<?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>Tue, 14 Apr 2026 13:24:28 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/@snowmachine/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Acrophobia: Fear of Heights]]></title><description><![CDATA[I never had a fear of heights when I was younger. I didn't really understand mortality either. My brother, Dad, and I used to tromp through the backwoods of Oklahoma and Arkansas, climb trees, hike up]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@snowmachine/acrophobia-fear-of-heights</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@snowmachine/acrophobia-fear-of-heights</guid><category><![CDATA[writing]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[snowmachine]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 22 Nov 2018 02:37:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/vM1pGHgNcyCXUWJECrZbvn1NMPj1oFGUo3gYfF3NNPRD9VBU9Qu34nJVqgayJyM2fJJ5nrku7dfhMu6i2QiRBzqeA7LUAdkfgNVWNmacLLYNaVVxeZpjiH8vGmGFEez6kWYKTtJ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Things to Do When You Feel Terrible]]></title><description><![CDATA[Do you feel terrible this week? Read on! My eyes currently look like the dead sea. I've consumed enough iced coffee and puffy cheetos to fill at least 1/16th the stomach of a blue whale. I feel like I'm]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/psychology/@snowmachine/things-to-do-when-you-feel-terrible</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/psychology/@snowmachine/things-to-do-when-you-feel-terrible</guid><category><![CDATA[psychology]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[snowmachine]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 09 Oct 2018 00:08:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/7b4bio5hobgskW8qdPdvSqcwwJTvbiCMpGmRey1Rtd8H5r6R7iDoWuLMjTngKDfq2CrrXan1kphJpLs9cYDDxWT6Q7vNE1wj36gCUW3sHJ9RcvyoVujT7di1cbaAiu3snWo1nSZ7PXg4obj3Nsf6BJmb5EPQ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Letter to the Shadow]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hello again. While I was on the beach in San Diego with my dogs, enjoying the surf and the sunset, you were in the dark woods, near the mouth of the hush place. You laid azaleas at the foot of the obsidian]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@snowmachine/a-letter-to-the-shadow</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@snowmachine/a-letter-to-the-shadow</guid><category><![CDATA[writing]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[snowmachine]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 08 Oct 2018 05:33:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/cyxkEVqiiLy2ofdgrJNxeZC3WCHPBwR7MjUDzY4kBNr81MVGjafbkZcFa8jCov2gDnRjNxB9AqVfExPHo63yKcExSbD6Hn3mbXrv6PraKvRJSFWFDDZadY4Ppj6wTLWG9ot?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[How to be Great]]></title><description><![CDATA[How do you become great? I know one thing for sure: You don't become great by doing nothing. By doing the same things over and over again, in a kind of blunted, cow-eyed repetition. By returning to the]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/psychology/@snowmachine/how-to-be-great</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/psychology/@snowmachine/how-to-be-great</guid><category><![CDATA[psychology]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[snowmachine]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 24 Sep 2018 17:44:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/7b4bio5hobgskW8qdPdvSqcwwJTvbiCMpGmRey1Rtd8H5raTSFmCprmjdmatXgiaRUGG8D6kCo9WpZifLK7qkyeyvotGjFszd3wGsrRY413zom1qKC9D7WHiVkNykNVZxam4Eaj3EfoWenBb5wVDYkrwUfaW?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[How Could I Possibly Love Me?]]></title><description><![CDATA[I hit a vein expecting there to be smoke, instead what came up was gold. And unsure of what I saw, I tried to convince my mind’s eye that it wasn’t anything special. 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It's not like I've been standing where you're standing, glass in the back of my neck]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@snowmachine/you-re-right-i-can-t-possibly-understand</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@snowmachine/you-re-right-i-can-t-possibly-understand</guid><category><![CDATA[writing]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[snowmachine]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 11 Sep 2018 01:55:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/C3TZR1g81UNaPs7vzNXHueW5ZM76DSHWEY7onmfLxcK2iP5adf9ttjQbqmBtXPtuYzw22cURtjQwTsoobx83kP6L5f3PwSVy2GDi5GrX8R2ahYRgH3QzKHg?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feelings of Impermanence]]></title><description><![CDATA[Every positive change in my life has required a loss. This shouldn’t be too much of a surprise, we live in a universe where all exchanges require reciprocal physics. 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It’s the secret ingredient that is usually comprised of bitterness and self-loathing.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/steemit/@snowmachine/discipline-from-pain-to-joy</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/steemit/@snowmachine/discipline-from-pain-to-joy</guid><category><![CDATA[steemit]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[snowmachine]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 22 Jul 2018 22:46:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/7258xSVeJbKkzXhyseBP4PYz11eBDT8sW2oR1a4vfVFS6JLJ2jHKmnZ3qJopPC1waLfGfvHeyHhXf65g3eZoZjdVG6fZKabrj48CEBfnpTa4x9ZgAkc8VWVBqa2TJGKdx9G565LoAxqXL?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wolves, Sheep, and Sheepdog]]></title><description><![CDATA[I was born out of a howl. I came from an angry valley. I've read that it's impossible to retain memories from before the age of 2, but my first memory is of a darkness without stars. 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