<?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>Wed, 29 Apr 2026 17:48:28 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/@bristolchris72/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Never knew my father was a poet, until 3 years after he died.]]></title><description><![CDATA[My father died when I was 14. A slightly distant man, he divorced from my mother when I was 10, and spent his remaining years in regular but awkward contact, trying to develop a relationship with his teenage]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@bristolchris72/never-knew-my-father-was-a-poet-until-3-years-after-he-died</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@bristolchris72/never-knew-my-father-was-a-poet-until-3-years-after-he-died</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[bristolchris72]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2017 13:53:06 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Meeting Freetown, Sierra Leone]]></title><description><![CDATA[In my old English, seafaring home town of Bristol there is a timeworn cemetery called Arnos Vale.    When I was fortunate enough to visit the Caribbean in 2012 I ended up walking through Arnos Vale bay]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/travel/@bristolchris72/meeting-freetown-sierra-leone</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/travel/@bristolchris72/meeting-freetown-sierra-leone</guid><category><![CDATA[travel]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[bristolchris72]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 26 Aug 2016 12:03:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/o1AJ9qDyyJNSg3j52kokyfvD831NZXoQcDMb4H1rYfTRvUk6r?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everyone Into Space – The elasticity of human consciousness]]></title><description><![CDATA[In the time of Christopher Columbus, a large part of the population of Europe still believed the world to be flat. Even though in 294 BC the Ancient Greek astronomer Eratosthenes had clearly showed this]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/life/@bristolchris72/everyone-into-space-the-elasticity-of-human-consciousness</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/life/@bristolchris72/everyone-into-space-the-elasticity-of-human-consciousness</guid><category><![CDATA[life]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[bristolchris72]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 12 Aug 2016 13:07:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/o1AJ9qDyyJNSg3j52kokyfvD831NZY8bNjGde6nenQKAEEKVG?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[An unconscious act of kindness and the Social Self – Where does ‘You’ exist]]></title><description><![CDATA[My wife is the kindest person I know, and most of the time she has no idea. Recently we were in a supermarket in the north east of Bristol in the UK. As an area to live it’s not the worst, maybe not the]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/life/@bristolchris72/an-unconscious-act-of-kindness-and-the-social-self-where-does-you-exist</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/life/@bristolchris72/an-unconscious-act-of-kindness-and-the-social-self-where-does-you-exist</guid><category><![CDATA[life]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[bristolchris72]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 05 Aug 2016 13:50:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/o1AJ9qDyyJNSg3j52kokyfvD831NZXptP7umudGEQjNZGNSBf?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hello I’m Chris. I went on holiday, sat through a force 5 Hurricane and now I'm a climate scientist]]></title><description><![CDATA[I have been thinking how to say hello and say something interesting. Well something happened a few years ago that seems to have largely defined who I am now and seems worth telling. So here goes. In 1996,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/introduceyourself/@bristolchris72/hello-i-m-chris-i-went-on-holiday-sat-through-a-force-5-hurricane-and-now-i-m-climate-scientist</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/introduceyourself/@bristolchris72/hello-i-m-chris-i-went-on-holiday-sat-through-a-force-5-hurricane-and-now-i-m-climate-scientist</guid><category><![CDATA[introduceyourself]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[bristolchris72]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 31 Jul 2016 19:52:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/o1AJ9qDyyJNSg3j52kokyfvD831NZY8tdZfnXkcvmH3VoaECD?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hometown Art, Pride, Love - Three things worth posting for]]></title><description><![CDATA[There are three reasons why I wanted to share this photo 1) It’s of my daughter 2) An excellent piece of art on display for free (thanks JPS) 3) It was taken outside a gay club on a Saturday morning. 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