<?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, 24 Apr 2026 08:22:18 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/@clio/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Snow in the Morvan (Burgundy France), and not just a bit, but huge quantities]]></title><description><![CDATA[I have not written in months, but today I can not resist writing. There is so much snow in the Morvan (Burgundy, France) and it is so overwhelmingly beautiful that I have to share some photos with you]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/life/@clio/snow-in-the-morvan-burgundy-france-and-not-just-a-bit-but-huge-quantities</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/life/@clio/snow-in-the-morvan-burgundy-france-and-not-just-a-bit-but-huge-quantities</guid><category><![CDATA[life]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[clio]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2019 09:15:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/HNWT6DgoBc14riaEeLCzGYopkqYBKxpGKqfNWfgr368M9U7qDHKVndkhGrUBLsecLFaRw3ycbbgbspWXkpAE4EB1zE8ooM61dEofbxjGUVsTbhnbke3KjuipCE2?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Auschwitz, will we ever learn?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Yesterday the participants of Steemfest 3 had the opportunity to visit Auschwitz/Birkenau. The German concentration camp in Poland. I read a post about this visit from my son Exyle and also the comments]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/life/@clio/auschwitz-will-we-ever-learn</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/life/@clio/auschwitz-will-we-ever-learn</guid><category><![CDATA[life]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[clio]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 11 Nov 2018 13:27:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/6VvuHGsoU2QBt9MXeXNdDuyd4Bmd63j7zJymDTWgdcJjo14drB3wrbES3BdVfq3abdK6N6U8gRq5U7zCKxjGyRaehswEm1yeEkMqBcHahVsVS7uFuddhaFCgxzTGJr?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[July 4, Independence Day in the US. We even celebrated this day in our hamlet in France. But the weather!!]]></title><description><![CDATA[Our American neighbors in our little hamlet in The Morvan (Burgundy, France) invited us for a hamburger dinner tonight, (what else would you eat on the fourth of July!) Of course, the American flag stood]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/live/@clio/july-4-independence-day-in-the-us-we-even-celebrated-this-day-in-our-hamlet-in-france-but-the-weather</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/live/@clio/july-4-independence-day-in-the-us-we-even-celebrated-this-day-in-our-hamlet-in-france-but-the-weather</guid><category><![CDATA[live]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[clio]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 04 Jul 2018 21:11:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/HNWT6DgoBc14riaEeLCzGYopkqYBKxpGKqfNWfgr368M9U7ETKXxNTBTy6VCT8ocdReEisV4e7osFKddzQk9WXKUWZtUytRmnFRPEf2ViszDi5j7MuPuCG725mx?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The longest day and a amazing sunset in Burgundy France]]></title><description><![CDATA[Today, June 21, is the longest day. When I left the kitchen at 10 o'clock in the evening and went outside, it was still so light that I could read outside without the help of artificial light. I took some]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/life/@clio/the-longest-day-and-a-amazing-sunset-in-burgundy-france</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/life/@clio/the-longest-day-and-a-amazing-sunset-in-burgundy-france</guid><category><![CDATA[life]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[clio]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 21 Jun 2018 20:47:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/HNWT6DgoBc14riaEeLCzGYopkqYBKxpGKqfNWfgr368M9VXZcohcrj4bvKi7PdgRyvTSijKfqDzAo1CXs7o5fw6EBiWUaPEeFnCd2UWWXUhx2zZjVbWML7FRGPp?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sam and cars. A real love story!]]></title><description><![CDATA[Next Saturday my husband Sjoerd and I will return to France. We have been here in the Netherlands for more than 6 weeks and have taken care of Sam a lot. We enjoyed it so much! I have been so busy that]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/life/@clio/sam-and-cars-a-real-love-story</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/life/@clio/sam-and-cars-a-real-love-story</guid><category><![CDATA[life]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[clio]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 07 Jun 2018 20:40:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/k75bsZMwYNtze9xHvT6xWCdz7q3QGD35ZKdaPpVrFksWkDxEGeMAVgLzGRBi1ahckytBgkQPRWrJuxDP3tTR7PbX1i2XnTN1Av7JeZUw4cr972z4zBiadFBpDwe6JSozNqivwF7C9LKSp4RZ1FYRApJAC58psEt9c?