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		<title>Christmas Time&#8217;s a Comin&#8217;: Revisited</title>
		<link>http://ukuleletonya.com/blog/2011/11/christmas-times-a-comin-revisited</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Nov 2011 22:22:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tonya</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s that season again—can&#8217;t you tell by the porch-sized, light-up Santas at Costco? Yes, Christmas time&#8217;s a comin&#8217;! If you want to join in the holiday fun with your ukulele in hand, now&#8217;s the time to start getting a bead on those familiar Christmas tunes you&#8217;ll be singing around the tree. While there are some [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A new ukulele arrival (part 1)</title>
		<link>http://ukuleletonya.com/blog/2011/09/a-new-ukulele-arrival-part-1</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Sep 2011 16:56:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tonya</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; It showed up on my doorstep. Literally. A blue grey suitcase with its condition belying 30+ years spent toting travel necessities on land and air. This little Samsonite’s latest excursion, though, had taken it from Phoenix (Arizona) to Paradise (California) in a class far lower than coach: try UPS Ground. The suitcase, one we [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Change can be good: 2011 Northern California Ukulele Festival</title>
		<link>http://ukuleletonya.com/blog/2011/04/change-can-be-good-2011-northern-california-ukulele-festival</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Apr 2011 05:18:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tonya</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Note: I didn&#8217;t have a camera this year at the festival, but I did have my little video camera. I&#8217;ve posted a video of a bit of the festival activities here; but do take some Dramamine before you view it. It&#8217;s a bit bouncy&#8230; (The video is also embedded at the bottom of this post [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tahoe Area Uke Fest; March 19-20, 2010</title>
		<link>http://ukuleletonya.com/blog/2010/04/tahoe-area-uke-fest-march-19-20-2010</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Apr 2010 02:12:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tonya</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[Note: I wrote this the Monday after returning from the Tahoe Area Ukulele Fest, but it’s taken me until now to get the photos sorted and this posted. If you want to skip the description and go straight to the photo gallery (with more than two dozen photos), go here. The past few days drained [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Christmas time&#8217;s a comin&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://ukuleletonya.com/blog/2009/11/christmas-times-a-comin</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 23:22:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tonya</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My intentions are always good. As Thanksgiving draws near every November, I vow that I&#8217;ll finish the family Christmas newsletter before the after-Christmas sales have begun. I promise myself I&#8217;ll have all the gifts chosen and beautifully wrapped (that means there&#8217;s a bow on each one) before Christmas Eve. And I pledge that this year [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ukulele fun on the Big Island</title>
		<link>http://ukuleletonya.com/blog/2009/08/ukulele-fun-on-the-big-island</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2009 02:10:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tonya</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Although it has a European pedigree, the ukulele has been adopted wholeheartedly by Hawaiians&#8212;so any trip to this island paradise wouldn’t be complete without plenty of ukulele-centric activities&#8212;at least that’s how I look at it! Ukulele experiences abounded during our November 2008 trip to the island that’s most appropriately called “The Big Island.” While it’s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>An ukulele and an American space hero</title>
		<link>http://ukuleletonya.com/blog/2009/07/an-ukulele-and-an-american-space-hero</link>
		<comments>http://ukuleletonya.com/blog/2009/07/an-ukulele-and-an-american-space-hero#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2009 19:47:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tonya</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In light of the 40th anniversary of the moon landing this week, I have a photo to link up ukuleles and lunar exploration (yes, it can be done!). But first, the story&#8230; Growing up in Southern California in the 1960s, our neighbor was the aerospace industry. My father&#8212;and the fathers of many of my friends&#8212;worked [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Three (ukulele) days in Waikiki!</title>
		<link>http://ukuleletonya.com/blog/2009/01/three-ukulele-days-in-waikiki</link>
		<comments>http://ukuleletonya.com/blog/2009/01/three-ukulele-days-in-waikiki#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Jan 2009 18:38:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tonya</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(Read first for guilt-laden disclaimer: Yes, I know it&#8217;s been more than a few weeks since the trip this entry is about, but in between times I&#8217;ve been really busy. Really. So, here&#8217;s the first part of our ukulele-centric trip to Hawaii. The second section, which is about our time on the Big Island, will [...]]]></description>
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		<title>In which I find a uke enthusiast at a Macintosh convention&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://ukuleletonya.com/blog/2009/01/in-which-i-find-a-uke-enthusiast-at-a-macintosh-convention</link>
		<comments>http://ukuleletonya.com/blog/2009/01/in-which-i-find-a-uke-enthusiast-at-a-macintosh-convention#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Jan 2009 20:54:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tonya</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Since I have to work in an office for my living (gee, where’s my fairy godmother to give me money-making ukulele talent instead?), I’m happy that one of the main tools I use is a Macintosh. It provides an interface that gets out of the way so I can get my writing and design work [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wine Country Ukulele Festival: Oct. 11, 2008 (St. Helena, California)</title>
		<link>http://ukuleletonya.com/blog/2008/10/wine-country-ukulele-festival-oct-11-2008-st-helena-california</link>
		<comments>http://ukuleletonya.com/blog/2008/10/wine-country-ukulele-festival-oct-11-2008-st-helena-california#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Oct 2008 04:12:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tonya</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8216;Want to skip straight to the gallery of photos of this event? Then click the link here. Otherwise, buckle your seatbelt and hang on for the full description of the festival: The wind was a bit cool, but the enthusiasm and smiles of the organizers, teachers, performers and participants at the first-ever Wine Country Ukulele [...]]]></description>
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