<?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, 19 May 2026 03:18:50 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/@therneau/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Taxtin County: The Quagmires of Spiro Pt 2]]></title><description><![CDATA[This is Part 2 of this Taxtin County Short Story. You can find the first part here: Previous Taxtin County entries will be at the end of this post Part 2 He struggled to open his eyes as the sudden splitting]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-170798/@therneau/taxtin-county-the-quagmires-of</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-170798/@therneau/taxtin-county-the-quagmires-of</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-170798]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[therneau]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2024 15:26:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/DQme9Dm6MQmETkZiaBexRwMiN61ULMbvT32a7pd8yepZBU7/1716299139236.jpg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dreams Rotated ]]></title><description><![CDATA[“Yes, but wait.” “Hold the line!” “There’s a rat in the water!” “I'm sorry, Molly.” Jenny has been woken up by her husband’s sleep talking many times over the years. She’s grown accustomed to it and asked]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-170798/@therneau/dreams-rotated</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-170798/@therneau/dreams-rotated</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-170798]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[therneau]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2024 16:55:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/DQme4hQ8k5ynvX1CvJWqZXzYWUNGsSZtwnN8mEUWDSP2qsE/1716223595767.jpg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Taxtin County: The Quagmires of Spiro ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Dr Jones was a well respected Demon and Monster Hunter, but there comes a time when even the best cannot withstand the evils dwelling within this dark County. As the sounds of his bullets whistled through]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-170798/@therneau/taxtin-county-the-quagmires-of-spiro-</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-170798/@therneau/taxtin-county-the-quagmires-of-spiro-</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-170798]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[therneau]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2024 16:13:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/EEEoA8oLaAxtVnwqsecAiuXqRUoWEntUbc7T9JKfw2EuqXkFpnPHTU8JvRz6kMsySTVcqYdZJKKFuLpT9e2UeXvSfXn5NpFb25Xt5Mt8NLFUDRWTheiYkR4CzohVuyZbCnYLD7K8qV2msDNZQrHyY?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Well, This Sucks!]]></title><description><![CDATA[Sorry, my pic bombed out, so I gifured I'll just throw in my AI generated Balloon Baboon, because, why not 😅 Ai yay yay. Getting older sure comes with its challenges. I'm not even that old yet, being]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-106316/@therneau/well-this-sucks</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-106316/@therneau/well-this-sucks</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-106316]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[therneau]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2024 16:32:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/DQmNtU3QRvZh7mvHqpQg8gdoJpvGMyinww4CJTEFZY47NYN/1715704228365.jpg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[My African Art Collection Part 3]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hey there Silverbloggers Community and all you wonderful Hivean's! Oooh, I've been quite excited about part 3 😁 Mostly due to the fact that it's one of my favourite pieces, but the story, as sad and painful]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-106316/@therneau/my-african-art-collection-part</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-106316/@therneau/my-african-art-collection-part</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-106316]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[therneau]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 11 Nov 2023 16:38:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/DQmfKe34prmL9YsLWHRxFayD3eB7bTPQrVueHxaSJGb1byC/1699292075804.jpg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[My African Art Collection Pt 2]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hey, hey everybody. I hope its been a splendid week! If you missed the first installment of My African Art Collection, here's a sneak peek below. If you like what you see, then go pop in by the first]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-106316/@therneau/my-african-art-collection-pt</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-106316/@therneau/my-african-art-collection-pt</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-106316]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[therneau]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 14 Oct 2023 15:55:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/DQmQ1gewWbjBcerTt4na3aeAqRav9k8SiiXwkBePfJSpLYv/20231014_173900.jpg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[My African Art Collection Part 1]]></title><description><![CDATA[Well, here's a little something new about me most of you won't be aware of. I've been an avid African Art collector for many years. The bug bit me when I visited a friend and was astonished at all the]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-106316/@therneau/my-african-art-collection</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-106316/@therneau/my-african-art-collection</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-106316]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[therneau]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 22 Sep 2023 16:58:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/DQmRST6G99qBdqQ5nBhAc4aHarxS78AV1tdKmex43pEQkH1/20230922_145223.jpg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Yet Again, Lost In Time]]></title><description><![CDATA[Yet again, lost in time…my very thought, was never mine. In unity, we see, in life, we be… Nothing is free, accept and except the thought, of never truly being free. Humbly embrace, that chaos case,and]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-161465/@therneau/yet-again-lost-in-time</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-161465/@therneau/yet-again-lost-in-time</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-161465]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[therneau]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 13 Sep 2023 17:33:03 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Dying Artist]]></title><description><![CDATA[As I paint you in my dreams, My soul breaks and I retreat Waking up, blurry eyed, attempt to paint you one more time. In anguish I fall, in pain I flow. In heartbreak, the strokes below As they fill the]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-199275/@therneau/the-dying-artist</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-199275/@therneau/the-dying-artist</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-199275]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[therneau]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 