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	<description>News and Commentary - Direct from the Founder/CEO, Rod Barker</description>
	<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:37:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>The Fine Art of Giving: Make Meaningful Connections with The Trail of Painted Ponies</title>
		<link>http://blog.trailofpaintedponies.com/?p=254</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:05:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rod Barker</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Despite the ups and downs, both global and personal, that the past year may have brought us all, the holiday season is approaching, bringing with it the time and the cause for celebration. Reinforcing the bonds between friends and family and remembering significant events in ways that strengthen our connection to others is what this season is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Blazing a Philanthropic Trail</title>
		<link>http://blog.trailofpaintedponies.com/?p=240</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 16:05:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rod Barker</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The creativity that characterizes The Trail of Painted Ponies doesn&#8217;t stop with the imaginative transformation of horses into amazing works of art. From our beginnings as a New Mexico-based public art project, creative philanthropy has been an important part of the way we do business.
As practiced by The Trail, philanthropy has never taken the form of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Painted Pony Parties: The Latest Rage Among Collectors</title>
		<link>http://blog.trailofpaintedponies.com/?p=225</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2009 00:17:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rod Barker</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[As those of you who faithfully read our E-Newsletter know, with each monthly update of our website we feature a Collector of the Month. As story lovers, we like to select collectors who have a unique Painted Pony story to receive this recognition. Our September selection was made easy when we received a written account from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Value of Collectibles&#8230; in a Recession</title>
		<link>http://blog.trailofpaintedponies.com/?p=210</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2009 16:00:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rod Barker</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Now that the economy is showing signs of stability and the dawn of a recovery is visible on the horizon, I&#8217;d like to think out loud about what the recession has meant to the value of collectibles&#8230; and to Painted Ponies collectible figurines, in particular.
No question, there is a connection between a troubled economy and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Meeting Artists Along The Trail</title>
		<link>http://blog.trailofpaintedponies.com/?p=165</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 15:11:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rod Barker</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Many things distinguish The Trail of Painted Ponies from other collectible companies. But one of the things we are most proud of is the way what we do puts collectors and artists together. Be it the write-ups on the story tags, the feature stories on our website, the calendar of events we publish, the artist [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Little Horse That Could</title>
		<link>http://blog.trailofpaintedponies.com/?p=144</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2009 14:00:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rod Barker</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[I can&#8217;t get enough of Mine that Bird, the longshot winner of this year&#8217;s Kentucky Derby whose improbable, impossible victory has led to him being called a &#8220;four-legged Rocky.&#8221;
I watched the race on TV and, like everyone else, I was both shocked and exhilirated as I watched this little brown 50-to-1 shot who was running [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Website Meant To Be Explored</title>
		<link>http://blog.trailofpaintedponies.com/?p=138</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 02 May 2009 01:43:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rod Barker</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[As most everyone who visits our website on a regular basis knows, we publish a monthly update. On the first day of each month, we switch out the major images on our home page to visually communicate special happenings on The Trail. Like a monthly magazine, we try to feature at least one or two news stories. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Day in the Life of the Trailmaster</title>
		<link>http://blog.trailofpaintedponies.com/?p=127</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2009 00:56:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rod Barker</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The blogs I am aware of read like online diaries. They contain reflections on daily life, political opinions, and commentary on hot topics. The Talk of the Trail blog has been more like a twice-a-month dispatch on a subject that happens to interest me, and that I think Trail of Painted Ponies aficionados might enjoy. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>“War Pony” Circa 2001</title>
		<link>http://blog.trailofpaintedponies.com/?p=103</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Mar 2009 14:22:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rod Barker</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[On a regular basis we receive emails and letters from collectors who share stories of out-of-the-way places they came upon Painted Ponies. For instance, not long ago someone wrote they had discovered Painted Ponies in a gift shop in Dubai. 
But nothing quite prepared us for the article from a military publication we received titled: [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hollywood Calling&#8230; Part Two</title>
		<link>http://blog.trailofpaintedponies.com/?p=97</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Feb 2009 19:23:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rod Barker</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The idea of Painted Pony figurines getting their national cinematic moment in a feature film had a lot of initial appeal. I found myself thinking about other Hollywood Hoofers that had been part of show business… Trigger, Silver, Champion, Flicka, Fury, Buttermilk, and Mr. Ed. And who could forget Seabiscuit?
I’ll admit that for a moment, after [...]]]></description>
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