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      <image:caption>Published on Kuno, November 2025</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Published in The Guardian on 8th September, 2025</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Published in the ABC's Organic Gardener Magazine, July, 2025</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Published in the ABC's Organic Gardener Magazine, July, 2025 Photography by Ivett Dodd</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Published on Kuno, April 2025</image:caption>
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    <lastmod>2025-03-26</lastmod>
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      <image:caption>Published on Kuno, March 2025</image:caption>
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    <lastmod>2025-04-15</lastmod>
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      <image:caption>Published in the ABC's Organic Gardener Magazine, March, 2025</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>This portrait of me is on exhibition this summer (2024-25) in Ginger Brown cafe in South Hobart.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>My Writing - Sheep Farmers are helping save Tasmania’s native grasslands: ‘We’re better off working together’ - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Published in The Guardian on Saturday 21st December, 2024</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Here I am roaming on a mountain in Norway with my friend’s trusty moose dog. In Scandinavian countries the right to roam is a time-honoured tradition known as ‘Aalemannsretten’. Not so in England, where access to nature is extremely limited. Find our more in my essay!</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>I reviewed Wild Service for the Organic Gardener and for the newsletter of Rewilding Magazine</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Published in the ABC's Organic Gardener Magazine, September, 2024</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Published in the ABC's Organic Gardener Magazine, October 2024</image:caption>
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    <lastmod>2024-09-07</lastmod>
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      <image:caption>Fantails follow you, darting here and there, catching the tiny insects we disturb as we walk.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>View from the Summit Rd across Lyttleton Harbour to the Banks Peninsula.</image:caption>
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    <lastmod>2024-08-01</lastmod>
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      <image:caption>Published in the ABC’s Organic Gardener magazine, August 2024</image:caption>
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    <lastmod>2024-09-17</lastmod>
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      <image:caption>Published in the ABC’s Organic Gardener magazine, August 2024.</image:caption>
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    <lastmod>2024-06-13</lastmod>
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      <image:caption>Here’s Emma, excited about one of her beloved street gardens.</image:caption>
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    <lastmod>2024-03-20</lastmod>
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      <image:caption>Rewilding is an online magazine sharing positive stories from around the world.</image:caption>
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    <lastmod>2024-03-19</lastmod>
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    <lastmod>2024-09-17</lastmod>
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      <image:caption>Published in the Organic Gardener, Feb-March, 2024.</image:caption>
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    <lastmod>2024-03-18</lastmod>
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      <image:caption>Published by ABC Books, 2005.</image:caption>
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    <lastmod>2025-04-25</lastmod>
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      <image:caption>Produced in Tasmania by Ryan Walsh and Helen Cushing in 2015.</image:caption>
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    <lastmod>2024-09-17</lastmod>
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      <image:title>My Writing - Safe Refuge at Inala - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Published in the Organic Gardener, May-June, 2023.</image:caption>
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    <lastmod>2024-03-18</lastmod>
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      <image:title>My Writing - The ABC Book of Gardening for Kids - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Published by ABC Books, 2001.</image:caption>
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    <lastmod>2024-03-19</lastmod>
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      <image:title>My Writing - Samskaras: Impressions of Light and Shadow - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>I took this photo in Belgrade. Street art in Belgrade is extraordinary.</image:caption>
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    <lastmod>2024-03-19</lastmod>
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      <image:caption>Published on Medium. Dec 2019.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>My Writing - Classical Hatha Yoga in the Modern Age | Part 2 | Asanas - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
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    <lastmod>2024-03-19</lastmod>
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      <image:caption>This balancing asana is Eka Padasana, the One Legged Pose.</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.helencushing.com/my-writing-1/hope</loc>
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    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-04-25</lastmod>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65d694192d8e0926ab1cd0eb/2a4054f8-dc70-4168-9b6f-6e0f3c396b75/Hope+-+How+Yoga+Heals+the+Scars+of+Trauma.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>My Writing - Hope: How Yoga Heals the Scars of Trauma - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Published by Ganges Yoga, 2016.</image:caption>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.helencushing.com/my-writing-1/yoga-day-by-day</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2024-03-18</lastmod>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65d694192d8e0926ab1cd0eb/1708662427588-K13UKD8EG871LDDOJE3L/Yoga+Day+by+Day+-+a+guide+to+holistic+practices+for+healthy+living.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>My Writing - Yoga Day by Day: a guide to holistic practices for healthy living - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Published by Swan Yoga Publications, 2009.</image:caption>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.helencushing.com/my-writing-1/wall-to-wall-green</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2024-09-17</lastmod>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65d694192d8e0926ab1cd0eb/1710735647869-2PTV6OEK8EGRYUPRWBBH/Wall+to+Wall+Green+-+Organic+Gardener.png</image:loc>
      <image:title>My Writing - Wall to Wall Green - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Published in the Organic Gardener, Feb-March, 2020.</image:caption>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.helencushing.com/my-writing-1/seeds-of-change</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2024-03-19</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65d694192d8e0926ab1cd0eb/b498e7a6-3219-4af8-97c0-c3d6253dbce8/SL_11.1992_Seeds+of+Change+-+p1.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>My Writing - Seeds of Change: the seed savers networks of the world - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Published in Simply Living in November 1992.</image:caption>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.helencushing.com/my-writing-1/yuraygir-national-park</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2024-03-19</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65d694192d8e0926ab1cd0eb/d4b81cf6-c86b-4826-bf49-581a315e470c/Out+There_Aut_94_Yuraygir+National+Park+-+p1.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>My Writing - Yuraygir National Park - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.helencushing.com/my-writing-1/working-through-winter</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2024-03-19</lastmod>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65d694192d8e0926ab1cd0eb/d8129b99-324b-465a-86fd-28ad48ebfbdd/Tas+Life_7.2008_Working+through+Winter.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>My Writing - Working through Winter - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.helencushing.com/my-writing-1/cafe-jardin-wild-temptations</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2024-09-17</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65d694192d8e0926ab1cd0eb/0f217877-d190-486f-8bc3-4e5351c099e2/OG_04_Winter_Cafe+Jardin_Wild+Temptations.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>My Writing - Cafe Jardin - Wild Temptations - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Published in the Organic Gardener, Winter, 2004.</image:caption>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.helencushing.com/my-writing-1/tea-and-maples</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2024-09-17</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65d694192d8e0926ab1cd0eb/3cdc7e62-5557-4180-b174-5574bf63cd8c/OG_06_Autumn_Tea+and+Maples.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>My Writing - Tea and Maples - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Published in the Organic Gardener, Autumn, 2006.</image:caption>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.helencushing.com/my-writing-1/cafe-jardin-dawn-chorus</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2024-09-17</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65d694192d8e0926ab1cd0eb/d9267e53-8252-4fdf-bebb-1e191c9deb28/OG_04_Spring_Cafe+Jardin_Dawn+Chorus.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>My Writing - Cafe Jardin - Dawn Chorus - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Published in the Organic Gardener, Spring 2004.</image:caption>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.helencushing.com/my-writing-1/cafe-jardin-taking-trees-to-heart</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2024-09-17</lastmod>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65d694192d8e0926ab1cd0eb/fc602f96-285c-47a4-8d15-b5f78c3477d5/OG_04_Autumn_Cafe+Jardin_Taking+Trees+to+Heart.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>My Writing - Cafe Jardin - Taking Trees to Heart - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Published in the Organic Gardener, Autumn, 2004.</image:caption>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.helencushing.com/my-writing-1/cafe-jardin-expressions-of-life</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2024-09-17</lastmod>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65d694192d8e0926ab1cd0eb/50c1cc2c-cfa8-4e34-ac7d-d7c1534802b3/OG_03-04_Summer_Cafe+Jardin_Expressions+of+Life.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>My Writing - Cafe Jardin - Expressions of Life - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Published in the Organic Gardener, Summer, 2003-4.</image:caption>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.helencushing.com/my-writing-1/cafe-jardin-bluebell-vision</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2024-09-17</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65d694192d8e0926ab1cd0eb/99fd5299-22dd-4749-9a6d-0aceba66c52a/OG_03_Spring_Cafe+Jardin_Bluebell+Vision.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>My Writing - Cafe Jardin - Bluebell Vision - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Published in the Organic Gardener, Spring, 2003</image:caption>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.helencushing.com/my-writing-1/cafe-jardin-organic-by-design</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2024-09-17</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65d694192d8e0926ab1cd0eb/17859574-947b-47e0-8967-9c845f81ca49/OG_03_Cafe+Jardin_Organic+by+Design.