<?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>Mon, 18 May 2026 23:20:50 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/@jimcropper/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[A little, hopefully, inspirational writing from when I was going through my divorce.]]></title><description><![CDATA[My days used to be constantly filled with pain and anger until I found His love and support. It felt like me against the world and the world against me. I thought I knew what true love was once but found]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/story/@jimcropper/a-little-hopefully-inspirational-writing-from-when-i-was-going-through-my-divorce</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/story/@jimcropper/a-little-hopefully-inspirational-writing-from-when-i-was-going-through-my-divorce</guid><category><![CDATA[story]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[jimcropper]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 02 Oct 2016 19:50:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/2ufhwNX7NinZSMeLVvpQLJ74SAJmCNWWYArxaqXckJ1trH8GtFSz79UzowcVw48Kw53KJ3iiz?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[#MinnowLivesMatter. There needs to be a change to the system IMO. My suggestion...]]></title><description><![CDATA[(Image created by me) #MinnowLivesMatter They really need to do something to fix this. If it is getting more than 10 upvotes, you should be getting something. It almost makes it not worth it to post unless]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/howto/@jimcropper/minnowlivesmatter-there-needs-to-be-a-change-to-the-system-imo-my-suggestion</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/howto/@jimcropper/minnowlivesmatter-there-needs-to-be-a-change-to-the-system-imo-my-suggestion</guid><category><![CDATA[howto]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[jimcropper]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 02 Oct 2016 17:04:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/2ufhwNX7NinZSMeLVvpQLJ74SAJmCNWWYArxaqXckJ1trH8GtFSz79UzowcVw48MzKyevFxqk?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[How do I get 20 upvotes on a post yet get no Steem Dollars, No credit at all for anything?]]></title><description><![CDATA[(Image created by me) I have now posted 4 sections of a blog I have been working on. Part 1 got 17 upvotes, part 3 got 20 upvote yet I am getting nothing for the posts. Can anyone please explain to me]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/howto/@jimcropper/how-do-i-get-20-upvotes-on-a-post-yet-get-no-steem-dollars-no-credit-at-all-for-anything</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/howto/@jimcropper/how-do-i-get-20-upvotes-on-a-post-yet-get-no-steem-dollars-no-credit-at-all-for-anything</guid><category><![CDATA[howto]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[jimcropper]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 02 Oct 2016 16:46:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/2ufhwNX7NinZSMeLVvpQLJ74SAJmCNWWYArxaqXckJ1trH8GtFSz79UzowcVw48MzKyevFxqk?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Time to get ready and prep for a SHTF scenario. Part 4 Moving Forward – Building a New Life with No Money]]></title><description><![CDATA[(Image created by me) The immediate danger is over. You’ve survived for several months or even a year on your stockpiled supplies. However, things haven’t “gone back to normal”. For whatever reason, society]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/anarchy/@jimcropper/time-to-get-ready-and-prep-for-a-shtf-scenario-part-4-moving-forward-building-a-new-life-with-no-money</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/anarchy/@jimcropper/time-to-get-ready-and-prep-for-a-shtf-scenario-part-4-moving-forward-building-a-new-life-with-no-money</guid><category><![CDATA[anarchy]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[jimcropper]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 02 Oct 2016 16:39:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/2ufhwNX7NinZSMeLVvpQLJ74SAJmCNWWYArxaqXckJ1trH8GtFSz79UzowcVw48MzKyevFxqk?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Time to get ready and prep for a SHTF scenario. Part 3 Is It Coming Back?]]></title><description><![CDATA[(Image created by me) For some, the thought of society not resurrecting itself after a financial meltdown is completely unthinkable. After all, the US didn’t disintegrate after the Great Depression. The]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/anarchy/@jimcropper/time-to-get-ready-and-prep-for-a-shtf-scenario-part-3-is-it-coming-back</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/anarchy/@jimcropper/time-to-get-ready-and-prep-for-a-shtf-scenario-part-3-is-it-coming-back</guid><category><![CDATA[anarchy]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[jimcropper]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 30 Sep 2016 15:49:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/2ufhwNX7NinZSMeLVvpQLJ74SAJmCNWWYArxaqXckJ1trH8GtFSz79UzowcVw48MzKyevFxqk?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Time to get ready and prep for a SHTF scenario. Part 2 Potential Disaster Scenarios]]></title><description><![CDATA[(Image created by me) While you’ll have to react appropriately to any financial meltdown, different scenarios can mean different things. Moreover, your immediate location will also have a significant impact]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/anarchy/@jimcropper/time-to-get-ready-and-prep-for-a-shtf-scenario-part-2-potential-disaster-scenarios</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/anarchy/@jimcropper/time-to-get-ready-and-prep-for-a-shtf-scenario-part-2-potential-disaster-scenarios</guid><category><![CDATA[anarchy]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[jimcropper]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 29 Sep 2016 16:27:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/2ufhwNX7NinZSMeLVvpQLJ74SAJmCNWWYArxaqXckJ1trH8GtFSz79UzowcVw48MzKyevFxqk?