<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4561675145459912306.comments</id><updated>2012-02-16T12:18:19.513-05:00</updated><category term='Personal'/><category term='Quotes'/><category term='Loudoun'/><category term='Our Homes'/><category term='Town/City'/><category term='Winchester'/><category term='Rural'/><category term='No Place'/><category term='Work Place'/><category term='Virtual'/><category term='Poems'/><category term='Importance of Place'/><category term='DelRay'/><category term='Charlottesville'/><title type='text'>IMPORTANCE OF PLACE</title><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.importanceofplace.com/feeds/comments/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4561675145459912306/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.importanceofplace.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><link rel='next' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4561675145459912306/comments/default?start-index=26&amp;max-results=25'/><author><name>Marilyn Finnemore</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05631411984882452012</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_oe6Xgcnhcvs/SzOtENs68fI/AAAAAAAAA9w/Z5lc1eZRoEg/S220/Marilyn1.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>175</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4561675145459912306.post-6313312287212850118</id><published>2011-12-06T23:25:39.663-05:00</published><updated>2011-12-06T23:25:39.663-05:00</updated><title type='text'>I always wondered if that feeling that i had of &amp;q...</title><content type='html'>I always wondered if that feeling that i had of &amp;quot;homesickness&amp;quot; while still at home was because of the change in human ecology.  Although, I&amp;#39;ve never seen it change much, I&amp;#39;ve always lived in a city and am only 16, haven&amp;#39;t lived much of my life.  Until now did I bother to search for an answer to this feeling.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4561675145459912306/6798530631009010861/comments/default/6313312287212850118'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4561675145459912306/6798530631009010861/comments/default/6313312287212850118'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.importanceofplace.com/2010/02/solastalgia-feeling-homesick-while.html?showComment=1323231939663#c6313312287212850118' title=''/><author><name>Anonymous</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img1.blogblog.com/img/blank.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.importanceofplace.com/2010/02/solastalgia-feeling-homesick-while.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4561675145459912306.post-6798530631009010861' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4561675145459912306/posts/default/6798530631009010861' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-133914407'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4561675145459912306.post-1471093947848384533</id><published>2011-11-05T22:13:47.737-04:00</published><updated>2011-11-05T22:13:47.737-04:00</updated><title type='text'>You certainly have some agreeable opinions and vie...</title><content type='html'>You certainly have some agreeable opinions and views. Your blog provides a fresh look at the subject.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4561675145459912306/415601970785996272/comments/default/1471093947848384533'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4561675145459912306/415601970785996272/comments/default/1471093947848384533'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.importanceofplace.com/2011/08/poetry-captures-essence-of-place.html?showComment=1320545627737#c1471093947848384533' title=''/><author><name>Anonymous</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img1.blogblog.com/img/blank.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.importanceofplace.com/2011/08/poetry-captures-essence-of-place.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4561675145459912306.post-415601970785996272' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4561675145459912306/posts/default/415601970785996272' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-1335910674'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4561675145459912306.post-5744863838585582774</id><published>2011-10-30T23:40:43.630-04:00</published><updated>2011-10-30T23:40:43.630-04:00</updated><title type='text'>he website was how do i say it… relevant, finally ...</title><content type='html'>he website was how do i say it… relevant, finally something that helped me. Many thanks</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4561675145459912306/415601970785996272/comments/default/5744863838585582774'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4561675145459912306/415601970785996272/comments/default/5744863838585582774'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.importanceofplace.com/2011/08/poetry-captures-essence-of-place.html?showComment=1320032443630#c5744863838585582774' title=''/><author><name>Anonymous</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img1.blogblog.com/img/blank.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.importanceofplace.com/2011/08/poetry-captures-essence-of-place.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4561675145459912306.post-415601970785996272' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4561675145459912306/posts/default/415601970785996272' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-215070816'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4561675145459912306.post-7448087222483541232</id><published>2011-08-31T14:31:36.390-04:00</published><updated>2011-08-31T14:31:36.390-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I love this... thanks!

