<?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>Sat, 11 Apr 2026 15:57:31 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/@vric88/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[An important message for free speech]]></title><description><![CDATA[I just watched this and realized that it is my responsibility too to make sure that the rights we fought for in creating this nation should not be lost because of the idea that someone else will stand]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/politics/@vric88/an-important-message-for-free-speech</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/politics/@vric88/an-important-message-for-free-speech</guid><category><![CDATA[politics]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[vric88]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 28 Feb 2018 03:57:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45eKbjyuHd8khb3CtZ2K6RxFTQufHHbxTBYm4?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The archives of Andrew Mount KSKQ 89.5 Ashland Radio]]></title><description><![CDATA[Here is a wonderful surprise! The archives of the radio show that I backed up on guitar of Andrew Mount ranting about permaculture, regenerative economics, zero point energy and lots more. Earlier ones]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/art/@vric88/the-archives-of-andrew-mount-kskq-89-5-ashland-radio</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/art/@vric88/the-archives-of-andrew-mount-kskq-89-5-ashland-radio</guid><category><![CDATA[art]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[vric88]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 15 Feb 2018 01:38:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45eNLCKgkRhUAap7JBeK8n2qBZh5RruSLq1xa?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Day of the Dead Katrinas and their Meaning]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Day of the Dead celebrations in Mexico take place just before Christmas and a very strange sculpture pops up all over the place of a large skeleton dressed up in the finery of old colonial Mexico.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/travel/@vric88/day-of-the-dead-katrinas-and-their-meaning</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/travel/@vric88/day-of-the-dead-katrinas-and-their-meaning</guid><category><![CDATA[travel]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[vric88]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 05 Jan 2018 03:07:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/RGgukq5E6HBS5wvERDA3ZF4P2WKQy2VoZZet1QV2QrBCDCG6TBjf92Sbzn2gpVcWE2QZp8TuH4cgT1V1rgyDQe8wY8HyZvNrhcNahbD9RkRjZx97w7QVft7bDvHraTQ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Day of the Dead Festivities in Ajijic Mexico]]></title><description><![CDATA[![20171028_182049.jpg] The day of the dead celebrations in Ajijic Mexico bring out the zombies. ( Lots of dancing in the Zocalo.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/travel/@vric88/day-of-the-dead-festivities-in-ajijic-mexico</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/travel/@vric88/day-of-the-dead-festivities-in-ajijic-mexico</guid><category><![CDATA[travel]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[vric88]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 05 Jan 2018 02:35:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/RGgukq5E6HBS5wvERDA3ZF4P2WKQy2VoZZet1QV2enGJy94xV8F7W53jvATcsgr7znuTZoaGcvSDuL5y2GwEu8BwsVG47J7QXwyj5w81Q7Qb2QBVKGLLtbbcQR4oUEA?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[life in Ajijic Mexico]]></title><description><![CDATA[The first evening of arrival we went to the Zocalo of Ajijic and participated in the Day of The Dead festival which is a bit like Halloween but emphasizes the ridiculous situation of wealthy women parading]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/art/@vric88/life-in-ajijic-mexico</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/art/@vric88/life-in-ajijic-mexico</guid><category><![CDATA[art]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[vric88]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 08 Dec 2017 02:33:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/RGgukq5E6HBS5wvERDA3ZF4P2WKQy2VoZZet1QV2evS7tkh4NnSjTuv7oG8jujpXKQkYBEvYNMt1nF42LXZX5bkWEaLo8ZrCrr7mfZk25MUeU2Ktp4Y577SiRD1RVb4?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[8-Minutes of Enlightenment (40) - Bruce DePalma - Pt. 2]]></title><description><![CDATA[Andrew Mount Published on Sep 28, 2017 Decoupling objects from Earth's gravitational/inertial field. Mass-field interactions. Space distortions. (All force/mass is a property of space, conferred upon matter.)]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/philosophy/@vric88/8-minutes-of-enlightenment-40-bruce-depalma-pt-2</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/philosophy/@vric88/8-minutes-of-enlightenment-40-bruce-depalma-pt-2</guid><category><![CDATA[philosophy]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[vric88]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 29 Sep 2017 04:21:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45e9uG8qqcgpkj6JV114cFXp7mzDmdD2XaJZU?