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>My Writing - Cafe Jardin - Organic by Design - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Published in the Organic Gardener, Winter, 2003.</image:caption>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.helencushing.com/my-writing-1/cafe-jardin-gardening-for-freedom</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2024-09-17</lastmod>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65d694192d8e0926ab1cd0eb/36658cbe-b77c-4a40-bebf-918bf7891c68/OG_03_Autumn_Cafe+Jardin_Gardening+for+Freedom.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>My Writing - Cafe Jardin - Gardening for Freedom - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Published in the Organic Gardener, Autumn, 2003.</image:caption>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.helencushing.com/my-writing-1/cafe-jardin-gods-of-the-garden</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2024-09-17</lastmod>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65d694192d8e0926ab1cd0eb/4659990d-cfb8-409b-a939-0d3af6a2484d/OG_02_Winter_Cafe+Jardin_Gods+of+the+Garden.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>My Writing - Cafe Jardin - Gods of the Garden - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Published in the Organic Gardener, Winter 2002.</image:caption>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.helencushing.com/my-writing-1/its-time-for-the-organic-garden-police-to-look-more-kindly-on-the-rose</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2024-09-17</lastmod>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65d694192d8e0926ab1cd0eb/c9945c07-c9b9-4277-bef9-f3d052ed5e4e/OG_02_Summer_Cafe+Jardin_Let+Roses+Be.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>My Writing - Cafe Jardin - Let Roses Be - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Published in the Organic Gardener, Summer, 2002.</image:caption>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.helencushing.com/my-writing-1/cafe-jardin-cougar-annies-garden</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2024-09-17</lastmod>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65d694192d8e0926ab1cd0eb/853853f0-e595-497f-9164-15292aa71dc9/OG_02_Spring_Cafe+Jardin_Cougar+Annie%27s+Garden.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>My Writing - Cafe Jardin - Cougar Annie's Garden - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Published in the Organic Gardener, Spring 2002.</image:caption>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.helencushing.com/my-writing-1/cafe-jardin-freedom-zones</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2024-09-17</lastmod>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65d694192d8e0926ab1cd0eb/a50f6926-834c-4442-b2dd-d0b22b8e7255/OG_02_Autumn_Cafe+Jardin_Freedom+Zones.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>My Writing - Cafe Jardin - Freedom Zones - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Published in the Organic Gardener, Autumn, 2002.</image:caption>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.helencushing.com/my-writing-1/cafe-jardin-a-blind-spot-for-weeds</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2024-09-17</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65d694192d8e0926ab1cd0eb/9d2e8111-4863-4ffa-9351-6ac0e44de2ca/OG_01_Winter_Cafe+Jardin_A+Blind+Spot+for+Weeds.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>My Writing - Cafe Jardin - A Blind Spot for Weeds - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Published in the Organic Gardener, Winter, 2001.</image:caption>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.helencushing.com/my-writing-1/cafe-jardin-wildflower-child</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2024-09-17</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65d694192d8e0926ab1cd0eb/21987fa6-0124-4eee-aea2-5c6c735d7f22/OG_01_Summer_Cafe+Jardin_Wildflower+Child.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>My Writing - Cafe Jardin - Wildflower Child - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Published in the Organic Gardener, Summer, 2001.</image:caption>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.helencushing.com/my-writing-1/cafe-jardin-red-ant-reverence</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2024-09-17</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65d694192d8e0926ab1cd0eb/829848eb-b02d-4712-b624-09e87462fee9/OG_01_Spring_Cafe+Jardin_Red+Ant+Reverence.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>My Writing - Cafe Jardin - Red Ant Reverence - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Published in the Organic Gardener, Spring, 2001.</image:caption>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.helencushing.com/my-writing-1/garden-bench-redheads-forever</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2024-09-17</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65d694192d8e0926ab1cd0eb/e39f2b5d-f9e5-4eef-8bcc-4ae0348abe86/OG_01_Autumn_Garden+Bench_Redheads+Forever.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>My Writing - Garden Bench - Redheads Forever - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Published in the Organic Gardener, Autumn, 2001.</image:caption>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.helencushing.com/my-writing-1/cafe-jardin-our-gardens-are-not-enough</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2024-09-17</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65d694192d8e0926ab1cd0eb/282583e9-4a04-4560-87c8-9adc290c9d24/OG_01_Autumn_Cafe+Jardin_Our+Gardens+are+Not+Enough.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>My Writing - Cafe Jardin - Our Gardens are Not Enough - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Published in the Organic Gardener, Autumn, 2001.</image:caption>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.helencushing.com/my-writing-1/cafe-jardin-of-sacred-elders-and-popstars</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2024-09-17</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65d694192d8e0926ab1cd0eb/46942c93-0eb6-4af4-b9b9-78f948d8802a/OG_00_Winter_Cafe+Jardin_Of+Sacred+Elders+and+Popstars.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>My Writing - Cafe Jardin - Of Sacred Elders and Popstars - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Published in the Organic Gardener, Winter, 2000.</image:caption>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.helencushing.com/my-writing-1/cafe-jardin-blinded-and-breathless</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2024-09-17</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65d694192d8e0926ab1cd0eb/f0265582-4a07-4de1-ac7b-c9af3bbaa7d4/OG_00_Summer_Cafe+Jardin_Blinded+and+Breathless.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>My Writing - Cafe Jardin - Blinded and Breathless - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Published in the Organic Gardener, Summer, 2000.</image:caption>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.helencushing.com/my-writing-1/cafe-jardin-the-seasons-of-oz</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2024-09-17</lastmod>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65d694192d8e0926ab1cd0eb/54f49b65-69a1-46df-8b04-fc79baf8aa74/OG_00_Spring_Cafe+Jardin_The+Seasons+of+Oz.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>My Writing - Cafe Jardin - The Seasons of Oz - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Published in the Organic Gardener, Spring, 2000.</image:caption>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.helencushing.com/my-writing-1/cafe-jardin-in-search-of-organics</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2024-09-17</lastmod>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65d694192d8e0926ab1cd0eb/ea669078-40a5-4d50-a438-f7c79da172f6/OG_00_Autumn_Cafe+Jardin_In+Search+of+Organics.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>My Writing - Cafe Jardin - In Search of Organics - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Published in the Organic Gardener, Autumn, 2000.</image:caption>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.helencushing.com/my-writing-1/tarkine-bioblitz</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2024-09-17</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65d694192d8e0926ab1cd0eb/ecd4e795-05c6-4e08-90f2-cb905b099f8f/OG_2016_April_Tarkine+Bioblitz.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>My Writing - Tarkine Bioblitz - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Published in the Organic Gardener, April 2016.</image:caption>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.helencushing.com/my-writing-1/tarkine-treasures</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2024-09-17</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65d694192d8e0926ab1cd0eb/5783c193-5d1e-4628-bbb9-bccf6d44c6b8/OG_17_March-April_Tarkine+Treasures.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>My Writing - Tarkine Treasures - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Published in the Organic Gardener, March-April, 2017.</image:caption>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.helencushing.com/my-writing-1/bob-brown-interview</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2024-09-17</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65d694192d8e0926ab1cd0eb/d663bc51-fdc5-4bff-a036-0cbb5b162574/OG_9.16_Bob+Brown+Interview.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>My Writing - Bob Brown Interview - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Published in the Organic Gardener, September, 2016.</image:caption>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.helencushing.com/my-writing-1/marjorie-bligh-housewife-extraordinaire</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2024-03-19</lastmod>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65d694192d8e0926ab1cd0eb/46e2a637-97e1-48f3-ae3c-9f82b1c28370/Tas+Life_Marjorie+Bligh+Housewife+Extraordinaire+-+p1.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>My Writing - Marjorie Bligh - Housewife Extraordinaire - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.helencushing.com/my-writing-1/fuchsia-love</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2024-09-17</lastmod>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65d694192d8e0926ab1cd0eb/cc8c9c42-59c4-4de8-ad9d-891390602e06/OG_05_Spring_Fuchsia+Love.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>My Writing - Fuchsia Love - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Published in the Organic Gardener, Spring 2005.</image:caption>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.helencushing.com/my-writing-1/real-flower-power</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2024-09-17</lastmod>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65d694192d8e0926ab1cd0eb/260456a1-f03c-42fb-ac88-4bfcc521bce6/OG_04_Spring_Real+Flower+Power.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>My Writing - Real Flower Power - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Published in the Organic Gardener, Spring, 2004.</image:caption>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.helencushing.com/my-writing-1/propagation-a-budding-spring</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2024-09-17</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65d694192d8e0926ab1cd0eb/c1555d58-0d56-45a2-b08d-8fe992848284/OG_04_Spring_Propagation+-+A+Budding+Spring.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>My Writing - Propagation - A Budding Spring - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Published in the Organic Gardener, Spring, 2004.</image:caption>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.helencushing.com/my-writing-1/propagation-practical-autumn-tips</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2024-09-17</lastmod>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65d694192d8e0926ab1cd0eb/9daf372b-f66a-4b40-9158-4fa8949f2381/OG_04_Autumn_Propagation_Practical+Autumn+Tips.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>My Writing - Propagation - Practical Autumn Tips - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Published in the Organic Gardener, Autumn, 2004.