~ Amanda</title><content type='html'>I love this... thanks!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;~ Amanda</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4561675145459912306/415601970785996272/comments/default/7448087222483541232'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4561675145459912306/415601970785996272/comments/default/7448087222483541232'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.importanceofplace.com/2011/08/poetry-captures-essence-of-place.html?showComment=1314815496390#c7448087222483541232' title=''/><author><name>Anonymous</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img1.blogblog.com/img/blank.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.importanceofplace.com/2011/08/poetry-captures-essence-of-place.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4561675145459912306.post-415601970785996272' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4561675145459912306/posts/default/415601970785996272' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-1439463372'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4561675145459912306.post-513224666169867386</id><published>2011-08-25T04:54:30.633-04:00</published><updated>2011-08-25T04:54:30.633-04:00</updated><title type='text'>[color=red]Hello, dear users.[/color]           
M...</title><content type='html'>[color=red]Hello, dear users.[/color]           &lt;br /&gt;My name is James.           &lt;br /&gt;           &lt;br /&gt;Today i had joined in your forum.           &lt;br /&gt;           &lt;br /&gt;There is very nice! :) I hope we&amp;#39;ll be friends.         &lt;br /&gt;[img]http://www.trulygraphics.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/whats-up-doc.jpg[/img]         &lt;br /&gt;       &lt;br /&gt;Appreciate track, please: [url=http://baseofmp3.com/?q=1.kla%24+%26+Zarj+-+%F2%E2%EE%FE+%EC%E0%F2%FC+2+2011+%E3%EE%E4]1.kla$ &amp;amp; Zarj - С‚РІРѕСЋ РјР°С‚СЊ 2 2011 РіРѕРґ[/url]      &lt;br /&gt;I like it.       &lt;br /&gt;         &lt;br /&gt;[b] John[/b].</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4561675145459912306/1936386659965151910/comments/default/513224666169867386'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4561675145459912306/1936386659965151910/comments/default/513224666169867386'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.importanceofplace.com/2011/06/place-as-part-of-prosperous-life.html?showComment=1314262470633#c513224666169867386' title=''/><author><name>Anonymous</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img1.blogblog.com/img/blank.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.importanceofplace.com/2011/06/place-as-part-of-prosperous-life.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4561675145459912306.post-1936386659965151910' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4561675145459912306/posts/default/1936386659965151910' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-2138322588'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4561675145459912306.post-4069300008564153720</id><published>2011-08-23T23:43:59.124-04:00</published><updated>2011-08-23T23:43:59.124-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Really great article with very interesting informa...</title><content type='html'>Really great article with very interesting information. You might want to follow up to this topic!?! 2012</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4561675145459912306/2578695871553828407/comments/default/4069300008564153720'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4561675145459912306/2578695871553828407/comments/default/4069300008564153720'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.importanceofplace.com/2009/10/what-makes-place-great-place.html?showComment=1314157439124#c4069300008564153720' title=''/><author><name>Anonymous</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img1.blogblog.com/img/blank.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.importanceofplace.com/2009/10/what-makes-place-great-place.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4561675145459912306.post-2578695871553828407' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4561675145459912306/posts/default/2578695871553828407' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-1434396761'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4561675145459912306.post-2507165915099191795</id><published>2011-08-23T02:47:57.678-04:00</published><updated>2011-08-23T02:47:57.678-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I really liked the article, and the very cool blog...</title><content type='html'>I really liked the article, and the very cool blog</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4561675145459912306/2578695871553828407/comments/default/2507165915099191795'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4561675145459912306/2578695871553828407/comments/default/2507165915099191795'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.importanceofplace.com/2009/10/what-makes-place-great-place.html?showComment=1314082077678#c2507165915099191795' title=''/><author><name>Anonymous</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img1.blogblog.com/img/blank.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.importanceofplace.com/2009/10/what-makes-place-great-place.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4561675145459912306.post-2578695871553828407' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4561675145459912306/posts/default/2578695871553828407' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-1035571208'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4561675145459912306.post-93747285483294391</id><published>2011-08-21T23:18:55.221-04:00</published><updated>2011-08-21T23:18:55.221-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I really liked the article, and the very cool blog...</title><content type='html'>I really liked the article, and the very cool blog</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4561675145459912306/9108627398099757425/comments/default/93747285483294391'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4561675145459912306/9108627398099757425/comments/default/93747285483294391'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.importanceofplace.com/2010/09/thoughts-on-ghost-towns.html?showComment=1313983135221#c93747285483294391' title=''/><author><name>Anonymous</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img1.blogblog.com/img/blank.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.importanceofplace.com/2010/09/thoughts-on-ghost-towns.