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Time to get ready and prep for a SHTF scenario. I'll be going over many different things in this series]]></title><description><![CDATA[(Image created by me) Part 1. Surviving the Economic Collapse A world without money – it’s difficult for modern minds to imagine. However, not only is it possible today, but it’s been the case before.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/anarchy/@jimcropper/time-to-get-ready-and-prep-for-a-shtf-scenario-i-ll-be-going-over-many-different-things-in-this-series</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/anarchy/@jimcropper/time-to-get-ready-and-prep-for-a-shtf-scenario-i-ll-be-going-over-many-different-things-in-this-series</guid><category><![CDATA[anarchy]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[jimcropper]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 28 Sep 2016 13:43:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/2ufhwNX7NinZSMeLVvpQLJ74SAJmCNWWYArxaqXckJ1trH8GtFSz79UzowcVw48MzKyevFxqk?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[How the economic collapse is going to happen (Fiction? Or not?)]]></title><description><![CDATA[(vanda10.deviantart.com) You wake up Saturday morning to go grocery shopping, but the bank is closed and the ATM won't work. You hear on your car radio that the hacktivist group Anonymous hacked the Federal]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/anarchy/@jimcropper/how-the-economic-collapse-is-going-to-happen-fiction-or-not</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/anarchy/@jimcropper/how-the-economic-collapse-is-going-to-happen-fiction-or-not</guid><category><![CDATA[anarchy]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[jimcropper]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 29 Aug 2016 22:26:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/C3TZQzkfwDqKbccjoxzXPqzRtbBvALqJ3niroJNKdC1tcsyPZWTReMw8di2RnXnt3vPXhKUrMiPmBTHHehSUU4GAiSqDNY8SZ2qZhj9bMcBJkno7WpB3A3Y?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Conus Medullaris Syndrome & Cauda Equina Syndrome. People need to know the symptoms before it is too late like it was for me.]]></title><description><![CDATA[(Slideshare.net) I'd like to tell folks about my story and how I developed Conus Medullaris Syndrome. It is extremely rare but if surgery happens within the first 24-48 hours of the first symptoms, you]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/introduceyourself/@jimcropper/conus-medullaris-syndrome-and-cauda-equina-syndrome-people-need-to-know-the-symptoms-before-it-is-too-late-like-it-was-for-me</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/introduceyourself/@jimcropper/conus-medullaris-syndrome-and-cauda-equina-syndrome-people-need-to-know-the-symptoms-before-it-is-too-late-like-it-was-for-me</guid><category><![CDATA[introduceyourself]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[jimcropper]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 28 Aug 2016 19:13:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/5s4dzRYFCPhUgcxDhJCoTymmvkQyADVfX5NL7Fpj1Mr9YkVjLpqQ8KrvpipyRU95oZGXz3dSXfSETNUtB2gSd3SunVddU8DvB6FthVYxHTA5TGN67tEnzxM1jJeGuTnRayex4RowfHji3Nxs4WY1LGPqfpM4q6i2DhFRegA?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Well I guess I should introduce myself...]]></title><description><![CDATA[My name is Jim but my Native American name is River Wolf. That's the name I use for my photography and writing. I am a VERY outspoken person. I am a PROUD American but I hate what the government has done]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/introduceyourself/@jimcropper/well-i-guess-i-should-introduce-myself</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/introduceyourself/@jimcropper/well-i-guess-i-should-introduce-myself</guid><category><![CDATA[introduceyourself]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[jimcropper]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 28 Aug 2016 03:29:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/2ufhwNX7NinZSMeLVvpQLJ74SAJmCNWWYArxaqXckJ1trH8GtFSz79UzowcVw48MzKyevFxqk?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reality Check on Love!]]></title><description><![CDATA[The person who said, "It is better to have loved and lost than to have never loved at all," must have never had a heartache. There is no worse feeling than losing the person you loved more than]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@jimcropper/reality-check-on-love</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@jimcropper/reality-check-on-love</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[jimcropper]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 27 Aug 2016 20:13:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/2ufhwNX7NinZSMeLVvpQLJ74SAJmCNWWYArxaqXckJ1trH8GtFSz79UzowcVw48Kw53KJ3iiz?