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	<description>... by Catherine Raine</description>
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		<title>Plucky Todmorden Room (1961), My 60th Branch!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 19:23:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Located inside East York Community Recreation Centre, Todmorden Room is the smallest branch of the 98. With a maximum capacity of 33 people, the modest size of this facility gave it extra charm, a welcome throw-back to a friendlier, slower era before automated check-out desks and big city anonymity. The main desk of Todmorden Room [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Eleven Letters from Eric</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 13:57:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The collages pictured here are the first in a series that takes inspiration from eleven letters written by my hometown friend Eric Canuteson. He wrote the first one in 1986, and the last one I received arrived in 2002 before e-mail took over as our means of correspondence. Last December, I was devastated to learn [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Beauty Never Dies at the Desert Botanical Garden, Phoenix Arizona (Journal Entry for May 3, 2012)</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2012 02:36:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As I write on a slightly rickety table beside the snack cart, I&#8217;m enjoying the shade and moving shadows of a tall tree. The same waving branches that are making patterns on these pages recently hosted a rock pigeon, but it has flown away. I&#8217;m taking a rest after almost two hours of desert trail-walking. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Live From My Blog Talk at Taylor Memorial Library</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Apr 2012 23:41:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve reached the point in my library blog talk where I have invited the audience to create a post with me. A few minutes ago, there was mention of refreshments, so I&#8217;m also thinking about the possibility of tea and Dad&#8217;s oatmeal and chocolate chip cookies. My audience is eligible for these refreshments because they [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Library Blog Talk This Thursday at Taylor Memorial Library!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Apr 2012 15:01:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m tickled pink to be part of this April&#8217;s Keep Toronto Reading Festival. My contribution to the literary celebration will be an illustrated talk about the very blog you are reading now, Breakfast in Scarborough. The presentation will describe my pilgrimage to all 98 Toronto Public Library branches and what I saw and experienced along [...]]]></description>
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		<title>At Home at Bamburgh Gardens Shopping Plaza: Steeles Library (1987)</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Apr 2012 18:54:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[My last visit to Steeles was quite awhile ago, but some of my observations still hold true: &#8220;Located on the left side of a concrete walkway leading to the mall, Steeles was very compact, and the homey impression created by its lime green walls was taken up a notch by the presence of several stuffed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Frescoes, Carpets, and Languid Ladies Found at Book Ends South!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Apr 2012 13:58:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday I found these three treasures at Book Ends South, the second-hand bookstore at the Toronto Reference Library. The volunteers who took my seven dollars teased me about having expensive taste because two of the books I chose were three dollars instead of one!]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Desolate Yet All Undaunted&#8221; (Poe) Collage by Catherine</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Apr 2012 14:23:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Desolate Yet All Undaunted&#8221; Collage by Catherine Raine, 2012 The raven is curious about the eclipse but not overly concerned. He stands his ground without fear. &#8220;Desolate Yet All Undaunted&#8221; Collage by Catherine Raine, 2012 I&#8217;m sending this raven piece to an art magazine that is calling for submissions on the theme of Edgar Allen [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Matryoshka Doll on a Stagecoach Ride, Collage by Catherine</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Mar 2012 14:44:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This Russian doll is on a wild stagecoach ride to an unnamed destination! Matryoshka Doll on a Stagecoach Ride, Collage by Catherine Raine, 2012 Collage materials include colored paper, stickers, and a postcard. Matryoshka Doll on a Stagecoach Ride, Collage by Catherine Raine, 2012 Matryoshka Doll on a Stagecoach Ride, Collage by Catherine Raine, 2012 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Welcome Back TPL!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Mar 2012 12:11:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today I&#8217;m feeling so grateful for the end of two weeks of labour disruption at the Toronto Public Library. I hadn&#8217;t realized how much I counted on the libraries&#8217; well-being for my own peace of mind. During these two weeks, I felt a vague sense of unease, disturbed by the darkened and empty branches. I&#8217;ve [...]]]></description>
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