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4561675145459912306.post-9108627398099757425' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4561675145459912306/posts/default/9108627398099757425' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-1234622339'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4561675145459912306.post-3091087626547330350</id><published>2011-08-09T02:42:30.980-04:00</published><updated>2011-08-09T02:42:30.980-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I just added your website on my blogroll.  I may c...</title><content type='html'>I just added your website on my blogroll.  I may come back later on to check out updates. Excellent information!</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4561675145459912306/3982917733233240251/comments/default/3091087626547330350'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4561675145459912306/3982917733233240251/comments/default/3091087626547330350'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.importanceofplace.com/2010/09/paw-paws.html?showComment=1312872150980#c3091087626547330350' title=''/><author><name>Anonymous</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img1.blogblog.com/img/blank.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.importanceofplace.com/2010/09/paw-paws.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4561675145459912306.post-3982917733233240251' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4561675145459912306/posts/default/3982917733233240251' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-1915037609'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4561675145459912306.post-7016097900148360399</id><published>2011-08-04T08:39:27.058-04:00</published><updated>2011-08-04T08:39:27.058-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Hi there, I found your blog via Google while searc...</title><content type='html'>Hi there, I found your blog via Google while searching for a related topic, your site came up, it looks good.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4561675145459912306/2578695871553828407/comments/default/7016097900148360399'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4561675145459912306/2578695871553828407/comments/default/7016097900148360399'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.importanceofplace.com/2009/10/what-makes-place-great-place.html?showComment=1312461567058#c7016097900148360399' title=''/><author><name>Anonymous</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img1.blogblog.com/img/blank.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.importanceofplace.com/2009/10/what-makes-place-great-place.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4561675145459912306.post-2578695871553828407' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4561675145459912306/posts/default/2578695871553828407' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-1559039621'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4561675145459912306.post-9133961198141976407</id><published>2011-07-18T13:18:18.541-04:00</published><updated>2011-07-18T13:18:18.541-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Hi , very nice forum !!!!!!   [url=http://google.c...</title><content type='html'>Hi , very nice forum !!!!!!   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I m from China. ...</title><content type='html'>HI, I just joined this community. I m from China. I like this forum.......hope to learn lot of things here ;-)   &lt;br /&gt;   &lt;br /&gt;   &lt;br /&gt;   &lt;br /&gt;   &lt;br /&gt;   &lt;br /&gt;---------------------------------------------   &lt;br /&gt;http://www.beatonlinepokers.com</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4561675145459912306/1936386659965151910/comments/default/662388840254725167'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4561675145459912306/1936386659965151910/comments/default/662388840254725167'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.importanceofplace.com/2011/06/place-as-part-of-prosperous-life.html?showComment=1309696321759#c662388840254725167' title=''/><author><name>Anonymous</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img1.blogblog.com/img/blank.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.importanceofplace.com/2011/06/place-as-part-of-prosperous-life.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4561675145459912306.post-1936386659965151910' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4561675145459912306/posts/default/1936386659965151910' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-121219515'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4561675145459912306.post-5907307047338347810</id><published>2011-06-25T14:51:09.849-04:00</published><updated>2011-06-25T14:51:09.849-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Hey thank you for the wonderful article it had bee...</title><content type='html'>Hey thank you for the wonderful article it had been genuinely useful , I hope you will just publish additional about this ! This topic rocks</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4561675145459912306/3016811261482740683/comments/default/5907307047338347810'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4561675145459912306/3016811261482740683/comments/default/5907307047338347810'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.importanceofplace.com/2011/06/place-is-not-place-until-people-have.html?showComment=1309027869849#c5907307047338347810' title=''/><author><name>Anonymous</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img1.blogblog.com/img/blank.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.importanceofplace.com/2011/06/place-is-not-place-until-people-have.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4561675145459912306.post-3016811261482740683' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4561675145459912306/posts/default/3016811261482740683' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-2112521810'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4561675145459912306.post-8559778518912037460</id><published>2011-06-14T06:17:04.807-04:00</published><updated>2011-06-14T06:17:04.807-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Amanda your words indeed make so much sense, and y...</title><content type='html'>Amanda your words indeed make so much sense, and you&amp;#39;ll be seeing many more of them here on my blog:-)</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4561675145459912306/2328391328344653411/comments/default/8559778518912037460'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4561675145459912306/2328391328344653411/comments/default/8559778518912037460'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.importanceofplace.com/2011/06/financial-stability-necessary-for.html?showComment=1308046624807#c8559778518912037460' title=''/><author><name>Marilyn Finnemore</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05631411984882452012</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_oe6Xgcnhcvs/SzOtENs68fI/AAAAAAAAA9w/Z5lc1eZRoEg/S220/Marilyn1.