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[No regrets]]></title><description><![CDATA[Sometimes you have to know when to fight and when to withdraw. It is a fine line we walk in regards to that. Sometimes we fight and get the crap kicked out of us when we should have withdrawn and sometimes]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@jimcropper/live-as-opposed-to-just-being-alive</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@jimcropper/live-as-opposed-to-just-being-alive</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[jimcropper]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 26 Aug 2016 12:12:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/2ufhwNX7NinZSMeLVvpQLJ74SAJmCNWWYArxaqXckJ1trH8GtFSz79UzowcVw48Kw53KJ3iiz?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Live as opposed to simply being alive! (Original work)]]></title><description><![CDATA[(ORIGINAL PHOTO BY ME) I have seen many beautiful things such as newly discovered caves and waterfalls not seen by others in ages just by taking the chance and going off that comfortable path. It's all]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@jimcropper/live-as-opposed-to-simply-being-alive-original-work</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@jimcropper/live-as-opposed-to-simply-being-alive-original-work</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[jimcropper]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 26 Aug 2016 11:40:24 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Will You Survive Being Sent To A FEMA Camp?]]></title><description><![CDATA[The NDAA should scare the life out of every American Citizen. This allows the government the authority to secretly arrest Americans, without due process, torture and even murder American citizens without]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/anarchy/@jimcropper/will-you-survive-being-sent-to-a-fema-camp</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/anarchy/@jimcropper/will-you-survive-being-sent-to-a-fema-camp</guid><category><![CDATA[anarchy]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[jimcropper]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 26 Aug 2016 10:27:33 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Purslane Recipes: 45 Things To Do With Fresh Purslane]]></title><description><![CDATA[Have you ever cooked with purslane, or Portulaca oleracea as it is known to botanists? It is a succulent plant whose edible, delicious leaves are crunchy and slightly mucilaginous, with a tangy lemony]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/food/@jimcropper/purslane-recipes-45-things-to-do-with-fresh-purslane</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/food/@jimcropper/purslane-recipes-45-things-to-do-with-fresh-purslane</guid><category><![CDATA[food]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[jimcropper]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 26 Aug 2016 09:56:12 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Civil War Era Foods You Can Still Make Today]]></title><description><![CDATA[During wartime or a natural disaster, food shortages and lack of natural resources for cooking requires a great deal of improvisation and basic knowledge of cooking principles. The Civil War era foods]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/education/@jimcropper/civil-war-era-foods-you-can-still-make-today</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/education/@jimcropper/civil-war-era-foods-you-can-still-make-today</guid><category><![CDATA[education]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[jimcropper]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 26 Aug 2016 09:46:09 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[9 Foods You Should Be Stockpiling But Aren't]]></title><description><![CDATA[Image source: Couponfrenzymom.com When it comes to stocking up on food, you more than likely think that you have covered all your bases and that you have what you need. But there are many foods that you]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/education/@jimcropper/9-foods-you-should-be-stockpiling-but-aren-t</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/education/@jimcropper/9-foods-you-should-be-stockpiling-but-aren-t</guid><category><![CDATA[education]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[jimcropper]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 25 Aug 2016 21:10:18 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[31 Forgotten Native American Medicinal Cures]]></title><description><![CDATA[When it comes to herbal remedies, many of us are familiar with the benefits of Echinacea or purple cone flower as an antibiotic, willow bark as a pain killer and aloe as a topical anesthetic and treatment]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/education/@jimcropper/31-forgotten-native-american-medicinal-cures</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/education/@jimcropper/31-forgotten-native-american-medicinal-cures</guid><category><![CDATA[education]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[jimcropper]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 25 Aug 2016 21:00:51 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[How to Grow Mushrooms]]></title><description><![CDATA[You can grow delicious organic mushrooms in coffee grounds and it doesn't take a lot of effort. You just need a few things including a lot of coffee grounds. In this tutorial I will show you several different]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/food/@jimcropper/how-to-grow-mushrooms</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/food/@jimcropper/how-to-grow-mushrooms</guid><category><![CDATA[food]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[jimcropper]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 25 Aug 2016 20:40:12 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>