<?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>Fri, 01 May 2026 23:25:45 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/@angelfire808/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Knight in Shning Armor...]]></title><description><![CDATA[We are our own knight in shining armor! We do not need rescuing. When we realize that we are complete creations as we are, is when we become whole. We make our own selves happy. We complete ourselves.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/inspiration/@angelfire808/knight-in-shning-armor</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/inspiration/@angelfire808/knight-in-shning-armor</guid><category><![CDATA[inspiration]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[angelfire808]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 08 Nov 2018 17:37:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/9vWp6aU4y8kwSZ9Gw15LFL3aMdhmgmBBFMpDJregpdP328iuGc3Dve67RxvBVWH8FxjqL3pTZYQ2XyaMdgTxB8wJ9k2tTsYnkdgnswVizENCsobnLhHCVxSY74aNFvmbn4XXYm85rurgdoRXk?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am still here]]></title><description><![CDATA[I am still here. I know a lot of people have jumped the Steemit ship, but I am staying. Steemit, for me is more than just a social media platform. It is a way of taking my efforts out of the current system.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/steemit/@angelfire808/i-am-still-here</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/steemit/@angelfire808/i-am-still-here</guid><category><![CDATA[steemit]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[angelfire808]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 09 Sep 2018 04:43:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/EEEoA8oLaAxsTkPYAARp78o5cJA1o6Chv9x98TzCFT6v5GDrBHA5e5MqAGpgJzMJoXHv8kk8Zr5FZgjspsgy2vG2Aasje9WyV5Hp3NdsKiZ8iH7a4LdY6VcbrUZ867REx9x4hQpY695RwbFqCk1sk?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Definite Purpose]]></title><description><![CDATA[As I read through this great book, the Law of Success, the quotes are just so profound. Here is the one that struck me today:]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/success/@angelfire808/a-definite-purpose</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/success/@angelfire808/a-definite-purpose</guid><category><![CDATA[success]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[angelfire808]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 18 Jun 2018 21:34:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/D5zH9SyxCKd9GJ4T6rkBdeqZw1coQAaQyCUzUF4FozBvW8dd8qEtGRZa6rns5gpAXLGogFCQ62Pkb7ASVpzkVv5d5j2g9cHWQ8He4sV57DiqynB6z3sKvDK8SRRVDFZd4ntw66?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[How to Stay Stuck Where You Are]]></title><description><![CDATA[One of my favorite motivational speakers is Kevin Trudeau. I have learned a great deal from him on becoming successful. I was listening to him this morning, and he said this profound statement. I hope]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/success/@angelfire808/how-to-stay-stuck-where-you-are</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/success/@angelfire808/how-to-stay-stuck-where-you-are</guid><category><![CDATA[success]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[angelfire808]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 17 Jun 2018 15:04:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/HNWT6DgoBc14riaEeLCzGYopkqYBKxpGKqfNWfgr368M9UKuvbdSsjwyNgRFMZQQB9BG4x1rG3axSHcCKM6kU4A6Ld7HxhsjdRXpNQEmQ4GNvk44YXG1SpGJNcn?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[He Finished the Hat]]></title><description><![CDATA[A few months ago I posted a story about my sixteen-year old son wanting to knit a hat for a friend. I thought you might like to see the finished project. We had to make an adjustment along the way. It]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/family/@angelfire808/he-finished-the-hat</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/family/@angelfire808/he-finished-the-hat</guid><category><![CDATA[family]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[angelfire808]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 14 Jun 2018 04:23:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/Zskj9C56UonWToSX8tGXNY8jeXKSedJ2aRhGRj6HDecqrf45z3TgWtLoUABYoJN2KzCFb6uLUXM5B3JFvRYrdfjjkaYHdYadoCYKufkgyanXyxP2CJ4E?