<?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 22:48:01 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/@brookethechicken/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Stationery Versus Stationary and Why I Give a Crap]]></title><description><![CDATA[I’m part of a Facebook group which has more than 100k members. Naturally, in a group this large, one which is not geographically specific, the members come from all areas of the globe. Last week a member]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/english/@brookethechicken/stationery-versus-stationary-and-why-i-give-a-crap</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/english/@brookethechicken/stationery-versus-stationary-and-why-i-give-a-crap</guid><category><![CDATA[english]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[brookethechicken]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 20 Sep 2017 18:11:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/cyxkEVqiiLyAJMrzqHfWLT7YbdgoprDQGwdeDRwrctdMhodUzGbrjKFaVhco4vKq6Zj2TseA1nnop4sM7RqkG1runVDffLajwuJcp3P9UonpwcVJzaYMdg4s8Cdri1naRi6?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our Favourite Childrens Books: The High Street – by Alice Melvin]]></title><description><![CDATA[The High Street is an utterly charming children’s picture book that I found in the bookshop at my local hospital. The Alfred Hospital in Melbourne has this tiny little bookshop which for the most part,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/parenting/@brookethechicken/our-favourite-childrens-books-the-high-street-by-alice-melvin</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/parenting/@brookethechicken/our-favourite-childrens-books-the-high-street-by-alice-melvin</guid><category><![CDATA[parenting]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[brookethechicken]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2016 12:41:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/o1AJ9qDyyJNSg3j52kokyfvD831NZY9LGZ5zuTiwLoCLNNXga?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Flowers Love Little Red Sports Cars But Not Motorbikes]]></title><description><![CDATA[When I was younger but not living at home, each Saturday morning I'd have breakfast with my Dad. We were extremely close and every Saturday he would pick me up from my house on his motorbike at 7am and]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/art/@brookethechicken/flowers-love-little-red-sports-cars-but-not-motorbikes</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/art/@brookethechicken/flowers-love-little-red-sports-cars-but-not-motorbikes</guid><category><![CDATA[art]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[brookethechicken]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2016 15:01:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/o1AJ9qDyyJNSg3j52kokyfvD831NZXqFZ9LpgSmcrNyd1ULea?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our Favourite Picture Books  - Why “Love Is My Favourite Thing” is our favourite thing.]]></title><description><![CDATA[We went through a bit of a library phase a while back. It so happens that there is a library just up the road from our studio and on a whim one day when I didn't want to hang around with the swiss balls]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/parenting/@brookethechicken/our-favourite-picture-books-why-love-is-my-favourite-thing-is-our-favourite-thing</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/parenting/@brookethechicken/our-favourite-picture-books-why-love-is-my-favourite-thing-is-our-favourite-thing</guid><category><![CDATA[parenting]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[brookethechicken]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov 2016 12:41:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/o1AJ9qDyyJNSg3j52kokyfvD831NZY8xdWVoLvQEQKZMke3cz?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[How To Cultivate A Lifelong Love In Your Kids]]></title><description><![CDATA[I have an addiction. It's a healthy addiction though. To books. Also to donuts. And liquorish. But that’s another story. And less healthy. So anyway, I’m a bibliophile. A book worm. A heavy reader. Bookish]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/parenting/@brookethechicken/how-to-cultivate-a-lifelong-love-in-your-kids</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/parenting/@brookethechicken/how-to-cultivate-a-lifelong-love-in-your-kids</guid><category><![CDATA[parenting]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[brookethechicken]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 28 Nov 2016 09:35:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/o1AJ9qDyyJNSg3j52kokyfvD831NZY7oKCnLaTSPjk5DsWdjk?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why Do I Keep Drawing Pears?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Seriously, it's a thing with me. If you happen to look closely, like with a magnifying glass, at the picture of me at my desk from my intro post you'll notice that I'm painting pears. I'm not sure what]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/art/@brookethechicken/why-do-i-keep-drawing-pears</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/art/@brookethechicken/why-do-i-keep-drawing-pears</guid><category><![CDATA[art]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[brookethechicken]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 24 Nov 2016 12:56:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/BRWJ2XuBRXQxQtwjkpK59RMNMgNesCqpcpEp5D3Kq5QW3sSv?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Time Out In The Dunce Parenting Corner And My Love Hate Relationship With My Smoke Alarm]]></title><description><![CDATA[About a year ago we had a bit of a household ‘situation’ that was much funnier in hindsight when I came across some of the photographic evidence the other day. I thought it might be entertaining reading.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/parenting/@brookethechicken/time-out-in-the-dunce-parenting-corner-and-my-love-hate-relationship-with-my-smoke-alarm</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/parenting/@brookethechicken/time-out-in-the-dunce-parenting-corner-and-my-love-hate-relationship-with-my-smoke-alarm</guid><category><![CDATA[parenting]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[brookethechicken]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 22 Nov 2016 15:45:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/o1AJ9qDyyJNSg3j52kokyfvD831NZXptDXvAmzkDsX2NEAhd8?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Ghost Of Drawings Past.]]></title><description><![CDATA[I drew this when I was about 17 I think. I still had a hella lot of hobbies, but they were mostly art related and I spent the greatest amount of my time working on my drawing and sketching techniques back]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/art/@brookethechicken/the-ghost-of-drawings-past</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/art/@brookethechicken/the-ghost-of-drawings-past</guid><category><![CDATA[art]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[brookethechicken]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 20 Nov 2016 17:02:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/o1AJ9qDyyJNSg3j52kokyfvD831NZXor5WAYNCgeG4wXpNCJA?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[My name is Brooke. I’m not a chicken. Or a specialist. Or an arsehat.]]></title><description><![CDATA[I am, however, excited to be here. Along with everyone else, I’m excited by the potential of this new platform, but also, from what I’ve seen in my first little look around, what is coming out of this]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/introduceyourself/@brookethechicken/my-name-is-brooke-i-m-not-a-chicken-or-a-specialist-or-an-arsehat</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/introduceyourself/@brookethechicken/my-name-is-brooke-i-m-not-a-chicken-or-a-specialist-or-an-arsehat</guid><category><![CDATA[introduceyourself]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[brookethechicken]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 17 Nov 2016 17:42:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/o1AJ9qDyyJNSg3j52kokyfvD831NZY8bd9egdHauJP7PGZdhQ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item></channel></rss>