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[8-Minutes of Enlightenment - Bruce DePalma - Pt. 1]]></title><description><![CDATA[Bruce De Palma, one of the scientific geniuses of our day researched deriving free energy from spinning magnetic gyroscopes. The speaker, Andrew Mount was his protege. Painting: "Duet" Richard]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/enlightenment/@vric88/8-minutes-of-enlightenment-bruce-depalma-pt-1</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/enlightenment/@vric88/8-minutes-of-enlightenment-bruce-depalma-pt-1</guid><category><![CDATA[enlightenment]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[vric88]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 29 Sep 2017 01:35:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45e8JP6JWbxetfG9Gx29QXq4am9825EFLFqB4?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ex-pating to Mexico]]></title><description><![CDATA[My wife and I are moving to Lake Chapala area in Mexico. We are not doing this for political reasons as many have claimed to want to do after the US elections. Or reasons are that we are retired and are]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/adventure/@vric88/ex-pating-to-mexico</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/adventure/@vric88/ex-pating-to-mexico</guid><category><![CDATA[adventure]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[vric88]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 26 Sep 2017 18:46:33 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[THE HISTORY OF SEXUAL IMBALANCE]]></title><description><![CDATA[In the beginning, there was one. Balanced yin and yang. The decision was made to individuate these two vectors and house each in its own vehicle. and As in all games, one side ascended and the other declined.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/sex/@vric88/the-history-of-sexual-imbalance</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/sex/@vric88/the-history-of-sexual-imbalance</guid><category><![CDATA[sex]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[vric88]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 23 Sep 2017 20:00:48 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Subliminal Message]]></title><description><![CDATA[Subliminal message hidden within My drink coca Feed material addiction Inside my drink coca Hidden sublim Message inside my drink coca Addiction These are empty promises To fill Imbalanced void The void]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@vric88/subliminal-message</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@vric88/subliminal-message</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[vric88]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 13 Sep 2017 01:03:39 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Self Portrait of the Artist as a Young Eternal Being]]></title><description><![CDATA["I Dream of Jamie" Richard Royce (c)2015 Acrylic on Canvas Poem "Self Portrait of the Artist as a Young Eternal Being" Richard Royce (c)2006 Flood of exquisite emotional ecstasy, trying]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/art/@vric88/self-portrait-of-the-artist-as-a-young-eternal-being</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/art/@vric88/self-portrait-of-the-artist-as-a-young-eternal-being</guid><category><![CDATA[art]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[vric88]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 11 Sep 2017 21:41:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3jpR3paJ37V8t3d5gG8YxUrFtTrvhgCDjjN8jFs788E5RGQMX5r37nMBq7twryHWCThHXC9qq5FM5yRw3WgRoJQq3YAsJJ7t737rqMjHj6JvvSpFixhoqLCdhPAb3HQqSGcSi?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rita]]></title><description><![CDATA[I put my money in the parking meter Came back a little later and a ticket was the greeter She was standing there looking contrite A beautiful scene in the night Rita, Rita the meter reader I wanted her]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@vric88/rita</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@vric88/rita</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[vric88]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 11 Sep 2017 01:27:57 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Old Coat]]></title><description><![CDATA[It just doesn't fit, I can't get used To the me that I see in the mirror I don't wonder at all if the moth is surprised That it does no longer crawl. I keep waiting and thinking expecting to be The me]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@vric88/old-coat</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@vric88/old-coat</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[vric88]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 11 Sep 2017 00:49:06 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[the latest evolution of this painting]]></title><description><![CDATA["Mystic" If you go to my blog postings vric88 you can see earlier versions of this painting called Mystic. A whitish ghost image of a sacred cow and figure are emerging. Towards the end I have]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/art/@vric88/the-latest-evolution-of-this-painting</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/art/@vric88/the-latest-evolution-of-this-painting</guid><category><![CDATA[art]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[vric88]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 10 Sep 2017 22:34:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3W72119s5BjWPGGUiZ9pqnZoj8JHYxCCp9dtn2QVeBkNMsjzDS7JVMZtUuuHnqMSjkoE6d3xrkTMTtXbBv1tr5TTqupwgd2qW2c614xjFmiwC6Pd81CjUi?