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Morning Rainbow]]></title><description><![CDATA[As I was walking out the the chicken coop this morning I looked up and this is the sight that greeted me. In my lifetime, I have never seen a rainbow form in the west, in the morning. What a beautiful]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/farmlife/@angelfire808/morning-rainbow</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/farmlife/@angelfire808/morning-rainbow</guid><category><![CDATA[farmlife]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[angelfire808]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 12 Jun 2018 17:38:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/gPCasciUWmEwHnsXKML7xF4NE4zxEVyvENsPKp9LmDaFv21WPQspDCjmc1fgyW7WWy4g3U34NaDca7i87dTwREdNvq8gTWaAnsnWacrmS7ZspqTUTn6c4LbYW3b9KkDXZJPSdhgg65cQyqHteS?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Success]]></title><description><![CDATA[The best book … and the original book… written on personal success is the book The Law of Success, by Napoleon Hill in 1925. Time has passed, and our world has changed, but the lessons are timeless. There]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/success/@angelfire808/success</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/success/@angelfire808/success</guid><category><![CDATA[success]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[angelfire808]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 02 Jun 2018 18:34:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/JvFFVmatwWHRfvmtd53nmEJ94xpKydwmbSC5H5svBACH7xyzGkdprMjxE3XTvWBeRnVZpA8erjnAXsTMqoGUxmUWQXRvLMz44bkKRpQzQND14SgUqESLYPes7yiJVtQ6dC3GRDp87Q?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[What I Have Been Up To]]></title><description><![CDATA[I know it has been over a week since I posted anything on my own blog. Here are a few of the things I have been up to in that time. Each week for the past several years, I have been getting fresh raw milk]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/homesteading/@angelfire808/what-i-have-been-up-to</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/homesteading/@angelfire808/what-i-have-been-up-to</guid><category><![CDATA[homesteading]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[angelfire808]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2018 20:45:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/gPCasciUWmEwHnsXKML7xF4NE4zxEVyvENsPKp9LmDaFuyRQMRiiDGK1n7cGJM9ZABtqJ9LxksxRxDvh99Pa3qxsenWMJ4WwetqTVPiWmJZZ1BojQonzHLpUQwnn8R6i2KLmaYQt5YXHq96LGE?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Time]]></title><description><![CDATA[One of the most valuable gifts we can give ourselves is time with ourselves. In this busy lifestyle and frantic ‘hurry and do more, more, more’ pressure that we get from the constant contact with the world]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/mothers/@angelfire808/mothers-day</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/mothers/@angelfire808/mothers-day</guid><category><![CDATA[mothers]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[angelfire808]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2018 03:12:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Living with Permafrost (Ground Freeze)]]></title><description><![CDATA[I thought it might be interesting to share a couple of the things that we encounter because of living in a place that gets so cold in the winter that the ground freezes deep down. Here is a quote from]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/permafrost/@angelfire808/living-with-permafrost-ground-freeze</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/permafrost/@angelfire808/living-with-permafrost-ground-freeze</guid><category><![CDATA[permafrost]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[angelfire808]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2018 01:38:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/7ynYBCHn3PDX8N2NKD9Ttf5N7TNHG2dztH6ToVt2sxEudynLZZPi5o1mA3iTZdKHq4dFN5eAnyocwb9y38sHW7qKAzCDcqafvasGbp4F8pLxLPUUyzRxwPV1KYcrESEg2yfyLid1ijyutjnE5uiBKtw7DoMJV4ebdT58GnJ4uZ3ZvX3vwL4i2XyTbFj6uJky836uGb2XCNu1ZeDpCmAVTCERfWp5PuQBofq?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Power of Community]]></title><description><![CDATA[What would you do if you got a frantic call from your best friend asking, "Can we move our farm to your farm? There is a fire across the road from our place."