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&amp; Gab</image:title><image:caption>Two favorite video subjects: Nonna and my infant daughter, 1995. 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My grandparents at our wedding, with my Uncle Mario (standing). Exemplified success without needless luxury.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2020-11-20T15:23:26+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://joedegiorgio.com/2013/07/21/the-power-of-summer/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://joedegiorgio.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/petty.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Petty</image:title><image:caption>Yup, we were this close. Thanks to my friend Jeff for the primo 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