<?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 10:47:43 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/created/mourning/rss.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[El vacío de un rápido adiós. [Esp-Eng]]]></title><description><![CDATA[‎ Vivir un duelo es algo realmente difícil, cualquier muerte siempre afecta pero cuando viene acompañado de la certeza que hubo negligencia médica eso hace que el dolor se mezcle con otros sentimientos,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-131951/@anasuleidy/el-vacio-de-un-rapido-adios-esp-eng</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-131951/@anasuleidy/el-vacio-de-un-rapido-adios-esp-eng</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-131951]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[anasuleidy]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2026 00:57:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2N61tyyncFaFc5ntfuipfgTLmysWczwy2xgqE1xKUzCRfupaRfzE6ykKocLSM9BNUNLs3evSbd7PDpUc723GCXBgrx7nV6YTGapQRZDfHGi1sH4fy5pk8gYWzMYGBMKVxXZxMzsyZ7oc?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[[Literature] Charles Dickens:  DOMBEY & SON #14/471]]></title><description><![CDATA[Chapter 3. In which Mr Dombey, as a Man and a Father, is seen at the Head of the Home-Department The funeral of the deceased lady having been ‘performed’ to the entire satisfaction of the undertaker, as]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/dombey/@bookcollections/literature-charles-dickens-dombey-son-14-471</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/dombey/@bookcollections/literature-charles-dickens-dombey-son-14-471</guid><category><![CDATA[dombey]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[bookcollections]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 05 Apr 2026 16:39:27 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[[Literature] Charles Dickens:  The Wreck of the Golden Mary #13/47]]></title><description><![CDATA[When I told them at noon, what I reckoned we had made or lost, they generally received what I said, in a tranquil and resigned manner, and always gratefully towards me. 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I shall never cease to congratulate myself,’ said Mrs Chick,’ on having said, when]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/fanny/@bookcollections/literature-charles-dickens-dombey-son-8-471</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/fanny/@bookcollections/literature-charles-dickens-dombey-son-8-471</guid><category><![CDATA[fanny]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[bookcollections]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 28 Jan 2026 13:28:45 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sobre la muerte de mi padre y un 2025 en duelo // On my father's death and a mournful 2025]]></title><description><![CDATA[Ya han pasado unos años desde la última vez que escribí por este medio. Han sucedido muchas cosas. Ya no soy profesor universitario. 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