<?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>Thu, 07 May 2026 20:59:25 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/@joalex/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Jo Blogs #7 - Finding the Magic]]></title><description><![CDATA[Goodness, life can change in the blink of an eye and mine certainly has! We moved away from our mountain idyll in February and swapped it for a life on the beach. I remember saying as we were moving stuff]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/life/@joalex/jo-blogs-7-finding-the-magic</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/life/@joalex/jo-blogs-7-finding-the-magic</guid><category><![CDATA[life]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[joalex]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2018 14:40:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3W72119s5BjWPGGUiZ9pqnZoj8JHYxCCp9dtn2QVenvfYB1xFqTD8iVXsTcqSc6fSWk113veofKfFS97DFPc9snSmWK4NzQo4UJN2jxyBMW8Sa7jkaFVyg?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jo Blogs #6 - Will This Landscape Be Lost Forever?]]></title><description><![CDATA[(Photo of one of the olive tree terraces in our garden. You can see the wide terrace down the middle, with a stone wall on the left facing the next terrace up and the ground dropping away on the right]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/life/@joalex/will-this-landscape-be-lost-forever</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/life/@joalex/will-this-landscape-be-lost-forever</guid><category><![CDATA[life]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[joalex]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 11 Jan 2018 12:19:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/cyxkEVqiiLyAJMrzqHfWLT7YbdgoprDQGwdeDRwrb3qHwcD1sADeh4ECtkzV2RWoZqwAX8pFRGLSGD8pCWMDxk4n9eMfRtGgGzGuF5qVAD8QzWns5Dab2d65VHcngK2z5ZY?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jo Blogs #5 - What is the best language learning app?]]></title><description><![CDATA[As you know, we have recently moved off grid in order to live a more simple lifestyle although we have managed to complicate things a little in that we also moved to a foreign country. Yes, we have the]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/life/@joalex/jo-blogs-4-what-is-the-best-language-learning-app</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/life/@joalex/jo-blogs-4-what-is-the-best-language-learning-app</guid><category><![CDATA[life]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[joalex]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 27 Dec 2017 15:44:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/LcTxR7u1XKae8Zaj594qUJafNyNSBw9svATPAkZ7kJup5Gew5uQo3HRmLRt9GMBkcRgDkJLZB3LzZYKwFSe3AKv6sVpVm3iu2NVcrdQsysy2jskAnYfhCuVrqsR4c9EmLkySH9wJ3P6D5ZEjUr3gbfJGn?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Off Grid Living Diary #4 - My house has soul (and not the Motown kind!)]]></title><description><![CDATA[There is a story behind the house in which we live and it's both uplifting and inspiring. Set in 5 acres of mountainous, Spanish countryside, this isolated oasis is actually a relatively new building.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/life/@joalex/off-grid-living-diary-4-this-house-incorporates-the-bare-rock-inside</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/life/@joalex/off-grid-living-diary-4-this-house-incorporates-the-bare-rock-inside</guid><category><![CDATA[life]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[joalex]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 23 Dec 2017 12:12:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2gsjgna1uruvUuS7ndh9YqVwYGPLVszbFLwwpAYXYXmTQkwFstpvNWsw7fmpsrhA8x926Fs9n5FQa9E7ZqnMFaDBSGTAAnjbHpQ5efkiNszSSHs8UW?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Off Grid Living Diary #3 - THE WINTER SOLSTICE]]></title><description><![CDATA[21 December has always been an important day in my life - it's my birthday! - but it's particularly of interest this year as we are totally reliant on solar for our electricity. It's both the shortest]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/life/@joalex/off-grid-living-diary-3-the-winter-solstice</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/life/@joalex/off-grid-living-diary-3-the-winter-solstice</guid><category><![CDATA[life]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[joalex]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 21 Dec 2017 09:46:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/RGgukq5E6HBS5wvERDA3ZF4P2WKQy2VoZZet1QV2RB4JhtSFj39bbDjc2AGEMyfZrruimDnposeVLZCKJeuzHg4Ahr4Vk5JTyiSfombsFi4YWvFdvFejdSheTf6co2n?