<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<rss version="2.0"
	xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"
	xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"
	xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
	xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"
	xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/"
	xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/"
	xmlns:georss="http://www.georss.org/georss" xmlns:geo="http://www.w3.org/2003/01/geo/wgs84_pos#" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/"
	>

<channel>
	<title>Writing it Down</title>
	<atom:link href="http://mpdonley.wordpress.com/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" />
	<link>http://mpdonley.wordpress.com</link>
	<description>the michael pearce donley blog</description>
	<lastBuildDate>Wed, 07 Dec 2011 14:41:45 +0000</lastBuildDate>
	<language>en</language>
	<sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod>
	<sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency>
	<generator>http://wordpress.com/</generator>
<cloud domain='mpdonley.wordpress.com' port='80' path='/?rsscloud=notify' registerProcedure='' protocol='http-post' />
<image>
		<url>http://1.gravatar.com/blavatar/5e7639333ef36e33567d26df0af7a3d1?s=96&#038;d=http%3A%2F%2Fs2.wp.com%2Fi%2Fbuttonw-com.png</url>
		<title>Writing it Down</title>
		<link>http://mpdonley.wordpress.com</link>
	</image>
	<atom:link rel="search" type="application/opensearchdescription+xml" href="http://mpdonley.wordpress.com/osd.xml" title="Writing it Down" />
	<atom:link rel='hub' href='http://mpdonley.wordpress.com/?pushpress=hub'/>
		<item>
		<title>Joseph Unspoken: an advent poem</title>
		<link>http://mpdonley.wordpress.com/2011/12/05/joseph-unspoken-an-advent-poem/</link>
		<comments>http://mpdonley.wordpress.com/2011/12/05/joseph-unspoken-an-advent-poem/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Dec 2011 05:17:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mpdonley</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Thoughts on Faith]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://mpdonley.wordpress.com/?p=127</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Mary thinks I don’t believe her. How could I not believe her? She shines like Moses coming off the mountain. She has entered the Most Holy Place, And lived to tell about it. &#160; She seems to want something from me. Reassurance? Permission? Blessing? She asks me what’s wrong. How can I say? &#160; I [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mpdonley.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11441615&amp;post=127&amp;subd=mpdonley&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://mpdonley.wordpress.com/2011/12/05/joseph-unspoken-an-advent-poem/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://0.gravatar.com/avatar/4a4a410507b31ca19d0f3bd91526e330?s=96&#38;d=identicon&#38;r=G" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">mpdonley</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>When You&#8217;re a Shepherd: an advent poem</title>
		<link>http://mpdonley.wordpress.com/2011/12/05/when-youre-a-shepherd-an-advent-poem/</link>
		<comments>http://mpdonley.wordpress.com/2011/12/05/when-youre-a-shepherd-an-advent-poem/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Dec 2011 05:00:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mpdonley</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Thoughts on Faith]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[advent poem shepherds christmas angels donley michael pearce]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://mpdonley.wordpress.com/2011/12/05/when-youre-a-shepherd-an-advent-poem/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[When you’re a shepherd on the graveyard shift, You use your ears for eyes. You know the sound of your sheep Under the blanket of blackness - The familiar heavy breathing of sleep. We listen for the unfamiliar things. Wolves are cunning, but they’re not quiet as house cats; Stealthiness sounds different from strolling. Sneaking [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mpdonley.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11441615&amp;post=121&amp;subd=mpdonley&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://mpdonley.wordpress.com/2011/12/05/when-youre-a-shepherd-an-advent-poem/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://0.gravatar.com/avatar/4a4a410507b31ca19d0f3bd91526e330?s=96&#38;d=identicon&#38;r=G" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">mpdonley</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://mpdonley.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/candle-flame-free1.jpg?w=300" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">candle-flame-free</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>The Mr. Blinky Show</title>
		<link>http://mpdonley.wordpress.com/2011/02/01/the-mr-blinky-show/</link>
		<comments>http://mpdonley.wordpress.com/2011/02/01/the-mr-blinky-show/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Feb 2011 20:41:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mpdonley</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Essays on My Life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[acting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[embarrassing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[forgetting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lines]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[performing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[staying awake]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[theater]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[theatre]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[triple espresso]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://mpdonley.wordpress.com/?p=105</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[We used to call it The Mr. Blinky Show.  Three performers who've done a production literally thousands of times simultaneously forget their lines.  Well, one of us forgets his lines, and the other two realize they have no idea how to help get the dialogue back on track.  Then the three, in a moment of stunned stillness, look at each other and blink. <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mpdonley.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11441615&amp;post=105&amp;subd=mpdonley&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://mpdonley.wordpress.com/2011/02/01/the-mr-blinky-show/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://0.gravatar.com/avatar/4a4a410507b31ca19d0f3bd91526e330?s=96&#38;d=identicon&#38;r=G" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">mpdonley</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://mpdonley.files.wordpress.com/2011/02/img_0825.jpg?w=300" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Mr. Blinky</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>Confessing to Mr. Neighbor</title>
		<link>http://mpdonley.wordpress.com/2010/07/29/confessing-to-mr-neighbor/</link>
		<comments>http://mpdonley.wordpress.com/2010/07/29/confessing-to-mr-neighbor/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jul 2010 17:07:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mpdonley</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Essays on My Life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Thoughts on Faith]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[childhood]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[confession]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[forgiveness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[guilt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lying]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[neighbors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[parenthood]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://mpdonley.wordpress.com/?p=95</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Every Midwest neighborhood has at least one.