? That is what I heard on the other end of]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/ungrip/@angelfire808/the-power-of-community</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/ungrip/@angelfire808/the-power-of-community</guid><category><![CDATA[ungrip]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[angelfire808]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2018 00:43:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/7ynYBCHn3PDX8N2NKD9Ttf5N7TNHG2dztH6ToVt2sxEudynLZZPi5o1mA3iTZdKHq2pr7VuRogUZkFA5pia1QGhj5LYZqgeiFcNSaBCMm2PgKfwBoe84RWywbwW1GvDv8cxyFcMgb69g87zZ5GSkdeoBXG3mzMxXb1nbZLbKHJxrvoKsUJrby2Z3K8M7HzKFx5pa9EB17mmqUQPcRpRSPKbj68rg8nnukXB?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[My New Toy: The First Project]]></title><description><![CDATA[I am working on my very first project on my new (to me) knitting machine. It didn't look like much while it was in process on the machine:   It is going to be a cushion cover. I am using up some yarn]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/knitting/@angelfire808/my-new-toy-the-first-project</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/knitting/@angelfire808/my-new-toy-the-first-project</guid><category><![CDATA[knitting]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[angelfire808]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2018 16:51:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/7ynYBCHn3PDX8N2NKD9Ttf5N7TNHG2dztH6ToVt2sxEudynLZZPi5o1mA3iTZdKHq2qGcPNatuVcrkPj7RZvUHM7rsy56upKrzaqS5rycBHsuErQruQTsAqxoNA9cXhDDx6ZdsG5ENrH5Lx9tcZdqTRGgiwb4SjxjjrWE6yzHNeaJLBu6x8ZbN8F13hyQ7eNgyoaMD8TxrP9xQ1kZJ7jtKSB1C6EbkpxAed?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[My Knitting Machine Journey]]></title><description><![CDATA[Like all goals or tasks or dreams we set for ourselves, there will always be roadblocks or challenges that stop or slow our progress to our desired outcome. This should not stop us from our continual move]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/creativity/@angelfire808/my-knitting-machine-journey</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/creativity/@angelfire808/my-knitting-machine-journey</guid><category><![CDATA[creativity]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[angelfire808]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2018 21:27:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/7ynYBCHn3PDX8N2NKD9Ttf5N7TNHG2dztH6ToVt2sxEudynLZZPi5o1mA3iTZdKHq2p2S3W8Agz9Ke5DnFqRYohCKsgStdRzMU7gNMBrC74Xas5kf3s8AEdJmqBay5sWS8JdkdZThLQcrD4bhzkFskVGhma8kGSst1SAVxS4fxJBjnTjdfZoHBiTmrVNYvk4xzrCoVuFcb7Ne3iSdweKHKbZvLeY8QopgJB?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Introducing My New Toy]]></title><description><![CDATA[I bought a knitting machine. It is a Toyota KS950. I bought it last summer. It is older and used, so as the months have past I have tracked down the parts that were missing, and now it is a complete set;]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/creativity/@angelfire808/introducing-my-new-toy</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/creativity/@angelfire808/introducing-my-new-toy</guid><category><![CDATA[creativity]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[angelfire808]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 07 Apr 2018 19:35:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/EuxowY3emeowTkRaeoENFm1Ji4ni2RGdRNQ2t3XwxLFSt98ks65JWQJbh7dg8RyvQQFbTio2GyjvoVbxJUXoiDLMCjqnwqvxHehAP6yTFj5cGPG2778rGePpgdQxo5BvYR3nYuUt6fAaBHvWdfeSkjFogWd3xwKJPiDq7rHScpvinJNzGcjDrWQiGJBs7iBEGS35jw3dBFNGYjViDSXyPDwHRHNTHmAY5mugF6eE4LTJnJR9cXvWEPUxQZT12uQJfoD81UWMJhF6eYvCxvGNKgA3ZZqGBbBnHVsyHgscahgkMzJYyXZeuCSEZFJ66KjZNnducG3r31ZEvz4D7VxEaPPeH2ZXYVKcXrGKKg24Ys1eceoxKuvmq3XWm15xxrJECSB4qYuF5yVWdKU1SKm?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[You Want to do WHAT?]]></title><description><![CDATA[“Mom… Can you teach me how to knit?” said my sixteen-year old son.   I love to knit. I would knit all the time if I could justify letting the dishes pile up in the kitchen, unwashed; the dirty clothes]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/family/@angelfire808/you-want-to-do-what</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/family/@angelfire808/you-want-to-do-what</guid><category><![CDATA[family]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[angelfire808]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 31 Mar 2018 02:56:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2ai8Wx7yRZDohdwESRW76MrvinrECZYVXCMGb6dwM9tdrAEu1acxXYGaZs1LACrTSRwyC8HFN1NcvkTu48BEZ61hwVYKsjqCZmjr8mPbgopjHFn4kwujMfsHfNKmFFsvvHxtasVTq3azu2vpCMmF4M3cDmedxG9t13JCn3fxX435wYY6mfNACPcH25pEdVwWR3NcZ9EWweYGExofjaZuP75ugNyzAN5sia?