<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<rss version="2.0"
	xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"
	xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"
	xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
	xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"
	xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/"
	xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/"
	xmlns:georss="http://www.georss.org/georss" xmlns:geo="http://www.w3.org/2003/01/geo/wgs84_pos#" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/"
	>

<channel>
	<title>Brilliant Women</title>
	<atom:link href="http://brilliantwomen.wordpress.com/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" />
	<link>http://brilliantwomen.wordpress.com</link>
	<description>Tales of a small fish</description>
	<lastBuildDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2009 23:17:33 +0000</lastBuildDate>
	<language>en</language>
	<sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod>
	<sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency>
	<generator>http://wordpress.com/</generator>
<cloud domain='brilliantwomen.wordpress.com' port='80' path='/?rsscloud=notify' registerProcedure='' protocol='http-post' />
<image>
		<url>http://s2.wp.com/i/buttonw-com.png</url>
		<title>Brilliant Women</title>
		<link>http://brilliantwomen.wordpress.com</link>
	</image>
	<atom:link rel="search" type="application/opensearchdescription+xml" href="http://brilliantwomen.wordpress.com/osd.xml" title="Brilliant Women" />
	<atom:link rel='hub' href='http://brilliantwomen.wordpress.com/?pushpress=hub'/>
		<item>
		<title>Fiction</title>
		<link>http://brilliantwomen.wordpress.com/2009/04/30/fiction/</link>
		<comments>http://brilliantwomen.wordpress.com/2009/04/30/fiction/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2009 23:17:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>brilliantwomen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Fiction]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://brilliantwomen.wordpress.com/?p=91</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I love fiction. I love to read it and I love to write it. I thought I would finally stop sitting on it (waiting for it to hatch) and add it to this blog. In answer to the obvious question, no, it is not my autobiography, just a creative outlet. If you click on the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=brilliantwomen.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4874772&amp;post=91&amp;subd=brilliantwomen&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://brilliantwomen.wordpress.com/2009/04/30/fiction/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">brilliantwomen</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>Test post</title>
		<link>http://brilliantwomen.wordpress.com/2009/04/28/test-post/</link>
		<comments>http://brilliantwomen.wordpress.com/2009/04/28/test-post/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2009 19:58:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>brilliantwomen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Fiction]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://brilliantwomen.wordpress.com/?p=71</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[You&#8217;d think I could be smart enough to figure out where this post will display, but I&#8217;m NOT. I&#8217;m trying to get my chapters organized onto the Fiction page and do you think I can do this? Noooooo. Anyone who knows how to do this &#8211; please tell me!<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=brilliantwomen.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4874772&amp;post=71&amp;subd=brilliantwomen&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://brilliantwomen.wordpress.com/2009/04/28/test-post/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">brilliantwomen</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>Spring has sprung</title>
		<link>http://brilliantwomen.wordpress.com/2009/04/06/spring-has-sprung/</link>
		<comments>http://brilliantwomen.wordpress.com/2009/04/06/spring-has-sprung/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2009 01:49:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>brilliantwomen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Column]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[allergies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[allergy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[conjunctivitis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[homeopathic]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[homeopathy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sick]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sick day]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[spring]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[summer]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://brilliantwomen.wordpress.com/?p=46</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I would love to say that I am glad Spring has come to Victoria, but I can&#8217;t. I would like to say that I love watching all the flowers blossom into life, but I can&#8217;t. I would love to throttle the heck out of the next person who says, &#8220;Hayfever is all in your head,&#8221; [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=brilliantwomen.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4874772&amp;post=46&amp;subd=brilliantwomen&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://brilliantwomen.wordpress.com/2009/04/06/spring-has-sprung/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">brilliantwomen</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>Ikea: Our Lady of Shopping</title>
		<link>http://brilliantwomen.wordpress.com/2008/09/22/ikea-our-lady-of-shopping/</link>
		<comments>http://brilliantwomen.wordpress.com/2008/09/22/ikea-our-lady-of-shopping/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Sep 2008 19:28:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>brilliantwomen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Column]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ex-husband]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[furniture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ikea]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[money]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[moving]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[savings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[shoppoing]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://brilliantwomen.wordpress.com/?p=31</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[About four years ago, I was standing in my living room looking around at my furniture. This was a significant moment in my life because I wasn&#8217;t just idly standing around thinking that I needed to rearrange things or perhaps polish the wood, instead, I was standing around looking at my furniture wondering what had [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=brilliantwomen.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4874772&amp;post=31&amp;subd=brilliantwomen&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://brilliantwomen.wordpress.com/2008/09/22/ikea-our-lady-of-shopping/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">brilliantwomen</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>I just became one of THOSE parents</title>
		<link>http://brilliantwomen.wordpress.com/2008/09/19/i-just-became-one-of-those-parents/</link>
		<comments>http://brilliantwomen.wordpress.com/2008/09/19/i-just-became-one-of-those-parents/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Sep 2008 02:33:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>brilliantwomen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Column]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[brain]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[food]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gamecube]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[judge judy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lost]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[motherhood]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[needs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nintendo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[obesity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tv]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://brilliantwomen.wordpress.com/?p=25</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As if having a giant swearing beast that sits in the corner of our living room wasn&#8217;t enough, I had to hook up a gamecube to it. As I type, my daughter and my boyfriend are becoming square-eyed, each matched with a squint and jerky reflexes. Ever since my daughter managed to get neck control, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=brilliantwomen.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4874772&amp;post=25&amp;subd=brilliantwomen&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://brilliantwomen.wordpress.com/2008/09/19/i-just-became-one-of-those-parents/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">brilliantwomen</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>Sharing the daughter</title>