Joy and I call him Mr. Neighbor.  The guy who cuts his grass to the PGA regulation standard. He has a big smile and a suburban handshake (a wave) for the rest of the neighborhood - we who run mole motels and cannot, EVER, beat Mr. Neighbor to the punch for any yard job.  He has always completed the raking, trimming, blowing, sweeping, snipping, buffing before the rest of us have had our Saturday morning coffee.  With a smile he will gladly offer any tool or equipment to surrounding households, so that they too may be as he is.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mpdonley.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11441615&amp;post=95&amp;subd=mpdonley&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://mpdonley.wordpress.com/2010/07/29/confessing-to-mr-neighbor/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://0.gravatar.com/avatar/4a4a410507b31ca19d0f3bd91526e330?s=96&#38;d=identicon&#38;r=G" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">mpdonley</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://mpdonley.files.wordpress.com/2010/07/dscn2634.jpg?w=300" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Lewis, age 9</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>Baseball</title>
		<link>http://mpdonley.wordpress.com/2010/06/05/baseball/</link>
		<comments>http://mpdonley.wordpress.com/2010/06/05/baseball/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Jun 2010 15:54:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mpdonley</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Thoughts on Faith]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Armando Galarraga]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[baseball]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[courage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dave Dombrowski]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Detroit Tigers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jim Joyce]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sports]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sportsmanship]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://mpdonley.wordpress.com/?p=89</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[He did not quit; he did not go into hiding; he did not blame someone else. He did the most courageous thing he could have done: He showed up for work the next day.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mpdonley.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11441615&amp;post=89&amp;subd=mpdonley&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://mpdonley.wordpress.com/2010/06/05/baseball/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://0.gravatar.com/avatar/4a4a410507b31ca19d0f3bd91526e330?s=96&#38;d=identicon&#38;r=G" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">mpdonley</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://mpdonley.files.wordpress.com/2010/06/umptoday__1275588545_4459.jpg?w=300" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">umptoday__1275588545_4459</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>Leaning to the Left</title>
		<link>http://mpdonley.wordpress.com/2010/05/07/leaning-to-the-left/</link>
		<comments>http://mpdonley.wordpress.com/2010/05/07/leaning-to-the-left/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 May 2010 20:04:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mpdonley</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Essays on My Life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bionic]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[butt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cancer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[disease]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[doctor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[faith]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[humor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[left]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[schleroderma]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[spinal cord stimulator]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://mpdonley.wordpress.com/?p=76</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[If it weren't for the left side of my body, I would be a completely healthy person.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mpdonley.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11441615&amp;post=76&amp;subd=mpdonley&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://mpdonley.wordpress.com/2010/05/07/leaning-to-the-left/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>8</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://0.gravatar.com/avatar/4a4a410507b31ca19d0f3bd91526e330?s=96&#38;d=identicon&#38;r=G" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">mpdonley</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://mpdonley.files.wordpress.com/2010/05/tngworf.jpg?w=246" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">TNGWorf</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://mpdonley.files.wordpress.com/2010/05/mike-head.jpg?w=227" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">mike head</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>Setting a Good Table</title>
		<link>http://mpdonley.wordpress.com/2010/05/06/setting-a-good-table-2/</link>
