<?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, 15 May 2026 09:56:33 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/@klass/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Fields of Elysium]]></title><description><![CDATA[Five seven year olds scavenging through knee high grass fields with the occasional buttercup and dandelion patch. An early summer sun burning from the west. Four out of six wear oversized rubber boots]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@klass/fields-of-elysium</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@klass/fields-of-elysium</guid><category><![CDATA[writing]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[klass]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 08 Mar 2018 13:51:15 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Untitled]]></title><description><![CDATA[23 Crows in a birch tree sitting up high, occasionally flying up to settle on a new branch 23 Crows looking over this grey, nondescript suburb. Cawing with a hint of schadenfreude at those returning home]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@klass/untitled</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@klass/untitled</guid><category><![CDATA[writing]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[klass]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 05 Mar 2018 11:03:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kharon]]></title><description><![CDATA[Today the dead are mourned differently. A century and a half ago when offspring died before reaching adulthood, eyes were lifted to the heavens and prayers were whispered to whomever was listening: 'allow]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@klass/kharon</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@klass/kharon</guid><category><![CDATA[writing]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[klass]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 01 Mar 2018 09:03:27 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Coffee]]></title><description><![CDATA[Every morning around 6:00 I'm bend over the stove waiting. The moment, the pressure in the moka coffee pot builds up to a point it starts pushing out a dark brown drink. The consistency of the coffee,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/coffee/@klass/coffee</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/coffee/@klass/coffee</guid><category><![CDATA[coffee]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[klass]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 21 Feb 2018 12:30:18 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Doubt]]></title><description><![CDATA[Doubt A wall of water Closer and closer Endless string of conflicting thoughts Skipping from leg to leg Paralyzed Embrace Accept]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@klass/doubt</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@klass/doubt</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[klass]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 13 Feb 2018 09:47:42 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Summer]]></title><description><![CDATA[You´ll take a left when on the main road to Aluksne, continue driving down the dusty country lane -which has on its right and left apple, pear and plum trees. The light yellow wooden house with its steep]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/travel/@klass/summer</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/travel/@klass/summer</guid><category><![CDATA[travel]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[klass]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 09 Feb 2018 13:05:33 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Drawing of a Fly Agaric mushroom]]></title><description><![CDATA[This must be the most well-known poisonous mushroom in the world; the Amanita muscaria or the Fly Agaric. The third in this series of mushroom drawings (for the first two, see my blog). The drawing of]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/drawing/@klass/drawing-of-a-fly-agaric-mushroom</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/drawing/@klass/drawing-of-a-fly-agaric-mushroom</guid><category><![CDATA[drawing]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[klass]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 08 Feb 2018 20:35:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/RGgukq5E6HBS5wvERDA3ZF4P2WKQy2VoZZet1QV2LEDopZfu4HfcCRbVuv8aeqRneEyQt3R88u4WQPrR9Z4AZfEYWWQH14EER8ifmsx4EMU6fbYC6wK5Y5tZzB3RYS2?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Drawing of Chanterelle mushrooms]]></title><description><![CDATA[Last week I drew a Morchella mushroom (more background on the mushroom drawing, motivation, reference material and techniques used here: This evening I wanted to draw something a bit more special;]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/drawing/@klass/drawing-of-chanterelle-mushrooms</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/drawing/@klass/drawing-of-chanterelle-mushrooms</guid><category><![CDATA[drawing]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[klass]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 07 Feb 2018 21:34:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3W72119s5BjWPGGUiZ9pqnZoj8JHYxCCp9dtn2QVgN42m5LFAcNJNmMyqCU6rTk7HNptDVUxMKwbPYgxB28TQB8i1WmznAe77AucJjvg1dHEP8ZiZ9Deog?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Childhood Nostalgia]]></title><description><![CDATA[When you become a parent you get a ‘do-over’ on many things. Get as excited over cats, dogs, escalators, ambulances, rain and the fact that carrots are orange as your child. Playing with Duplo or those]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/art/@klass/childhood-nostalgia</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/art/@klass/childhood-nostalgia</guid><category><![CDATA[art]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[klass]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 05 Feb 2018 12:59:09 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[The drawing of a Morchella mushroom]]></title><description><![CDATA[I live in a nice light apartment, with a dark wooden floor from the 1920's and virgin white walls. After living here for a few years, I concluded that the walls can actually use some decoration. Now, I]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/original/@klass/the-drawing-of-a-morchella-mushroom-1</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/original/@klass/the-drawing-of-a-morchella-mushroom-1</guid><category><![CDATA[original]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[klass]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 02 Feb 2018 22:15:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/RGgukq5E6HBS5wvERDA3ZF4P2WKQy2VoZZet1QV2Edk7kyq7pwMCJgALygBbf3LUBKLEdrkLoFkbJwXutzxVQzshDEFumhzHq1JoTCHvZfdMfFUdeV1MxJucx6PTu2E?