<?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, 21 Apr 2026 09:33:12 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/created/bardic/rss.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Prayer Music]]></title><description><![CDATA[I am no stranger to recording, but this is a new project. At the end of last year, I felt the call from God to start recording music again (I had gotten weary of the sheer legwork and marketing involved]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/bardic/@heatherthebard/prayer-music</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/bardic/@heatherthebard/prayer-music</guid><category><![CDATA[bardic]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[heatherthebard]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 05 Feb 2019 23:08:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/4HFqJv9qRjVeVQzX3gvDHytNF793bg88B7fESPieLQ8dxJ6FBWkHKbpr2t64YvTkRGbq8J2nEubsPB4KmSQVmmgRG24fsedrjTws2u9Swk5PpBs1naMsfH2afyeZDCvrdFJ1svzsAte9d3brFv2obRCVWKfyGR22Bv6?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Spiral Journey]]></title><description><![CDATA[In the early Irish church, there was this concept of ‘journeying for the love of God’: peregrinatio. The Celtic people, though agrarian and strongly tied to the land, were often the type of people who]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/celtic-christianity/@heatherthebard/the-spiral-journey</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/celtic-christianity/@heatherthebard/the-spiral-journey</guid><category><![CDATA[celtic-christianity]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[heatherthebard]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 05 Feb 2019 04:27:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45eKwTNHYeSbQh7axAcyhGsFGywQ6nK3LvCU6?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Happy (Belated) St. Brigid’s Day]]></title><description><![CDATA[Today — well, a couple days ago — is the Irish holiday, ‘Saint Brigid’s Day.’ Though her origins are obscure, she is generally regarded as being an early proponent, teacher, and evangelist of the Irish]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/celtic-christianity/@heatherthebard/happy-belated-st-brigid-s-day</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/celtic-christianity/@heatherthebard/happy-belated-st-brigid-s-day</guid><category><![CDATA[celtic-christianity]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[heatherthebard]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 03 Feb 2019 21:24:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45e3qwFx19MgaHr5oMFRuzzACZiZLHf5BWYyt?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[From the Composer’s Desk]]></title><description><![CDATA[It snowed last night as I was working on the ‘clean’ copy. 🎼 Even when I wrote stuff with just lyrics and chords, I’d write it out a few times in pencil where I could scribble sections in/out, erase,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/bardic/@heatherthebard/from-the-composer-s-desk</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/bardic/@heatherthebard/from-the-composer-s-desk</guid><category><![CDATA[bardic]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[heatherthebard]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 22 Jan 2019 06:29:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/4HFqJv9qRjVeVQzX3gvDHytNF793bg88B7fESPieLQ8dxHkckKV2GijxdYAGmmPgsqFtMk2yaDquCLx8yZDxn4Ht672h7Adq3oobiQ9vYYJz5GUnF3E14SgC15ijrnvUmNrzaAq1H3nyFQ1cKMcqjTfadzNuynhrnSa?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Composing]]></title><description><![CDATA[It decided last night to RAIN. A LOT. And so this morning, I sat down and did some composing. ❤️ It’s been a while. I think I only wrote one or two songs last year, and it has been FOREVER-and-a-few-days]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/bardic/@heatherthebard/composing</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/bardic/@heatherthebard/composing</guid><category><![CDATA[bardic]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[heatherthebard]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 19 Jan 2019 17:56:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/4HFqJv9qRjVeVQzX3gvDHytNF793bg88B7fESPieLQ8dxJ4aD7WrPq8Sb6ebKo3hUYbAF9x8p8PpgcxEGTeGd7UMTGzxPzyfvrDPtZ88BkmxAwVQiPnnGoiETrrwhK4ZSg3qSrWcro8GaBGZPYk3ddjJSsFtJwqU798?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[My Journey into the Prophetic]]></title><description><![CDATA[How do I begin to explain how my life has changed over the last week?? Let’s start with how my prayer life has blossomed. As I mentioned in my post last week, over the course of December I began to have]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/bardic/@heatherthebard/my-journey-into-the-prophetic</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/bardic/@heatherthebard/my-journey-into-the-prophetic</guid><category><![CDATA[bardic]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[heatherthebard]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 14 Jan 2019 20:50:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/4HFqJv9qRjVeVQzX3gvDHytNF793bg88B7fESPieLQ8dxHkWUSyCFyNLd4FLbg8hkJVWDY5x7svKrDKknMn4Uv3LYPzvuRjSChwTDq4EQSCEmidnCXtBU6D2iWqRkthhDhoQyyKtBpckZvV42qCttkRnr7HfAeEPFNE?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Happy New Year! The Spirit is Moving!]