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	<description>Bay Area Nature and Seattle Nature in Photos</description>
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		<title>The &#8220;Cripples&#8221; &#8230; or Why I Hate Wing Shooting</title>
		<link>http://www.thefreequark.com/2012/01/the-cripples-or-why-i-hate-wing-shooting/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thefreequark.com/2012/01/the-cripples-or-why-i-hate-wing-shooting/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jan 2012 22:59:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ingrid</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Birds]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fishing & Hunting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Geese and Swans]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hunting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[snow geese]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[waterfowl]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thefreequark.com/?p=11377</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday evening, we were photographing Snow Geese and didn&#8217;t realize that we (along with at least 10 other photographers) had chosen a field where hunters were lying in camo. I promised myself I would wait until hunting season was over before I ventured into the wilds beyond Seattle &#8212; just as I did last year. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Having a Heart for Horses</title>
		<link>http://www.thefreequark.com/2012/01/having-a-heart-for-horses/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thefreequark.com/2012/01/having-a-heart-for-horses/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2012 22:53:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ingrid</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Laws & Policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mammals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wild horses]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wildlife]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thefreequark.com/?p=11265</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In commemoration of the Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday: &#8220;Never, never be afraid to do what’s right, especially if the well-being of a person or animal is at stake. Society’s punishments are small compared to the wounds we inflict on our soul when we look the other way. &#8221; ~ Martin Luther King, Jr. I&#8217;ve [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Turkeys I&#8217;ve [Almost] Known</title>
		<link>http://www.thefreequark.com/2011/11/a-tribute-to-turkeys/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thefreequark.com/2011/11/a-tribute-to-turkeys/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Nov 2011 03:45:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ingrid</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Animal Behavior]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rescue & Rehab]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Turkey, Quail et al]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Animal Behavior & Characteristics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bay Area]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[berkeley]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thefreequark.com/?p=10748</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This post is a tribute to the wild turkeys who walk among us. Every year, Hugh and I Adopt a Turkey from Farm Sanctuary. And every year, I try to somehow commemorate the awesomeness of the wild turkeys I&#8217;ve been privileged to be among and photograph. The timing of this new episode from Nature on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Part 3: Flaunting Our Economic Potential As Birders &amp; Wildlife Watchers</title>
		<link>http://www.thefreequark.com/2011/11/economic-power-of-wildlife-watchers/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thefreequark.com/2011/11/economic-power-of-wildlife-watchers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Nov 2011 20:35:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ingrid</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Fishing & Hunting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Habitat Issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Seattle Faves]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[habitat issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hunting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[national wildlife refuges]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thefreequark.com/?p=10648</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This is Part 3 (of 3) in a series on non-hunting revenue streams for our National Wildlife Refuge system. In Part 1 I talk about the issues surrounding the current funding system. In Part 2, I interview Marlin Greene who’s been producing an alternative refuge stamp since 2006, to draw attention to this subject. Edited [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Add a Voice to the Refuge Stamp Discussion</title>
		<link>http://www.thefreequark.com/2011/11/the-no-hunting-stamp-discussion/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thefreequark.com/2011/11/the-no-hunting-stamp-discussion/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Nov 2011 23:09:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ingrid</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Birds]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fishing & Hunting]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thefreequark.com/?p=10596</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[There&#8217;s a great comment thread happening over at 10,000 Birds where Mike was kind enough to cross-link to my recent posts here on Non-Hunters and Wildlife Refuges. The 10,000 Birds site is an awesome place &#8212; a repository for all things bird and birding. It&#8217;s one of my regular stops for bird news and commentary, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Part 2: The Non Hunters&#8217; Stamp</title>
		<link>http://www.thefreequark.com/2011/11/part-2-the-non-hunting-duck-stamp/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thefreequark.com/2011/11/part-2-the-non-hunting-duck-stamp/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Nov 2011 06:35:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ingrid</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Fishing & Hunting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Habitat]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thefreequark.com/?p=10413</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In the first part of this three-part series, I posted about the funding issues that shape land-use decisions on National Wildlife Refuges.You can read that post here: Part 1: Non-Hunters and National Wildlife Refuges.In Part 3 I discuss how birders, photographers and wildlife watchers can capitalize on their economic power. Here, I interview photographer Marlin [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Part 1: Non-Hunters and National Wildlife Refuges</title>
