<?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/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2204499035043234454</id><updated>2011-04-21T22:59:33.761+03:00</updated><title type='text'>Cultivating a Conversation...</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cultivatingaconversation.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2204499035043234454/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cultivatingaconversation.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>A.J.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00160648846947266683</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_i3sKruJ4r1s/SPfDroIVCwI/AAAAAAAAACg/kc-maUK7qLs/S220/097.JPG'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>3</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2204499035043234454.post-3630843641932270419</id><published>2008-11-01T17:57:00.000+03:00</published><updated>2008-11-01T18:44:47.292+03:00</updated><title type='text'>A Time of Change…</title><summary type='text'>The last few weeks have been a time of change for me.  As many of you may know that for the last year plus I have been working as the interpreter for the Brigade Commander here in Diyala Province.  As there was a transfer of authority recently between the outgoing Brigade and the incoming Brigade I found myself without a job.  The new Brigade Colonel brought his own interpreter with him from the </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cultivatingaconversation.blogspot.com/feeds/3630843641932270419/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2204499035043234454&amp;postID=3630843641932270419&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2204499035043234454/posts/default/3630843641932270419'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2204499035043234454/posts/default/3630843641932270419'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cultivatingaconversation.blogspot.com/2008/11/time-of-change.html' title='A Time of Change…'/><author><name>A.J.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00160648846947266683</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_i3sKruJ4r1s/SPfDroIVCwI/AAAAAAAAACg/kc-maUK7qLs/S220/097.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2204499035043234454.post-1898818660648678753</id><published>2008-10-17T23:21:00.001+03:00</published><updated>2008-10-17T23:22:42.461+03:00</updated><title type='text'>A WORD ON CONVERSATION…</title><summary type='text'>The question may come up, “Why a conversation?”  Conversations, really good ones – ones that might last for hours, such as ones that I had with my friends Chris and Trevor when I was at home – are dynamic in nature.  They tend to grow and evolve naturally from one topic to the next and, as time passes, you almost feel like you could lose yourself in those conversations.  As if they have become a </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cultivatingaconversation.blogspot.com/feeds/1898818660648678753/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2204499035043234454&amp;postID=1898818660648678753&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2204499035043234454/posts/default/1898818660648678753'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2204499035043234454/posts/default/1898818660648678753'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cultivatingaconversation.blogspot.com/2008/10/word-on-conversation.html' title='A WORD ON CONVERSATION…'/><author><name>A.J.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00160648846947266683</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_i3sKruJ4r1s/SPfDroIVCwI/AAAAAAAAACg/kc-maUK7qLs/S220/097.JPG'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2204499035043234454.post-6729287674982780221</id><published>2008-10-17T04:49:00.002+03:00</published><updated>2008-10-17T06:01:21.850+03:00</updated><title type='text'>A New Beginning...</title><summary type='text'>Welcome and thank you for visiting this blog. I have wanted to jump on this blogging bandwagon for months now, and I have even started a few times, but I could never get myself to get it off the ground. It turns out I am a very complicated person. I wanted to write and share about my experiences and my life with my friends, but I just didn’t know where to start, or what to say. I came to realize </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cultivatingaconversation.blogspot.com/feeds/6729287674982780221/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2204499035043234454&amp;postID=6729287674982780221&amp;isPopup=true' title='10 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2204499035043234454/posts/default/6729287674982780221'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2204499035043234454/posts/default/6729287674982780221'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cultivatingaconversation.blogspot.com/2008/10/new-beginning.html' title='A New Beginning...'/><author><name>A.J.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00160648846947266683</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_i3sKruJ4r1s/SPfDroIVCwI/AAAAAAAAACg/kc-maUK7qLs/S220/097.JPG'/></author><thr:total>10</thr:total></entry></feed>