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[An early morning walk through Riga]]></title><description><![CDATA[When I step out the court yard, passing the sleeping guard (there since 1910), rows of elegant chestnut trees try to highlight the importance the street I lived on once. Across, a renovated white Jugendstil]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/europe/@klass/an-early-morning-walk-through-riga</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/europe/@klass/an-early-morning-walk-through-riga</guid><category><![CDATA[europe]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[klass]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 02 Feb 2018 11:37:15 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia]]></title><description><![CDATA[There is this legend around Ernest Hemingway that he was once asked to write a one sentence story. The story goes something like this: "For sale: baby shoes, never worn." It could have been]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/english/@klass/hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/english/@klass/hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia</guid><category><![CDATA[english]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[klass]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 31 Jan 2018 10:40:15 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Meatless Hamburger my Toddler loved it!]]></title><description><![CDATA[In general my toddler eats everything, really not a difficult eater at all but today -once at the dining table- she wasn't in the mood for soup. There is nothing worse than a hungry toddler. Well, a tired]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/cooking/@klass/meatless-hamburger-for-toddler</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/cooking/@klass/meatless-hamburger-for-toddler</guid><category><![CDATA[cooking]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[klass]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jan 2018 19:10:42 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[An encounter with the Homo Sovieticus]]></title><description><![CDATA[Sitting behind a glass door the female homo sovieticus observes her surrounding and when encountering a homo sapiens sapiens you hear her think: "NO!!! Not another costumer... Seriously, why can't]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@klass/an-encounter-with-the-homo-sovieticus</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@klass/an-encounter-with-the-homo-sovieticus</guid><category><![CDATA[writing]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[klass]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 29 Jan 2018 11:25:33 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Skies]]></title><description><![CDATA[A few years back my wife and I traveled by sailing boat and car along the Dutch coast. During our travels we caught on camera what the Dutch 'meester' painters put on canvas; the Dutch sky. All images]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/photography/@klass/skies</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/photography/@klass/skies</guid><category><![CDATA[photography]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[klass]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 27 Jan 2018 11:40:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3zpz8WQe4SNH8q6FEif2uzpmXjQNog2n2huWTcwn7ypme2FgbCEKagxKY26haRB1NREn74oP4FfwBednkZ57puYnopHDT93dYZuViAKhYfpBgarw9QycyKf1wnrVknzUf8eGfyAhgWEgnegaDQhC?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hi, Im Klaas and you are?]]></title><description><![CDATA[I'm Klaas. Ever since I started reading, I started to write. My childhood stories are mainly about superheroes who appear and save the day within a 10 sentence span. As you can guess no Marvel or DC material]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/introduceyourself/@klass/hi-im-klaas-and-you-are</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/introduceyourself/@klass/hi-im-klaas-and-you-are</guid><category><![CDATA[introduceyourself]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[klass]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 26 Jan 2018 13:14:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2FFvzA2zeqoVZ5NRzV2o8MyJEzowAL6rjbt8w3dTH4hCcTKWUbpGAikP46nFtJ1MuvHLDcNeE9AHfGzXcrtacVWh5D6sdb6UHSyonJchv8f7ZxUik1t7Harox7SP8?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ode to the Cat]]></title><description><![CDATA[Apparently humankind is divided into two types of persons; you are either a cat or a dog person. I'm extremely fond of both. but if a choice has to be made -like Old Possum- I'm a cat person. They move]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@klass/ode-to-the-cat</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@klass/ode-to-the-cat</guid><category><![CDATA[writing]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[klass]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 26 Jan 2018 08:13:42 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[The (un)expected]]></title><description><![CDATA[The expected: Saturday morning, I was already a bit weary when I opened the curtains; the clouds on the horizon looked pregnant with water, though were I was standing it was still sunny. Arriving at the]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@klass/the-un-expected</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@klass/the-un-expected</guid><category><![CDATA[writing]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[klass]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 25 Jan 2018 08:42:27 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Sea]]></title><description><![CDATA[Most of the time, when you are just a kilometer out you feel the breeze picking up. My excitement starts when I see the first tall pine trees and afterwards the first dunes -with its tall yellow-green]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@klass/the-sea</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@klass/the-sea</guid><category><![CDATA[writing]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[klass]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 24 Jan 2018 08:45:27 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>