<?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>Mon, 11 May 2026 23:09:45 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/created/morning-musings/rss.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Morning Musings, April 20th, 2020 — Reflections on Identity and What We Miss About Places]]></title><description><![CDATA[Before we get started, a quick shoutout to "the 4:20 Crowd!" Not only that, there are a LOT of 20's happening today, and we'll actually have the unique configuration of 4:20 on 4/20... 2020.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-120078/@denmarkguy/morning-musings-april-20th-2020-reflections-on-identity-and-what-we-miss-about-places</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-120078/@denmarkguy/morning-musings-april-20th-2020-reflections-on-identity-and-what-we-miss-about-places</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-120078]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[denmarkguy]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2020 19:28:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3HaJVw3AYyXBBQkN3tCkeqGDncZiRLVNg5Jyv5RiCGf2FwTABcit1xhrCqeZ6jFBKNWPs9FbA3umCSCMdc6BrNf6MGc2c42BvXLC6Wz?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Morning Musings, April 9th, 2020 — Arriving at a Sense of Calm]]></title><description><![CDATA[One of the "joys" of homeownership is that there is always a lot to be done in the spring... but when you have a late and long winter, it tends to just pile up because you "can't get to"]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-114105/@denmarkguy/morning-musings-april-9th-2020-arriving-at-a-sense-of-calm</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-114105/@denmarkguy/morning-musings-april-9th-2020-arriving-at-a-sense-of-calm</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-114105]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[denmarkguy]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2020 17:47:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/8SzwQc8j2KJZo6c43w4BYMq3Z45dLesHCsGJGEjt68cZymSv7udGU9RcJ3ZbNAyJadttmWqhSkZUkAXMFpsB9jZTeR7tCU3hpmXe5iXzj8yAEUsxzA2?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Morning Musings, April 3, 2020: Looks Like We're Gonna Be Here for a While...]]></title><description><![CDATA[Yesterday, the governor of the State of Washington extended the existing "shelter-in-place" order till May 4th. Looks like we're going to be doing this, for a while. Can't say as how I'm all]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-114105/@denmarkguy/morning-musings-april-3-2020-looks-like-we-re-gonna-be-here-for-a-while</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-114105/@denmarkguy/morning-musings-april-3-2020-looks-like-we-re-gonna-be-here-for-a-while</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-114105]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[denmarkguy]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2020 17:28:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/7ohP4GDMGPrU6KTuuW27Tq6en5JYHcVeXL6fAJ1RujUw3NULjf8Ndi8hfsvsgcTqG2mW1ddUExfMsQJrUkV7DNffj4sr1f9n24aA?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Morning Musings, April 1, 2020: This Was Never My Favorite Day!]]></title><description><![CDATA["You're a bit humorless, aren't you?" I've been told that, on a number of past occasions... but disproportionately in connection with April Fool's Day. Which, of course, happens to be today.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-114105/@denmarkguy/morning-musings-april-1-2020-this-was-never-my-favorite-day</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-114105/@denmarkguy/morning-musings-april-1-2020-this-was-never-my-favorite-day</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-114105]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[denmarkguy]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2020 17:27:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/4PYjjVwJ1UdtC5FGc4dbeF1E4FitPfBjR7UqkAYqBLuRR1wQLaLaSR6TxBb5T5LwgYJqfUrcf7MKt3cMv8n9aSQP432KxJYqERAUdiMH2sG?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Morning Musings, March 31, 2020: The "First Quarter" From Hell? Finding Hope...]]></title><description><![CDATA[And so, we come to the 31st of March, which also happens to be the last day of the first quarter of 2020. As I sipped my first few mouthfuls of coffee a couple of hours ago, I mused to myself about how]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-114105/@denmarkguy/morning-musings-march-31-2020-the-first-quarter-from-hell-finding-hope</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-114105/@denmarkguy/morning-musings-march-31-2020-the-first-quarter-from-hell-finding-hope</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-114105]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[denmarkguy]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2020 17:02:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/Zskj9C56UonXkTjiTwb3XQw4GUbRPk8vXNrXCFeGVebzZZBPTVH5GpBcnEJrgT1WbTr3VVzw2c9aMhZE56HZuxSNyavUB7Y2DgjkYvrMPwvbfTrv4eUn?