<?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, 10 Apr 2026 07:51:19 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/@bedardg/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Phone Photography contest #75: Tourist market "La Carioca"]]></title><description><![CDATA[Happy week, @feelgood community. I want to tell you about "La Carioca." I haven't been there in years. I love eating fresh fish there, right by the Orinoco River, with the divine, cool breeze despite the]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-190931/@bedardg/phone-photography-contest-75-tourist</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-190931/@bedardg/phone-photography-contest-75-tourist</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-190931]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[bedardg]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2025 18:33:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/JvFFVmatwWHT5Fvr9KYC2ckcJeTNPxSHwBGG4zr8NeSWYWFiRcZCT2Rkx1PcW4MnDKEYVFw8SsVJFKwjB7P6RYNJTbB1phQM9E1V3NexNGFwNbMWCWZjFkot4BTUjyAPU9weaxXtQ6?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[22 August 2025, @mariannewest's Freewrite Writing Prompt Day 2837: not quite dead]]></title><description><![CDATA[My daughter recently told me that many people greeted me on Facebook after I posted recent photos from my great-grandson's birthday. Then she said something that made me think, "It's good to update your]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-161155/@bedardg/22-august-2025-mariannewests-freewrite-writing-prompt-day-2837-not-quite-dead</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-161155/@bedardg/22-august-2025-mariannewests-freewrite-writing-prompt-day-2837-not-quite-dead</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-161155]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[bedardg]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 22 Aug 2025 12:53:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/26uUsAjKTsXCDw7zixZR182JbFKvgzJ9YwsFpTVcRaGCmsqhA1unTgpqR6h4VeDcsZC95fgH35CggupbSXsYZo4dEzEohhxpmaMfRXn469izAidimfDJAhnEb8ekk6p9Jf9oEo8rmq1CYSA1YBTTuGegoYjACT4AGP1kJ2?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fairground garden, Ciudad Bolívar, Venezuela ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hello, blessed week, @liketu community! I'm sharing my photos from my visit to the garden at the fairgrounds in my city, Ciudad Bolívar, Venezuela. You've been telling me about this place for a long time.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-147010/@bedardg/fairground-garden-ciudad-bolivar-venezuela</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-147010/@bedardg/fairground-garden-ciudad-bolivar-venezuela</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-147010]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[bedardg]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 21 Aug 2025 20:35:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/5s4dzRwnVbzGM3JdyYKz6jx9fFPTMbZhYMErUJH1r8Dzc5w9L2inVQeUgUGMufmHqy7dC17L8pK8XF2iG9CyvRxLbkF1ixx4BFSLB47WgR95uB56ciwyasoDmFnQSBX86AVV9HPmP5RVG5HJkPSKnQ6oa13aLEzKvQ6N1FD?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Phone Photography Contest - #74]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hi everyone, this is my first contest in this community and I love it because I'm fascinated by photography. In that sense, I've been a little sad because I dropped my camera, and I have two others, but]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-190931/@bedardg/phone-photography-contest-74</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-190931/@bedardg/phone-photography-contest-74</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-190931]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[bedardg]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 18 Aug 2025 19:56:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/JvFFVmatwWHT5Fvr9KYC2ckcJeTNPxSHwBGG4zr8QPYEeSYHABzFFVpcv1e2gb43V5EkwYVP1EbsyG8YVz9oZoYqMaHnZp2N1tegiCaJ9CFQsGCZi5At3q1mWn81bcmmPeiyT96Rm8?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mi cama nueva]]></title><description><![CDATA[Mis hijas me regalaron una cama nueva. Yo tengo desgaste en un menisco, razón por la cual uso andadera, mis hijas notaron qué me costaba muchísimo incorporarme en mi antigua cama, aparte de que el colchón]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-110372/@bedardg/wlmralis</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-110372/@bedardg/wlmralis</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-110372]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[bedardg]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 17 Aug 2025 22:43:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/99pyU5Ga1kwr5bsMXthzYLbcngN4W2P8NtU9TWTdHC3HaQbjuuRfKKVdjVikNnrMXrSukadUQvmAkxSbA4yQpqNyC9ainuXz8e1j7CaADMjxytoZb5VjCmMVCdX55QxCzr?