</image:caption>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.helencushing.com/my-writing-1/plant-life-cycles-fruit-and-seed-formation</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2024-09-17</lastmod>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65d694192d8e0926ab1cd0eb/064d1ee3-b2fb-434c-93b1-f9725df43d67/OG_04_Autumn_Plant+Life+Cycles_Fruit+and+Seed+Formation.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>My Writing - Plant Life Cycles - Fruit and Seed Formation - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Published in the Organic Gardener, Autumn, 2004.</image:caption>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.helencushing.com/my-writing-1/daffodils</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2024-09-17</lastmod>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65d694192d8e0926ab1cd0eb/58281295-ae2d-4e66-95d4-2db8e7d4ce70/OG_3.06_Daffodils.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>My Writing - Daffodils - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Published in the Organic Gardener, Autumn, 2006.</image:caption>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.helencushing.com/my-writing-1/the-life-cycle-of-plants-germination</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2024-09-17</lastmod>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65d694192d8e0926ab1cd0eb/a62d58c0-85e4-433d-bb18-ea7202eecb06/OG_03-04_Summer_The+Life+Cycle+of+Plants+-+Germination.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>My Writing - The Life Cycle of Plants - Germination - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Published in the Organic Gardener, Summer, 2003-04</image:caption>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.helencushing.com/my-writing-1/summer-propagating</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2024-09-17</lastmod>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65d694192d8e0926ab1cd0eb/1ef29a57-5f0e-4737-8fe2-dabf64a0a7e3/OG_03-04_Summer_Summer+Propagating.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>My Writing - Summer Propagating - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Published in the Organic Gardener, Summer, 2003-04.</image:caption>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.helencushing.com/my-writing-1/saving-the-franklin</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2024-09-17</lastmod>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65d694192d8e0926ab1cd0eb/5400a873-98e1-4a15-a318-0b244c18c726/OG_03_Autumn_Saving+the+Franklin.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>My Writing - Saving the Franklin - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Published in the Organic Gardener, Autumn, 2003.</image:caption>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.helencushing.com/my-writing-1/love-amp-the-greenhouse-effect</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2024-03-18</lastmod>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65d694192d8e0926ab1cd0eb/afd0ab07-1db3-4e2e-8518-7327bb1c9be6/Love+%26+the+Greenhouse+Effect_Dolly+Fiction+Australia.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>My Writing - Love &amp;amp; the Greenhouse Effect - Australian Edition - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Published by Pan Macmillan, 1992.</image:caption>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.helencushing.com/my-writing-1/cafe-jardin-cosmic-speculation-tackles-permaculture</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2024-09-17</lastmod>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65d694192d8e0926ab1cd0eb/04c5a97a-4ee9-4141-a588-1c08e610819e/OG_1999_Autumn_Cafe+Jardin_Cosmic+Speculation+Tackles+Permaculture.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>My Writing - Cafe Jardin - Cosmic Speculation Tackles Permaculture - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Published in the Organic Gardener, Autumn, 1999.</image:caption>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.helencushing.com/my-writing-1/jungle-fever</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2024-03-18</lastmod>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65d694192d8e0926ab1cd0eb/cbae1d62-f569-4c77-af0a-9f3f20bc25d9/SL_1996_Winter_Jungle+Fever.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>My Writing - Jungle Fever - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Published in Simply Living, Winter, 1996.</image:caption>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.helencushing.com/my-writing-1/long-may-it-rain</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2024-03-18</lastmod>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65d694192d8e0926ab1cd0eb/b3f599eb-2226-473b-a0ac-7b05c2ffea96/SL_1995-96_Summer_H2O-Long+May+it+Rain.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>My Writing - Long May it Rain - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Published in Simply Living, Summer 1995-96.</image:caption>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.helencushing.com/my-writing-1/weeding-out-the-bad-weeds</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2024-03-18</lastmod>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65d694192d8e0926ab1cd0eb/c2e118dc-9fd2-4a16-9298-70420a8e6775/SL_1995_Winter_Weeding+Out+the+Bad+Weeds.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>My Writing - Weeding Out the Bad Weeds - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Published in Simply Living, Winter, 1995.</image:caption>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.helencushing.com/my-writing-1/a-return-to-those-salad-days</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2024-03-18</lastmod>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65d694192d8e0926ab1cd0eb/10df27c6-53df-4615-bb19-59e7be0bd264/SL_1995_Spring_A+Return+to+Those+Salad+Days.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>My Writing - A Return to Those Salad Days - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Published in Simply Living, Spring, 1995.</image:caption>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.helencushing.com/my-writing-1/legumes-not-just-peas-and-beans</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2024-03-18</lastmod>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65d694192d8e0926ab1cd0eb/9e64d385-4133-49d7-8130-04f9ac858f12/SL_1995_Autumn_egumes+-+Not+Just+Peas+and+Beans.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>My Writing - Legumes - Not Just Peas and Beans - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Published in Simply Living, Autumn, 1995.</image:caption>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.helencushing.com/my-writing-1/winter-gardening</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2024-03-18</lastmod>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65d694192d8e0926ab1cd0eb/5a8d518d-f282-4910-9e93-a6bc3ad1934b/SL_1994_Winter_Winter+Gardening.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>My Writing - Winter Gardening - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Published in Simply Living, Winter, 1994.</image:caption>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.helencushing.com/my-writing-1/the-sea-meets-the-land</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2024-03-18</lastmod>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65d694192d8e0926ab1cd0eb/8bf87af8-cb79-409a-93a5-a4c5a3bbe7b5/SL_1994_Summer_The+Sea+Meets+the+Land.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>My Writing - The Sea Meets the Land - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Published in Simply Living, Summer, 1994.</image:caption>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.helencushing.com/my-writing-1/spring-herbs</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2024-03-18</lastmod>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65d694192d8e0926ab1cd0eb/f04cc576-c1e2-46ac-bd79-d89c7b97772e/SL_1994_Spring_Spring+Herbs.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>My Writing - Spring Herbs - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Published in Simply Living, Spring, 1994.</image:caption>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.helencushing.com/my-writing-1/gardening-around-the-world</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2024-03-18</lastmod>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65d694192d8e0926ab1cd0eb/ff3007e9-4730-47c1-98e5-da7a1dbd8d73/SL_1994_Autumn_Gardening+Around+the+World.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>My Writing - Gardening Around the World - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Published in Simply Living, Autumn, 1994.</image:caption>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.helencushing.com/my-writing-1/wild-pumpkins-and-feral-potatoes</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2024-03-18</lastmod>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65d694192d8e0926ab1cd0eb/650033ec-751d-41a8-834c-4cde9a0311be/SL_1993_Summer_Wild+Pumpkins+and+Feral+Potatoes.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>My Writing - Wild Pumpkins and Feral Potatoes - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Published in Simply Living, Summer, 1993.</image:caption>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.helencushing.com/my-writing-1/the-miracle-of-nature</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2024-03-18</lastmod>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65d694192d8e0926ab1cd0eb/ff8846a9-4bbd-4f5c-bb56-af8dfad06f61/SL_1993_Autumn_The+Miracle+of+Nature.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>My Writing - The Miracle of Nature - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Published in Simply Living, Autumn, 1993.</image:caption>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.helencushing.com/my-writing-1/zen-and-the-art-of-pest-control</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2024-03-18</lastmod>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65d694192d8e0926ab1cd0eb/3db1b497-34f7-4598-b009-710f519a318c/SL_1992_Winter_Zen+and+the+Art+of+Pest+Control.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>My Writing - Zen and the Art of Pest Control - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Published in Simply Living, Winter, 1992.</image:caption>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.helencushing.com/my-writing-1/love-and-the-greenhouse-effect-uk-edition</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2024-03-18</lastmod>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65d694192d8e0926ab1cd0eb/ade69bf4-1a49-4a03-b7fc-25996893eef3/Love+%26+the+Greenhouse+Effect_+Lovelines+edition+UK.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>My Writing - Love &amp;amp; the Greenhouse Effect - UK Edition - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Published by Pan Macmillan in the UK and South Africa, 1993.</image:caption>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.helencushing.com/my-writing-1/reproducing-natures-abundance</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2024-03-18</lastmod>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65d694192d8e0926ab1cd0eb/79bf3dda-0c2e-4b00-8634-5e18912fd568/SL_1992_Summer_Reproducing+Nature%27s+Abundance.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>My Writing - Reproducing Nature's Abundance - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Published in Simply Living, Summer, 1992.</image:caption>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.helencushing.com/my-writing-1/a-tree-a-day</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2024-03-18</lastmod>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65d694192d8e0926ab1cd0eb/ed59add5-2fc5-40e5-80c5-81805405c0ac/SL_1992_Spring_A+Tree+a+Day.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>My Writing - A Tree a Day - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Published in Simply Living, Spring, 1992.</image:caption>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.helencushing.com/my-writing-1/backyard-bush-tucker</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2024-03-18</lastmod>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65d694192d8e0926ab1cd0eb/16c67daa-48d9-4a45-b4f1-ffa87a7c857b/SL_1992_Autumn_Backyard+Bush+Tucker.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>My Writing - Backyard Bush Tucker - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Published in Simply Living, Autumn, 1992.