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        <title><![CDATA[Stories by Kathy Minicozzi on Medium]]></title>
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            <title><![CDATA[The Union of Santa’s Elves]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2026 01:11:43 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Ten Good Excuses for Not Answering the Phone]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2026 13:25:58 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Senior Women’s Fashion Tips]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2026 17:27:59 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Financing Christmas]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2026 22:41:29 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[What to Say to a Friend with the Flu]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2026 03:55:57 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Mario Minicozzi, the World’s Worst Tenor]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2026 15:14:11 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[A Slow Reader Tells All]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Kathy Minicozzi]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2026 03:56:48 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[My Hero, Superman]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2026 16:14:13 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Confessions of an Unapologetic Yankees Fan]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2026 00:40:24 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[What We Write About When We Write About Writing]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2026 12:01:03 GMT</pubDate>
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