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mi vestido Nuevo]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hola comunidad @lifestyle, me muero literalmente por contarles, mis hijas me pidieron ropa para Diciembre, ésto se ha vuelto una bonita costumbre jeje. Yo me enamoré de un vestido largo que ví en Amazon]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-187189/@bedardg/gwxjzbob</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-187189/@bedardg/gwxjzbob</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-187189]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[bedardg]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2025 08:00:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/99pyU5Ga1kwr5bsMXthzYLbcngN4W2P8NtU9TWTdHC3HaQbjuuRfHesJoVuLbjb3GWfk5yCCWhdwLHeYpZfGTUuHSo1SrATQPYWSS9aE2Bik79GnJJJ4MEi32dCmzzTRvE?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[[Writing Contest] Finish the Tale. Story #25]]></title><description><![CDATA[[🔗]( film) They tried to have dinner one last time on the rooftop, but the late August storm had other plans. "Rod, I love you," she says, "I've told you that since the second day we met." 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I have a terrible mood, I'm like the devil himself in the mornings, I throw tantrums like an 8-year-old, and I always put]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-161155/@bedardg/9-august-2025-mariannewests-freewrite-writing-prompt-day-2824-smooth-as-sandpaper</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-161155/@bedardg/9-august-2025-mariannewests-freewrite-writing-prompt-day-2824-smooth-as-sandpaper</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-161155]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[bedardg]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 09 Aug 2025 20:24:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/FUkUE5bzkAZT3HzV5tJDiU2ik81PCd4JCyhWnRcDN8XJsVFY3UNB8DCRVUewyTsipB4Lv4emAVgwrC8kwvg2gNY6Y3TmoJNf9Ls7X4ZuzH4Jd3UMznV2MAcNWFZRFxZAjkpww92bxwsxiq6ZoHmvo7YND5knUiLyXuwC?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[7 August, 2025 @Mariannewest's Freewrite writing Prompt Day 2822: No Publicity PleaseNo Publicity please ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Despite a 40-year friendship, one day "la china," my friend since my youth, walked out of my life. 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I'm Venezuelan and I'm experiencing it firsthand. I studied almost my entire life, until I was 59. I earned every degree I could with the]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/freewriters/@bedardg/25-july-2025-mariannewest-s</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/freewriters/@bedardg/25-july-2025-mariannewest-s</guid><category><![CDATA[freewriters]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[bedardg]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2025 21:47:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3zpz8WQe4SNGkE7moUEDKqob9SdSFQGT6ny3UdZDNKeGdYM7KtNqx2yv1eoyZ5aC4bhNqj1SdXZSUbGKfTja8NVrSgv8goPmaqDNyMjNDF86SN4i5XVAfmNGfwTof3mEjdAp969mXzt8oXcLNure?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[24 July 2025, @mariannewest's Freewrite Writing Prompt Day 2808: shock him!]]></title><description><![CDATA[- "I don't know what to do. He's very rebellious. He's my son, but I feel like he's taking everything for granted, Mom. 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No, no, no, and]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-168869/@bedardg/answering-questions-my-first-ever-post-on-weekend-experiences-community-o</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-168869/@bedardg/answering-questions-my-first-ever-post-on-weekend-experiences-community-o</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-168869]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[bedardg]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 04 May 2025 18:11:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/54TLbcUcnRm4Bw8fmw3Y3ebiYW61dkW16qTycFmP2awin6jjv5LPZTW8cZQ4UCAF1821zHwajnHLwAChQPhwnMCZQyEY5vyqt9qRtHPaNi3rQmyYgwaXzRG5jdmjxCxjSQ7SV1uCz?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ciudad Bolívar' Historic Halmet ]]></title><description><![CDATA[For the residents of my city, Ciudad Bolívar, Venezuela, it's quite common to take a lot of photos of our historic center, and rightly so, because it's so beautiful, a legacy from our ancestors as a Spanish]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-147010/@bedardg/ciudad-bolivar-historic-halmet</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-147010/@bedardg/ciudad-bolivar-historic-halmet</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-147010]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[bedardg]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 04 May 2025 04:07:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/54TLbcUcnRm3sWQK3E3A5LrCpeXCj7zpE6HRNLjpjcFqF1YiaAJ4EMrLJ5gq2cm6PNN5FPyc4c9uS3kh4CpVcu8sRMdHRfYXJxkgrRrk8qmzjJqcTnPiGvcNR62VVeBZBbo7mihQs?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Delicious rain Season ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hello @photographylovers community, we're in the rainy season, well, just entering it. 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