		<link>http://brilliantwomen.wordpress.com/2008/09/18/sharing-the-daughter/</link>
		<comments>http://brilliantwomen.wordpress.com/2008/09/18/sharing-the-daughter/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Sep 2008 00:59:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>brilliantwomen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Column]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[father]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nits]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[parenting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[shared parenting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[step-father]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[summer]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://brilliantwomen.wordpress.com/?p=21</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Over the summer, my daughter went to stay with my ex. Back in July, she stepped on a plane that would take her halfway across the country and that wouldn&#8217;t return her until the end of the summer. To make this leap of faith, I needed to place a lot of trust in my ex, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=brilliantwomen.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4874772&amp;post=21&amp;subd=brilliantwomen&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://brilliantwomen.wordpress.com/2008/09/18/sharing-the-daughter/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">brilliantwomen</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>Martyr Dearest</title>
		<link>http://brilliantwomen.wordpress.com/2008/09/17/martyr-dearest/</link>
		<comments>http://brilliantwomen.wordpress.com/2008/09/17/martyr-dearest/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Sep 2008 15:37:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>brilliantwomen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Column]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[couch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[illness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[martyr]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[motherhood]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sick]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sick day]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tv]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://brilliantwomen.wordpress.com/?p=17</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[For the past two days, I was home sick from work. It seems to be my lot in life that whatever bug is going around will pause at my desk just long enough to make sure I become acquainted with it.  I&#8217;m sure it&#8217;s very handy having a co-worker who will act as an early [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=brilliantwomen.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4874772&amp;post=17&amp;subd=brilliantwomen&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://brilliantwomen.wordpress.com/2008/09/17/martyr-dearest/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">brilliantwomen</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>I am the girlfriend!</title>
		<link>http://brilliantwomen.wordpress.com/2008/09/16/i-am-the-girlfriend/</link>
		<comments>http://brilliantwomen.wordpress.com/2008/09/16/i-am-the-girlfriend/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Sep 2008 21:12:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>brilliantwomen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Column]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[blended families]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[boyfriend]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[daughter]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[girlfriend]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mixed families]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[step-mother]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[step-parent]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://brilliantwomen.wordpress.com/?p=10</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[About a year ago, I left my common-law husband of the past eight years. When I left, I filled my minivan with a few possessions, tossed in my eleven-year old and drove halfway across the country to go restart my life as a swinging single mom. To my delight &#8211; and amazement &#8211; things worked [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=brilliantwomen.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4874772&amp;post=10&amp;subd=brilliantwomen&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://brilliantwomen.wordpress.com/2008/09/16/i-am-the-girlfriend/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">brilliantwomen</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>Cinderella: A Step-Mother’s Tale</title>
		<link>http://brilliantwomen.wordpress.com/2008/09/16/cinderella-a-step-mother%e2%80%99s-tale/</link>
		<comments>http://brilliantwomen.wordpress.com/2008/09/16/cinderella-a-step-mother%e2%80%99s-tale/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Sep 2008 18:53:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>brilliantwomen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Stranger than fiction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cinderella]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[step-mother]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[step-parent]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[woodcutter]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://brilliantwomen.wordpress.com/?p=8</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Once upon a time, there lived a step-mother with her husband, a simple woodcutter, and his daughter. Together, they lived a good and simple life… simple, that is, apart from the daily comings and goings for the step-mother. The step-mother was a decent woman. She worked hard, was well-liked by her co-workers, and loved her [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=brilliantwomen.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4874772&amp;post=8&amp;subd=brilliantwomen&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://brilliantwomen.wordpress.com/2008/09/16/cinderella-a-step-mother%e2%80%99s-tale/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">brilliantwomen</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>Parenting the School-Year Way</title>
		<link>http://brilliantwomen.wordpress.com/2008/09/16/parenting-the-school-year-way/</link>
		<comments>http://brilliantwomen.wordpress.com/2008/09/16/parenting-the-school-year-way/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Sep 2008 17:22:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>brilliantwomen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Column]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[child]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[homework]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mom]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[motherhood]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[school]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[school year]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://brilliantwomen.wordpress.com/?p=3</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[“Forget all the books on parenting you have ever read. You are the only true expert when it comes to your child.” I can’t remember when I first said that gem, but if ever words have haunted me, it was that phrase. Maybe it was true when I was parenting a toddler whose demands for juice sounded like she was hallucinating sheep, but as the mother of a middle-school child, I am entirely unsure if, and when, I will ever be the expert of my own child. To ensure this lesson is underlined for me, I engage in the annual back to school shopping event.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=brilliantwomen.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4874772&amp;post=3&amp;subd=brilliantwomen&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://brilliantwomen.wordpress.com/2008/09/16/parenting-the-school-year-way/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">brilliantwomen</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
	</channel>
</rss>
