<?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 05:48:43 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/@mamasez/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[You only fail when you quit trying.....]]></title><description><![CDATA[See this star fruit tree? It's Jan. 2, 2021.. Back in the summer we had a hurricane come through here, northeast of us with the eye only 40 miles away. The winds blew off all the fruit that had set, as]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/ctptalk/@mamasez/you-only-fail-when-you-quit-trying</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/ctptalk/@mamasez/you-only-fail-when-you-quit-trying</guid><category><![CDATA[ctptalk]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[mamasez]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 02 Jan 2021 22:01:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/PB8ro82ZpZP35bVGjGoE93K3E4U5KX8KtMBJ2rgtGBtLq7aNu5YiQwX3PkfwQskoU1EhKX8pMuAEBxezYhh7QKgeBtwLumkzduPPKvEGaMnsaq8i?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[When do you stop...]]></title><description><![CDATA[You wake up in the morning, feeling pleased with yourself... You stretch and wonder just what you should do today.. hmmm. Do you settle for what you completed yesterday and the day before and the day before]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/ctptalk/@mamasez/when-do-you-stop</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/ctptalk/@mamasez/when-do-you-stop</guid><category><![CDATA[ctptalk]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[mamasez]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 21 Jun 2020 03:28:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/RGgukq5E6HBNvuPpuJoWwmDPPkGx4aaF7Xp3vKeYTbZvR8U4UJRkgAUsM2ve6bR3zKTvaKm2Wz6mYSnpgkSy8Sj74Ewbfj6JQXPJSj7or25dDY2gpJDtdivoh7X6dXc?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The secret world of cats....]]></title><description><![CDATA[Ernie's full name is Ernest Hemingway, he was named for the author famous for his love of polydactyl cats... Ernie scrunches down when you try to stroke his back as he is walking by... but he has no qualms]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/caturday/@mamasez/the-secret-world-of-cats</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/caturday/@mamasez/the-secret-world-of-cats</guid><category><![CDATA[caturday]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[mamasez]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 21 Jun 2020 02:58:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/4i88GgaV8qiFkxbnGCXnHPUK3daVLCQA4oDc4ixq5qzXhNiG6HGHC32NMVqJmTbFtc5xAhLzxYyg4bwHNS2JcZmCiL9AmJXaP6QdSoHumP4m2gfsZJ3J46SZGi?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[This Brings Me Joy...]]></title><description><![CDATA[I have been singing most of my life.. In the 60s, I was part of a folk group (who wasn't), but I lost my soprano range during an especially bad sore throat that I tried to sing through... Five years later,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/ctptalk/@mamasez/this-brings-me-joy</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/ctptalk/@mamasez/this-brings-me-joy</guid><category><![CDATA[ctptalk]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[mamasez]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2020 18:32:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45e6iHiDzVJVBSYy9iDAQZaYa1gC1pCVsB3jk?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Not your average Big Bird]]></title><description><![CDATA[#IAmAliveChallenge "Chachalaca sitting in an old orange tree" doesn't exactly have the swing of "kookaburra sitting in an old gum tree" but it was an interesting sight in the rain through]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/ctptalk/@mamasez/not-your-average-big-bird</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/ctptalk/@mamasez/not-your-average-big-bird</guid><category><![CDATA[ctptalk]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[mamasez]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2020 20:30:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/6VvuHGsoU2QBt9MXeXNdDuyd4Bmd63j7zJymDTWgdcJjnzuLdwyDMxy71RGuZ27YMf1qfmYiPZfehEG5TTZKXjfsugV6AiAk26WErW3KpyrbwuxoW9tMwsdFS4HyCz?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Curiosity .....]]></title><description><![CDATA[#IAmAliveChallenge Since there are apparently are ankle-high signs around the neighborhood pointing to my house "Cat Lady Lives Here", I was not too excited to see my clowder of cats showing]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/ctptalk/@mamasez/curiosity</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/ctptalk/@mamasez/curiosity</guid><category><![CDATA[ctptalk]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[mamasez]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2020 00:17:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/HNWT6DgoBc1692QWn5trsLBYecSp3jKD1kzdmSEK54pfQnXwAq4z8SwF9LAKSdJpyEhNQ3oxAnMEfTNPxzZPK1n9uZ38LYHNUKFSJdvdtSEdh4RVixKigAdX5Jn?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[You can be alone but not lonely...]]></title><description><![CDATA[#IAmAliveChallenge I know many people who live alone say their biggest challenge is loneliness. 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ADJUST]]></title><description><![CDATA[Another life lesson... brought to you by way of a mistake... Now, last night, I had planned on making tacos... but somehow forgot to take the hamburger OUT of the freezer... 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