<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></title><description><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link><image><url>http://direct.ecency.com/logo512.png</url><title>RSS Feed</title><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Sun, 05 Apr 2026 08:58:20 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/@aedroberts/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Seven Things to Know About Dream Interpretation]]></title><description><![CDATA[Quora has inundated me with requests for dream interpretations. This guide is for the Steemit community.    What is a dream? Our unconscious minds pick up all sensory data throughout the day which only]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/dream-interpretation/@aedroberts/seven-things-to-know-about-dream-interpretation</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/dream-interpretation/@aedroberts/seven-things-to-know-about-dream-interpretation</guid><category><![CDATA[dream-interpretation]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[aedroberts]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jan 2018 22:05:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2VZXybTSZJq1YCtp5DvQGMWDUTUdZJAkGVj6BK1gv6o7XpJCTgmtLXFFNTFZmBVQbDfQaE79XdXDYUDgspYN9vcpgpz7KQUQbNPjyB1uvSJCq2ZsXSGTndJTHgQEfDXi7v44BPbRH7qwA3B1nwzZZX7DAgT?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[How a Lucid Dream Made Us a Small Fortune]]></title><description><![CDATA[Psychedelic children's tales, penned by Chuck Norris, is mythology. First, he would never order ergot fungus on rye. Secondly, he never met Charles Lutwidge Dodgson. However, He built an incredible dimensional]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@aedroberts/how-a-lucid-dream-made-us-a-small-fortune</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@aedroberts/how-a-lucid-dream-made-us-a-small-fortune</guid><category><![CDATA[writing]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[aedroberts]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 27 Sep 2017 17:04:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/RGgukq5E6HBS5wvERDA3ZF4P2WKQy2VoZZet1QV2hAzCQFrgZd6SE4BepKy4be2WimBeGsdX55jBkDhdx9SBzywxF8jRXKLEt1mhdK234KHVCbTnPqPCDbxaKFzfCez?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do You Respect Your Business?                                                                                                                                       Do You Respect Yourself?]]></title><description><![CDATA[How much is your Steemit account worth to you? What if I shared with you that, with hidden assets that you have at your disposal, your Steemit business starts at over $50k? What have you done to take advantage]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/steemit/@aedroberts/do-you-respect-your-business-do-you-respect-yourself</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/steemit/@aedroberts/do-you-respect-your-business-do-you-respect-yourself</guid><category><![CDATA[steemit]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[aedroberts]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 26 Sep 2017 02:22:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/RGgukq5E6HBS5wvERDA3ZF4P2WKQy2VoZZet1QV2hAzCQFrgZd6SE4BepKy4be2WimBeGsdX55jBkDhdx9SBzywxF8jRXKLEt1mhdK234KHVCbTnPqPCDbxaKFzfCez?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Marvelous Tales #14 – Hail the New Moon]]></title><description><![CDATA[Many of the colorful fallen leaves bustled upward in a dance. Seeing the stark, bare trees sent shivers up my back. The crisp autumn air flared my nostrils. My brother Billy bounded over to me wearing]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/marveloustales/@aedroberts/marvelous-tales-14-hail-the-new-moon</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/marveloustales/@aedroberts/marvelous-tales-14-hail-the-new-moon</guid><category><![CDATA[marveloustales]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[aedroberts]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 19 Sep 2017 02:13:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/RGgukq5E6HBS5wvERDA3ZF4P2WKQy2VoZZet1QV2hAzCQFrgZd6SE4BepKy4be2WimBeGsdX55jBkDhdx9SBzywxF8jRXKLEt1mhdK234KHVCbTnPqPCDbxaKFzfCez?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cruelty of Destiny]]></title><description><![CDATA[Pain bled out as Muzong closed his eyes to ponder. As he tried to open his eyes, tears crept down his cheeks. Saltiness invaded his lips. He breathed deeply. Scattered images stabbed his mind. He fully]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/competition/@aedroberts/cruelty-of-destiny</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/competition/@aedroberts/cruelty-of-destiny</guid><category><![CDATA[competition]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[aedroberts]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 15 Sep 2017 20:47:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/RGgukq5E6HBS5wvERDA3ZF4P2WKQy2VoZZet1QV2hAzCQFrgZd6SE4BepKy4be2WimBeGsdX55jBkDhdx9SBzywxF8jRXKLEt1mhdK234KHVCbTnPqPCDbxaKFzfCez?