		<comments>http://mpdonley.wordpress.com/2010/05/06/setting-a-good-table-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 May 2010 15:47:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mpdonley</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Thoughts on Faith]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[banquet]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[church]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[communion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[faith]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[genuine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jesus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[luke 5]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[worship]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[worship leader]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://mpdonley.wordpress.com/?p=71</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I'm increasingly convinced that "designing worship" is impossible.  So is making someone fall in love with someone else.  I'm just trying to set a good table and invite people to the banquet.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mpdonley.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11441615&amp;post=71&amp;subd=mpdonley&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://mpdonley.wordpress.com/2010/05/06/setting-a-good-table-2/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://0.gravatar.com/avatar/4a4a410507b31ca19d0f3bd91526e330?s=96&#38;d=identicon&#38;r=G" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">mpdonley</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://mpdonley.files.wordpress.com/2010/05/food-table1.jpg?w=300" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Food Table</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>A Cat Story</title>
		<link>http://mpdonley.wordpress.com/2010/01/28/a-cat-story/</link>
		<comments>http://mpdonley.wordpress.com/2010/01/28/a-cat-story/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2010 20:06:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mpdonley</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Essays on My Life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[asthma]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cancer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cats]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[funny]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[healing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[miracles]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://mpdonley.wordpress.com/?p=43</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Miracles are fickle.  They leave one house standing and one in the rubble.  One person healed and one not.  One child Amber-alerted into safety, one unfound, never to surface again.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mpdonley.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11441615&amp;post=43&amp;subd=mpdonley&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://mpdonley.wordpress.com/2010/01/28/a-cat-story/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://0.gravatar.com/avatar/4a4a410507b31ca19d0f3bd91526e330?s=96&#38;d=identicon&#38;r=G" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">mpdonley</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://mpdonley.files.wordpress.com/2010/01/dscn12673.jpg?w=300" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">DSCN1267</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>On Our 20th Anniversary</title>
		<link>http://mpdonley.wordpress.com/2010/01/18/on-our-20th-anniversary/</link>
		<comments>http://mpdonley.wordpress.com/2010/01/18/on-our-20th-anniversary/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jan 2010 20:23:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mpdonley</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Essays on My Life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[anniversary]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[divorce]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[marriage]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://mpdonley.wordpress.com/?p=27</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[On September 24, 2008, our 20th wedding anniversary, we went to this wonderful Bed and Breakfast in Hastings, had a nice dinner in town and a great night together. The next morning, Joy and I shared breakfast on the porch, and we lingered over the days&#8217; newspaper.  There was terrible news about the economy, and frankly [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mpdonley.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11441615&amp;post=27&amp;subd=mpdonley&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://mpdonley.wordpress.com/2010/01/18/on-our-20th-anniversary/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://0.gravatar.com/avatar/4a4a410507b31ca19d0f3bd91526e330?s=96&#38;d=identicon&#38;r=G" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">mpdonley</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://mpdonley.files.wordpress.com/2010/01/dscn1189.jpg?w=300" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">20th Anniversary</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://mpdonley.files.wordpress.com/2010/01/dscn1213.jpg?w=300" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Journal</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>Doing the Splits</title>
		<link>http://mpdonley.wordpress.com/2010/01/14/doing-the-splits/</link>
		<comments>http://mpdonley.wordpress.com/2010/01/14/doing-the-splits/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jan 2010 21:23:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mpdonley</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Essays on My Life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[adoption]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[babies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[chicago]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[maturity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[san diego]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://mpdonley.wordpress.com/?p=21</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Doing the Splits My first child was born when I was 1800 miles away.  Life Before Emma and After Emma had an in-between moment, a split point, a zero hour, a lift off where the clock started to run the other way. One of the most redefining moments in my life happened without me, and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mpdonley.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11441615&amp;post=21&amp;subd=mpdonley&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://mpdonley.wordpress.com/2010/01/14/doing-the-splits/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://0.gravatar.com/avatar/4a4a410507b31ca19d0f3bd91526e330?s=96&#38;d=identicon&#38;r=G" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">mpdonley</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
	</channel>
</rss>
