<?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, 23 Apr 2026 07:50:28 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/created/martiawilson/rss.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Paris in One Day (and Night)]]></title><description><![CDATA[So Thursday, August 22, 2019 was the day I had booked our tour of the Louvre. I was very pleasantly surprised to discover that the Louvre cost about the same as a ticket into the Parthenon in Nashville,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/travel/@martiawilson/paris-in-one-day-and-night</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/travel/@martiawilson/paris-in-one-day-and-night</guid><category><![CDATA[travel]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[martiawilson]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 24 Oct 2019 00:47:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/C3TZR1g81UNaPs7vzNXHueW5ZM76DSHWEY7onmfLxcK2iPQ4mimLdA8ZNP72uoxs25CSYo7QNDj2deRGAeVjWAqaF5eE2sQtZJdVQ64Mfvf7fRtxTR6muyx?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Paris,  Enfin!]]></title><description><![CDATA[At the end of our tour of NYC via car on August 18th, we found our way to Newark, New Jersey and its international airport just shy of 8 PM. 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(Did I coin a word there?]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/travel/@martiawilson/the-best-art-stream-of-conscience-and-the-minimalist-philosophy-of-horses</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/travel/@martiawilson/the-best-art-stream-of-conscience-and-the-minimalist-philosophy-of-horses</guid><category><![CDATA[travel]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[martiawilson]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 29 Sep 2019 14:18:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/C3TZR1g81UNaPs7vzNXHueW5ZM76DSHWEY7onmfLxcK2iPJTcghvV1Yqv6sk4JByJUpurY4PWgUSM3RvfsopKKQgva7qrUW95BhQvJXpZy2DV2TtjVbrRSN?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Virginia is for Lovers. . .of Virginia: Night #1 of My Incredible Journey]]></title><description><![CDATA[After 11 hours of driving, my dear friend and travel-mentor Rhonda and I pulled into the driveway of her friend's farm in rural Virginia. 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Flashback #1: Setting: Summer in Central Florida,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/travel/@martiawilson/lifelong-dreams-do-come-true</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/travel/@martiawilson/lifelong-dreams-do-come-true</guid><category><![CDATA[travel]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[martiawilson]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 15 Sep 2019 20:59:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/C3TZR1g81UNaPs7vzNXHueW5ZM76DSHWEY7onmfLxcK2iNzMdmNdcBUpTq8jDQdWsV7wNuanYtEHiUJnWYpTtusYZSgcgge63nawdY8NpPig93Gv2ADdYwG?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Expecting to Fly: In Case You're Feeling Rebellious or You Just Want to Push the Envelope]]></title><description><![CDATA[Subtitle: What Can I Get Away with the TSA? Or, Girls Just Wanna Have (Weird if not Kinky) Fun There you stood on the edge of your feathers; expecting to fly.---Neil Young, "Expecting to Fly"]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/martiawilson/@martiawilson/expecting-to-fly-in-case-you-re-feeling-rebellious-or-you-just-want-to-push-the-envelope</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/martiawilson/@martiawilson/expecting-to-fly-in-case-you-re-feeling-rebellious-or-you-just-want-to-push-the-envelope</guid><category><![CDATA[martiawilson]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[martiawilson]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 10 Aug 2019 01:35:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/C3TZR1g81UNaPs7vzNXHueW5ZM76DSHWEY7onmfLxcK2iPEDnkGwciptBYT2B4FBGuEbzWa2Znk6idY6vsZHdEuDZfg3oVK8kAXY7oLyEtp5wcBdgDrZq6v?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fig Preserves Recipe]]></title><description><![CDATA[I have a wildly productive fig tree. It must know that its neighbors (2 pear trees, 4 peach trees and 1 apricot tree) took this year and last year off. And, it must be aware that I am annoyed because they]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/martiawilson/@martiawilson/fig-preserves-recipe</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/martiawilson/@martiawilson/fig-preserves-recipe</guid><category><![CDATA[martiawilson]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[martiawilson]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 02 Aug 2019 18:09:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/C3TZR1g81UNaPs7vzNXHueW5ZM76DSHWEY7onmfLxcK2iPEai5YauxyHvfwinfCv9ybUNwQCDK2hpjcGf3XvuEvX8fQbVMCv5vSJY4tTw2duuSPcrmYbcqU?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Take Me to Paris!]]></title><description><![CDATA[Lifelong dreams coming true...this is where I am in life right now. 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