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Strangest Thing]]></title><description><![CDATA[The strangest thing happened for me today.  I went to a class to learn the in’s and out’s of using Steemit. The title of the class was Steemit Training for Beginners put on by my friend @wwf.  The]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/steemit/@angelfire808/the-strangest-thing</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/steemit/@angelfire808/the-strangest-thing</guid><category><![CDATA[steemit]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[angelfire808]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 24 Mar 2018 23:20:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/EEEoA8oLaAxvuUQGkvCakYvSb4FynuWGaqLyAt7GXGgKzt8Wrm34jJCbE6SzjzkSBvr8UV2kiQBF3d1fbFgwhGFbW5vAbur6x7Q1kAb2VeJdY293KX8w8doa52ABo5B95Wy5qSmb83TZjJj3srePp?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Happy Chatter]]></title><description><![CDATA[Women need each other. . . When a group of women get together, after a while, what you will begin to hear is a level of what I call ‘happy chatter’. This happy chatter is critical for us and is, I believe,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/life/@angelfire808/happy-chatter</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/life/@angelfire808/happy-chatter</guid><category><![CDATA[life]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[angelfire808]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 24 Mar 2018 16:50:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/TZjG7fJquRLMhNTcFdNG8JFCaGPgjdvn4SBeK7hgPvueV1XXBud2fNQRhfJSx4Bfct1DcJFF85PM1ddcx21uQ8nKzFqqxEXzDLnthh4yEXZFqP3dA1Gbh6jt3kSmzYQVnSgj4gpxNYmpCW?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Alberta Morning in February]]></title><description><![CDATA[While I was out walking with our little dog this morning, I realized just how lucky I am. I live in the countryside literally surrounded by the beauty of this earth. The landscape is so beautiful with]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/walkwithme/@angelfire808/alberta-morning-in-february</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/walkwithme/@angelfire808/alberta-morning-in-february</guid><category><![CDATA[walkwithme]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[angelfire808]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 26 Feb 2018 17:45:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/JvFFVmatwWHVQPjDcGkFxELgGtwNAntRtiqDuEyxrHEkTCPqh9aVdMp6Ri7X1AUXiquCvXMXEzuzNXUD3i1fga8Sjs5g2RW7YE1XuNSxiSLsvgCc4rwHMqwtGAKZShKpRSJj3fycAJ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Are We Violent By Nature?]]></title><description><![CDATA[An article came into my inbox a few days ago and it got me thinking. I hate conflict. I am repulsed by war. I don’t like being yelled at and/or threatened. But when I look around the world; and see it]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/morality/@angelfire808/are-we-violent-by-nature</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/morality/@angelfire808/are-we-violent-by-nature</guid><category><![CDATA[morality]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[angelfire808]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 06 Feb 2018 05:35:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3W72119s5BjWPGGUiZ9pqnZoj8JHYxCCp9dtn2QVegBM7TrAdkxAWmc4WD869RN8K5rQU7tnZZsGSVSr5JfPmp3y3o3NQpJ2TbAjC2PSi5ZJSgQFQKXRbc?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is me]]></title><description><![CDATA[Greetings fellow Steemians! My name is Muriel. I choose the avatar angelfire808 because I like the idea of being an angel of love, compassion and appreciation; with a fire in my heart to leave the world]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/inspiration/@angelfire808/this-is-me</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/inspiration/@angelfire808/this-is-me</guid><category><![CDATA[inspiration]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[angelfire808]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 24 Jan 2018 17:31:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3W72119s5BjWPGGUiZ9pqnZoj8JHYxCCp9dtn2QVeSwY3Bacw8vcmzHYUT7qVtkv5Zx6zDeais8Cx9jpKJUy1zsno4zG8A8aPLtiYT1Y42gQVoWeP7wRMG?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item></channel></rss>