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.importanceofplace.com/2011/06/financial-stability-necessary-for.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4561675145459912306.post-2328391328344653411' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4561675145459912306/posts/default/2328391328344653411' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-1897980704'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4561675145459912306.post-9180921879469550053</id><published>2011-06-14T06:08:23.030-04:00</published><updated>2011-06-14T06:08:23.030-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Thank you for your comment.  I really miss Wellsvi...</title><content type='html'>Thank you for your comment.  I really miss Wellsville when it was a real place, and for years after I left I felt deeply homesick.  I think we all require a sense of rootedness to be happy in this world, yet people all across America are constantly on the move, either by necessity or because our culture encourages to &amp;quot;move on and move up.&amp;quot;  It&amp;#39;s going to take a real focused effort and deep caring to build real places again.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4561675145459912306/846375796193189631/comments/default/9180921879469550053'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4561675145459912306/846375796193189631/comments/default/9180921879469550053'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.importanceofplace.com/2008/08/wellsville-real-place-once.html?showComment=1308046103030#c9180921879469550053' title=''/><author><name>Marilyn Finnemore</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05631411984882452012</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_oe6Xgcnhcvs/SzOtENs68fI/AAAAAAAAA9w/Z5lc1eZRoEg/S220/Marilyn1.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.importanceofplace.com/2008/08/wellsville-real-place-once.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4561675145459912306.post-846375796193189631' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4561675145459912306/posts/default/846375796193189631' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-1897980704'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4561675145459912306.post-6299426856603540954</id><published>2011-06-13T20:47:31.896-04:00</published><updated>2011-06-13T20:47:31.896-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I love this... thanks for showing me that my words...</title><content type='html'>I love this... thanks for showing me that my words make sense to at least one other person!</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4561675145459912306/2328391328344653411/comments/default/6299426856603540954'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4561675145459912306/2328391328344653411/comments/default/6299426856603540954'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.importanceofplace.com/2011/06/financial-stability-necessary-for.html?showComment=1308012451896#c6299426856603540954' title=''/><author><name>Amanda Hooykaas</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img1.blogblog.com/img/blank.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.importanceofplace.com/2011/06/financial-stability-necessary-for.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4561675145459912306.post-2328391328344653411' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4561675145459912306/posts/default/2328391328344653411' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-1399027632'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4561675145459912306.post-4930006589532438405</id><published>2011-06-13T19:00:59.896-04:00</published><updated>2011-06-13T19:00:59.896-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Unfortunately your right, i live in Wellsville and...</title><content type='html'>Unfortunately your right, i live in Wellsville and I am currently attending Welsville High, much of the town (especially main street) appears run down and unattended.  Though some renovation has begun (a few Restaurants and stores finding their way into town,) it still seems as though students cannot wait to move on &amp;quot;leaving town and never comming back.&amp;quot;  I find it to disappointing that some of us can&amp;#39;t be proud of where we come from; but i hope in time that Wellsvilles old status can be regained.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4561675145459912306/846375796193189631/comments/default/4930006589532438405'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4561675145459912306/846375796193189631/comments/default/4930006589532438405'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.importanceofplace.com/2008/08/wellsville-real-place-once.html?showComment=1308006059896#c4930006589532438405' title=''/><author><name>Anonymous</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img1.blogblog.com/img/blank.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.importanceofplace.com/2008/08/wellsville-real-place-once.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4561675145459912306.post-846375796193189631' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4561675145459912306/posts/default/846375796193189631' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-974463817'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4561675145459912306.post-8624515836093803214</id><published>2011-06-01T23:07:31.530-04:00</published><updated>2011-06-01T23:07:31.530-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I love www.importanceofplace.com , bookmarked for ...</title><content type='html'>I love www.importanceofplace.com , bookmarked for future reference   &lt;br /&gt;   &lt;br /&gt;[url=http://www.buzzfeed.com/bookie/legal-steroids-prohormones-bodybuilding-supple-39dn]buy legal steroids[/url]</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4561675145459912306/3512939009224461665/comments/default/8624515836093803214'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4561675145459912306/3512939009224461665/comments/default/8624515836093803214'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.importanceofplace.com/2011/06/art-in-windows.html?showComment=1306984051530#c8624515836093803214' title=''/><author><name>Anonymous</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img1.blogblog.com/img/blank.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.importanceofplace.com/2011/06/art-in-windows.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4561675145459912306.post-3512939009224461665' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4561675145459912306/posts/default/3512939009224461665' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-1397432112'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4561675145459912306.post-2039597544112902089</id><published>2011-05-28T17:47:47.004-04:00</published><updated>2011-05-28T17:47:47.004-04:00</updated><title type='text'>www.importanceofplace.com is amazing, bookmarked! 