<?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, 12 Apr 2026 21:22:50 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/@calthapalustris/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Music Challenge, Day Eleven: A Song From My Favorite Movie]]></title><description><![CDATA[Clearly, my life is too busy for steemit, and that is why it's taking me forever to complete this music challenge. This is a cover of the title track from my very first, and probably still current, favorite]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/music/@calthapalustris/music-challenge-day-eleven-a-song-from-my-favorite-movie</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/music/@calthapalustris/music-challenge-day-eleven-a-song-from-my-favorite-movie</guid><category><![CDATA[music]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[calthapalustris]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 10 Mar 2018 11:46:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45ePAKRcryoh29DJK3NBZ8Tjoc7ZSPCJtxKWe?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Music Challenge, Day Ten: A Song By Das Wunderkind]]></title><description><![CDATA[Anja Plaschg seems to have bowed out of the music scene, but I still think of Soap&Skin as my favorite band, which is who I'm supposed to post about today. I've never heard such a unique, complex,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/music/@calthapalustris/music-challenge-day-ten-a-song-by-das-wunderkind</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/music/@calthapalustris/music-challenge-day-ten-a-song-by-das-wunderkind</guid><category><![CDATA[music]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[calthapalustris]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 05 Mar 2018 00:57:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45eByKkCV79thAdFP1NNK4YMT5L3fWCpYeWEA?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Music Challenge, Day Nine: A Hopeful Song for When Life Seems Hopeless]]></title><description><![CDATA[If you're already familiar with the hymn What God Ordains is Always Good, give this new setting a listen, as I think it fits the text better. If you've never heard this hymn, I'll tell you what it's not:]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/music/@calthapalustris/music-challenge-day-nine-a-hopeful-song-for-when-life-seems-hopeless</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/music/@calthapalustris/music-challenge-day-nine-a-hopeful-song-for-when-life-seems-hopeless</guid><category><![CDATA[music]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[calthapalustris]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 03 Mar 2018 13:21:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45e79UEvzgyZPHwSqbkWCrPRQVCAWfWgFryQi?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Music Challenge, Day Eight: A Song That Reminds Me of My First "Love".]]></title><description><![CDATA[Jonathan Brandis was definitely not any sort of "love", first or otherwise. However, choosing a television personality crush made this assignment easier and more amusing. Well, amusing until]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/music/@calthapalustris/music-challenge-day-eight-a-song-that-reminds-me-of-my-first-love</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/music/@calthapalustris/music-challenge-day-eight-a-song-that-reminds-me-of-my-first-love</guid><category><![CDATA[music]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[calthapalustris]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 02 Mar 2018 11:44:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45e3T3ohAuLkK2c4z9jM3R85WBn9W3uPtTnce?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Music Challenge, Day Seven: A Memorial Song for Summer 2017]]></title><description><![CDATA[I heard this song for the first time on my way to work on August 3, 2017. When I arrived to my classroom that day, I learned that the mother of one of our children had been killed when a train collided]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/music/@calthapalustris/music-challenge-day-seven-a-memorial-song-for-summer-2017</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/music/@calthapalustris/music-challenge-day-seven-a-memorial-song-for-summer-2017</guid><category><![CDATA[music]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[calthapalustris]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 25 Feb 2018 12:59:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45dus1QzPdRpTvYtJTSMmCLXdqusdBTtQJWbg?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pray for the Families of Those Murdered in Russian Church Shooting.]]></title><description><![CDATA[I keep hearing this tragic report of the church shooting in Dagestan as I drive home from work in the evening. ISIS has claimed responsibility for the deaths of these five women, as well as the five other]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/steemchurch/@calthapalustris/pray-for-the-families-of-those-murdered-in-russian-church-shooting</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/steemchurch/@calthapalustris/pray-for-the-families-of-those-murdered-in-russian-church-shooting</guid><category><![CDATA[steemchurch]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[calthapalustris]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 24 Feb 2018 13:02:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/sML2JBPsdAyMUJWzxvYnDYtKNvrTaMv1eeo9E5PYJpjM6aXurAt5WyGg1iMrn2LW?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Music Challenge, Day Six: A Song That Reminds Me of  Best Friend]]></title><description><![CDATA[Donna couldn't sing, but that didn't keep her from trying. When I hear this song, I can see her sitting on the seat next to me in her mom's maroon Astrovan, drinking a Squeezit and eating Cheese Nips.