<?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, 30 Apr 2026 22:43:04 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/created/afro-naijatrail/rss.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Don’t look too close (fiction- thriller- short story)]]></title><description><![CDATA[ Beatrice and Edward Bellingham were married for 23 years. They could not bear any children of their own. They only had each other. Edward enjoyed inventing things and had a passion for experimenting.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/gedwriting/@awriter/don-t-look-too-close</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/gedwriting/@awriter/don-t-look-too-close</guid><category><![CDATA[gedwriting]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[awriter]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 31 Jul 2017 10:35:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3MxaK2JpEReqUZMCwuBAw5rQhFJAkJsDdPnHVBduE9FxCAS?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Compassion ❤︎  👫]]></title><description><![CDATA["Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them humanity can not survive."  - Dalai Lama "The greatness of  humanity is not in being human, but in being humane." - Mahatma Gandhi]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/quotes/@awriter/compassion</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/quotes/@awriter/compassion</guid><category><![CDATA[quotes]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[awriter]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 24 Jul 2017 15:06:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/7DceLgR4szFxA5ybny9RnHHFtfR7S5KP286nf5sYeFFXcGrqGjkiXBjFp6WYsNdJiQvZfrWKd7EiSz6wKNzLn?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bull attacks  🐃]]></title><description><![CDATA[ The Running of the Bulls ,in Spanish known as "encierro" is a practice that involves running in front of a small group of cattle, that are let loose on a course of a sectioned-off subset of a town's]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/animals/@awriter/bull-attacks</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/animals/@awriter/bull-attacks</guid><category><![CDATA[animals]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[awriter]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 23 Jul 2017 11:56:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45e95WikekF7mQfpzgmgt1AfPJb9LcMsLVdmG?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Color challenge- Sunday Purple]]></title><description><![CDATA[Allium sphaerocephalon: A plant species from the Amaryllis family known  as round-headed leek and also ball-head onion, round-headed garlic, and other variations on these names. Other names include]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/colorchallenge/@awriter/mmhu4-color-challenge-sunday-purple</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/colorchallenge/@awriter/mmhu4-color-challenge-sunday-purple</guid><category><![CDATA[colorchallenge]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[awriter]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 23 Jul 2017 10:17:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/368La1qZAv72LaDKNxBhKDV4bzVt6eQczqStYCu8d2EQ1WqXP3s4kKYRLBfqLgzAtkKJSH7UMupy1KVbWH2Hnshg?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Black and white challenge]]></title><description><![CDATA[Beautiful black and white photography of a giraffe  Image source]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/blackandwhite/@awriter/5xrkkr-black-and-white-challenge</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/blackandwhite/@awriter/5xrkkr-black-and-white-challenge</guid><category><![CDATA[blackandwhite]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[awriter]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 21 Jul 2017 17:36:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/368La1qZAv72LaDKNxBhKDV4bzVt6eQvbjiLLirhdAN29N5KbPNUG77XSL7TPfXgubxyZ1hEs9xp1TyKQUdihFuQ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Color challenge- Friday blue]]></title><description><![CDATA[ Facts about seahorses: There's about 40 known species of seahorses. Seahorses prefer to swim in pairs, with their tails linked together. They swim upright and avoid predators by mimicking the color]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/colorchallenge/@awriter/4wcn1p-color-challenge-friday-blue</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/colorchallenge/@awriter/4wcn1p-color-challenge-friday-blue</guid><category><![CDATA[colorchallenge]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[awriter]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 21 Jul 2017 15:57:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/368La1qZAv72LaDKNxBhKDV4bzVt6eeQWw6Ntu1R4Ccigyvn6hb8pkbtTr7HiTDb3H92qWrsX17ZYjndBmAYDgx6?