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[A LOVE POEM TO MY LOVE]]></title><description><![CDATA[You make me show my strength There is wisdom in your smile You are my partner for all these years These eternities The space flying skys watching each other's backs Soul mating down the eons, almost forgetting]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@vric88/a-love-poem-to-my-love</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@vric88/a-love-poem-to-my-love</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[vric88]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 10 Sep 2017 21:40:33 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[SLAVES WE ARE]]></title><description><![CDATA[Holy smoking damnation of volcanic gunfire erupts in peace talking liars passing the buck with new potatoes and wine. Providing a world safe for profits and higher oil prices. The age old ploy of creating]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@vric88/slaves-we-are</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@vric88/slaves-we-are</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[vric88]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 10 Sep 2017 19:27:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2gsjgna1uruvUuS7ndh9YqVwYGPLVszbFLwwpAYXZjk3yKW19Z6Eu7aQ6w4eFa416hqye3TFnBeHDQEhLrEvRWJVzdtcXsGC6dbnxU3jqjrvDKcjMY?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Song Of The New Paradigm]]></title><description><![CDATA[Buy the blue bread maker because The blades are made of burnished brass Favoring your form to fill in fatness From lack of feverish folding Be the being you are by buying a basket Of toxic waste. Drain]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@vric88/song-of-the-new-paradigm</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@vric88/song-of-the-new-paradigm</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[vric88]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 09 Sep 2017 08:10:27 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[This Man Spent Decades Befriending KKK Members. Hundreds Have Left the Group Because of Him]]></title><description><![CDATA[BY BENNY JOHNSON 6 DAYS AGO SHARE DISCUSS Screen Shot 2017-08-15 at 10.42.30 AM copy Screenshot/“Accidental Courtesy: Daryl Davis, Race & America” There are many headlines in the news today about fighting]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/whites/@vric88/this-man-spent-decades-befriending-kkk-members-hundreds-have-left-the-group-because-of-him</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/whites/@vric88/this-man-spent-decades-befriending-kkk-members-hundreds-have-left-the-group-because-of-him</guid><category><![CDATA[whites]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[vric88]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 21 Aug 2017 18:08:54 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Is Creativity Enhanced With Cannabis?]]></title><description><![CDATA[I am curious if there is a qualitative difference between making art with cannabis assistance or when in another meditative state? What is the mindset of an artist? If you know what I'm talking about or]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/cannabis/@vric88/ashland-area-trade-for-steemit-or-other-criptos</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/cannabis/@vric88/ashland-area-trade-for-steemit-or-other-criptos</guid><category><![CDATA[cannabis]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[vric88]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 20 Aug 2017 00:42:24 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[My Spiritual struggles While Painting]]></title><description><![CDATA[While working on this painting several evenings ago my mind was racing and I had to stop and pick up my journal and write. There were several stopping points where I was able to continue painting but then]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/art/@vric88/my-spiritual-struggles-while-painting</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/art/@vric88/my-spiritual-struggles-while-painting</guid><category><![CDATA[art]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[vric88]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 19 Aug 2017 18:57:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/8SzwQc8j2KJb4ARrxQxCjX4jizub4U5CAK3WwB89vwBtXGf78Ugx1pJXbyYJFX4FxKmhZZp7vGwK4xdxXtFd1o4dCTmhLZm8yfnrcs3NnBvLkvQJPCz?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item></channel></rss>