<?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>Tue, 19 May 2026 08:21:28 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/@crsarmy7/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[What Happens When Two People are Stuck In a Lift?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Source “Well, it looks like we're going to be a while,” the forty-something man said as he hung up the emergency phone in the elevator. “What did they say?” The professional woman was anxious. “They said]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-170798/@crsarmy7/what-happens-when-two-people</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-170798/@crsarmy7/what-happens-when-two-people</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-170798]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[crsarmy7]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 23 Dec 2022 15:02:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/DQmeyhJAaVP8qKixoPt58n2KdUahKXF64cMytG8Ns5z5ZUt/pexels_kelly_3861787.jpg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[What It's Like Being on a Jury for a Murder Trial ]]></title><description><![CDATA[photo and sketch by author The weight of the world sat on our shoulders. We understood that it’s not our job to right the wrongs of the rest of the world in known history. It was only our job to decide]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-170798/@crsarmy7/what-it-s-like-being</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-170798/@crsarmy7/what-it-s-like-being</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-170798]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[crsarmy7]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov 2022 19:47:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/DQmNQcHkvnyt3uRi4y34Fz5YYgztEKjxqJdHQcwkb3h18mu/pxl_20220326_174939634.jpg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[I bought Alpaca Socks and Fell In Love]]></title><description><![CDATA[Photo by Raspopova Marina on Unsplash There are times in your life when you know you’ll never be the same again. When you know you can’t go backwards. “Before and after” moments. Turning points. Rights]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-170798/@crsarmy7/i-bought-alpaca-socks-and</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-170798/@crsarmy7/i-bought-alpaca-socks-and</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-170798]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[crsarmy7]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 26 Nov 2022 13:46:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/DQmVaQkwjwqFPhe1UyakFogK6M7Enznrfhgvck4obV5A3oi/raspopova_marina_yt39xjxwgue_unsplash.jpg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Graphite Drawing of my Furry Friend]]></title><description><![CDATA[My feline friend Max died the other day. He was suffering from aggressive form of colon cancer, and there was nothing we could do for him. There's a lot more to the story than that, of course, but that's]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-174301/@crsarmy7/a-graphite-drawing-of-my</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-174301/@crsarmy7/a-graphite-drawing-of-my</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-174301]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[crsarmy7]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 14 Nov 2022 22:11:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/DQmSauYz5yZkGh6aGnUwZ8PzoyE5Wh3nN9xbm9wBNt6dvPC/pxl_20221113_173345389.jpg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[They Called Me The Bush Hog]]></title><description><![CDATA[Wow, the army was stupid. But at least I learned my way around the bush... .... This is not me. Maybe. Photo by Pavel Yakhant on Unsplash ..... Ft. Bliss, Texas, sits at the foot of the Franklin mountain]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-164166/@crsarmy7/they-called-me-the-bush</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-164166/@crsarmy7/they-called-me-the-bush</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-164166]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[crsarmy7]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 11 Nov 2022 14:53:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/DQmeN9VjtH6a9u4RQTxoBS6kZLKMQiyfNwY2KgZDKe4URVt/tractor_guy.jpg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Very Doodle Drawing]]></title><description><![CDATA[In the absence of a subject, I tend to slip back into doodling. And I have a fondness for simple black and white doodles with ink pens. 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As I made the move here, I began]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/art/@crsarmy7/a-short-story-and-a</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/art/@crsarmy7/a-short-story-and-a</guid><category><![CDATA[art]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[crsarmy7]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 08 Nov 2022 18:24:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/DQmW8wXSzVs1H9ejboASBZic7tms8vKeHwf3JUZPsrHD8bX/mvimg_20200820_062741_2.jpg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Death Breath and a Conversation with a Stylist]]></title><description><![CDATA[Photo by Tim Mossholder on Unsplash Who hates idle chatter? Me too. Anyone else despise small talk? Polite conversation with people you’re paying to do stuff? Yeah. It sucks. I don’t really wanna have]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-164166/@crsarmy7/death-breath-and-a-conversation</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-164166/@crsarmy7/death-breath-and-a-conversation</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-164166]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[crsarmy7]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 07 Nov 2022 02:25:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/DQmboSQWL7GZSVSY5GkXN6DnM3La75ALHmjMACHgxxa8y4T/tim_mossholder_q49ou8neohq_unsplash.jpg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[International Fountain Pen Day 2022: A Photo Essay]]></title><description><![CDATA[International Fountain Pen Day! Thoughts on Fountain Pens in 2022 A photo essay. Yes, this is a thing photo by author Fountain pens are a connection to our literary past. 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Some you're vaguely aware of, some are marginal, peripheral feelings that are present]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@crsarmy7/the-banality-of-speech-vs</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@crsarmy7/the-banality-of-speech-vs</guid><category><![CDATA[writing]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[crsarmy7]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 04 Nov 2022 01:54:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/DQmW8wXSzVs1H9ejboASBZic7tms8vKeHwf3JUZPsrHD8bX/mvimg_20200820_062741_2.jpg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[I Am Christopher Robin ]]></title><description><![CDATA[I've been playing around with this post for a long time, not really knowing where to start here. I don't typically like talking about myself. Okay, that's a lie. I totally like talking about myself. 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