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hey there Steemians! My holiday was extra busy — how about yours? This is about the first time I’ve had to sit down and trawl through my feed in weeks.... maybe since Thanksgiving. So what have I been]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/bardic/@heatherthebard/happy-new-year-the-spirit-is-moving</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/bardic/@heatherthebard/happy-new-year-the-spirit-is-moving</guid><category><![CDATA[bardic]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[heatherthebard]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 07 Jan 2019 23:23:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/4HFqJv9qRjVeVQzX3gvDHytNF793bg88B7fESPieLQ8dxHzfaVTgRVQ77nTgYBst8KiWAtRf1xihbEoU95odnxFoZJunnQr24QCmUFUz4pApmfPtbfso2zyKGX2YFzfjfHcsiHdYv66U5psHf2DVezTMV8pfbm5vHMQ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Merry Christmas — Breton style!]]></title><description><![CDATA[Merry Christmas! 🎄🥰 Here is a beautiful carol from Brittany (the region of northern France and moden-day Normandy), that I learned some years ago by ear from the Chieftain’s “A Celtic Wedding” album.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/bardic/@heatherthebard/merry-christmas-breton-style</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/bardic/@heatherthebard/merry-christmas-breton-style</guid><category><![CDATA[bardic]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[heatherthebard]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 24 Dec 2018 23:42:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45e5w5R61DFB3RgwGdsY2oJYPsKWmAeRRU9ft?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Brighter Days: a Celtic E.P.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Available for purchase at As I mentioned in my previous post, this holiday season is going by SO FAST. 😳 Between all the baking, reading up on the healing musician texts for use in my music ministry,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/bardic/@heatherthebard/brighter-days-a-celtic-e-p</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/bardic/@heatherthebard/brighter-days-a-celtic-e-p</guid><category><![CDATA[bardic]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[heatherthebard]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 15 Dec 2018 21:09:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/4HFqJv9qRjVeVQzX3gvDHytNF793bg88B7fESPieLQ8dxHat8ZLk6dqLhud4T4PbA5XGHmUz6uaTJj7sE3DnaAma5AVTBgtz512vrYQ7vicSGoWj2SeYcDX45Hw8ymaH5CWYrBzGqpeBk5j9XkSgve8txHdvjGGFhUi?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kitchen Sessions: Con Cassidy’s + Daniel Collins’ Father’s Jig]]></title><description><![CDATA[Con Cassidy’s + Daniel Collins’ Father’s Jig on my Celtic Sweetone. 🎶 These were two of the earliest jigs I learned, thanks to my grandmother’s support of my Irish music habit. She saw in the newspaper]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/bardic/@heatherthebard/kitchen-sessions-con-cassidy-s-daniel-collins-father-s-jig</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/bardic/@heatherthebard/kitchen-sessions-con-cassidy-s-daniel-collins-father-s-jig</guid><category><![CDATA[bardic]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[heatherthebard]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 06 Dec 2018 01:31:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45e4hFTCaDLgy7CTLbNBfFvApiEstVHquW8tN?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Quem Pastores Laudavere]]></title><description><![CDATA[On Saturday I attended an SCA (Society for Creative Anachronism) Yule event, and performed this pretty 15th century Christmas hymn for bardic. Alas, no videos were taken of my performance there, however,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/bardic/@heatherthebard/quem-pastores-laudavere</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/bardic/@heatherthebard/quem-pastores-laudavere</guid><category><![CDATA[bardic]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[heatherthebard]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 05 Dec 2018 05:32:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45e98yUiYVcmY9RGZJWzmNJokcwomqRiB6cBp?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[A New Musical Chapter]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hey Steemit! How are you? I dropped off the radar this week, but I have been music-busy and am very excited about a new chapter: This book (by Stella Benson) is a textbook in the Clinical Musicianship]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/bardic/@heatherthebard/a-new-musical-chapter</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/bardic/@heatherthebard/a-new-musical-chapter</guid><category><![CDATA[bardic]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[heatherthebard]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 25 Nov 2018 05:39:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/4HFqJv9qRjVeVQzX3gvDHytNF793bg88B7fESPieLQ8dxHcY8dB1kky7ofeAJYUQbHZ2yj1FBTx9uDPMwPMGMaVTZpkNX34hhBU5FNzscjkms5ESHvK1iAMSgX29tLWLdxd8AucWcS7SXYSQ7uxHHN14zqerAuQXot2?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Apples in Winter]]></title><description><![CDATA[BRRRR! 😶❄️🌬 It was a VERY cold morning here on the farmstead. And yet, a couple of my antique apple trees still carry their fruit! It amazes me. Please enjoy my interpretation of this fun jig, the “Apples]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/bardic/@heatherthebard/apples-in-winter</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/bardic/@heatherthebard/apples-in-winter</guid><category><![CDATA[bardic]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[heatherthebard]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 12 Nov 2018 19:02:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45eKwTNHYeSbQh7axAcyhGsFGywQ6nK3LvCU6?