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		<title>2010 MPFM Salsa Contest</title>
		<link>http://mertonium.com/2010/07/2010-mpfm-salsa-contest/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 01:09:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today the Mt. Pleasant Farmers Market hosted a salsa contest. I entered a batch of freshly made Green Thunder. An hour and a half of tense taste testing later, Green Thunder was crowned champion. Here are the photos.]]></description>
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		<title>Pochoirs français (French Stencils)</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Jul 2010 21:32:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday I again found myself wandering through Iowa City, photographing street art, when I noticed the above series of stencils. I can honestly say that my French vocabulary doubled from the start of the walk to the end. Très bon, Monsieur.]]></description>
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		<title>American Bench</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Jul 2010 03:55:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After a long hiatus, I&#8217;ve got another daily photo.  This one is from Burlington, Iowa.]]></description>
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		<title>Iowa City Street Art</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jul 2010 17:55:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I recently took a walk around my old stomping grounds in Iowa City and pleasantly surprised with the quality of street art.  These shots are everything I found in an hour of wandering around outside the city center. If anyone has any more leads on decent pieces in the Iowa City area, or any information...<a class="read-more" href="http://mertonium.com/2010/07/iowa-city-street-art/">&#160;&#160;Jump to the rest of &#171;Iowa City Street Art&#187;&#160;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Coming Home</title>
		<link>http://mertonium.com/2010/06/coming-home/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Jun 2010 15:36:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This photo represents the simple pleasures of going home.  In my case, returning to rural Iowa means standing in the driveway, shooting beer cans with a pellet rifle.  Good times.]]></description>
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		<title>Road Plant</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Feb 2010 23:19:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When I was getting my UK visa, I ended up spending 10 weeks in my hometown of Mt. Pleasant, Iowa.  There&#8217;s not a lot to do in ol&#8217; MP, so I occupied my time with various activities.  Like taking my mother&#8217;s huge plant for a walk&#8230;and then posing it on the highway next to the...<a class="read-more" href="http://mertonium.com/2010/02/road-plant/">&#160;&#160;Jump to the rest of &#171;Road Plant&#187;&#160;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>American Gothic</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 23:39:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is a photo of my parents re-enacting the painting, American Gothic.  The farmhouse with the Gothic window is only an hour drive from my hometown in Iowa.]]></description>
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		<title>Tulip Time</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jan 2010 23:37:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pella &#8211; a Dutch village in the central Iowa.]]></description>
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		<title>El Camino Grande</title>
		<link>http://mertonium.com/2010/01/el-camino-grande/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Jan 2010 19:24:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today&#8217;s photo is from Mt. Union, Iowa.  I was driving by and saw this monster late &#8217;70&#8242;s El Camino tricked out with dual American flags.  It summed up much of what I love &#38; hate about my home.]]></description>
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		<title>Iowa City Power Plant</title>
		<link>http://mertonium.com/2010/01/iowa-city-power-plant/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jan 2010 22:53:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is a photo from way back when I lived in Iowa City. It is of the power plant (I think that&#8217;s what it is) on the Iowa River. I took it with my first digital camera, a 2MP Sony and cleaned it up a bit with my first (legit) version of Photoshop.]]></description>
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