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Budding Empathetic]]></title><description><![CDATA[Working with children “diagnosed” with ADD/ADHD rewards me almost unimaginably. An eight-year-old isolated, from birth until adoption rescue, is in my communication channel. Having studied Elizabeth Hurlock’s]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/contest/@aedroberts/the-budding-empathetic</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/contest/@aedroberts/the-budding-empathetic</guid><category><![CDATA[contest]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[aedroberts]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 14 Sep 2017 16:21:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/RGgukq5E6HBS5wvERDA3ZF4P2WKQy2VoZZet1QV2hAzCQFrgZd6SE4BepKy4be2WimBeGsdX55jBkDhdx9SBzywxF8jRXKLEt1mhdK234KHVCbTnPqPCDbxaKFzfCez?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Curing the Maladies of the English Language or at Least Some of Them]]></title><description><![CDATA[Greeting someone, in English, is a horrid experience. Two lovers wake up and say, “Hi,” in each other’s face. That morning breath cannot be a pleasant method to greet each other. For this task, I suggest]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/homesteadslackers/@aedroberts/curing-the-maladies-of-the-english-language-or-at-least-some-of-them</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/homesteadslackers/@aedroberts/curing-the-maladies-of-the-english-language-or-at-least-some-of-them</guid><category><![CDATA[homesteadslackers]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[aedroberts]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 12 Sep 2017 19:48:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/RGgukq5E6HBS5wvERDA3ZF4P2WKQy2VoZZet1QV2hAzCQFrgZd6SE4BepKy4be2WimBeGsdX55jBkDhdx9SBzywxF8jRXKLEt1mhdK234KHVCbTnPqPCDbxaKFzfCez?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Marvelous Tales #13 - The Daze of Obscured Sunshine]]></title><description><![CDATA[Meanwhile, back at the ranch, figuratively speaking, of course. Becky and Billy and their parents neither lived on a ranch or had a ranch house, but we digress. Oops! Let’s have Becky tell the story. Things]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/marveloustales/@aedroberts/marvelous-tales-13-the-daze-of-obscured-sunshine</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/marveloustales/@aedroberts/marvelous-tales-13-the-daze-of-obscured-sunshine</guid><category><![CDATA[marveloustales]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[aedroberts]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 11 Sep 2017 22:09:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/RGgukq5E6HBS5wvERDA3ZF4P2WKQy2VoZZet1QV2hAzCQFrgZd6SE4BepKy4be2WimBeGsdX55jBkDhdx9SBzywxF8jRXKLEt1mhdK234KHVCbTnPqPCDbxaKFzfCez?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Progress You Say?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Before the invention of cars, outdoor cats had no place to sit. Before the invention of cars, cinder blocks had limited usage. Before the invention of cars, teenage wooers had to resort to barns. Before]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/humor/@aedroberts/progress-you-say</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/humor/@aedroberts/progress-you-say</guid><category><![CDATA[humor]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[aedroberts]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 09 Sep 2017 14:02:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/RGgukq5E6HBS5wvERDA3ZF4P2WKQy2VoZZet1QV2hAzCQFrgZd6SE4BepKy4be2WimBeGsdX55jBkDhdx9SBzywxF8jRXKLEt1mhdK234KHVCbTnPqPCDbxaKFzfCez?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Marvelous Tales #12 – Discovering Secrets of the Forest]]></title><description><![CDATA[Grandma’s house snuggled with several soft fir trees. Her home sits in the middle of a vast glade. The various birds serenaded her daily. The creatures of the forest enjoy being close to the inviting warmth.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/marveloustales/@aedroberts/marvelous-tales-12-discovering-secrets-of-the-forest</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/marveloustales/@aedroberts/marvelous-tales-12-discovering-secrets-of-the-forest</guid><category><![CDATA[marveloustales]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[aedroberts]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 03 Sep 2017 01:59:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/RGgukq5E6HBS5wvERDA3ZF4P2WKQy2VoZZet1QV2hAzCQFrgZd6SE4BepKy4be2WimBeGsdX55jBkDhdx9SBzywxF8jRXKLEt1mhdK234KHVCbTnPqPCDbxaKFzfCez?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Joy of Killing Slugs]]></title><description><![CDATA[Someone wrote that if you were going make a sci-fi alien creature, a slug is a good place to start. I wish I knew where I read that. For all you non-hard-core gardeners, I have probably lost you. You might]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/homesteadslackers/@aedroberts/the-joy-of-killing-slugs</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/homesteadslackers/@aedroberts/the-joy-of-killing-slugs</guid><category><![CDATA[homesteadslackers]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[aedroberts]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 31 Aug 2017 23:36:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/RGgukq5E6HBS5wvERDA3ZF4P2WKQy2VoZZet1QV2hAzCQFrgZd6SE4BepKy4be2WimBeGsdX55jBkDhdx9SBzywxF8jRXKLEt1mhdK234KHVCbTnPqPCDbxaKFzfCez?