06 Sep 2023 16:33:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/DQmQJfAJ8jV67piGxB6kp5szTqJozoGHcpHqqDu2FknaZHn/untitled18_20230906181145.png" length="0" type="image/png"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Right'eo, Phew, what a Day]]></title><description><![CDATA[Gosh, I can't remember when the last time was that I actually just wrote about my day... Oh, wait, I can, NEVER! Haha. This is very different for me, because I usually TALK about the goings on. It's]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-150329/@therneau/right-eo-phew-what-a</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-150329/@therneau/right-eo-phew-what-a</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-150329]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[therneau]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 05 Sep 2023 12:09:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/DQmUroo54x8qkVPbyusA2FLDRwF8Kr7YaSXPtvfFUbjkss8/untitled242_20220204130002.png" length="0" type="image/png"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Time Has Come to Dust Off my Pen, Ahem, Fingers,  Again]]></title><description><![CDATA[Yes, yes, I know. It feels like I'm gonna come at you with that old cliché, "I WAS TOO BUSY." Damn, I can't believe its been a year. Shocking! To be honest, its been a combination of factors]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-106316/@therneau/the-time-has-come-to</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-106316/@therneau/the-time-has-come-to</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-106316]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[therneau]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 30 Aug 2023 04:42:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/DQmeoz48biV6h4SwLp1Ns5TZzFTBv7xy9L9m8o472ySs8Hn/1693366480868.jpg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Adventures of Freddy The Flea Pt 28]]></title><description><![CDATA[Previously on Freddy The Flea Lord Tick was getting ready to sacrifice the prisoners to the Ring of Fire, and feed Fria and DaFlea to Spencersss, since they weren’t worthy of a sacrifice. As they were]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-150329/@therneau/the-adventures-of-freddy-the-flea-pt-28</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-150329/@therneau/the-adventures-of-freddy-the-flea-pt-28</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-150329]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[therneau]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 01 Jul 2022 07:55:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/FUkUE5bzkAZT3HzV5tJDiU2ik81PCd4JCyhWnRcDN8XJsVFY3UNB8DCcsjxRfFMB1RsniN2x4RVFrQemaG3H5Tg5H98JtfJqHU4cybFosa5y8WGtUcYYYhfjTCdDXn86RDRoCzRBXwzWPdUJrWU6DXvnjgUUKZ4NheN2?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[ListNerds: Downvoting Emails?]]></title><description><![CDATA[There has been a lot of talk lately related to emails being downvoted. Heck, I’ve been on the receiving end of downvotes too, and it’s an inevitable part of the journey. I do sometimes wonder though, whether]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-150329/@therneau/listnerds-downvoting-emails</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-150329/@therneau/listnerds-downvoting-emails</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-150329]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[therneau]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 15 Jun 2022 16:38:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/5s4dzRwnVbzGY5ssnCE4wXzkeAEXyVtgk1ApQTwHMTp6y5PvEo1yennCX96PscTu2afbXSMTU2V26uARGV1czTQ7K2kD8L3XAuPWGvoC1AtQ7aHXmGNpvyb92TRxEnxDjCjgTYCwjshge8KSVRfFAwgCszTpE5Xd7drEAcW?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Adventures of Freddy The Flea Pt 27]]></title><description><![CDATA[Previously on Freddy The Flea: After the Claw of Death and Grating Tongue of Terror came raining down, Lord Tick and his army retreated towards his chamber. Freddy and his party quickly gave chase, as]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-150329/@therneau/the-adventures-of-freddy-the-flea-pt-27</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-150329/@therneau/the-adventures-of-freddy-the-flea-pt-27</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-150329]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[therneau]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 14 Jun 2022 16:35:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/FUkUE5bzkAZT3HzV5tJDiU2ik81PCd4JCyhWnRcDN8XJsVFY3UNB8DCcsjxRfFMB1RsniN2x4RVFrQemaG3H5Tg5H98JtfJqHU4cybFosa5y8WGtUcYYYhfjTCdDXn86RDRoCzRBXwzWPdUJrWU6DXvnjgUUKZ4NheN2?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Taxtin County: The Road to Orlandria Part 4 of 4]]></title><description><![CDATA[Source Here's another short story that follows Dr. Jones in Taxtin County. I decided to break it up into four, more digestible parts, since it's a total word count of 5870. Contains scenes of violence]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-150329/@therneau/taxtin-county-the-road-to-orlandria-part-4-of-4</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-150329/@therneau/taxtin-county-the-road-to-orlandria-part-4-of-4</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-150329]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[therneau]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 10 Jun 2022 15:07:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/5s4dzRwnVbzGY5ssnCE4wXzkeAEXyVtgk1ApQTwHMTp6y5PvEo1yennCX96PscTu2afbXSLTWDCRkGKKi5siDjhLSgsKvRo8j7oEBkv2mGb2JC175k94sM2gcD4SUkGt23FRP7vfibXLs2ubt8TpV8UVBNJbejAaAs6Xs2e?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Taxtin County: The Road to Orlandria Part 3 of 4]]></title><description><![CDATA[Source Here's another short story that follows Dr. Jones in Taxtin County. I decided to break it up into four, more digestible parts, since it's a total word count of 5870. 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Part 1 can be found at the end]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-150329/@therneau/taxtin-county-the-road-to-orlandria-part-2-of-4</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-150329/@therneau/taxtin-county-the-road-to-orlandria-part-2-of-4</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-150329]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[therneau]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 08 Jun 2022 14:12:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/5s4dzRwnVbzGY5ssnCE4wXzkeAEXyVtgk1ApQTwHMTp6y5PvEo1yennCX96PscTu2afbXSLTWDCRkGKKi5siDjhLSgsKvRo8j7oEBkv2mGb2JC175k94sM2gcD4SUkGt23FRP7vfibXLs2ubt8TpV8UVBNJbejAaAs6Xs2e?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Taxtin County: The Road to Orlandria Part 1 of 4]]></title><description><![CDATA[Source Here's another short story that follows Dr. Jones in Taxtin County. I decided to break it up into four, more digestible parts, since it's a total word count of 5870. 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