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fun with toddler Sam, how we make memories for the future.]]></title><description><![CDATA[My daughter and her partner are still very busy with their new build house. Unfortunately, Murphies' law is still applicable and things go wrong. So Sjoerd, my husband and I are often asked to take care]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/life/@clio/fun-with-toddler-sam-how-we-make-memories-for-the-future</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/life/@clio/fun-with-toddler-sam-how-we-make-memories-for-the-future</guid><category><![CDATA[life]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[clio]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 24 May 2018 12:09:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/k75bsZMwYNtze9xHvT6xWCdz7q3QGD35ZKdaPpVrFksWkJLj7daioBPZhj51vyr4gV7ckxypwqRVZrQTq1FMeiiUGfKg91WCJQDr4TXNXWKfxnEErR41GuV5qVutYkaW7aK7rcCnB9BDBTJZVJiNg4egnYLJsQvV4?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Today it is 78 years ago that the city of Rotterdam in the Netherlands was bombed. The hole center of the city was destroyed.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Rotterdam today remembers the bombing of the city 78 years ago. Four days after the start of the Second World War, the Germans bombed the city of Rotterdam to force the Dutch to surrender. And we did!]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/history/@clio/today-it-is-78-years-ago-that-the-city-of-rotterdam-in-the-netherlands-was-bombed-the-hole-center-of-the-city-was-destroyed</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/history/@clio/today-it-is-78-years-ago-that-the-city-of-rotterdam-in-the-netherlands-was-bombed-the-hole-center-of-the-city-was-destroyed</guid><category><![CDATA[history]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[clio]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2018 15:32:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/qjrE4yyfw5pQYiuVvgYiUBP16WHGGN7UNn1BCdGdEoQeYVSPuiZC6UbaM2p3U56bC913k5oS3GsacQUuZCgBzqBPdHdKKQPNitHrCsCY8Tuq9koosGX4Pece?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[A delicious lunch with @exyle and his sister on Mother's Day]]></title><description><![CDATA[As a surprise, my daughter Eva and my son Mark (@exyle) invited me for a lunch on Mother's Day in a well-known fish restaurant in Rotterdam. My oldest son could not be present. He is on a well-deserved]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/life/@clio/a-delicious-lunch-with-exyle-and-his-sister-on-mother-s-day</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/life/@clio/a-delicious-lunch-with-exyle-and-his-sister-on-mother-s-day</guid><category><![CDATA[life]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[clio]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 13 May 2018 16:52:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3W72119s5BjWPGGUiZ9pqnZoj8JHYxCCp9dtn2QVenVcrxfdHmemDc9rmjkSEwfS1Jimh5q9ruzg74QdcibMcMVg8JJFVJFqY7BHYVuRGyi2TW2yDbtB9Q?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[What a joy! Grandson Sam and the tower ....]]></title><description><![CDATA[Our grandson Sam stays with my husband and me for two days. When he came, his mother brought him on her bike, he was thirsty. He drank his bottle as he stared at the tower that grandfather Sjoerd had built]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/life/@clio/what-a-joy-grandson-sam-and-the-tower</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/life/@clio/what-a-joy-grandson-sam-and-the-tower</guid><category><![CDATA[life]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[clio]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 05 May 2018 12:50:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3W72119s5BjWPGGUiZ9pqnZoj8JHYxCCp9dtn2QVdipnsvcGFskJVL9sPdqr9TwqqnwmyMw45XhxV6aQZXHZqbWLhEwiroymRk3WsTzaxqPJPo3TosRq3L?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Typically Dutch! Clouds, water and ships and some rain of course!]]></title><description><![CDATA[I want to share with you some pictures I made yesterday. I think you can only take those in Holland. Yesterday, my husband and I had to go to a little town in the middle of the Netherlands. When we came]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/life/@clio/typically-dutch-clouds-water-and-ships-and-some-rain-of-course</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/life/@clio/typically-dutch-clouds-water-and-ships-and-some-rain-of-course</guid><category><![CDATA[life]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[clio]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2018 14:48:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3W72119s5BjWPGGUiZ9pqnZoj8JHYxCCp9dtn2QVe5dJ3zmyx58UYRuoHgY2ixoiRofRNViJevhEAHcGK1bSXwzFBhwfbNadeowYiM2trwtsgLPCciqUNi?