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Black and white challenge]]></title><description><![CDATA[Image source]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/blackandwhite/@awriter/jxldy-black-and-white-challenge</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/blackandwhite/@awriter/jxldy-black-and-white-challenge</guid><category><![CDATA[blackandwhite]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[awriter]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 19 Jul 2017 17:15:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/6C2W1azD1rBs8i715pX3pAHYgtGre4Hn9SbKmfMF8LCmv9u2QoU7yDp?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Color challenge- Wednesday Yellow]]></title><description><![CDATA[Interesting facts: Bees gather nectar and pollen for their survival.  Pollen sticks to the bees fur and drops into the stigma. It takes at least eight bees, all their lifetime to make a single teaspoon]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/colorchallenge/@awriter/6tylpt-color-challenge-wednesday-yellow</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/colorchallenge/@awriter/6tylpt-color-challenge-wednesday-yellow</guid><category><![CDATA[colorchallenge]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[awriter]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 19 Jul 2017 09:26:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/6C2W1azD1rBs8i715pX3pAHYgtGre4Hn5dJs2MmW4xaX9yERpHgECox?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Color challenge- Tuesday orange]]></title><description><![CDATA[Beautiful and unique sunrise photography  Image source Image source]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/colorchallenge/@awriter/54pg9e-color-challenge-tuesday-orange</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/colorchallenge/@awriter/54pg9e-color-challenge-tuesday-orange</guid><category><![CDATA[colorchallenge]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[awriter]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 18 Jul 2017 09:49:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/7RYHpA38gs3LzaAjkg9uUBAqqTFUH?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Matryoshka- Short story(Thriller)]]></title><description><![CDATA[  Matryoshka (a set of wooden Russian dolls, decreasing in size, placed one inside another) also known as babushka dolls. My next story comes from Siberia, Russia.     The Blatov]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/gedwriting/@awriter/matryoshka-short-story-thriller</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/gedwriting/@awriter/matryoshka-short-story-thriller</guid><category><![CDATA[gedwriting]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[awriter]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 18 Jul 2017 08:40:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2923mN3pnd7PiNwC4SXc7J6Q2KtvtYukbfoaBq1vbvnvzTLgYsZZP2eXd4Ad9uSRKmKbYKCjSTzEZWNfwwehjiUzzEYaUGMszjN8DDuSvrawrW?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Color challenge- Saturday indigo]]></title><description><![CDATA[ Indigo dye is an organic compound that has a distinctive blue color. Historically, indigo was a natural dye extracted from  leaves of certain plants. This process was  economically important]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/colorchallenge/@awriter/6tdoeo-color-challenge-saturday-indigo</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/colorchallenge/@awriter/6tdoeo-color-challenge-saturday-indigo</guid><category><![CDATA[colorchallenge]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[awriter]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 15 Jul 2017 10:41:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/6C2W1azD1rBs8i715pX3pAHYgtGre4FvKBCWmXX8VdBH936mKVAXbsC?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Black and white challenge]]></title><description><![CDATA[Image source]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/blackandwhite/@awriter/4xjhxb-black-and-white-challenge</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/blackandwhite/@awriter/4xjhxb-black-and-white-challenge</guid><category><![CDATA[blackandwhite]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[awriter]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 13 Jul 2017 18:31:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/368La1qZAv72LaDKNxBhKDV4bzVt6edjnYXkQ2ca4EXmtouJcxtAkFe7WQ7inmr2kYHpKHqF3HCRoGf1ndqFuAH4?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Journal: of cursed objects across the globe]]></title><description><![CDATA[The journal of cursed objects across the globe (ghungroo) Image source   I will be writing short stories over the following weeks about cursed objects. What exactly is a cursed object? It is]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/gedwriting/@awriter/the-journal-of-cursed-objects-across-the-globe</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/gedwriting/@awriter/the-journal-of-cursed-objects-across-the-globe</guid><category><![CDATA[gedwriting]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[awriter]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 13 Jul 2017 12:36:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/6gUbcKN7Uxen7Pvi2PZ8cuohejSGbhf7Fb38m52ZTL8xvYzG1EfWpQFuDvzK16TAErta6z?