<?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, 10 Apr 2026 13:32:13 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/@joelhorst/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Thoughts from a Survivor of Hell]]></title><description><![CDATA[We’ve been to Hell and back. At least some of us. The rest didn’t make it back. We paste smiles on our faces, maybe even genuine smiles. Because the pain isn’t constant. It comes and goes. And for a while,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/abuse/@joelhorst/thoughtsfromasurvivorofhell-ukxqt7wpmo</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/abuse/@joelhorst/thoughtsfromasurvivorofhell-ukxqt7wpmo</guid><category><![CDATA[abuse]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[joelhorst]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 20 Jun 2020 02:11:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/hgjbks2vRxvhB5VrhN2CkXZ5Rz3MjDeCnCovjdPMr4HqmwK8ZYL5ek5GRqKnd6zCeoXKQWtaYf9r7UUveehJnDLobc?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[New Recording: The Psalm 150 Yodel]]></title><description><![CDATA[I love yodeling. It's a unique style of singing that harks back to my Swiss/German roots, where my ancestors may have yodeled from high mountain peaks. It's a fun thought, anyway. 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It was what I think they call a state of "flow"--where]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/liberty/@joelhorst/tenyearslateralookback-fzjxt0yfl2</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/liberty/@joelhorst/tenyearslateralookback-fzjxt0yfl2</guid><category><![CDATA[liberty]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[joelhorst]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 04 Jan 2020 00:06:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3HaJVw3AYyXBJKvR9VkNy3W1qHtChqUtQv9FSX2bCtMnMCZjUwJQK28NUXaMihnsomwnsLkNiCBeKyKa3px5SnNpJfhzKz6DuaaAyo4?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's Totally Okay to Have Scars]]></title><description><![CDATA[When I was a little kid, I cut my head on a wall. Yeah, I know, that sounds far-fetched. But when a two-year-old forehead meets a metal-reinforced drywall corner at high speed, things happen. 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