description>
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		<title>Ten Days of Joy (2011): Day Two</title>
		<link>http://www.firecat.net/lapis/2011/12/13/ten-days-of-joy-2011-day-two/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2011 00:39:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shefyt</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Two joys today: &#8211; The joy of watching a vulture wing its way across the sky, a perfect balance of weight and grace. &#8211; The joy of seeing two of my cats curled lovingly up together, fast asleep. Dua Bast! May You appear to me in the beauty of all that lives.]]></description>
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		<title>Ten Days of Joy (2011): Day One</title>
		<link>http://www.firecat.net/lapis/2011/12/12/ten-days-of-joy-2011-day-one/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 01:08:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shefyt</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s time once again for the annual Ten Days of Joy, a celebration of the unique joy of each day as we approach the Festival of Bast Guards the Two Lands. Today&#8217;s joy is the joy of strength and will unlooked-for, of rising to meet a challenge rather than surrendering to inertia. Dua Bast, Mistress [...]]]></description>
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