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		<title>Don&#8217;t Tell Me There Ain&#8217;t No Mystery</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Sep 2010 15:37:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Randy Elrod</dc:creator>
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These words from troubadour Bruce Cockburn in his seminal song Mystery are haunting. Mystery has been educated out, spanked out, combed out, mocked out and preached out of our very souls.
And so again this past Sunday I found myself in search of mystery on a stunningly beautiful Rocky Mountain trail at sky edge at over [...]


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		<title>The Medici Principle — Why Creativity and Purpose Are Not Incompatible</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Sep 2010 14:42:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Randy Elrod</dc:creator>
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Upon reading the magnificent The Agony and the Ecstasy by Irving Stone, I was profoundly struck by how purposeful the Medici family lived their lives. This single powerful family enabled the creative explosion of the Renaissance in Florence, Italy. Their creativity and purpose in banking, politics and art colors the canvas of our lives to [...]


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		<title>The Persons I Wish I Had Known</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Aug 2010 12:00:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Randy Elrod</dc:creator>
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William Hazlitt wrote an essay on persons one would wish to have seen. I would like to ask you this question &#8220;Who are the persons you would wish to have known?&#8221;
This past weekend I posed this question as a foundation for two separate dinner conversations with people I greatly respect. The answers were fascinating to [...]


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		<title>My Answers to the 10 Power Questions for Personal Creativity and Fulfillment</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Aug 2010 13:00:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Randy Elrod</dc:creator>
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1. When am I most naturally myself? What people, places and activities allow me to feel most fully myself?
A. I am most naturally myself when I&#8217;m with people who are reciprocal conversationalists, who are inquisitive about new ideas and life, people who are &#8220;comfortable in their own skin.&#8221; The places that enhance my natural self [...]


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		<title>Food &amp; Wine Pairings for Novices #3—A Two Minute Video—Slow Cooked Italian Meat Gravy &amp; Italian Red Wine</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Aug 2010 23:03:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Randy Elrod</dc:creator>
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To get the recipe for this amazing meal, go to America&#8217;s Test Kitchen. They are my pick when it comes to Italian recipes that taste like Nonna did them. This one is simply amazing!!
For the wine, a 2006 IGT Italian Super Tuscan Monte Antico go HERE. This delicious wine was rated one of the top [...]


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		<title>&#8220;Behind Bars&#8221; — My Latest Watercolor</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Aug 2010 19:18:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Randy Elrod</dc:creator>
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I have been commissioned by Servant&#8217;s Heart Ministry to create this watercolor that will be auctioned at their Ministry Dinner on Thursday, October 14th at  the Factory in Franklin, TN.  They provide food programs, Haiti and  Dominican Republic relief trips, church planting and leadership  encouragement. My friend Ken Davis will be the [...]


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		<title>Food &amp; Wine Pairings for Novices #2—A Two Minute Video</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Aug 2010 19:10:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Randy Elrod</dc:creator>
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Recipes &#38; Wine:
Pan-Seared Grouper with Warm Roasted Red Pepper &#38; Parsley Relish
Serves 2 FAST 30 Minutes (adapted from America&#8217;s Test Kitchen Family Cookbook)
Fish
2 boneless, skinless grouper fillets
Salt &#38; Pepper
1/2 cup all-purpose flour
2 TBLS vegetable oil
Relish
1 TBLS vegetable oil
2 TBLS unsalted butter
1 shallot-minced
1 garlic clove-minced
2 roasted red peppers chopped fine (1 cup)
2 TBLS red wine vinegar
2 [...]


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		<title>Quentin Tarantino — Twisted Sadist or Creative Genius?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Aug 2010 12:00:20 +0000</pubDate>
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As I watched Quentin Tarantino&#8217;s Inglorious Basterds for the first time this past Sunday night a paradox of emotions flooded my artistic sensibilities. It was a struggle to pinpoint my feelings. Was it delicious agony? Was it a happy sadness? Was it similar to watching a house burn down—possibly with people in it?
He made me [...]


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		<title>Help Me Choose the Model For My Next Watercolor</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Aug 2010 14:12:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Randy Elrod</dc:creator>
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I have been commissioned to create a watercolor for Servant&#8217;s Heart Ministry to be auctioned at their Ministry Dinner on Thursday, October 14th at the Factory in Franklin.  They provide food programs, Haiti and Dominican Republic relief trips, church planting and leadership encouragement. My friend Ken Davis will be the speaker. Get tickets for the [...]


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		<title>A Wife&#8217;s Eyes Are The Window To A Man&#8217;s Soul</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Aug 2010 18:43:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Randy Elrod</dc:creator>
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A French poet once said, &#8220;Les yeux sont le miroir de l&#8217;âme&#8220; or &#8220;the eyes are windows to the soul.&#8221; Here&#8217;s another thought. I believe the eyes of a wife are windows to the soul of her husband.
With few exceptions, you can gauge the measure of a man in the eyes of his wife. 
Knowing [...]


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