		<link>http://www.thefreequark.com/2011/11/hunting-on-national-wildlife-refuge/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thefreequark.com/2011/11/hunting-on-national-wildlife-refuge/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Nov 2011 09:09:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ingrid</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Fishing & Hunting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Habitat Issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Seattle Faves]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[waterfowl hunting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wildlife refuges]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thefreequark.com/?p=10310</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This is a three part series about National Wildlife Refuge funding and how the current system affects land-use privileges for non-hunters and non-consumptive users. In Part 2 I interview photographer Marlin Greene who has created a No Hunting Stamp to promote awareness about hunting on National Wildlife Refuges. And in Part 3 I discuss how [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Local Salmon &amp; the Salmon ISA Virus</title>
		<link>http://www.thefreequark.com/2011/10/local-salmon-the-salmon-isa-virus/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thefreequark.com/2011/10/local-salmon-the-salmon-isa-virus/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Oct 2011 20:23:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ingrid</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Agriculture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fish]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pathogens]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[aquaculture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[disease]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pacific northwest]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thefreequark.com/?p=10064</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I came upon Alexandra Morton through a link on a Facebook page &#8212; the Orca Network&#8217;s page. Morton is a biologist who, according to her brief bio statement, is &#8220;a registered professional biologist who was living in a remote archipelago studying whales when the fish farmers came to my town.&#8221; Today, she posted a revealing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Derelict Nets &amp; Entangled Birds</title>
		<link>http://www.thefreequark.com/2011/10/derelict-nets-entangled-birds/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thefreequark.com/2011/10/derelict-nets-entangled-birds/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Oct 2011 20:48:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ingrid</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bay Flotsam]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fishing & Hunting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gulls & Terns]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pacific Northwest]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pollution & Trash]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thefreequark.com/?p=10008</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Note: All gulls pictured in this post, and other trapped birds were freed from the netting. Follow Up on 10/21/11: I phoned today and learned that an official went out to this net, confirmed what we saw in terms of bird entanglement, and holes in the net have apparently been fixed as a temporary measure, [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
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		<title>Fly Away Home (and Safe) &#8230;. 2011</title>
		<link>http://www.thefreequark.com/2011/10/fly-away-home-and-safe-2011/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thefreequark.com/2011/10/fly-away-home-and-safe-2011/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Oct 2011 18:17:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ingrid</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Fishing & Hunting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hunting]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[waterfowl]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wildlife refuge]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thefreequark.com/?p=9920</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m re-posting my comments from October 2010, on this the opening day of waterfowl hunting season in Washington State, and a week before California&#8217;s opener. I&#8217;ve said it before so rather than saying it again, I&#8217;ve opted to reprint my thoughts from last year, with a few tweaks. See also a discussion of non-hunters and [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>The Orca-Scat Tracking Dog</title>
		<link>http://www.thefreequark.com/2011/10/whale-scat-research-dog-tucker/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thefreequark.com/2011/10/whale-scat-research-dog-tucker/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Oct 2011 08:33:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ingrid</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Endangered Species]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Pacific Northwest]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Wildlife Solutions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dogs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[orcas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pacific northwest]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thefreequark.com/?p=9872</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Tucker isn&#8217;t really interested in the water. But, he spends his working days on a boat, sniffing out orca scat in the breezes of the Salish Sea. He&#8217;s a labrador mix, trained as part of the Conservation Canine program &#8212; at the University of Washington&#8217;s Center For Conservation Biology. Tucker&#8217;s ambivalence about water actually makes [...]]]></description>
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		<title>If Orcas Could Buy Sofas &#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.thefreequark.com/2011/10/if-orcas-could-buy-sofas/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thefreequark.com/2011/10/if-orcas-could-buy-sofas/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Oct 2011 23:32:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ingrid</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Marine Mammals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pacific Northwest]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pollution & Trash]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Wildlife Solutions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[orcas]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[toxins]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thefreequark.com/?p=9821</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Orcas can&#8217;t, of course, pick out sofas. But if they could, they would tell you that their survival may depend on the product and furniture choices we make &#8212; and the industries we support in the process. The orcas of the Salish Sea, who regularly cross the international boundary between Washington State and British Columbia, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Train of Thought on Orcas and Captivity</title>
