<?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>Sun, 12 Apr 2026 20:48:34 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/@retronic/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Steemit Photo Challenge Entry #2]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hello Steemians, Here is another photo I took last year in North-Eastern Montenegro, in a village close to the Albanian border, which I am submitting as my second entry to this week's photo challenge.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/steemitphotochallenge/@retronic/steemit-photo-challenge-entry-2</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/steemitphotochallenge/@retronic/steemit-photo-challenge-entry-2</guid><category><![CDATA[steemitphotochallenge]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[retronic]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 14 Nov 2016 09:05:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/MvwLKy3SfvJwXFKCRMDAFrt961QVWG3fYT8atzuWE?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Steemit Photo Challenge Entry #1]]></title><description><![CDATA[I am so excited about this week's theme, as most of my pics are taken in the countryside. This is my first entry to this week's challenge. It was taken by myself, using a Nikon D3000 camera - no edits,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/steemitphotochallenge/@retronic/steemit-photo-challenge-entry-1</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/steemitphotochallenge/@retronic/steemit-photo-challenge-entry-1</guid><category><![CDATA[steemitphotochallenge]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[retronic]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 11 Nov 2016 11:52:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/MvwLKy3SfvJwXFKCRMDAFrt961NEPAGvZeUnzKhEN?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Steemit Photo Challenge #14 Entry 1 - Autumn Foliage]]></title><description><![CDATA[Fall, leaves, fall   By Emily Brontë        Fall, leaves, fall; die, flowers, away;     Lengthen night and shorten day;     Every leaf speaks]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/steemitphotochallenge/@retronic/steemit-photo-challenge-14-entry-1-autumn-foliage</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/steemitphotochallenge/@retronic/steemit-photo-challenge-14-entry-1-autumn-foliage</guid><category><![CDATA[steemitphotochallenge]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[retronic]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 21 Oct 2016 15:34:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/MG5aEqKFcQiABdLmWivkWiD3miB4euYoVW1sBUU8fvCuj3VpxD4nyZDR9hcxJcLRgeCAyNCSpHAEUjjpFj4muHvAPadXRXPyp?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Suicide attempt which luckily did not take place]]></title><description><![CDATA[Two days ago, from the comfort of my office’s balcony, I witnessed the most frightening of desperate shows in my life: a suicide attempt. A 26-year old man climbed up a crane inside a construction site]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/life/@retronic/suicide-attempt-which-luckily-did-not-take-place</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/life/@retronic/suicide-attempt-which-luckily-did-not-take-place</guid><category><![CDATA[life]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[retronic]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 20 Oct 2016 13:42:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/C3TZR1g81UNchGTbr4XAQPhks3rRq3tEj9cj8AVSznwNvEVzMd46ZDBqzScZuFxHvNG2TTaTTKzyGhpTkpFdNHSbT4T9dQ3JJFSGwkzZ42TDcvgrM6R4Y3c?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The wedding that made me not want to see the newlyweds ever again]]></title><description><![CDATA[Two friends of mine got married over the weekend. I was certainly very happy to see them tie the knot, especially in the times we’re living, when marriage in a way or another, has sort of lost its magic,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/religion/@retronic/the-wedding-that-made-me-not-want-to-see-the-newlyweds-ever-again</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/religion/@retronic/the-wedding-that-made-me-not-want-to-see-the-newlyweds-ever-again</guid><category><![CDATA[religion]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[retronic]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 18 Oct 2016 10:02:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/C3TZR1g81UNchGTbr4XAQPhks3rRq3tEj9cj8AVSznwNvEVzMd46ZDBqzScZuFxHvNG2TTaTMhX7qpTim3MKyCacwCWUiNVRnfACNHJDLDACYeSW5xgNV14?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Steemit Photo Challenge #13 Entry 1 - Hands]]></title><description><![CDATA[“There is no love sincerer than the love of food."  George Bernard Show This photo was taken with a Nikon D3000 during a night out with friends. It always makes me laugh when I look at it, because]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/steemitphotochallenge/@retronic/steemit-photo-challenge-13-entry-1-hands</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/steemitphotochallenge/@retronic/steemit-photo-challenge-13-entry-1-hands</guid><category><![CDATA[steemitphotochallenge]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[retronic]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 17 Oct 2016 12:46:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/23KQwnti57su5jXwEdHLSCrXPw8zohk3YF2DwzT2cg6UN3MnehAzDLyFAjfkKWVcZ2vLzzEvvcrFZAAmWVg2kUNfXVGyzaz?