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Color challenge_ Tuesday yellow]]></title><description><![CDATA[Image source Image source]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/colorchallenge/@awriter/color-challenge-tuesday-yellow</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/colorchallenge/@awriter/color-challenge-tuesday-yellow</guid><category><![CDATA[colorchallenge]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[awriter]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 12 Jul 2017 07:18:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/368La1qZAv72LaDKNxBhKDV4bzVt6fEaCMeTbf47sLrQL7wvnoG8fwuC5t4ZxUD977W12i6y7MRFfJTGeTh548Cv?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Black and white challenge]]></title><description><![CDATA[Image source Image source]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/blackandwhite/@awriter/6sb2fd-black-and-white-challenge</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/blackandwhite/@awriter/6sb2fd-black-and-white-challenge</guid><category><![CDATA[blackandwhite]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[awriter]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 10 Jul 2017 17:56:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2k7TU6R7D8hFHJSCiykykJQtUuCPbXtnubXzBKFnE7QohJGFZovvTAwo9Y?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Color Challenge- Monday Red]]></title><description><![CDATA[Cheesy chicken bun Image source Recipe: Cubed chicken Garlic Chili Salt Cooked tomato  Mozzarella cheese Parsley  ]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/colorchallenge/@awriter/2l8cmz-color-challenge-monday-red</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/colorchallenge/@awriter/2l8cmz-color-challenge-monday-red</guid><category><![CDATA[colorchallenge]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[awriter]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 10 Jul 2017 11:39:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/7DceLgR4szFxA5ybny9RnHHFtfR7S4fDD8Y9YV7JFyWTiucHmQz8vpZva5iRg689uLFV4LJYgpLUwZ91UpHKC?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Black and white challenge]]></title><description><![CDATA[Image source Image source Image source]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/blackandwhite/@awriter/5mjkup-black-and-white-challenge</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/blackandwhite/@awriter/5mjkup-black-and-white-challenge</guid><category><![CDATA[blackandwhite]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[awriter]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 09 Jul 2017 18:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/Y2iXpRRkNSnsegvTV8k2qE1PG2AurhMbVeGXaHHZ49UKQ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Unseen II – Fight your fear]]></title><description><![CDATA[  So you’ve heard the noises in the house, seen the quick shadows, smelt the odours, and had the creepy feeling of being watched. The nightmares of falling into a hole and being chased sounds]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/gedwriting/@awriter/the-unseen-ii-fight-your-fear</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/gedwriting/@awriter/the-unseen-ii-fight-your-fear</guid><category><![CDATA[gedwriting]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[awriter]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 05 Jul 2017 18:04:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/368La1qZAv72LaDKNxBhKDV4bzVt6fDgiuJ16R7eC16VDB7EZaUfRceBhrUmyyiUsVwN4Qy6p7qj3DxAxEdhDMga?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Leadership Is Not Tyranny; Being A Leader That Makes A Difference]]></title><description><![CDATA[Leadership is an attitude and a state of mind. It has nothing to do with political position, title or amount in your wallet or bank account. Leadership can not be thought, coached or lectured. You are]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/leadership/@bettykatty/leadership-is-not-tyranny-being-a-leader-that-makes-a-difference</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/leadership/@bettykatty/leadership-is-not-tyranny-being-a-leader-that-makes-a-difference</guid><category><![CDATA[leadership]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[bettykatty]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 05 Jul 2017 16:51:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/ADdPNhvhBjjTrK5EDFo4e5pgyY99QZ6mKoNKa69d71DvQEqpYZ8xv1T4KzSju8NYHSUWYNZrzFASKEbNuwPW7VPqG?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Marketing Your Steemit Blog Page And Post; Action Oriented Strategy To Help You Improve #2 (Finding Enough Readers)]]></title><description><![CDATA[In my last post, i discussed about how to market your blog and now i would be sharing more light into the topic. 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