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/music/@calthapalustris/music-challenge-day-six-a-song-that-reminds-me-of-best-friend</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/music/@calthapalustris/music-challenge-day-six-a-song-that-reminds-me-of-best-friend</guid><category><![CDATA[music]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[calthapalustris]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 24 Feb 2018 11:47:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45eEJi4ASyhPeS5B5FACspBftFFdoVNuEKjvW?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Music Challenge, Day 5: A Song That is Often Stuck in My Head]]></title><description><![CDATA[I felt like I had to be honest here. The sad state of my brain is that this theme, from Disney's The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh, is frequently the elevator music on my top floor. Parents! Please]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/music/@calthapalustris/music-challenge-day-5-a-song-that-is-often-stuck-in-my-head</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/music/@calthapalustris/music-challenge-day-5-a-song-that-is-often-stuck-in-my-head</guid><category><![CDATA[music]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[calthapalustris]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 23 Feb 2018 12:13:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45eJhn3NXtaUo2N7DXZuUBkivudPpikfWkjzE?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Music Challenge, Day Four: The Calming Effect of Sacred Music]]></title><description><![CDATA[I chose the Nunc Dimittis or "Song of Simeon" as the song that calms me. I sing this song after receiving Christ's body and blood in the Lord's Supper. Originally, the petition to "let thy]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/christianity/@calthapalustris/music-challenge-day-four-the-calming-effect-of-sacred-music</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/christianity/@calthapalustris/music-challenge-day-four-the-calming-effect-of-sacred-music</guid><category><![CDATA[christianity]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[calthapalustris]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 22 Feb 2018 12:47:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45e7wVKbwzyvDL7vJgKpz4nnwwJHFSAe8SWhC?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Music Challenge, Day 3: A Song That Reminds Me of My Dad]]></title><description><![CDATA[Anyone who knows my dad would be surprised that this is one of his favorite songs. He generally does not enjoy speculating on the downward spiral of civilization. He's too optimistic. I have always appreciated]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/music/@calthapalustris/music-challenge-day-3-a-song-that-reminds-me-of-my-dad</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/music/@calthapalustris/music-challenge-day-3-a-song-that-reminds-me-of-my-dad</guid><category><![CDATA[music]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[calthapalustris]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 20 Feb 2018 12:03:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45eELGuq3QtnYdqgpr5HtDKtMsSNuPHuFPoKC?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Music Challenge, Day Two: A Song that Reminds Me of My Most Recent Ex]]></title><description><![CDATA[“It’s complicated.” Or rather, it was thirteen years ago. My “ex” had just ended our short-lived, long-distance relationship, and rather swiftly begun a new one. I was concurrently consumed by romantic]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/music/@calthapalustris/music-challenge-day-two-a-song-that-reminds-me-of-my-most-recent-ex</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/music/@calthapalustris/music-challenge-day-two-a-song-that-reminds-me-of-my-most-recent-ex</guid><category><![CDATA[music]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[calthapalustris]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 19 Feb 2018 11:35:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45duMzd4xpwBRpy8vc8kNfZoxvo3YhGcmiM4a?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Music Challenge, Day One: A Song from My Chilhood]]></title><description><![CDATA[I found this fun idea on the blog of @kiwideb, originally the idea of @jokossita. Here is the full list, if you'd like to accept the challenge as well: Day 01- A song from your childhood. Day 02 - A song]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/music/@calthapalustris/music-challenge-day-one-a-song-from-my-chilhood</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/music/@calthapalustris/music-challenge-day-one-a-song-from-my-chilhood</guid><category><![CDATA[music]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[calthapalustris]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 18 Feb 2018 14:00:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45eFUzb2Gp42LFGsJh7ssHv29n9KwnLyLYZxi?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Introductions, the 90s Way.]]></title><description><![CDATA[A photo with today's date? Since (to my knowledge) no ransom money has been demanded from the Steemit community for my release, I will not be providing such "proof of life". If anyone reads this]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/introduceyourself/@calthapalustris/introductions-the-90s-way</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/introduceyourself/@calthapalustris/introductions-the-90s-way</guid><category><![CDATA[introduceyourself]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[calthapalustris]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 17 Feb 2018 13:32:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45eNRg6F5xenvWiGRRPdGjXK9oNpF552zuBHG?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item></channel></rss>