<?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>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 13:55:56 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/@suqueen/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[The Coffee That Changed Everything.   | Creative Fiction.]]></title><description><![CDATA[I’ve never been much of a morning person, which is ironic, because every job I’d ever held seemed to demand early starts. That particular Tuesday, I was late again. The bus had spluttered along as if it]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-170798/@suqueen/the-coffee-that-changed-everything</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-170798/@suqueen/the-coffee-that-changed-everything</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-170798]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[suqueen]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 21 Aug 2025 13:22:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/9vWp6aU4y8kx949aDJ3YMzVLdPdgysaSmkB2s8acaK67NZHf78i1T6c7LEd16MnzFhAyT8ioHH3573jCpJtRnt4rf277BQ2Qchon3sLPHS4uojTPhaDVs7iyyJQfhA6h2JHsX2UDLQYH3M9pa?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[I Only Went in for a Coffee.   | Creative Fiction.]]></title><description><![CDATA[I only went in for a coffee, that was it. One cup. Maybe a slice of cake if it looked good. Bus was in what ,forty minutes? Enough time to sip, maybe check my phone. Morning, stranger! That’s how it started,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-170798/@suqueen/i-only-went-in-for</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-170798/@suqueen/i-only-went-in-for</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-170798]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[suqueen]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2025 19:23:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2FFvzA2zeqoVPgRCnRzbu6rj6tCWHWVCA9ZaKB4ZqE5UBKAgDhvak41cvmVSnrg2GRGLWuwbe1jx5fFWA5TRUJvVXwvwsk1qTVmSb5syNs1AzfJqWyknNrfECpgWr?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Too Many Subjects, Too Little Skills]]></title><description><![CDATA[Nigeria: The Curriculum Overload From my years in Nigeria’s 6‑3‑3‑4 system, I discovered what many of us experience: classrooms jam‑packed with up to 15 subjects at a time. We had Civic Education, Social]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-176874/@suqueen/too-many-subjects-too-little</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-176874/@suqueen/too-many-subjects-too-little</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-176874]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[suqueen]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 04 Aug 2025 08:14:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2FFvzA2zeqoVPgRCnRzbu6rj6tCWHWVCA9ZaKB4ZqHZDwyEdKchKd1RZZiBNZbMex3nRjqbWfpqdo212GSUooceYiNTRfMDKqw4EGxn8uhVrNfDcWzdtKWyjnXzKG?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Future of Decentralized Payments for Vendors and Small Businesses]]></title><description><![CDATA[HBD Meets All of Bruce Fenton’s Criteria And It’s Already Here Bruce Fenton recently asked on X if it's too much to want a stablecoin that is decentralized, censorship-resistant, unregulated, not tied]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-167922/@suqueen/the-future-of-decentralized-payments</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-167922/@suqueen/the-future-of-decentralized-payments</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-167922]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[suqueen]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 04 Aug 2025 01:00:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/5ShzsKnKF7vqASPAqXGPakzgncLgnonBpRauPEjcP3MRBUskqjwb1Kwh2yuZniHpGiCEkzapAV6rWeeNhKk1trNo7XRuC8AgDk7nvVjhSsvuyDD685zzYQQoBzJmQVkt6mJ7JnGUkxgy71oCVncbiw66?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[What I’d Tell Anyone Leaving School Today]]></title><description><![CDATA[Going out of school is entering into a totally new world. You're very much exhilarated, relieved, and maybe with a little echo of fear; honestly, that is normal. 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How our parents raised us, the origin of our names, sitting around]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-111030/@suqueen/holding-on-while-moving-forward</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-111030/@suqueen/holding-on-while-moving-forward</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-111030]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[suqueen]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 30 Jul 2025 11:21:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2FFvzA2zeqoVPgRCnRzbu6rj6tCWHWVCA9ZaKB4ZqGtxiyCeAjHy4tK9quGj1dotUQgr5ogZc7mtxnGk7p9EbvkifeKfe9fMFb4kcnBpdUiZCi1HGJVzbeoiwb1YJ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[KISS #171: How do physical surroundings influence my emotional life and relationships?]]></title><description><![CDATA[That you would not care so much about your surroundings if you were strong enough, grounded enough, but as I got older, I began to observe more directly how my moods changed with my surroundings, The more]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-194848/@suqueen/kiss-171-how-do-physical</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-194848/@suqueen/kiss-171-how-do-physical</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-194848]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[suqueen]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 29 Jul 2025 22:30:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2FFvzA2zeqoVPgRCnRzbu6rj6tCWHWVCA9ZaKB4ZppAbV5K9KTNSgwQabG8omoVY6T6AbciVSmEw8EgxcdkgjCPariQuZWUgZ2LYygqYNcSqT434BJpe9qpYmXfGS?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[My Peace Lives in the Corners I Tend. | #248]]></title><description><![CDATA[Some people say love can find you at any age, and I believe that. But at 71, I’ve come to realize something even more valuable than new romance peace. 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