<?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 15:29:43 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/created/steemusawrite/rss.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[RECAP of Submissions for Thursday's Writing Challenge]]></title><description><![CDATA[RECAP: Writing Challenge Thursday Thursday's Prompt: Here come the waves! Original Photography taken by @denisechips - See the Original Post here Challenge Submissions: Our photographer for this week was]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/steemusawrite/@steemusa/5efdjc-recap-of-submissions-for-thursday-s-writing-challenge</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/steemusawrite/@steemusa/5efdjc-recap-of-submissions-for-thursday-s-writing-challenge</guid><category><![CDATA[steemusawrite]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[steemusa]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 21 Oct 2018 18:03:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/7258xSVeJbKkzXhyseBP4PYz11eBDT8sW2oR1a4vfVFS6HthxWfAwjHntpxkgTdQCFcRVJs8AdNpEmrDLAYabdFQdvcWuyTfaVnNwGgpXJRe7BtQyYtLC8Tafd1xyEnUmyPd3Mf6RjAeJ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA["Here Come the Waves" #SteemUSA Write]]></title><description><![CDATA[I kick off my shoes and dig my feet into the sand And look at you The sun beats down browning our shoulders aging our love And skin We grow older... 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Here are the specifics: Anyone can participate Must use the tag #steemusawrite Participants]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/steemusawrite/@steemusa/6vmnhu-thursday-writing-challenge-hosted-by-steemusa-steemusawrite</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/steemusawrite/@steemusa/6vmnhu-thursday-writing-challenge-hosted-by-steemusa-steemusawrite</guid><category><![CDATA[steemusawrite]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[steemusa]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 18 Oct 2018 15:21:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/99pyU5Ga1kwqSXWA2evTexn6YzPHotJF8R85JZsErvtTWXcwCyEv1r1AKkeaFsAGCf48FQxhsY5TXPaoAaGdXyxrBJZDyvos1L3SbWDBKb8xvj86VCLepdV6rfMtWuJpqc?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[RECAP of Submissions for Thursday's Writing Challenge]]></title><description><![CDATA[RECAP: Writing Challenge Thursday Thursday's Prompt: Beautiful USA Original Photo by @@wandrnrose7 - original post here Challenge Submissions: It's Good to Get Away & It's good to come back home by:]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/steemusawrite/@steemusa/recap-of-submissions-for-thursday-s-writing-challenge</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/steemusawrite/@steemusa/recap-of-submissions-for-thursday-s-writing-challenge</guid><category><![CDATA[steemusawrite]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[steemusa]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 15 Oct 2018 05:09:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/7258xSVeJbKkzXhyseBP4PYz11eBDT8sW2oR1a4vfVFS6HthxWfAwjHntpxkgTdQCFcRVJs8AdNpEmrDLAYabdFQdvcWuyTfaVnNwGgpXJRe7BtQyYtLC8Tafd1xyEnUmyPd3Mf6RjAeJ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Beautiful USA]]></title><description><![CDATA[Peering down the length of cardstock legal size paper, reading each name, feeling overwhelmed with responsibility, determination, intent and moral obligation, I remember how I felt nervousness with sweaty]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/en-us/@okctom77/beautiful-usa-b9199bc313781</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/en-us/@okctom77/beautiful-usa-b9199bc313781</guid><category><![CDATA[en-us]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[okctom77]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 11 Oct 2018 21:16:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/6VvuHGsoU2QBt9MXeXNdDuyd4Bmd63j7zJymDTWgdcJjo123xdaFyZ6M7T5g9uJUruiKqYsAEeRKW94odQRw4QziJxDBdJoJ1vdjDANzWNEnjPYHJ8ZpsBh5qzx2YN?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's Good to Get Away & It's Good to Come Back Home]]></title><description><![CDATA[How could I have known that I should have taken more pictures? 