</image:caption>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.helencushing.com/my-writing-1/the-right-brained-veggie-patch</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2024-03-18</lastmod>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65d694192d8e0926ab1cd0eb/3441dfd5-7ffd-4d4a-b293-ff6280a21134/SL_1991_Summer_The+Right+Brained+Veggie+Patch.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>My Writing - The Right Brained Veggie Patch - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Published in Simply Living, Summer, 1991.</image:caption>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.helencushing.com/my-writing-1/childs-play</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2024-03-18</lastmod>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65d694192d8e0926ab1cd0eb/e2d850d0-47de-4f57-9d54-7350c74602e8/SL_+1993_Spring_Child%27s+Play.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>My Writing - Child's Play - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Published in Simply Living, Spring, 1993.</image:caption>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.helencushing.com/my-writing-1/permaculture</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2024-03-18</lastmod>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65d694192d8e0926ab1cd0eb/de3c955a-fecf-41ea-8633-a9d0b8a61cd2/SL_Winter.96_Permaculture.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>My Writing - Permaculture - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Simply Living, Winter, 1996.</image:caption>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.helencushing.com/my-writing-1/dorrigo-project-forests-of-the-future</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2024-03-18</lastmod>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65d694192d8e0926ab1cd0eb/37a9e329-d2bd-4f4a-969e-437c75cff2ed/SL_Winter.95_Dorrigo+Project+-+Forests+of+the+Future.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>My Writing - Dorrigo Project - Forests of the Future - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Published in Simply Living, Winter, 1995.</image:caption>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.helencushing.com/my-writing-1/meniscus-vol-8-no-2-sydneys-summer-child-back-in-the-day</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2024-03-21</lastmod>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65d694192d8e0926ab1cd0eb/5a0e8aa7-806c-4b63-bcb1-21d44a1e8847/Sydney%27s+Summer+Child.+Back+in+the+Day.+Helen+Cushing.png</image:loc>
      <image:title>My Writing - Sydney's Summer Child. Back in the Day - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Published in Meniscus Literary Journal, Volume 8, Issue 2, 2020.</image:caption>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.helencushing.com/my-writing-1/meniscus-vol-9-no-1-ashram-on-the-ganges-in-three-parts</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2024-03-21</lastmod>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65d694192d8e0926ab1cd0eb/9a09af68-2b2f-476e-af2d-2bf49b82391e/Ashram+on+the+Ganges+p.1.png</image:loc>
      <image:title>My Writing - Ashram on the Ganges in Three Parts - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Published in Meniscus Literary Journal, Volume 9, Issue number 1, 2021.</image:caption>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.helencushing.com/my-writing-1/icb9pyw9uee1rbgjurc8lg67dals6p</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2024-03-18</lastmod>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65d694192d8e0926ab1cd0eb/a85da07a-dc1b-4cda-874e-5100095d18f8/Second+Chances+Dolly+Fiction+Australia.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>My Writing - Second Chances, Dolly Fiction, Australia - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Published by Australian Consolidated Press, 1991.</image:caption>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.helencushing.com/my-writing-1/weird-amp-wacky-plants</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2024-03-18</lastmod>
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      <image:caption>At Uluru, I sense a consciousness and spirit. This is the power of ceremony, ritual and puja practised for tens of thousands of years by the Anangu people.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Far away from springtime in Hobart, this tree emerges from within the rocky folds of Uluru, a place of deep, timeless ritual in Central Australia.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>A different take on wintry feet from the greatest haiku master, Matsuo Basho.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Like me, this sleeping flying fox feels at peace in its tree. Cape Range NP, mangroves on Yardie Ck.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>This pair of Corellas don’t mind me resting in the shade of their tree. Cape Range NP, Western Australia.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>No trees! Cape Range National Park, Western Australia - the blue line on the horizon is the sea.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Hinewai Reserve, New Zealand is a rewilded landscape which used to be 100% cleared.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Journal - Still as a Tree - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>A mega tree in the Christchurch Botanical Gardens</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.helencushing.com/journal/transformed-into-nourishment</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-06-08</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Journal - Transformed into Nourishment - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.helencushing.com/journal/the-great-teachers</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-07-11</lastmod>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.helencushing.com/journal/the-human-madness</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-06-03</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65d694192d8e0926ab1cd0eb/d00737ff-f843-4cca-afe9-23778654b69a/IMG20200627124713.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Journal - The Human Madness - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>We are drawn to magical places like the Disappearing Tarn on Kunanyi/Mt Wellington for relief from our industrialised society.</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.helencushing.com/journal/puja-for-two-trees</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-05-31</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65d694192d8e0926ab1cd0eb/1748661289683-N1WVT87BO0M8RRF29343/Old+old+tree+S.W.+forests+WA.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Journal - Puja for two trees - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>The energy of this old being in the West Australian bush is completely different to a garden tree like my cherry blossom.</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.helencushing.com/journal/slowing-down</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-05-31</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Journal - Slowing down - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>As winter approaches, this forest in Croatia will soon be naked.</image:caption>
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  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.helencushing.com/journal/offer-your-mind</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-05-31</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Journal - Offer your mind - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Roots in the earth, leaves in the light.</image:caption>
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  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.helencushing.com/journal/breathe-and-grow</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-05-31</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Journal - Breathe and Grow - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>While the tree puja is internalising, gardening gives me an active relationship with nature. This duality expressed the balance of energies known in yoga as ida and pingala, equivalent to yin and yang.</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.helencushing.com/journal/the-flame-of-her-renunciation</loc>
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    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-05-17</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Journal - The flame of her renunciation - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>The tree gives her leaves back to the earth.</image:caption>
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  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.helencushing.com/journal/the-shift-into-spiritual-life</loc>
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    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-05-19</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65d694192d8e0926ab1cd0eb/e74aa584-4d0a-486e-97e4-90db399f70c2/Me+in+India.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Journal - The shift into spiritual life - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>My 2-year retreat in India cleared my mind and allowed me to reset when I returned.</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.helencushing.com/journal/like-the-naked-sadhus-of-india</loc>
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    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-05-13</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65d694192d8e0926ab1cd0eb/36f5e7a9-549a-4499-9308-238d578348df/Ahimsa+in+India+2013.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Journal - Like the naked sadhus of India - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>I lived for 2 years as a yoga swami in an Indian ashram.</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.helencushing.com/journal/i-have-befriended-the-tree</loc>
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    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-05-02</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Journal - I have befriended the tree - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>The offerings in a child’s Fairy Garden, sheltered by an olive tree.</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.helencushing.com/journal/spiritually-i-have-my-connection</loc>
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    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-04-29</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65d694192d8e0926ab1cd0eb/4973292b-9521-433b-b18b-9de49f94ca52/Gita+peacock+feather.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Journal - Spiritually I have my connection - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>The Bhagavad Gita teaches yoga as a way of life.</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.helencushing.com/journal/even-as-the-waves-toss-us</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-04-29</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Journal - Even as the waves toss us - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>The turbulence of waves rolling in from the depths of the Southern Ocean. South Cape Bay, Tasmania.</image:caption>
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  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.helencushing.com/journal/difficulties-keep-arising</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-04-29</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Journal - Difficulties keep arising - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Decay is beautiful. The Shiva principle at work.</image:caption>
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  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.helencushing.com/journal/at-the-time-of-a-death</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-04-29</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65d694192d8e0926ab1cd0eb/a5eeb3b5-028f-447b-9e59-876e003f3f02/Driftwood+tree+stump.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Journal - At the time of a death - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Driftwood becomes home to new life - mussels nestle in the grooves, washed by tides and warmed by sun.</image:caption>