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Morning Musings, March 30, 2020: Grocery Day, Planning Ahead & Buzzing Around]]></title><description><![CDATA[Yesterday was "grocery day" and I found myself thinking about my childhood in Denmark, and how "Going to the Shops" was typically something we did maybe twice a week. Another aspect]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-114105/@denmarkguy/morning-musings-march-30-2020-grocery-day-planning-ahead-and-buzzing-around</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-114105/@denmarkguy/morning-musings-march-30-2020-grocery-day-planning-ahead-and-buzzing-around</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-114105]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[denmarkguy]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2020 16:37:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/mXkfdToSwHy1F6xC7iNSf4gD4njuiH2TJnH2d9a7sjEgsxpt7CEU4CCzpFyHnPeK2CkCSMDg8MT94jsrnP6wBcPs6UyNUbQ3un3NvevyC?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Morning Musings, March 29, 2020: It Has Been a Month Since the First Death..]]></title><description><![CDATA[Here in the state of Washington, today is the one-month mark since the first COVID-19 death in this state. The Governor released a statement, and I suppose this was when everybody really became aware that]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-114105/@denmarkguy/morning-musings-march-29-2020-it-has-been-a-month-since-the-first-death</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-114105/@denmarkguy/morning-musings-march-29-2020-it-has-been-a-month-since-the-first-death</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-114105]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[denmarkguy]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 29 Mar 2020 18:48:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/4PYjjVwJ1UdtC5FGc4dbeF1E4FitPfBjR7UqkAYqBLuRR1wQLaLaSR6TxBb5T5LwgYJqfUjjKzUvrqgWkZkjrk6Ncw5eWdrsKnx8axXKFtJ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Morning Musings, March 28, 2020: Death, Taxes and the Search for ENOUGH]]></title><description><![CDATA[So yesterday was finally the day where we'd managed to scrape together enough money to pay our oldest outstanding year of property taxes. The way it works, here in the state of Washington, is that once]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/taxes/@denmarkguy/morning-musings-march-28-2020-death-taxes-and-the-search-for-enough</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/taxes/@denmarkguy/morning-musings-march-28-2020-death-taxes-and-the-search-for-enough</guid><category><![CDATA[taxes]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[denmarkguy]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 28 Mar 2020 17:37:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/X37EMQ9WSwsLaUVnWj5uXRHwjwzR6KfScsHyS24twkWHXTmg7HHYV2YzWbnnhqXS1LoR3mMFzHa5GrMZbx8Z16jDYetkH1a8ScW8N?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Morning Musings, March 27, 2020: Establishing Personal Objectives for my Hive Blog]]></title><description><![CDATA[It's good to have goals. We all work differently; some prefer absolute spontaneity, I have have come to realize that I work best when I have firm and defined objectives. Gives me purpose and meaning, I]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-114105/@denmarkguy/morning-musings-march-27-2020-establishing-personal-objectives-for-my-hive-blog</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-114105/@denmarkguy/morning-musings-march-27-2020-establishing-personal-objectives-for-my-hive-blog</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-114105]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[denmarkguy]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2020 17:56:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3HaJVw3AYyXBBQkN3tCkeqGDncZiRLVNg5Jyv5RiCGf2FwTABcit1xhrCqeZ6jFBKNWPs9EVScCVMUmbPr67mmW8DPnEyvCq5sqTUFY?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Brand new here]]></title><description><![CDATA[Greetings kindred souls of the realm....I'm just venturing into this new world, so please bear with me! It is my hope to post at least a couple of times a week and see what you all are up to as well! As]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/blessings/@crystalstar/brand-new-here</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/blessings/@crystalstar/brand-new-here</guid><category><![CDATA[blessings]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[crystalstar]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 23 Sep 2017 11:06:57 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>