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Off Grid Living Diary #2 - The Solitude]]></title><description><![CDATA[Over the past couple of years, I have found myself becoming less and less interested in living in a society where consumption is king and the pressure to spend is unrelenting. Part of the draw for me to]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/life/@joalex/off-grid-living-diary-2-the-solitude</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/life/@joalex/off-grid-living-diary-2-the-solitude</guid><category><![CDATA[life]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[joalex]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 20 Dec 2017 12:34:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/qjrE4yyfw5pQYiuVvgYiUBP16WHGGN7UNn1BCdGdEcNSUDJM88AhVDqMfLLkx8F2qdEWUaotrr4EXrbiChrns449LCzgbbCAFaPTXcDC6jXYBT3VxXoHFv5U?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Steemit Chat]]></title><description><![CDATA[Not sure I am supposed to be posting this publically but I am struggling to log in to Steemit Chat. I am using the generated password given to me by Steemit when I signed up and have tried both my username]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/steemit/@joalex/steemit-chat</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/steemit/@joalex/steemit-chat</guid><category><![CDATA[steemit]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[joalex]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 19 Dec 2017 15:01:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Off Grid Living Diary #1 - One Month In]]></title><description><![CDATA[We have been living in the new house for a month now and, so far, so good. It's the first time I have lived anywhere that is totally reliant on solar power and we have had to incorporate some changes into]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/life/@joalex/off-grid-living-diary-1-one-month-in</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/life/@joalex/off-grid-living-diary-1-one-month-in</guid><category><![CDATA[life]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[joalex]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 19 Dec 2017 11:47:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/qjrE4yyfw5pQYiuVvgYiUBP16WHGGN7UNn1BCdGe13YgQDctRBjP1zybw2nCemk68s21LCgngMwSqXmZSS42drMuLfzz3vXcRmUgaURDsHvzr3oTYGUw2WWS?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Best Password Hack Ever?]]></title><description><![CDATA[There are a few truths about passwords that we all know: We should never, EVER, use the same password for multiple sites We should ALWAYS include random numbers and letters to make the password more secure]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/life/@joalex/best-password-hack-ever</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/life/@joalex/best-password-hack-ever</guid><category><![CDATA[life]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[joalex]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 19 Dec 2017 09:18:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3W72119s5BjWPGGUiZ9pqnZoj8JHYxCCp9dtn2QVgaS3zgVRqL4yHeMzjy2wa8vw6WcTbmJzRi3ZuTZ4qhj7XxS9M1aP2R1xcduDth3bGfmF2HiiMpUgVk?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Color Challenge Tuesday - Orange]]></title><description><![CDATA[We took this photo of the Alicante skyline at sunset during November. I love the colour of the sky and the way it looks with the Spanish flag in the foreground. Color Challenge. Play with me! Monday -]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/colorchallenge/@joalex/color-challenge-tuesday-orange</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/colorchallenge/@joalex/color-challenge-tuesday-orange</guid><category><![CDATA[colorchallenge]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[joalex]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 19 Dec 2017 08:32:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/LcTxR7u1XKae8Zaj594qUJafNyNSBw9svATPAkZ81KicGCxHwePqn6QwdSp2SLJJzcKZ48iaw5PMV5joybSSF6CiEvzophRZCReygk4aS8STnWNArQB5tLjQGohAhHCE6S8gb8NX1d8QmPqcx7J2DgP3c?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Color Challenge Monday- Red]]></title><description><![CDATA[I took this photo in the olive grove in our garden in Spain. The majority of the trees around us are pine but, as autumn began to take hold, the leaves on the olive trees turned a beautiful shade of red.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/colorchallenge/@joalex/color-challenge-monday-red</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/colorchallenge/@joalex/color-challenge-monday-red</guid><category><![CDATA[colorchallenge]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[joalex]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 18 Dec 2017 16:34:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/LcTxR7u1XKae8Zaj594qUJafNyNSBw9svATPAkZ7ehGTaWYeEMYG8Vf2cKmCFWTUFBM9EEvqxubvtCdq27ceT87k3Rtj5d9zBQWsWJ7hiW3gNJXRafXWKycrRJUCCdvbymYdtfw5Xb6kLz9WBbU61p7LA?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Perfect Soft Boiled Eggs]]></title><description><![CDATA[The upside of living deep in the countryside (or the campo as it's called here) is that we are cooking at home a lot more. 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