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I am interested in learning from others in what ways (if any) enchanted places like university campuses can contribute to student learning in this increasingly virtual world we more or less live in these days.&lt;br /&gt;   Finally, my thanks to Ms. Finnemore for standing guard over her place and sharing her little postage stamp of soil (William Faulkner&amp;#39;s conception of Oxford, Mississippi as a keystone of the universe)with interested readers like myself. Best wishes for continued success and thanks for this wonderful website!</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4561675145459912306/2809663912398309997/comments/default/819969861137219636'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4561675145459912306/2809663912398309997/comments/default/819969861137219636'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.importanceofplace.com/2011/01/why-spirit-of-place-is-worth-keeping.html?showComment=1305842440000#c819969861137219636' title=''/><author><name>W. 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I hope that they can find a way to thrive economically, while still maintaining the amazing sense of place I discovered in Cairo and throughout Egypt.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4561675145459912306/5343614069303876925/comments/default/247446592545941242'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4561675145459912306/5343614069303876925/comments/default/247446592545941242'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.importanceofplace.com/2011/05/no-other-place-like-cairo.html?showComment=1305643929278#c247446592545941242' title=''/><author><name>Marilyn Finnemore</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05631411984882452012</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_oe6Xgcnhcvs/SzOtENs68fI/AAAAAAAAA9w/Z5lc1eZRoEg/S220/Marilyn1.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.importanceofplace.com/2011/05/no-other-place-like-cairo.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4561675145459912306.post-5343614069303876925' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4561675145459912306/posts/default/5343614069303876925' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-1897980704'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4561675145459912306.post-2874863167222539274</id><published>2011-05-06T22:49:18.467-04:00</published><updated>2011-05-06T22:49:18.467-04:00</updated><title type='text'>My father was a manager of several  new berry stor...</title><content type='html'>My father was a manager of several  new berry stores in Pennsylvania.  Chambersburg, Berwick, Sunbury, Freeland, and one in Ironton Ohio.  We loved moving to new towns.  I often wish I could go back in time to any of my fathers store and take one sample of everything, because all those cheap items are now expensive antiques.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4561675145459912306/7799496318388352557/comments/default/2874863167222539274'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4561675145459912306/7799496318388352557/comments/default/2874863167222539274'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.importanceofplace.com/2010/04/dreaming-of-jj-newberrys.html?showComment=1304736558467#c2874863167222539274' title=''/><author><name>Anonymous</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img1.blogblog.com/img/blank.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.importanceofplace.com/2010/04/dreaming-of-jj-newberrys.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4561675145459912306.post-7799496318388352557' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4561675145459912306/posts/default/7799496318388352557' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-1791424230'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4561675145459912306.post-6074383182654120406</id><published>2011-03-22T15:34:27.123-04:00</published><updated>2011-03-22T15:34:27.123-04:00</updated><title type='text'>your comments ring true.
sense of place seems to b...</title><content type='html'>your comments ring true.&lt;br /&gt;sense of place seems to be a prerequisite to a lot of stewardship. &lt;br /&gt;our challenge here in my area that this wonderful place in a rural area is not presently under development pressure. getting people to not take it for granted is one issue we face. we get them to recognize the special features of our place to try to get them to work for conservation of our heritage and natural heritage.&lt;br /&gt;-gz</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4561675145459912306/5823031466155884015/comments/default/6074383182654120406'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4561675145459912306/5823031466155884015/comments/default/6074383182654120406'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.importanceofplace.com/2010/12/place-as-prerequisite-for-energy.html?showComment=1300822467123#c6074383182654120406' title=''/><author><name>Gregory Zimmerman</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09607287993605837055</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.importanceofplace.com/2010/12/place-as-prerequisite-for-energy.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4561675145459912306.post-5823031466155884015' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4561675145459912306/posts/default/5823031466155884015' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-1301935139'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4561675145459912306.post-4052238026360712701</id><published>2011-03-18T14:53:42.508-04:00</published><updated>2011-03-18T14:53:42.508-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Awesome style. I would like to write that way.</title><content type='html'>Awesome style. I would like to write that way.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4561675145459912306/8834809093927297761/comments/default/4052238026360712701'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4561675145459912306/8834809093927297761/comments/default/4052238026360712701'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.importanceofplace.com/2009/07/note-to-environmentalists-become-new.html?showComment=1300474422508#c4052238026360712701' title=''/><author><name>Anonymous</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img1.blogblog.com/img/blank.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.importanceofplace.com/2009/07/note-to-environmentalists-become-new.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4561675145459912306.post-8834809093927297761' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4561675145459912306/posts/default/8834809093927297761' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-333722600'/></entry></feed>