		<link>http://www.thefreequark.com/2011/08/a-train-of-thought-on-orcas-and-captivity/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thefreequark.com/2011/08/a-train-of-thought-on-orcas-and-captivity/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Aug 2011 18:56:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ingrid</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Captivity]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[animals in captivity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[orcas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[puget sound]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thefreequark.com/?p=9680</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In preparation for a short trip where we may or may not encounter Orcas (again), I&#8217;m immersed in literature about the Southern and Northern resident pods and about significant issues affecting whales and other wild marine mammals &#8212; like sonar, salmon stocks and Puget Sound pollution. We&#8217;ll be out just one of those days in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The One I Couldn&#8217;t Help</title>
		<link>http://www.thefreequark.com/2011/05/the-one-i-couldnt-help/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thefreequark.com/2011/05/the-one-i-couldnt-help/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 May 2011 04:37:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ingrid</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bay Flotsam]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Seattle Faves]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Urban Wildlife & Nature]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thefreequark.com/?p=9263</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It was one of those anomalous sunny days in the midst of Seattle downpours. A Flickr friend of mine told me about a tugboat race on Elliott Bay, so I thought I’d walk the Terminal 91 bike path to the water. The “path” is an industrial slog &#8212; a cement slough leading to Puget Sound, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Watch for Towhees, Flying Low</title>
		<link>http://www.thefreequark.com/2011/01/watch-for-towhees-flying-low/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thefreequark.com/2011/01/watch-for-towhees-flying-low/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Jan 2011 21:36:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ingrid</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Birds]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thefreequark.com/?p=8669</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Spotted Towhees were the elusive ground foragers I never saw enough of in the Bay Area. I&#8217;d catch a glimpse as they scuttled under the scrub. Or, occasionally, snapped a photo of one heralding the morning light in the thickets of Tilden Park. My best Spotted Towhee sighting was the trusting bird who let me [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Crow Who Changed My Life</title>
		<link>http://www.thefreequark.com/2010/12/the-crow-who-changed-my-life/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thefreequark.com/2010/12/the-crow-who-changed-my-life/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Dec 2010 23:55:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ingrid</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bay Area Faves]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thefreequark.com/?p=8424</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[My thanks to Lyanda Lynn Haupt for the book that reminded me to honor my original inspiration: the crow. It&#8217;s because of a crow that I became who I am. My mother arrived home one day with a juvenile crow in a box. I was just a kid, fourteen or so. Mom was dropping my [...]]]></description>
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		<title>One More Reason [for Me] to Love Starlings . . .</title>
		<link>http://www.thefreequark.com/2010/08/one-more-reason-for-me-to-love-starlings/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thefreequark.com/2010/08/one-more-reason-for-me-to-love-starlings/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Aug 2010 19:22:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ingrid</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Non-Native Species]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[. . . because they have artistic sensibilities: Related posts: The Lady Fairer How Starlings Colonized the United States]]></description>
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		<title>Wolves Back on Endangered Species List</title>
		<link>http://www.thefreequark.com/2010/08/wolves-back-on-endangered-species-list/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thefreequark.com/2010/08/wolves-back-on-endangered-species-list/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Aug 2010 21:08:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ingrid</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Endangered Species]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fishing & Hunting]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ll let the Defenders of Wildlife release speak for me. I&#8217;m just elated the wolf hunts have come to an end. A federal judge ruled that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service acted illegally when it removed wolves from the endangered species list in Idaho and Montana but left them on the list in Wyoming. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Seeking Justice for a Sea Otter: It’s a Small World</title>
		<link>http://www.thefreequark.com/2010/07/seeking-justice-for-a-sea-otter-its-a-small-world/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thefreequark.com/2010/07/seeking-justice-for-a-sea-otter-its-a-small-world/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 10:31:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ingrid</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Endangered Species]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Marine Mammals]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[sea otters]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[southern sea otter]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I received a notice tonight from Defenders of Wildlife, asking for help in finding the killer of a young sea otter. The female otter was found along Morro Strand in June of this year &#8212; slain illegally, with the post-mortem revealing a shot to her head. In seeking additional information on this case, I landed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lancelot-Guinevere: The Case of the Castle Pigeon</title>
		<link>http://www.thefreequark.com/2010/07/lancelot-guinevere-the-case-of-the-castle-pigeon/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thefreequark.com/2010/07/lancelot-guinevere-the-case-of-the-castle-pigeon/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jul 2010 00:29:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ingrid</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bay Area Faves]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Doves & Pigeons]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rescue & Rehab]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[homing pigeons]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pigeons]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lancelot (no, Guinevere) &#8212; lost himself (no, herself) &#8212; along the coast of Scotland, where Picts and Druids and Earls and Scots laid claim to the medieval stones of her landing. Just north of these stones lie the crags and cliffs that offer sanctuary for pelagic birds, the calls of whom may have drawn her [...]]]></description>
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