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Steemit Photo Challenge #11 - Entry]]></title><description><![CDATA[These two photos were taken during a 20s theme party with co-workers, and they are the closest to a glamour/fashion photograph I can do. Taken by my friend at the party, with my camera, a NIKON COOLPIX]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/steemitphotochallenge/@retronic/steemit-photo-challenge-11-entry</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/steemitphotochallenge/@retronic/steemit-photo-challenge-11-entry</guid><category><![CDATA[steemitphotochallenge]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[retronic]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 30 Sep 2016 08:36:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/cyxkEVqiiLyAJMrzqHfUr9qc5aJkaeUwi7eUSeAMH7u5Ce8JmSYp58JhBPn61e129WUXYHQRXs8sybug6Qk5UfGYoTy6tngmDvUsKJmwYhgTPf5YherZfwLhJWYBFLeoHZ8?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sworn Virgins]]></title><description><![CDATA[People who know a little about Albania associate it with a number of distinctive elements: the gorgeous beaches, the stunning views from mountains, the painful memories of the communist dictatorship still]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/culture/@retronic/sworn-virgins</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/culture/@retronic/sworn-virgins</guid><category><![CDATA[culture]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[retronic]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 29 Sep 2016 15:32:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/6gUbcKN7UxenrEmmLSoDZ2YpvnjRs69CaXJ8XgDbAsW7tP2zazhD4GQC99w97C5bNTtbwk?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bunkers - the indestructable symbols of a dictator's paranoia]]></title><description><![CDATA[Many travelers, who happen to visit Albania for the first time, are puzzled by the numerous cement bunkers built everywhere in the country; virtually anywhere. We Albanians, who grew up with bunkers]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/communism/@retronic/bunkers-the-indestructable-symbols-of-a-dicator-s-paranoia</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/communism/@retronic/bunkers-the-indestructable-symbols-of-a-dicator-s-paranoia</guid><category><![CDATA[communism]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[retronic]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 28 Sep 2016 11:17:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/MG5aEodBkvuo8VZfPnAgKZB5hTDjkiXf5zGnpiNAMfyDXkLX3bropWjMyMsFoNGdRGjEydnJJtB9RivVTiwB9uokNeTxtRUdc?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fear of flying]]></title><description><![CDATA[Among the infinite number of phobias I have already identified and continue to discover on an everyday basis, my fear of flying (aviophobia) tops the list. The ironic thing is I have to fly from Europe]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/psychology/@retronic/fear-of-flying</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/psychology/@retronic/fear-of-flying</guid><category><![CDATA[psychology]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[retronic]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 27 Sep 2016 14:52:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/62PdCouTvNPDuXRaduVYW9jSkpVA2sKuYqyQkg74K4uCUw9B8XamCawE3vXgxtKk9n3sDRMw5ocYWa3jtJ8yMogkq5BcXQE2XcCsGUvSGm4PD6v?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sleepily]]></title><description><![CDATA[I will dive into a dreamy-water Dark blue In a black silky jacket The river will mumble Lascivious words And among the water lilies Surrounded by only one tree branch (sleepy, murdered, dead) The evening]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@retronic/sleepily</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@retronic/sleepily</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[retronic]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 27 Sep 2016 08:48:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/DVAkPJXe6RxZibfN97xNAcZKQAzkWH7fNR9Sg2kLkthhsSbrwSazem8bYbNsJnFZPoZDUJzjSZSM5g?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pictures taken in the northernmost point in Albania]]></title><description><![CDATA[Small as it is, Albania offers quite a breath-taking landscape. Although it has roughly some 500 kilometres of coastline, its beaches down south of the country are magnificent. My favourites are the small]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/travel/@retronic/pictures-taken-in-the-northernmost-point-in-albania</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/travel/@retronic/pictures-taken-in-the-northernmost-point-in-albania</guid><category><![CDATA[travel]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[retronic]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 15 Sep 2016 15:37:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3q52Dkr5nBe4LPokkyrhbMHqaLwKU2PMUWVCFjY7k2HvfchydMHQNpHTvS7KAPNWhKbCBDVu2xeza?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[A country struggling to shake off the remnants of its totalitarian past]]></title><description><![CDATA[A quick reading through articles here, and I already find articles about my country, Albania. Yes, it is a teeny-tiny country located in the Balkans that many have difficulties to recognize in a map. I]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/travel/@retronic/a-country-struggling-to-shake-off-the-remnants-of-its-totalitarian-past</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/travel/@retronic/a-country-struggling-to-shake-off-the-remnants-of-its-totalitarian-past</guid><category><![CDATA[travel]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[retronic]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 08 Sep 2016 11:13:48 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>