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[King's Day in the Netherlands, flea markets everywhere. Today you can buy almost everything on the streets.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Sam with his crown for King's Day. Today, 27 April, it is King's Day in the Netherlands. The king and his family visit a city in the Netherlands and flea markets are organized in all other towns and villages.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/life/@clio/king-s-day-in-the-netherlands-flea-markets-everywhere-today-you-can-buy-almost-everything-on-the-streets</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/life/@clio/king-s-day-in-the-netherlands-flea-markets-everywhere-today-you-can-buy-almost-everything-on-the-streets</guid><category><![CDATA[life]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[clio]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2018 13:16:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/HNWT6DgoBc18GVREvvsnAjfLwLF5qHHFduNHKinq1KoNShGoe4X3PaSziWbubKY7t9LfTMeydNFT5ZSaE8XEnGvr1NVG8vwgeHD45t7xN5LCLAKT3QRppnchBYi?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Accidents do happen! But what a mess it can be. Or, why we treated ourselves to a delicious dinner.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Yesterday I wrote about our visit to the restaurant on the lake. I told you we thought we deserved it because of what happened that day. No one was hurt and we can laugh about it afterward, but it was]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/life/@clio/accidents-do-happen-but-what-a-mess-it-can-be-or-why-we-treated-ourselves-to-a-delicious-dinner</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/life/@clio/accidents-do-happen-but-what-a-mess-it-can-be-or-why-we-treated-ourselves-to-a-delicious-dinner</guid><category><![CDATA[life]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[clio]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 21 Apr 2018 09:16:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3W72119s5BjWPGGUiZ9pqnZoj8JHYxCCp9dtn2QVg8789jpBCkiovQqzEUNApteWxLwHxQFKhMiWcy546Erbh1UNce3wYecpbpkUj9xWVZbm12KdnzZpzr?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[A fantastic evening at a unique restaurant in the Morvan. It is situated at a beautiful lake and the food is delicious.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Just before we go back to the Netherlands, and leave the Morvan (Burgundy/France) for about 6 or 7 weeks, we decided to dine in one of our favorite restaurants here in the Morvan. We thought we deserved]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/life/@clio/a-fantastic-evening-at-a-unique-restaurant-in-the-morvan-it-is-situated-at-a-beautiful-lake-and-the-food-is-delicious</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/life/@clio/a-fantastic-evening-at-a-unique-restaurant-in-the-morvan-it-is-situated-at-a-beautiful-lake-and-the-food-is-delicious</guid><category><![CDATA[life]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[clio]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 20 Apr 2018 08:14:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3W72119s5BjWPGGUiZ9pqnZoj8JHYxCCp9dtn2QVgESgFH8jiNmNDLACSfbaYmXdkq5PdpFGXp8RzPgJ7wPvcgnwruC2ggmhi2j9Db7xDksu97cnoYh2W2?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Can you believe it, this is also Rotterdam in the Netherlands]]></title><description><![CDATA[Here in the Morvan (Burgundy/France), the weather is nice, but fortunately, it is also nice in the Netherlands. Yesterday evening my friend of more than 40 years sent me this picture of "de Kralingse]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/life/@clio/can-you-believe-it-this-is-also-rotterdam-in-the-netherlands</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/life/@clio/can-you-believe-it-this-is-also-rotterdam-in-the-netherlands</guid><category><![CDATA[life]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[clio]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 18 Apr 2018 06:48:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/7b4bio5hobgu85mFpLjsB5bdcQRiiGHJEPFYM5SsnQcPN5RGMRjgzu1oRD2YBZ1GbQPv8YRvUxiexZk81yuRoiMgXRmcP5XEP79c1NmfA2V4SjhaY4HReUath8WXLkuEdJZqeFpT7X3CcFrn9HypxjngFdaW?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thoughts about life on a sunny Sunday morning and wonderful music from Allegri]]></title><description><![CDATA[It is a sunny Sunday morning here in the Morvan (Burgundy/France). It is only nine in the morning and it is already warm outside. I go outside and make the pictures for this post, but I cannot help but]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/life/@clio/thoughts-about-life-on-a-sunny-sunday-morning-and-wonderful-music-from-allegri</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/life/@clio/thoughts-about-life-on-a-sunny-sunday-morning-and-wonderful-music-from-allegri</guid><category><![CDATA[life]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[clio]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 15 Apr 2018 07:40:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3W72119s5BjWPGGUiZ9pqnZoj8JHYxCCp9dtn2QVf9uo3CdWbjihntxmca1HTDYENGXo9X3eDxSWceNwfW8TKzLvoLozsYZ5WfPuKVd88B74PW7gpjXaiA?