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  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.helencushing.com/journal/energy-fields</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-04-18</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Journal - Energy fields - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Charlotte discovers snow.</image:caption>
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  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.helencushing.com/journal/our-little-friend-is-gone</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-04-18</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Journal - Our little friend is gone - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Charlotte liked sitting in the sunny open window.</image:caption>
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  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.helencushing.com/journal/i-felt-impatient</loc>
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    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-04-16</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Journal - I felt impatient - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>The blue tongued lizard in my garden is as patient as can be. I saw it last week catching some autumn sun, tail buried in the mulch, no worries.</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.helencushing.com/journal/the-garbage-truck</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-03-29</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Journal - The garbage truck - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Roadside rubbish in Karnataka, India, which is occasionally burned on site, producing toxic smoke.</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.helencushing.com/journal/trees-do-no-violence</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-03-27</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Journal - Trees do no violence - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>As driftwood, trees rest in peace, adding sculptural beauty to sand and swaying sea.</image:caption>
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  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.helencushing.com/journal/i-am-full-of-exclamation-marks</loc>
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    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-03-29</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65d694192d8e0926ab1cd0eb/99013bf2-060b-4962-be29-152a7d014987/Stalking+the+WIld+Pendulum+book+cover.png</image:loc>
      <image:title>Journal - I am full of exclamation marks! - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Bentov was a creative scientist, inventor, thinker and mystic.</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.helencushing.com/journal/she-is-tired-of-her-leaves</loc>
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    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-03-25</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65d694192d8e0926ab1cd0eb/a23b01f4-4f6f-4352-9f33-39e4302a6d17/Trees+and+global+heating.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Journal - She is tired of her leaves - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Extract from Earth Calling SOS by Reese Halter in Organic Gardener, early autumn 2025.</image:caption>
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  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.helencushing.com/journal/energy-of-ritual-and-consciousness</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-03-22</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65d694192d8e0926ab1cd0eb/a02fb196-5b49-40c1-8d27-046ea6585825/Raja+Yoga+abhyasa.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Journal - Energy of ritual and consciousness - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>My tree puja is a yoga practice - it tests my resolve for continuous, sincere effort, as instructed by Patanjali in Yoga Sutra 1:14.</image:caption>
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  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.helencushing.com/journal/finding-my-footing</loc>
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    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-03-21</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65d694192d8e0926ab1cd0eb/735fdd00-ded0-4cdf-b739-029f8154fcdf/8+limbs+of+yoga.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Journal - Finding my footing - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras is an ancient yogic text describing a system of psychology using yoga theory and practice.</image:caption>
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  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.helencushing.com/journal/like-freshly-hung-washing</loc>
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    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-03-18</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Journal - Like freshly hung washing - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Like freshly hung washing</image:caption>
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  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.helencushing.com/journal/i-earthed-myself</loc>
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    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-03-16</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65d694192d8e0926ab1cd0eb/0f51bc20-e935-47bf-b149-bb202394b423/Summer+in+Finland.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Journal - I Earthed Myself - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Midsummer trees in Finland, where waking at dawn for tree puja would be problematic as it’s never totally dark.</image:caption>
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  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.helencushing.com/journal/i-went-too-early</loc>
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    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-03-15</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65d694192d8e0926ab1cd0eb/3ba47c3d-36f0-46e0-ae74-19d8b44400f0/Recherche+Bay+sunset.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Journal - I went too early - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Too early for mingling</image:caption>
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  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.helencushing.com/journal/an-old-broken-birds-egg</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-03-15</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Journal - An old broken bird’s egg - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>A nest of seed capsules - eggs of the plant world.</image:caption>
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  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.helencushing.com/journal/the-feet-our-roots</loc>
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    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-03-08</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65d694192d8e0926ab1cd0eb/1740964038621-QC16HXV779XR6K7UK03R/Green+tomatoes.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Journal - The feet, our roots - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Will they ripen now that the weather is cooling down?</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.helencushing.com/journal/the-tree-has-been-my-teacher</loc>
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    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-03-07</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65d694192d8e0926ab1cd0eb/1740904871129-FU2R5OOSOUOKM4PVVU8A/8.3.10+journal.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Journal - The tree has been my teacher - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
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  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.helencushing.com/journal/this-is-the-shakti</loc>
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    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-03-06</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65d694192d8e0926ab1cd0eb/1ce6de01-1837-4bab-aa51-e8a2a2c33bc9/Calendula+with+native+bee.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Journal - This is the Shakti - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>A native bee forages in a calendula flower</image:caption>
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  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.helencushing.com/journal/like-a-lover</loc>
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    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-03-05</lastmod>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.helencushing.com/journal/i-apologised-briefly-and-left</loc>
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    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-03-03</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Journal - I apologised briefly and left - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Vedic mantras chanted for peace - shanti</image:caption>
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  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.helencushing.com/journal/dissolution</loc>
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    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-02-27</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Journal - Dissolution - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Fungi are everywhere in the beautiful dissolution happening in the Takayna Rainforest, Tasmania.</image:caption>
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  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.helencushing.com/journal/wild-surging-energy</loc>
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    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-02-25</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Journal - Wild, surging energy - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Looking across the wilds to the peaks on the Overland Track, Tasmania.</image:caption>
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  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.helencushing.com/journal/not-entirely-a-wild-thing</loc>
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    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-02-25</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65d694192d8e0926ab1cd0eb/95876fe2-496d-4342-838a-79af14d8c288/IMG20240413102215.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Journal - Not entirely a wild thing - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Transforming farmland to bushland takes dedication, time and a lot of plants. This site is on the Canterbury Plains, New Zealand, adjoining a small patch of remnant bush.</image:caption>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.helencushing.com/journal/dont-think</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-02-25</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65d694192d8e0926ab1cd0eb/4754557f-fcf9-4f0f-beaa-88a4429e33e1/DSC_0848.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Journal - Don’t think - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Do you see the reclining body and limbs? Tree spirit at rest.</image:caption>
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  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.helencushing.com/journal/i-went-also-at-dusk-today</loc>
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    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-02-25</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65d694192d8e0926ab1cd0eb/ad65e2ed-774d-4f1c-9424-507139b770e5/Sunset+over+Coles+Bay</image:loc>
      <image:title>Journal - I went also at dusk today - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Today I went at sunset, instead of sunrise, and felt the difference.</image:caption>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.helencushing.com/journal/the-experience-of-wind-unites-all-beings</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-02-25</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65d694192d8e0926ab1cd0eb/d7415374-21af-40e2-86e2-187c56112040/Naked+Lady.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Journal - The experience of wind unites all beings - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Known as Naked Ladies due to the lack of leaves, they reappear every year and their fragrance perfumes the breeze.</image:caption>
