<?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 01:10:27 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/@hershy.ash/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[2018 Q2 Zcash Foundation Community Governance Panel Election - Board Nominees: My Vote]]></title><description><![CDATA[This ain’t no manifesto. This is just me jotting down a few thoughts about the way I voted as part of the Zcash Governance Panel. If you need sweeping, declarations of certainty and over-importance, just]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/zcash/@hershy.ash/2018-q2-zcash-foundation-community-governance-panel-election-board-nominees-my-vote</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/zcash/@hershy.ash/2018-q2-zcash-foundation-community-governance-panel-election-board-nominees-my-vote</guid><category><![CDATA[zcash]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[hershy.ash]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 22 Jun 2018 23:55:51 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Keep In Touch]]></title><description><![CDATA[Her parents named her after a writer I'd never heard of before. Neither the name nor the writer. I was behind the bar and had just made her and her Korean friend a Vesper. That's a gin and vodka drink]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@hershy.ash/keep-in-touch</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@hershy.ash/keep-in-touch</guid><category><![CDATA[writing]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[hershy.ash]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 04 Jan 2018 18:05:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/3q52DkcPcpmLGMgYkXTdVaGrcRUbSWEJpH1Crtu4DponXhqb9uFFTTejT4k3QC9v3pzyyzQBFUsHg?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Is There More]]></title><description><![CDATA[I want to live down a hidden lane-way paved with bluestone cobbles. Large ones. They jut out at different angles and rise up to different heights. The way would be lit by a full moon, the sound of muffled]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@hershy.ash/is-there-more</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@hershy.ash/is-there-more</guid><category><![CDATA[writing]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[hershy.ash]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 02 Jan 2018 02:48:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/2gsjgna1uruvUuS7ndh9YqVwYGPLVszbFLwwpAYXZtUjYhZEdxA27TZg7fKaasLPCq9qnWoaJeSGPA8xYdgR9TEXhFt2wtwwq3rdPMK5EL2Hbofg2a?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pound Pavement]]></title><description><![CDATA[I never jogged when I was young. Never. I rode my bike a lot. I walked long distances whispering to myself. I stood still on football ovals waiting for the ball to come towards me. I waded out into the]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/life/@hershy.ash/pound-pavement</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/life/@hershy.ash/pound-pavement</guid><category><![CDATA[life]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[hershy.ash]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 25 Dec 2017 20:21:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/2gsjgna1uruvUuS7ndh9YqVwYGPLVszbFLwwpAYXYwLB7KV3gRY8TXMtpSJhpKwxGEaayd2k61VYXPxxKPD6H6oq7wMVBs6q8bwpdgkDNY8xYggfgJ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Just Checking In...]]></title><description><![CDATA[I took a Christmas Day train to go see her. It wasn't a big thing. I prefer my trains empty. Even if it had been a trouble, I would've made that trip. She had flown in to spend the holidays with the family]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@hershy.ash/just-checking-in</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@hershy.ash/just-checking-in</guid><category><![CDATA[writing]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[hershy.ash]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 16 Dec 2017 05:27:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/2HeX3ZbobrcGJJWd1baypa7cFDfDMUvbWPfH6uvrweb4RBjtDS337LXbAyS9DYp9pVLvi?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Speed of the Sound of Loneliness]]></title><description><![CDATA[Picture - Alex Parger She collected quirks. She so wanted to be noticed - to stand out among the photographers, comedians, jewelry designers and professional skateboarders she lived around. They drifted]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@hershy.ash/speed-of-the-sound-of-loneliness</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@hershy.ash/speed-of-the-sound-of-loneliness</guid><category><![CDATA[writing]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[hershy.ash]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 11 Dec 2017 00:54:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/qjrE4yyfw5pQYiuVvgYiUBP16WHGGN7UNn1BCdGe3K2eWFcosf8v5M1ph5WcNgaj2RpzmMhkuJJEY5Ra44EiYGRJBx6gs952nfYVua6n7MeXCNNHLQHfeyhG?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sometimes a Mouse....]]></title><description><![CDATA["She left in the fall; That's her picture on the wall; She always had that little drop of poison" That's from a Tom Waits song. Do you listen to Tom Waits? Later on in the same song he sings:]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@hershy.ash/sometimes-a-mouse</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@hershy.ash/sometimes-a-mouse</guid><category><![CDATA[writing]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[hershy.ash]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 10 Dec 2017 15:42:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/2gsjgna1uruvUuS7ndh9YqVwYGPLVszbFLwwpAYXa8nHkT7rECY6fH4Pr8CW5TR9xzjgsbrjdpd8Fz8B824vBytXgmDYwHotxpyKXAgeeTqWPth85L?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Take Me To The Beach]]></title><description><![CDATA[I. They have beaches in cities. Not only in cities. They have them in other places too. Like, you can go down to Costa Rica or fly up to Queensland or book a diving trip to the Philippines and find beaches]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/life/@hershy.ash/take-me-to-the-beach</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/life/@hershy.ash/take-me-to-the-beach</guid><category><![CDATA[life]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[hershy.ash]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 10 Dec 2017 01:06:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/2gsjgna1uruvUuS7ndh9YqVwYGPLVszbFLwwpAYXZ1114DzesuuLvdnxFjccz3moN8ieK1gAYygr25o3PSdP8PaiZpdRJVFh6yoYoJnfoQu3nPYXs4?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Light On The Bridge]]></title><description><![CDATA[I. The first message came through as I was searching for new pictures of an old girlfriend. Facebook was new to me. New to most people at that time. Now it is something else. Back then - in its early days]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/life/@hershy.ash/a-light-on-the-bridge</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/life/@hershy.ash/a-light-on-the-bridge</guid><category><![CDATA[life]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[hershy.ash]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 09 Dec 2017 17:42:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/2gsjgna1uruvUuS7ndh9YqVwYGPLVszbFLwwpAYXYcJCwdG6uFnc81MuqFREv5dsQDwZpzTcLmBNqDRAtxaFLx7k43SWzfuCrB7DCX7UaShGEvpYsp?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mop and Repeat]]></title><description><![CDATA[For me, it is Bleach. The smell of Bleach. To be precise, it is the smell of Bleach, diluted with warm water and dragged over white tiles with a damp and clean sponge-mop. As the streaks evaporate and]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@hershy.ash/mop-and-repeat</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@hershy.ash/mop-and-repeat</guid><category><![CDATA[writing]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[hershy.ash]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 09 Dec 2017 05:48:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/2gsjgna1uruvUuS7ndh9YqVwYGPLVszbFLwwpAYXYmQmmGATyLvwXXZi75bYj7tY2KUt6BE7Xmf3uB38AN8fgjcN6jWJVZyPjCFwWXhbPLdJHsK53t?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Always a Story]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Actress had pearly skin. White and shiny. Her eyes round and brown. She wore coral lipstick and would reapply hourly. At the end of her long and light fingers were peach coloured nails. She spoke in]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/story/@hershy.ash/always-a-story</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/story/@hershy.ash/always-a-story</guid><category><![CDATA[story]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[hershy.ash]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 09 Dec 2017 01:35:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/2gsjgna1uruvUuS7ndh9YqVwYGPLVszbFLwwpAYXYwL813ZhADiodsSgaV4fy9cCc8wj3uj5TMeeWxSFbes1bdniGnLRL84LhKjbVBcWrUhEoCcC8W?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item></channel></rss>