<?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>Wed, 08 Apr 2026 19:01:58 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/@leemervin/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Moon Music]]></title><description><![CDATA[Image - Photograph By John Adams Whipple and James Wallace Black- Date 1857-60-The Metroplitan Museum of Art Since ancient times our nearest neighbour the moon has inspired countless painters, poets and]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/art/@leemervin/moon-music</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/art/@leemervin/moon-music</guid><category><![CDATA[art]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[leemervin]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 11 Feb 2018 23:14:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/W5LtFUPm6g774G2LPx8CTVHrbGQ778Sw45DBMcdCjhXNdzAY8gTj8tkp6PXxaXEtiALVWpzmFV2AeJ3sKp3NKaqbcAexCV7EW4VZhPurvsHozZSt1NmnM3NZjaBnYWphzgTfYxmbFhJmhPnrooQXxbXKW8qcJ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The rediscovery of a masterpiece]]></title><description><![CDATA[image - wikicommons I first set eyes on this magnificent painting years ago when I saw a fascinating documentary about it’s loss, rediscovery and restoration. It was love at first sight for me - I was]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/art/@leemervin/the-rediscovery-of-a-masterpiece</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/art/@leemervin/the-rediscovery-of-a-masterpiece</guid><category><![CDATA[art]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[leemervin]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 10 Feb 2018 10:37:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/W5LtFUPm6g774G2LPx8CTVHrbGQ778Sw45DBMcdD6WqmCexS5uSXA5P4XdoR9pCSNQSwvEmKupztGMakoWk7Kdq7M19yKf81JHNo6NLrs4H4b5GZ2TcVHHE7SXVprygDLzHhNXKkEZ3t14zMa8LKryVCVqcBQ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[This track may change your life (a bit)!]]></title><description><![CDATA[I have long considered myself to be a committed Hendrixian - but I have always preferred his rock to his blues- until last night that is, when Spotify presented me with this amazing track which I have]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/music/@leemervin/this-track-may-change-your-life-a-bit</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/music/@leemervin/this-track-may-change-your-life-a-bit</guid><category><![CDATA[music]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[leemervin]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 08 Feb 2018 18:04:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/W5LtFUPm6g774G2LPx8CTVHrbGQ778Sw45DBMcdCnawBo33DGYyLskVET78iow3SXvffk9eRbvqbx7GNUbqDykvoeLmN6RcAy6CSwyw9TjXP1yHUTWUB3VtjFzkY65yrZGyAff94WqcPrAgpbUbvXxTVCqwYS?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let’s talk of graves, of worms, and epitaphs]]></title><description><![CDATA[The first page of Shakespeare's Richard II, printed in the First Folio of 1623 Current location Folger Shakespeare Library Accession number STC 22273 Fo.1 No.68 Source/Photographer Folger Shakespeare Library]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/shakespeare/@leemervin/let-s-talk-of-graves-of-worms-and-epitaphs</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/shakespeare/@leemervin/let-s-talk-of-graves-of-worms-and-epitaphs</guid><category><![CDATA[shakespeare]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[leemervin]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 07 Feb 2018 06:42:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/W5LtFUPm6g774G2LPx8CTVHrbGQ778Sw45DBMcdCkpg2DYxJFRDNCFzURLg91KdSWc2ntts892PkNtWjsqStiD2X4xALpBzkSzdMNHPYNypgRUmqA7prZFhbYPGMFUXybmag73PZZHU3Sy3w3EsjrCugf4kf8?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Little Boy Lost  by Marghanita Laski]]></title><description><![CDATA[Image- my copy of Little Boy Lost - Heinemann Educational Books The 2nd World War has recently ended and Hilary Wainwright has travelled to France to meet Jean, a small child who may or may not be his]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/literature/@leemervin/little-boy-lost-by-marghanita-laski-book-review</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/literature/@leemervin/little-boy-lost-by-marghanita-laski-book-review</guid><category><![CDATA[literature]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[leemervin]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 05 Feb 2018 19:50:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/o1AJ9qDyyJNSpZWhUgGYc3MngFqoAMzeVedEMb6CynUgWDhZx?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Massaman Curry - A meal fit for a King]]></title><description><![CDATA[Massaman curry is a highly flavoursome Thai dish. So flavoursome in fact that Kings have written poetry about it. Well one king anyway - these lines were written by King Rama ll in the early 1800s as part]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/vegan/@leemervin/massaman-curry-a-meal-fit-for-a-king-1e4ece6ed177</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/vegan/@leemervin/massaman-curry-a-meal-fit-for-a-king-1e4ece6ed177</guid><category><![CDATA[vegan]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[leemervin]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 04 Feb 2018 12:12:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/o1AJ9qDyyJNSpZWhUgGYc3MngFqoAN65GXomzopaEYnNpg1Vg?