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  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.helencushing.com/journal/be-still-like-a-tree</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-02-25</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65d694192d8e0926ab1cd0eb/135f01ed-e7f1-4362-8bc0-c1b4f74bd28a/IMG_9425.JPG</image:loc>
      <image:title>Journal - Be still, like a tree - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Stillness embodied, on the Wineglass Bay track, Tasmania.</image:caption>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.helencushing.com/journal/the-matrix-of-nature</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-02-14</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65d694192d8e0926ab1cd0eb/099a9592-8104-4974-bebf-c1f2e9150b41/IMG_9565.JPG</image:loc>
      <image:title>Journal - The matrix of natural energy - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Cockatoos dining in my backyard.</image:caption>
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  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.helencushing.com/journal/a-world-without-trees-is-unthinkable</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-02-11</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65d694192d8e0926ab1cd0eb/4cdce503-8531-4e9d-8d93-5839cde0a57c/Rikhia+%26+Deoghar+011.JPG</image:loc>
      <image:title>Journal - A world without trees is unthinkable - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Without humans, nature continues</image:caption>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.helencushing.com/journal/the-purpose-of-ritual</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-02-09</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65d694192d8e0926ab1cd0eb/b114c2b9-e04b-46cd-b3d9-865c37f52c69/Rikhia+%26+Deoghar+039.JPG</image:loc>
      <image:title>Journal - The purpose of ritual - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>The private moment of prayer in an Indian temple happens in public.</image:caption>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.helencushing.com/journal/i-felt-our-secrecy</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-02-08</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65d694192d8e0926ab1cd0eb/3e57cc5b-8eda-437e-97ab-0ce477c89c54/Rikhia+%26+Deoghar+023.JPG</image:loc>
      <image:title>Journal - I felt our secrecy, our privacy - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Puja at a Shiva temple in India, where many people come and go.</image:caption>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.helencushing.com/journal/i-am-the-same-as-the-bird</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-02-07</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65d694192d8e0926ab1cd0eb/3c13a532-b815-401a-9f42-50d1234f679a/Brickendon+window+view.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Journal - I am the same as the bird - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Our separation is an illusion. Interdependence is unity.</image:caption>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.helencushing.com/journal/the-tree-is-peace</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-02-06</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65d694192d8e0926ab1cd0eb/43144ab7-bd06-49e9-8820-c1f3894863d0/043.JPG</image:loc>
      <image:title>Journal - The tree is peace - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.helencushing.com/journal/the-elements-are-in-balance</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-02-05</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65d694192d8e0926ab1cd0eb/ee709381-8138-4f54-9226-5736b46c1f64/Goodnight%21+Yoga+Nidra+for+Peaceful+Sleep.jpeg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Journal - The elements are in balance - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.helencushing.com/journal/feeling-is-a-prayer</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-02-01</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65d694192d8e0926ab1cd0eb/f17808d3-b1d0-4f11-bd9a-fc7aea8a4771/Fuchsia+hanging.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Journal - Feeling is a prayer - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>I used to enjoy walking past this fuchsia bush. But they’ve cleaned out the gutters now and it’s gone.</image:caption>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.helencushing.com/journal/the-tree-is-like-an-antenna</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-01-30</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65d694192d8e0926ab1cd0eb/05047893-c4a0-4c48-b0a5-fcef3e9531c8/Grandmother+Myrtle+in+takayna.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Journal - The tree is like an antenna - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>This Grandmother Myrtle is a universe of life. She grows in takayna, Tasmania, in a threatened forest. (Nothofagus cunninghamii)</image:caption>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.helencushing.com/journal/between-the-sun-and-the-earth</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-01-29</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65d694192d8e0926ab1cd0eb/c4860be1-4da0-489e-9b89-3e4899573149/Old+growth+treetop.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Journal - Between the sun and the earth - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Trees protect us.</image:caption>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.helencushing.com/journal/a-sustaining-force</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-01-28</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65d694192d8e0926ab1cd0eb/2766cf95-27e9-42b5-86da-d5a70e743976/Horseshoe+Falls%2C+Mt+Field+National+Park.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Journal - A sustaining force - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>On a bushwalk we step into and then out of the energy field of the waterfalls and tree ferns.</image:caption>
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  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.helencushing.com/journal/trees-and-birds-are-one</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-01-28</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65d694192d8e0926ab1cd0eb/277f0ab0-c8e5-4bde-9569-5a741f967824/Bird+in+tree+WA.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Journal - Trees and birds are one - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.helencushing.com/journal/protective-energy-derives-from-love</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-01-28</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65d694192d8e0926ab1cd0eb/b891715c-9875-4788-a7e0-2814debc4d56/moss+and+lichen+on+snow+gum+trunk+Lake+Dobson.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Journal - Protective energy derives from love. - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Mosses and lichens live as one on the bark of this snow gum tree in Mt Field National Park, Tasmania.</image:caption>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.helencushing.com/journal/in-the-moment-without-resistance</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-01-28</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65d694192d8e0926ab1cd0eb/27de69d4-c52d-410b-92b5-7c9780689a64/Pencil+Pine+Lake+Dobson.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Journal - In the moment, without resistance - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>An old friend I love to visit - pencil pine* leaning into Lake Dobson, Mt Field National Park - century after century, she’s in the moment without resistance. *Athrotaxis cupressoides</image:caption>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.helencushing.com/journal/the-regularity-stabilises-the-energy</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-01-28</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65d694192d8e0926ab1cd0eb/5ac0a05a-d143-4b11-9626-d59c634ed871/Tall+Tree+E.+regnans%2C+Mt+Field+.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Journal - The regularity stabilises the energy - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>I caught up with this old growth Eucalypt at Mt Field National Park this week. Good example of stabilised energy!</image:caption>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.helencushing.com/journal/i-get-dissipated-and-lose-my-discipline</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-01-28</lastmod>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.helencushing.com/journal/agitation-and-frustration</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-01-28</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65d694192d8e0926ab1cd0eb/fcf07168-642d-448b-8abc-b56019a42876/petal+on+asphalt.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Journal - Agitation and frustration - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Petal on concrete with lichen and mossy cracks</image:caption>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.helencushing.com/journal/steadiness-in-change</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-01-28</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65d694192d8e0926ab1cd0eb/f5d9fc9a-62e9-4645-ae80-5cf17ba1edbf/Summer+tree+with+house.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Journal - Steadiness in change - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.helencushing.com/journal/no-words-no-words-they-dont-have-words</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-01-28</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65d694192d8e0926ab1cd0eb/545effc5-0017-4f06-ba66-0fe475812276/plant+friends.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Journal - No words, no words, they don’t have words - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>I was welcome in their wordless world</image:caption>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.helencushing.com/journal/keeps-nothing-it-does-not-need</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-01-28</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65d694192d8e0926ab1cd0eb/8014fcb1-c853-4c0c-845a-f59c3c9083cf/leaves+on+the+earth.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Journal - Keeps nothing it does not need - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Leaves on the earth</image:caption>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.helencushing.com/journal/comfortable-in-earth-and-sky</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-01-28</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65d694192d8e0926ab1cd0eb/5d11ee22-d1d5-4134-a5fc-6aff3deb4d65/IMG20200627135654.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Journal - Comfortable in earth and sky - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Contented trees reflected in Disappearing Tarn on the slopes of kunanyi/Mt Wellington.</image:caption>
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  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.helencushing.com/journal/thank-you-for-the-water</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-01-28</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65d694192d8e0926ab1cd0eb/ec15e357-4744-4359-be99-4b947ea5018c/IMG20200627134753.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Journal - Thank you for the water - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Disappearing Tarn, an ephemeral tarn on kunanyi/Mt Wellington is a 9km bushwalk. For locals it’s a pilgrimage we make when the sun shines after heavy rainfall. A few days later, it’s gone.</image:caption>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.helencushing.com/journal/the-ritual-is-peace</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-01-28</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65d694192d8e0926ab1cd0eb/0debc10e-3d7a-4000-955c-bf4e652db06a/mudra.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Journal - The ritual is peace - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Hand mudras are used in meditation. They redirect subtle energies and influence breathing patterns.</image:caption>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.helencushing.com/journal/outside-my-bedroom-window</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-01-28</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65d694192d8e0926ab1cd0eb/86548676-3316-4a38-90b0-06b22bca190a/child-of-mother-earth_5191235453_o.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Journal - Outside my bedroom window - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Yoga practice: in the Child’s Pose, you fold into yourself and rest on Mother Earth</image:caption>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.helencushing.com/journal/offering-and-sacrifice-open-a-pathway</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-01-28</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65d694192d8e0926ab1cd0eb/06689e01-a879-4a58-8332-d91274417d3c/_MG_4521.JPG</image:loc>