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[So You Think You Know American History? Part 8]]></title><description><![CDATA[Sidestepping even plausible speculation, we thrust forward. First, do I, via evidence, believe that secret societies represent a clear and present danger to the denizens of the world? Of course, but a]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/anarchy/@aedroberts/so-you-think-you-know-american-history-part-8</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/anarchy/@aedroberts/so-you-think-you-know-american-history-part-8</guid><category><![CDATA[anarchy]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[aedroberts]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 30 Aug 2017 00:12:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/RGgukq5E6HBS5wvERDA3ZF4P2WKQy2VoZZet1QV2hAzCQFrgZd6SE4BepKy4be2WimBeGsdX55jBkDhdx9SBzywxF8jRXKLEt1mhdK234KHVCbTnPqPCDbxaKFzfCez?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[For My Eyes Only]]></title><description><![CDATA[I’m a night stalker, but not a gawker, a big talker, or a walker. I see so well, can’t you tell? I’m so swell. I just don’t come from out of Hell. Folks ‘fraid of bugs, I save. They rave that I’m not brave]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@aedroberts/for-my-eyes-only</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@aedroberts/for-my-eyes-only</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[aedroberts]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 28 Aug 2017 13:15:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/RGgukq5E6HBS5wvERDA3ZF4P2WKQy2VoZZet1QV2hAzCQFrgZd6SE4BepKy4be2WimBeGsdX55jBkDhdx9SBzywxF8jRXKLEt1mhdK234KHVCbTnPqPCDbxaKFzfCez?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mystery Tour of Nature]]></title><description><![CDATA[In the night season, my nostrils took in of the Scrub Pines. I slipped through an archway that was guarded by Grape Vines. Then all of my senses were in awe at the sight of Glade Shrines. My eyes sought]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/creativecomp/@aedroberts/mystery-tour-of-nature</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/creativecomp/@aedroberts/mystery-tour-of-nature</guid><category><![CDATA[creativecomp]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[aedroberts]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 28 Aug 2017 12:47:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/RGgukq5E6HBS5wvERDA3ZF4P2WKQy2VoZZet1QV2hAzCQFrgZd6SE4BepKy4be2WimBeGsdX55jBkDhdx9SBzywxF8jRXKLEt1mhdK234KHVCbTnPqPCDbxaKFzfCez?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[So You Think You Know American History? Part 7]]></title><description><![CDATA[Would you like to make some quick cash? Then go to any university/college professor and bet him/her that if he/she cannot answer you within one minute, then you win the bet. The killer question is: When]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/anarchy/@aedroberts/so-you-think-you-know-american-history-part-7</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/anarchy/@aedroberts/so-you-think-you-know-american-history-part-7</guid><category><![CDATA[anarchy]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[aedroberts]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 26 Aug 2017 13:45:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/RGgukq5E6HBS5wvERDA3ZF4P2WKQy2VoZZet1QV2hAzCQFrgZd6SE4BepKy4be2WimBeGsdX55jBkDhdx9SBzywxF8jRXKLEt1mhdK234KHVCbTnPqPCDbxaKFzfCez?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Humor That is Wasted on Children]]></title><description><![CDATA[Please let that whimsical child in you shine on. However, there are pieces of humor that are a bit too sophisticated for a child (due to lacking a refined system of logic). An excellent example is the]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/humor/@aedroberts/humor-that-is-wasted-on-children</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/humor/@aedroberts/humor-that-is-wasted-on-children</guid><category><![CDATA[humor]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[aedroberts]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 25 Aug 2017 23:52:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/RGgukq5E6HBS5wvERDA3ZF4P2WKQy2VoZZet1QV2hAzCQFrgZd6SE4BepKy4be2WimBeGsdX55jBkDhdx9SBzywxF8jRXKLEt1mhdK234KHVCbTnPqPCDbxaKFzfCez?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[So You Think You Know American History? Part 6]]></title><description><![CDATA[Had the colonists been able to hit a target with their muskets, the British would have immediately taken severe losses at Concord and Lexington. 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