<?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>Sat, 04 Apr 2026 20:35:11 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/@care.writes/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[But what am I gonna do with you?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Sometimes I feel completely overwhelmed. Like I’m typing into a void. It either feels like too many people are listening Or no one is. Do you feel like that too?]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@care.writes/but-what-am-i-gonna-do-with-you</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@care.writes/but-what-am-i-gonna-do-with-you</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[care.writes]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 23 Apr 2019 16:44:42 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thoughts While in Crow Pose]]></title><description><![CDATA[Not many Because I’m not in it long So I guess the thought is “Oh my god I’m in it-“ And then down. Thoughts While Attempting Crow Pose Um My body cannot do that. It has not done that since it got hurt.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/yoga/@care.writes/thoughts-while-in-crow-pose</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/yoga/@care.writes/thoughts-while-in-crow-pose</guid><category><![CDATA[yoga]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[care.writes]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 17 Jan 2019 21:52:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/32FTXiZsHoAW6noHJDhrg3W8ZKHVFSsLYM859aTDCF8iErL5RUdCWN6447JndQ6NKewgMJwoRy2CKQ986M7ezTayTGeoEz3yo6dtWDLmBa1ww4zV94HsMmtJFt5YoCfxAosn9iAQf42mBD9x?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sunday Healing Magic]]></title><description><![CDATA[A list of beautiful things for today:Drinking enough waterMornings with coffee and a companionWalks outside that go down beautiful tree-lined streetsNaps in the middle of the dayNights of art and friends]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/fall/@care.writes/sunday-healing-magic</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/fall/@care.writes/sunday-healing-magic</guid><category><![CDATA[fall]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[care.writes]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 11 Nov 2018 23:17:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/EEEoA8oLaAxsTkPYAARp78o5cJA1o6Chv9x98TzCFT6v5GJCeeoGnM1RyN6XaxTncLPiFZTGDMT9WqvVCTXBra8QsaBF1Yji6bfKDZMgQCnAS8btZQ5hVjAye4r67u6RUf9k9pnERhVZbqRPVmj1Y?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[How to Rev Up Creativity]]></title><description><![CDATA[Brew peppermint coffee.Listen to something ambient and/or inspiring. (Today's pick: Marc Maron interviewing Eric Idle)Draw a hot bath, adding bubbles or salt as necessary.(Today's pick: Bubbles)Gather]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/creative/@care.writes/how-to-rev-up-creativity</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/creative/@care.writes/how-to-rev-up-creativity</guid><category><![CDATA[creative]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[care.writes]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 10 Nov 2018 18:25:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2VZXybTSZJq1AreaDn1D7Jp7ZEvgLC9TvJctofX1ChMgSZmvw5vj1HqRoYTJgrPAGm6ZwFB5jqGytexmG8zwLcUhJVxqMHeV3hGFvzvBFWkqi6TVaCmcgZGHBpLPvnsMXpXkNeV6rk3C1wDF6gF88PUp49c?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Saturday Morning Witchy Practice]]></title><description><![CDATA[How I felt today: I woke up in the dark, just feeling energy. Trying to go back to sleep didn't work. I was awake, but being awake felt painful. How I got to feeling better: Drank 750 mL of waterListened]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/love/@care.writes/saturday-morning-witchy-practice</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/love/@care.writes/saturday-morning-witchy-practice</guid><category><![CDATA[love]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[care.writes]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 10 Nov 2018 18:04:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/5s4dzRwnVbzGM3JdycGKFQo7ALS3GhuMGL8qbG8zfSd9jRppC8UCKbkASk8xkvYdsqbyzKfgXyJe3UpPfS4XUooe38Monvc1wyiQ3jK427Mv3cawS8f6MBJrXSiVV7g1PJz2Z5mjwVyidqjr2KC5GD4o2pN2pmUbjXDz6Hk?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rose Gold Pyramid Meditation]]></title><description><![CDATA[Today I sat still and imagined A huge pyramid was surrounding me It was clear and solid Beautiful shimmering rose gold I sat still and thought about it Nourishing Protecting Letting me recharge Refilling]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/witch/@care.writes/rose-gold-pyramid-meditation</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/witch/@care.writes/rose-gold-pyramid-meditation</guid><category><![CDATA[witch]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[care.writes]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 07 Nov 2018 14:10:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/HNWT6DgoBc14riaEeLCzGYopkqYBKxpGKqfNWfgr368M9V4yPnk7HesSyrZH2SNNUv4vhozZvUsSLjZJZcMq7E4UHioZ2yWVJU6eysPbGKxuZE48HcSMQZ3RfnW?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Beginning of the Next Great Thing]]></title><description><![CDATA[Single. New job. New York City. Barely two months ago, I had no idea any of that would be the case. I had lived in Washington, DC for 10 years and watched the Obama era shift fully into Trump’s America.