      <image:title>Journal - Offering and sacrifice open a pathway - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Ascent</image:caption>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.helencushing.com/journal/everything-is-about-energy</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-01-28</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65d694192d8e0926ab1cd0eb/fb9f36f1-d9ec-48f6-9d73-708b17558182/IMG_8808.JPG</image:loc>
      <image:title>Journal - Everything is about energy - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>I took this in the Douglas Apsley National Park a few years ago. There’s something about flat rocks that urges interaction. A flat rock is part of my tree puja now, bringing an earthed and stable quality amidst the shifting seasons.</image:caption>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.helencushing.com/journal/the-tree-responded</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-01-28</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65d694192d8e0926ab1cd0eb/d7e6012c-74d6-43f1-b711-5cb7b77b00fb/Rikhia+2008+023.JPG</image:loc>
      <image:title>Journal - The tree responded - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Lotus flowers are sacred in India, representing purity.</image:caption>
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  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.helencushing.com/journal/it-is-all-a-language</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-01-28</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65d694192d8e0926ab1cd0eb/549148ef-48e1-4aba-b3a0-2b4ae9281459/IMG_8872.JPG</image:loc>
      <image:title>Journal - It is all a language - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Flowers are offered in rituals all over the world. A flower reflects the beauty of the Divine, and represents the earth element.</image:caption>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.helencushing.com/journal/today-i-am-better-prepared</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2024-12-30</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65d694192d8e0926ab1cd0eb/971cbb5f-cadf-414d-be41-05dd6de362cc/deepak+flame.jpeg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Journal - Today I am better prepared - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>A tile shelter for the flame. Thanks to Divyashakti for the illustration.</image:caption>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.helencushing.com/journal/i-am-back-from-india</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2024-12-29</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Journal - I am back from India - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>A tree or a forest?</image:caption>
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  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.helencushing.com/journal/sydney-then-india</loc>
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    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-01-28</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65d694192d8e0926ab1cd0eb/02787578-bdca-4dfe-956a-8b739d164065/Central+Park+Sydney.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Journal - Sydney, then India - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Instead of a tree, Central Park in Sydney’s Broadway mimics the vertical botany of cliffs and tree trunks in nature.</image:caption>
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  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.helencushing.com/journal/birds-are-the-voice-of-trees</loc>
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    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-01-28</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Journal - Birds are the Voice of Trees - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>The birds link trees, their song stories travel on air.</image:caption>
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  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.helencushing.com/journal/humanness-and-treeishness</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-01-28</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65d694192d8e0926ab1cd0eb/9f2530e5-8f61-4aa5-8d85-1d9607d8afce/Night+walk.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Journal - Humanness and Treeishness - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Sometimes our minds take a solitary night walk.</image:caption>
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  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.helencushing.com/journal/deep-in</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-01-28</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65d694192d8e0926ab1cd0eb/ac1401af-5d1f-4ff6-8d1a-0a73672e0c6e/Native+flower+garden.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Journal - Deep In. - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>A community of Australian plants, chatting in my garden.</image:caption>
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  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.helencushing.com/journal/water-at-their-roots-light-on-their-leaves</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-01-28</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65d694192d8e0926ab1cd0eb/2bc49499-5a1a-45ad-874b-d72822aa20ec/Rose+climbing+in+the+tree.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Journal - Water at their roots, light on their leaves - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Its as though the tree is flowering all over again. The Mr Lincoln rose I planted is long gone, ousted by its rootstock which clambers through the branches, glorious, exuberant and careless.</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.helencushing.com/journal/i-the-human-the-gardener</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2024-11-11</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65d694192d8e0926ab1cd0eb/58e538e0-c30d-4c46-90b7-e1130edded7a/Journal+entry+8.11.09.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Journal - I, the human, the gardener… - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Each morning I wrote whatever thoughts, insights, revelations, inspirations had occurred during the puja.</image:caption>
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  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.helencushing.com/journal/the-emergency-of-flowering</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-01-28</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65d694192d8e0926ab1cd0eb/9e6e5ccb-13c9-4448-a676-f9dd10ff2356/Atma%27s+macro+flower.JPG</image:loc>
      <image:title>Journal - The Emergency of Flowering - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Thank you Swami Atma for this stunning image of a flower whose petals have fallen.</image:caption>
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  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.helencushing.com/journal/nature-is-on-tiptoes</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-01-28</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65d694192d8e0926ab1cd0eb/d6c8ae58-c1fa-4295-b7c5-dc4e453372c4/End+blossom.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Journal - Nature is on Tiptoes - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Farewell to the blossoms.</image:caption>
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  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.helencushing.com/journal/leaves-are-the-support-team</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-01-28</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65d694192d8e0926ab1cd0eb/87f98159-4122-4841-8cf2-dd9bd6403489/new+leaves.jpeg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Journal - Leaves are the Support Team - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>The return of the leaves - they transform light into life. Thank you to Divyashakti for her evocative artwork.</image:caption>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.helencushing.com/journal/nature-is-on-the-alert</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-01-28</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65d694192d8e0926ab1cd0eb/b6e9ee64-76ac-4541-8b20-b1612ffd6bc2/Tree+Puja+journal+.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Journal - Nature is on the Alert - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>The original tree puja journal! The notebook was a gift. The ‘A’ is for my spiritual name, Ahimsa. The cover is felt. For the photo, I let it rest under the tree just now, where the blossoms are dissolving back into the earth.</image:caption>
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  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.helencushing.com/journal/here-is-home-the-wild-home</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-01-28</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65d694192d8e0926ab1cd0eb/f861ce31-fb77-460a-911e-01249501d0d3/Daisies+and+blossoms.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Journal - Here is Home, the Wild Home - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Conversation of the flowers.</image:caption>
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  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.helencushing.com/journal/you-have-birthed-all-these-babies</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-01-28</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65d694192d8e0926ab1cd0eb/f6c460e9-4c18-46d7-9b06-30cd3589ec10/Bluebells.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Journal - You have Birthed all these Babies - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Flowers, flowers, everywhere... beneath the cherry blossom, nodding bluebells</image:caption>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.helencushing.com/journal/sit-quietly-and-listen</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-01-28</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65d694192d8e0926ab1cd0eb/72e9cf76-2774-4c2d-8fe6-1bc5aff79974/Bird+with+spring+blossom.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Journal - Sit Quietly and Listen - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>The birds are the voice of the tree. Thank you Divyashakti for your evocative artwork.</image:caption>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.helencushing.com/journal/in-the-deathliness-of-space</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-01-28</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65d694192d8e0926ab1cd0eb/0e6bac56-66b9-4dd7-8586-e19bdd6138cd/Cherry+blossom+CU.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Journal - In the Deathliness of Space - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>The annual festival of life is in full swing - flowers are everywhere.</image:caption>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.helencushing.com/journal/then-zoomed-past-a-car</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-01-28</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65d694192d8e0926ab1cd0eb/4cc6697f-153b-4b40-819b-bb1363e8bfd8/Car+thru+the+blossom+cropped.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Journal - Then Zoomed Past a Car - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Industrial infrastructure cuts through landscape everywhere.</image:caption>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.helencushing.com/journal/how-arrogant-are-we-moderns</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-01-28</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65d694192d8e0926ab1cd0eb/3bde893b-d9d9-47da-b08b-dd80b29132fc/dripping+tree+trunk.jpeg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Journal - How Arrogant are We Moderns - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Look closely at the dripping tree trunk. Find the lichens and fissures and spider's web, and feel her tears of rain. Thank you to Divyashakti for her delicate artwork.</image:caption>