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Jagular]]></title><description><![CDATA[This is Myshka, also known as The Myshkanaut by those not into the whole brevity thing, and The Naut by those who are. She is pictured on one of her favourite perches - the top of the bedroom door which]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/cats/@leemervin/the-jagular-e9bb5b085317</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/cats/@leemervin/the-jagular-e9bb5b085317</guid><category><![CDATA[cats]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[leemervin]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 03 Feb 2018 23:29:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/o1AJ9qDyyJNSpZWhUgGYc3MngFqoAN5hmGFPyorXoPgEj1wL2?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[How Chicago was elevated by 14ft- all in the name of hygiene]]></title><description><![CDATA[image wiki commons, Chicago Historical Society, Author Edward Mendel I learnt an amazing fact last night about the history of sewage! One of those facts that are so very strange that they make you smile.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/history/@leemervin/chicago-city-on-stilts-8c571f7cc6d29</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/history/@leemervin/chicago-city-on-stilts-8c571f7cc6d29</guid><category><![CDATA[history]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[leemervin]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 03 Feb 2018 10:23:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/o1AJ9qDyyJNSpZWhUgGYc3MngFqoAN22ZE15KjAgjT4ctQKGJ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who the Diddley?]]></title><description><![CDATA[This is the Bo Diddley Beat - you’ll recognise it in oodles of songs - from Buddy Holly’s Not Fade Away to Bowie’s Panic in Detroit *, through to George Michaels Faith and beyond. But who was Bo Diddley?]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/bodiddley/@leemervin/who-the-diddley-427195d1bd7fe</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/bodiddley/@leemervin/who-the-diddley-427195d1bd7fe</guid><category><![CDATA[bodiddley]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[leemervin]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 02 Feb 2018 08:03:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/o1AJ9qDyyJNSpZWhUgGYc3MngFqoAN65FdL6A8YEUjm7UdDRx?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[This week I am mainly eating lentils]]></title><description><![CDATA[When I became a nearly - vegan ( I still eat fish and occasionally (though I try not to) cheese). I found to my surprise that I was eating a larger variety of more flavoursome food than ever before. You]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/vegan/@leemervin/this-week-i-am-mainly-eating-lentils</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/vegan/@leemervin/this-week-i-am-mainly-eating-lentils</guid><category><![CDATA[vegan]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[leemervin]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 31 Jan 2018 23:39:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[One Step forward, Two Steps Back]]></title><description><![CDATA[Don’t you just love Captain Beefheart? A Dutchman who sounds like Howling Wolf channelling Frank Zappa. This is one of my favourites He was also responsible for one of the greatest (and weirdest) album]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/captainbeefheart/@leemervin/one-step-forward-two-steps-back</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/captainbeefheart/@leemervin/one-step-forward-two-steps-back</guid><category><![CDATA[captainbeefheart]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[leemervin]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jan 2018 23:17:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45dxJ82nLp9DaheguGavALyyfHe5agEvBZtfY?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hello Everyone]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hi, My name is Lee and I am a brand new Steemit person ( a steemer?). Thank you very much for having me - I am very much looking forward to getting involved with this exciting venture. A bit about me -]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/introductions/@leemervin/hello-everyone</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/introductions/@leemervin/hello-everyone</guid><category><![CDATA[introductions]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[leemervin]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jan 2018 21:23:00 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>