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/life/@care.writes/the-beginning-of-the-next-great-thing</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/life/@care.writes/the-beginning-of-the-next-great-thing</guid><category><![CDATA[life]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[care.writes]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 20 Aug 2018 00:12:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/4HFqJv9qRjVeVQzX3gvDHytNF793bg88B7fESPieLQ8dxHnFCyiiZc6nbMzSVpetUXxhQUxiFUAWwv3LgX3R6XZ7Myr9KNT1eBgjcvKF9iQXohEDds9LTJgpJegHPgpVeort6V6EWythAKQXNSyzcHeihpe7s1pjxar?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[She rambles in the forest]]></title><description><![CDATA[A bench popped up in the middle of nowhere So I sat and wrote. It's sunny. 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Feeling good.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/art/@care.writes/she-draws-too-sometimes</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/art/@care.writes/she-draws-too-sometimes</guid><category><![CDATA[art]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[care.writes]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 26 Jun 2018 15:34:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/HNWT6DgoBc14riaEeLCzGYopkqYBKxpGKqfNWfgr368M9WN85VFwpP6nTpgX6daeW8s87d7bazst8V7mBXm4KcBtGswb6YERxY8DuY93hYi51mvgYBdxZkPz3wU?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Questions and More Forest Walking]]></title><description><![CDATA[It's pouring outside, so instead I'm looking these photos from my wandering yesterday. That restless feeling is vibrating in me like crazy today. There's so much potential in life. Why can't I figure out]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/nature/@care.writes/questions-and-more-forest-walking</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/nature/@care.writes/questions-and-more-forest-walking</guid><category><![CDATA[nature]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[care.writes]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 19 Jun 2018 19:15:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/HNWT6DgoBc14riaEeLCzGYopkqYBKxpGKqfNWfgr368M9UpofKbHUMZA3JkKmNJurJbFcBGFtrMspf29NYgSgm73dnXWmixcx981jah1kCM1ESr2wAughSQvi3x?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Notes on a Slow-Moving Heartache]]></title><description><![CDATA[What terrifies me right now: • that he will leave the country and go back to hell when his visa expires in two weeks. • that, if he gets a job in another part of this country, he won’t ask me to go with]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/love/@care.writes/notes-on-a-slow-moving-heartache</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/love/@care.writes/notes-on-a-slow-moving-heartache</guid><category><![CDATA[love]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[care.writes]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 19 Jun 2018 16:37:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3DLAmCsuTe3bV13dhrdWmiiTzq9WMPZDTkYuSGyZVu3GHrDPBrW649RwKgSKgrvzsaNasfquytvRRD6pYAYv1pa6HeUUs13ndCf6vQzQnMVbKNkt5J5okxtL9vNcLFXN3Ngccxt5RZkmb3wbB4W4xeEnvQGz4mC?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Went Deep Into the Forest This Weekend]]></title><description><![CDATA[Turns out sunlight and trees are good for you.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/photo/@care.writes/went-deep-into-the-forest-this-weekend</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/photo/@care.writes/went-deep-into-the-forest-this-weekend</guid><category><![CDATA[photo]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[care.writes]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 18 Jun 2018 14:22:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2gsjgna1uruv8X2R8t7XDv5HGXyHWCCu4rKmbB5pmEzjYSeft12RuDQrJ16gRKjN4cC7XumNTH7WQpKSTZbihm7SGeN9J2eBnxUHsQSgp9Q2CBPG7Y?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[angry feminist exercise routine]]></title><description><![CDATA[I walk to and from work. And I walk fast. These days, whenever I see a man in front of me I walk quicker Until I pass him. It’s harmless. And it feels good. Sometimes men in suits pass me. And I make it]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@care.writes/angry-feminist-exercise-routine</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@care.writes/angry-feminist-exercise-routine</guid><category><![CDATA[writing]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[care.writes]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 17 Jun 2018 17:14:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2FFvzA2zeqoVJ2SVhDmmumdPfnVEcahMce9nMwwksSDdRvZBDotdUUVKdMxiqrji4Ke97U2MV2itGrjvTVNL86JrapnbgDcBMwVZoR1qeA67xRkMCZFjmpFyTdzmk?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life at the moment 6.17]]></title><description><![CDATA[This has been a calm weekend. Much calmer than the one before it. I napped for several hours yesterday, then went to a friend's housewarming party. 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But the room grew quieter and soon,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/fiction/@care.writes/what-have-you-done</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/fiction/@care.writes/what-have-you-done</guid><category><![CDATA[fiction]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[care.writes]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 14 Jun 2018 22:55:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/5ShzsKnKF7vppGeV6VN3m3GSDcLoRruAhMmifZtFSDkYSca2K4YvRuM5dGQik7XX4HjDQoR7tKgGU9r65vWU1d32UWZQKYs5JCE3NTdNSwSovZufmAtDW6qs7bPYMPnnvgWU1Yk7mx9xE8zz3LzUKvzi?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[12 AM Wine Ritual]]></title><description><![CDATA[We sat on the cathedral steps last night. It was raining hard when I met you. You hugged me for a long time. A rabbit and fog ran into trees. 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