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Renegade Music]]></title><description><![CDATA[I feel so renegade. I concealed carried a weapon of musical destruction today... and wanted to pull it out in church amongst unsuspecting worshippers.... (hey, they picked a bunch of songs written in ‘jig’]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/bardic/@heatherthebard/renegade-music</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/bardic/@heatherthebard/renegade-music</guid><category><![CDATA[bardic]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[heatherthebard]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 12 Nov 2018 06:30:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/4HFqJv9qRjVeVQzX3gvDHytNF793bg88B7fESPieLQ8dxJ6GQ2U2Cp5spp2EjQ9JqLH6BscXHRNd5t5i6hU1DUnaWt3dKNb4oD6p63v7cmMnXnZYmSFr1jzQpxwGUkRM45ALQ6rqvVEVTy2kZbT7sgdcvwnHi8vueU6?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Eleanor Plunkett]]></title><description><![CDATA[The weather cleared up today, even if we are still facing very high winds here. I stand at my kitchen sink and look out the window onto my front yard; the leaves skitter across the damp grass and create]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/celtic-music/@heatherthebard/eleanor-plunkett</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/celtic-music/@heatherthebard/eleanor-plunkett</guid><category><![CDATA[celtic-music]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[heatherthebard]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 02 Nov 2018 20:38:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45e3qwFx19MgaHr5oMFRuzzACZiZLHf5BWYyt?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tinwhistle Belt Holster]]></title><description><![CDATA[For a while now I’ve been oogling the tinwhistle “belt holsters” I occasionally see on Etsy, marketed toward the Ren faire and SCA (Society for Creative Anachronism) crowd of which I am a part. The Irish]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/craft/@heatherthebard/tinwhistle-belt-holster</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/craft/@heatherthebard/tinwhistle-belt-holster</guid><category><![CDATA[craft]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[heatherthebard]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 02 Nov 2018 17:59:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/4HFqJv9qRjVeVQzX3gvDHytNF793bg88B7fESPieLQ8dxHb8eqNW4BCkXBG9hjnuHF8XPa1p7mnsfSyyqv2Rv7Qd5ecENJMR4k4TWYQmQeYBHryNttDqR8HxZKgsGFMLHHTpRFnQ7dZqdPQqkArp4SPdznk7ueMsD7k?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dropping My Leaves]]></title><description><![CDATA[Autumn is in full swing here, and today the winds arrived with much rain and storm. I keep intending to film and record another video, but the weather keeps delaying me. It’s alright. As the season falls]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@heatherthebard/dropping-my-leaves</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@heatherthebard/dropping-my-leaves</guid><category><![CDATA[writing]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[heatherthebard]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 02 Nov 2018 04:32:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/4HFqJv9qRjVeVQzX3gvDHytNF793bg88B7fESPieLQ8dxHjEAwXEaWNTz6EUQ3PSrTWGiJDf6mJ4kyfoubCN6iYMU2Vjugv8533HFuPSr59oRBavgissj6TaFbToL73nMLgrdFm6ErSdH9aegbVjAzC5CifY3b45F2e?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Autumn Calls]]></title><description><![CDATA[Autumn calls, To the plaintive tune Of ancient music, Stepping quietly over forest ground Dropping leaves in a haze of gold Around her feet. I listen to her sing Songs Of death, Of rebirth, From a silent]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@heatherthebard/autumn-calls</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@heatherthebard/autumn-calls</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[heatherthebard]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 29 Oct 2018 18:45:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/4HFqJv9qRjVeVQzX3gvDHytNF793bg88B7fESPieLQ8dxJ1t4c4ghGYcceZRZCExEvxwdzvmoAeBGGttb52esEtpA3NY15D1tEiyTEibLHGnEVJXBHVyZb5C1fvA32qYnhh7aQMafLjzeEez6F4CdyvNFNoTTf435vN?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thom 'Mormhran' Potter]]></title><description><![CDATA[I rejected the Church in the latter part of the 80s, and soon went on a path that took me to the Druidic Craft of the Wise, First Church of Satan, and now the Order of Bards, Ovates, and Druids, The Asatrú]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/introduceyourself/@br0nzdrag0nfly/thom-mormhran-potter</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/introduceyourself/@br0nzdrag0nfly/thom-mormhran-potter</guid><category><![CDATA[introduceyourself]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[br0nzdrag0nfly]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 13 Apr 2018 01:20:36 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mid-East Rebec Bow Review]]></title><description><![CDATA[Over the last couple years, I’ve been diving into the “Performance” book Jeffrey Kite-Powell, cutting right to the chase and reading the chapters that immediately address my needs and goals. In chapter]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/fiddle/@heatherthebard/mid-east-rebec-bow-review</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/fiddle/@heatherthebard/mid-east-rebec-bow-review</guid><category><![CDATA[fiddle]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[heatherthebard]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 26 Jan 2018 15:32:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/W5LtFUPm6g774G2LPx8CTVHrbGQ778Sw45DBMcdCiBkDJkawCxQzviA9U3Axg3wPfYnnthXV8QVoic3ngwD2qFmNgskCBHgugJx3iVTMD8xm7LszHmnMR45aXJac5a6UWHWg2bu8DYxr1WKzGWVq1mvmAuPSv?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item></channel></rss>