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Spring is in the air! There is a lot of work to do in our garden in France, but that's good for body and soul.]]></title><description><![CDATA[After a few beautiful days with a lot of sunshine, it is again raining a lot and if it isn't raining, like today, it is cloudy and colder than a few days ago. But, spring is in the air. 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My mother had moved to a rehabilitation clinic and is well looked after by my four sisters. I am pleased]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/life/@clio/nature-will-soon-wake-up-can-nature-be-compared-to-a-lifetime</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/life/@clio/nature-will-soon-wake-up-can-nature-be-compared-to-a-lifetime</guid><category><![CDATA[life]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[clio]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 02 Apr 2018 12:18:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3W72119s5BjWPGGUiZ9pqnZoj8JHYxCCp9dtn2QVeK62bAxBiXuBXWu4nyFJjVTG6N8dViZnSiqFB77f4VzKkivwSgqXKGxvPQ8xJVhrUuBQSQM6NiyVtz?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Blockchain Memory Project.  Why it is so wonderful and so special to be able to record your memories on the blockchain. Part 1]]></title><description><![CDATA[When I read @ericvancewalton's post about the Blockchain Memory Project, I thought: "he writes about something that was an important reason for me to take part in this platform in the first place".]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/story/@clio/the-blockchain-memory-project-why-it-is-so-wonderful-and-so-special-to-be-able-to-record-your-memories-on-the-blockchain-part-1</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/story/@clio/the-blockchain-memory-project-why-it-is-so-wonderful-and-so-special-to-be-able-to-record-your-memories-on-the-blockchain-part-1</guid><category><![CDATA[story]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[clio]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 28 Mar 2018 12:52:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3W72119s5BjWPGGUiZ9pqnZoj8JHYxCCp9dtn2QVgFUMU8iVHNqrHLUZsKd4A1RJfnSokakrrgqeWDcNwoxi1iMZ2CrtBDAVy35MeZJ1zL2EwGL4gEYftS?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[At last, an other post after 9 days. Life can be too busy. Fortunately, you never know in advance what life has in store for you.]]></title><description><![CDATA[It is as it is, when I am in Rotterdam I have a very busy life and almost no time to write a post. Pixabay, TeroVesalainen I try to read blogs from the people I follow and I vote and try to comment, but]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/life/@clio/at-last-an-other-post-after-9-days-life-can-be-too-busy-fortunately-you-never-know-in-advance-what-life-has-in-store-for-you</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/life/@clio/at-last-an-other-post-after-9-days-life-can-be-too-busy-fortunately-you-never-know-in-advance-what-life-has-in-store-for-you</guid><category><![CDATA[life]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[clio]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 17 Mar 2018 22:57:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/qjrE4yyfw5pQYiuVvgYiUBP16WHGGN7UNn1BCdGdMAk9Wx3jTDpP1mPrUM1a6jEbzPjYU9nMxjSL87wXb7CDd6oZTeEE6PLC4g4YSZ4seKzJjZRyCmmjCvtE?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Today is International Women's Day. How is the situation of women on Steemit? Who knows?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Today is March 8, it is International Women's Day. I am not the first to mention it. I already saw a message from @lordoftruth and @meanmommy33 about the same subject. I think it's good to have this day,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/life/@clio/today-is-international-women-s-day-how-is-the-situation-of-women-on-steemit-who-knows</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/life/@clio/today-is-international-women-s-day-how-is-the-situation-of-women-on-steemit-who-knows</guid><category><![CDATA[life]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[clio]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 08 Mar 2018 12:49:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/qjrE4yyfw5pQYiuVvgYiUBP16WHGGN7UNn1BCdGdERpo6vzN7DFbnzuaKyjsbobnwCAi5ReMK3B21kKaxKSWfMRQr6ZsrXA1cXrio4TVJV1cvdYFpnGDgUtN?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item></channel></rss>