<?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 23:55:37 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/created/innerconflict/rss.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Improbable         ...Part 2             ...Finale]]></title><description><![CDATA[Time held me green and dying Though I sang in my chains like the sea. — Dylan Thomas Time allows so few and such morning songs... What am I doing here? I ask myself the day after my night out with Tana]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/splinterlands/@johnjgeddes/improbable-part-2-finale</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/splinterlands/@johnjgeddes/improbable-part-2-finale</guid><category><![CDATA[splinterlands]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[johnjgeddes]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 09 Feb 2026 14:35:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/8DAuGnTQCLptr38pL3pkCAY9znkgSMFeiHicDZnNMaEpiXDCNSsgWonVK6Mhuvsru5WWN9z7GvPsWuu4pFyNRCHDLEjmZAEdi6W6MsLCYkYgcWKXjxyLLeC2ZU8EraDxBWTQigsVdH5ZY3rnSk5n7JUjkdfURi9yQ89vZL61r94?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Improbable         ...Part 1             ...Day to Day]]></title><description><![CDATA[Yesterday is but today's memory, and tomorrow is today's dream. — Kahlil Gibran I don’t know how it happened or when, but one day the desk beside mine became occupied by an elemental —or at least, that’s]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/splintelands/@johnjgeddes/improbable-part-1-day-to-day</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/splintelands/@johnjgeddes/improbable-part-1-day-to-day</guid><category><![CDATA[splintelands]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[johnjgeddes]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 08 Feb 2026 14:16:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/RGgukq5E6HBNvuPpuJoWwmDPPkGx4aaF7Xp3vKfWvbjhBFwBx9cVfnBcm1iXJjszpHFZ7RimtS4vUSc6DxV8bJ2TgdZCA1dFi6DLLTtAT1p4UkS837hXPeZnniL8EJJ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Finding Myself              ...Finale           ...Discovering Who I am]]></title><description><![CDATA[When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be. — Lao Tzu Starting Over My life was coming apart and when my friend Leo suggested a professor who specialized in past life regression I was intrigued.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/splinterlands/@johnjgeddes/finding-myself-finale-discovering-who-i-am</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/splinterlands/@johnjgeddes/finding-myself-finale-discovering-who-i-am</guid><category><![CDATA[splinterlands]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[johnjgeddes]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 03 Feb 2026 15:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/HNWT6DgoBc1692QWn5trsLBYecSp3jKD1kzdmSDBujxnBYf84GJPurwb4AFz7Eio7PQhHSqg3SYYWtckK6dP6AvZUeoud2cKqLi2gJb44qo2XULEYbZ44GhdT9p?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Finding Myself           ...Part 3           ...Making Changes]]></title><description><![CDATA[Life starts all over again when it gets crisp in the fall — F. Scott Fitzgerald A Fresh Start? So, here I am agan spending a Saturday in October out in the country—but I’m not taking in the fall colours—I’m]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/splinterlands/@johnjgeddes/finding-myself-part-3-making-changes</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/splinterlands/@johnjgeddes/finding-myself-part-3-making-changes</guid><category><![CDATA[splinterlands]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[johnjgeddes]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 02 Feb 2026 15:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/4i88GgaV8qiFkxbnGCXnHPUK3daVLCQA4oDc4ixtAeNihBSQHsnkWTTNXtGFQZUQyYR5nUmFsVwCRrvsFAT5aHUV5qUFe6xPBPvx4EMeXGmHuzdNsDPX6eituU?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Finding Myself           ...Part 2           ...Regression]]></title><description><![CDATA[No matter how hard the past is, you can always begin again. —Buddha* Ken Blogett I made a mess of my marriage and life, so here I was out in the country on a Saturday morning trying to put them both back]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/splinterlands/@johnjgeddes/236vx4-finding-myself-part-2-regression</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/splinterlands/@johnjgeddes/236vx4-finding-myself-part-2-regression</guid><category><![CDATA[splinterlands]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[johnjgeddes]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 01 Feb 2026 16:46:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/qjrE4yyfw5pJD9LKQ1BG3NbSyKTowh8wnMyt99ap4jFnHQMxGt8NYjcVRXtAh3f2KuFEwJaGdLHHCY36UR7N3sKN4WzzBScd3newP5PsxgHFW4rqVrNoCNRC?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Finding Myself           ...Part 2           ...Regression]]></title><description><![CDATA[No matter how hard the past is, you can always begin again —Buddha Ken Blogett I made a mess of my marriage and life, so here I was out in the country on a Saturday morning trying to put them both back]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/splinterlands/@johnjgeddes/finding-myself-part-2-regression</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/splinterlands/@johnjgeddes/finding-myself-part-2-regression</guid><category><![CDATA[splinterlands]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[johnjgeddes]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 01 Feb 2026 15:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/qjrE4yyfw5pJD9LKQ1BG3NbSyKTowh8wnMyt99ap4jFnHQMxGt8NYjcVRXtAh3f2KuFEwJaGdLHHCY36UR7N3sKN4WzzBScd3newP5PsxgHFW4rqVrNoCNRC?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Finding Myself        …Part 1    …Unfulfilled Longings]]></title><description><![CDATA[Perhaps I write for no one. Perhaps for the same person children are writing for when they scrawl their names in the snow. —Margaret Atwood Country Retreat At the outset I’ve got to confess I’ve gone a]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/splinterlands/@johnjgeddes/finding-myself-part-1-unfulfilled-longings</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/splinterlands/@johnjgeddes/finding-myself-part-1-unfulfilled-longings</guid><category><![CDATA[splinterlands]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[johnjgeddes]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2026 15:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/HNWT6DgoBc1692QWn5trsLBYecSp3jKD1kzdmSDMzq1JSqG9Wk1sWvngfTRQ1fa6Huz8kLHHNGADj2CDKkGT6gB3bSox8KTL9HGjcDDdzE8dCNBVpAZ6pMSU5BC?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Distorted               ...Finale          …Seeking Closure]]></title><description><![CDATA[To burn with desire and keep quiet about it is the greatest punishment we can bring on ourselves. ― Federico García Lorca Bucket List - Reunion It's sad when you obsess about the one who got away more]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/splinterlands/@johnjgeddes/distorted-finale-seeking-closure</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/splinterlands/@johnjgeddes/distorted-finale-seeking-closure</guid><category><![CDATA[splinterlands]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[johnjgeddes]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 30 Jan 2026 15:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/9vWp6aU4y8kwSZ9Gw15LFL3aMdhmgmBBFMpDJregpdP329Spixg9SvSHYowSYBxMAneDzv6u3xsMnbWpWFf5p76Zu2BV9yh43Cm8Ke8uuQUosYD27P4Qf6QSxw4eJAYiqmYjysRGGHwdYr2HC?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Distorted                Part 2          …Raising a Ghost?]]></title><description><![CDATA[I was haunted. 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