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  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.helencushing.com/journal/remember-the-purpose-of-the-flower</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-01-28</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65d694192d8e0926ab1cd0eb/21907c51-8a12-4765-92e5-326bc3d1c3b7/early+blossom+and+leaves+3+strip.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Journal - Remember the Purpose of the Flower - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>The tree is emerging from its winter sleep, reborn with bright colours after the darkness. I notice that the leaves and blossoms are opening earlier in 2024 than in 2009.</image:caption>
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  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.helencushing.com/journal/the-throb-of-life</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-01-28</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65d694192d8e0926ab1cd0eb/78c1d33c-8b14-415d-a110-26131b5c94a6/Gum+blossom+Silver+Princess.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Journal - The Throb of Life - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Gum blossom hangs heavy with the beauty of the life force. This is Eucalyptus caesia, an extraordinary West Australian mallee growing in my garden.</image:caption>
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  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.helencushing.com/journal/the-flow-of-life</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-01-28</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65d694192d8e0926ab1cd0eb/31971e70-a3b2-414b-b3f8-190bceb7e8ea/wildflowers+roadside+Norway.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Journal - The Flow of Life - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Norwegian wildflowers flowing and growing with life's longing for itself.</image:caption>
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  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.helencushing.com/journal/get-on-with-it</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-01-28</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65d694192d8e0926ab1cd0eb/13a0f050-aa9c-429e-9965-d5fc2626db46/Wildflowers%2C+lupins%2C+roadside%2C+Norway.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Journal - Get on with it! - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Speaking of flowers, these lupins and friends growing by the road enchanted me as I rode my bike in Norway.</image:caption>
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  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.helencushing.com/journal/the-wide-arms-of-the-tree</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-01-28</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65d694192d8e0926ab1cd0eb/a3e00fa5-dca3-4fa9-935d-efc933ff307a/In+the+wide+arms+of+the+tree.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Journal - The Wide Arms of the Tree - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>I clambered into the wide arms of this tree in Aotearoa New Zealand.</image:caption>
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  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.helencushing.com/journal/i-awoke-filled-with-love</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2024-08-27</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65d694192d8e0926ab1cd0eb/1c2ecbfa-8205-4c5a-b016-c6dac274894f/fungi+in+takayna+cropped.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Journal - I awoke filled with love. - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>The soil is full of life. Here we are in cool temperate rainforest in Tasmania's  takayna/Tarkine, loved, but unprotected and vulnerable to mining, forestry, roading.</image:caption>
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  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.helencushing.com/journal/some-aspect-of-me-has-merged-with-the-tree</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-01-28</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65d694192d8e0926ab1cd0eb/e8bb3fba-d96b-45c2-8b88-5b7015ed347d/IMG_4809+%28800x533%29.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Journal - Some aspect of me has merged with the tree. - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Rituals take many forms. In India fire ceremonies have deep cultural and spiritual meaning. Fire is the element of transformation. Here, a rose has been offered into the flames.</image:caption>
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  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.helencushing.com/journal/the-tree-is-so-silent</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-01-28</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65d694192d8e0926ab1cd0eb/90ff42ef-63c6-4cfa-8536-d786b73ee066/IMG20200627135654.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Journal - The tree is so silent. - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Trees reflected in the Disappearing Tarn, an ephemeral tarn on kunanyi/Mt Wellington. It appears after heavy rain, then vanishes. The 90-minute bushwalk has the feeling of a pilgrimage, as locals spontaneously take time out to wander and wonder in the peace, beauty and enchantment of this secret on the mountain.</image:caption>
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  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.helencushing.com/journal/the-tree-cannot-walk-but-it-never-ceases-to-grow</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-01-28</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65d694192d8e0926ab1cd0eb/55d9c5d1-c703-4147-88c9-12111f193403/Minature+daffodils.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Journal - The tree cannot walk but it never ceases to grow. - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>At the foot of the grey tree, a party of flowers is celebrating life!</image:caption>
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  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.helencushing.com/journal/i-went-outside-the-door-slammed-behind-me</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-01-28</lastmod>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.helencushing.com/journal/a-rainy-mood</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-01-28</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65d694192d8e0926ab1cd0eb/ac637372-5f9a-444a-9cef-fe2aba55f715/img_9082.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Journal - A rainy mood - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Water dripping on a much grander scale in Plitvice National Park, Croatia.</image:caption>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.helencushing.com/journal/the-tree-ignored-me-completely</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-01-28</lastmod>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.helencushing.com/journal/i-felt-the-tree-as-mother-nature</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-01-28</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65d694192d8e0926ab1cd0eb/1146dad1-c067-4dc9-87c1-69405db59f05/Face+tree.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Journal - I felt the tree as Mother Nature - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>The Face Tree, the enduring strength of nature gazing out in old growth forest, Western Australia.</image:caption>
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  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.helencushing.com/journal/the-ground-is-not-so-cold-anymore</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-01-28</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65d694192d8e0926ab1cd0eb/74566786-353e-458f-bdff-a4957b0bae18/YDbD+tree+puja+page.png</image:loc>
      <image:title>Journal - The ground is not so cold anymore. - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>How to practise tree puja is explained in my book, Yoga Day by Day. Illustrated by Mangalananda.</image:caption>
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  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.helencushing.com/journal/i-listened-sound-by-sound</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-01-28</lastmod>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.helencushing.com/journal/i-knew-that-something-had-changed</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-01-28</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65d694192d8e0926ab1cd0eb/f8ba8291-4187-475f-95d5-64e5bec2e330/Daffodil+shoots.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Journal - I knew that something had changed - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>The strong spears of bulbs in bud. That’s the tree puja tree behind.</image:caption>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.helencushing.com/journal/because-my-head-needs-sorting-out</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-01-28</lastmod>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.helencushing.com/journal/i-made-myself-go-to-the-tree</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2024-07-21</lastmod>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.helencushing.com/journal/for-my-teacher</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-01-28</lastmod>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.helencushing.com/journal/the-tree-and-the-rain-are-old-friends</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-01-28</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65d694192d8e0926ab1cd0eb/66abfc65-0e8e-48d6-b023-25aa291f3793/PXL_20240708_053114465.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Journal - The tree and the rain are old friends - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>The deep flow of water nurturing life along the Murchison River is in Nanda country. I offer my respect to the Nanda people and their ancestors, who are of this land, its waters and spirit. May their songs be heard and the trees ever grow.</image:caption>
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  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.helencushing.com/journal/as-tired-night-lets-go-and-day-edges-in</loc>
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      <image:caption>Endless rain isn’t everywhere. I bow to this hero tree, growing bravely in the little desert of the Pinnacles, Western Australia. We met a few days ago.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>kunanyi/Mt Wellington, snowy mid-winter background to my tree puja. Thanks Tim Williams for supplying this photo.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The flame is sheltered from the rain, like the warmth sheltering in my body.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Each morning under the tree, I lit a clay deepak like this one. Fire is the element of transformation.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>I drank from the rainwater bowl By Divyashakti</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Her bony fingers reaching for the dull winter sky</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Growing in the sand, she spreads her arms across a bay in New Zealand</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Moonlight Tree ~ another sketch by Divyashakti</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Winter Tree was sketched by my friend, Divyashakti.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Feel the strength of these tree roots in their autumn bed in a Croatian forest.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Sunrise and sunset, when day and night are in transition, are tree puja times.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Tasmanian Pencil Pine leaning over Lake Dobson in Mt Field National Park</image:caption>
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