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Every Thursday we will be running a writing challenge hosted by SteemUSA. Here are the specifics: Anyone can participate Must use]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/steemusawrite/@steemusa/4rye6t-thursday-writing-challenge-hosted-by-steemusa-steemusawrite</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/steemusawrite/@steemusa/4rye6t-thursday-writing-challenge-hosted-by-steemusa-steemusawrite</guid><category><![CDATA[steemusawrite]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[steemusa]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 11 Oct 2018 16:15:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/99pyU5Ga1kwqSXWA2evTexn6YzPHotJF8R85JZsErvtTWXcwCyEv1r1AKkeaFsAGCf48FQxhsY5TXPaoAaGdXyxrBJZDyvos1L3SbWDBKb8xvj86VCLepdV6rfMtWuJpqc?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thursday (& Friday) Writing Challenge - hosted by SteemUSA - #steemusawrite]]></title><description><![CDATA[Writing Challenge Thursday (& Friday) Welcome to one of our new SteemUSA Challenges. Every Thursday we will be running a writing challenge hosted by SteemUSA. Here are the specifics: Anyone can participate]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/steemusawrite/@steemusa/thursday-and-friday-writing-challenge-hosted-by-steemusa-steemusawrite</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/steemusawrite/@steemusa/thursday-and-friday-writing-challenge-hosted-by-steemusa-steemusawrite</guid><category><![CDATA[steemusawrite]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[steemusa]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 04 Oct 2018 23:43:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/99pyU5Ga1kwqSXWA2evTexn6YzPHotJF8R85JZsErvtTWXcwCyEv1r1AKkeaFsAGCf48FQxhsY5TXPaoAaGdXyxrBJZDyvos1L3SbWDBKb8xvj86VCLepdV6rfMtWuJpqc?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[RECAP Submissions for Thursday's Writing Challenge - Prompt: I left my heart]]></title><description><![CDATA[RECAP: Writing Challenge Thursday Thursday's Prompt: I left my heart Original Photograph taken by @dfinney. View the original post here Challenge Submissions: @dswigle - Captive Heart Thank you for]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/steemusawrite/@steemusa/recap-submissions-for-thursday-s-writing-challenge-prompt-i-left-my-heart</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/steemusawrite/@steemusa/recap-submissions-for-thursday-s-writing-challenge-prompt-i-left-my-heart</guid><category><![CDATA[steemusawrite]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[steemusa]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 23 Sep 2018 07:20:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/7258xSVeJbKkzXhyseBP4PYz11eBDT8sW2oR1a4vfVFS6HthxWfAwjHntpxkgTdQCFcRVJs8AdNpEmrDLAYabdFQdvcWuyTfaVnNwGgpXJRe7BtQyYtLC8Tafd1xyEnUmyPd3Mf6RjAeJ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Captive Heart]]></title><description><![CDATA[This post is for the Writing Challenge Thursday sponsored by @SteemUSA. A writing challenge is held every week on... you guessed it. Thursday. 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Click here to see a recap of our very first Thursday]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/steemusawrite/@steemusa/thursday-writing-challenge-hosted-by-steemusa-steemusawrite</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/steemusawrite/@steemusa/thursday-writing-challenge-hosted-by-steemusa-steemusawrite</guid><category><![CDATA[steemusawrite]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[steemusa]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 20 Sep 2018 05:23:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/99pyU5Ga1kwqSXWA2evTexn6YzPHotJF8R85JZsErvtTWXcwCyEv1r1AKkeaFsAGCf48FQxhsY5TXPaoAaGdXyxrBJZDyvos1L3SbWDBKb8xvj86VCLepdV6rfMtWuJpqc?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[RECAP Submissions for Yesterday's Writing Challenge - Prompt: Little Blue Heron]]></title><description><![CDATA[RECAP: Writing Challenge Thursday Yesterday's Prompt: Little Blue Heron Picture provided by Leader @topkpop Challenge Submissions: We saw an amazing turnout for this challenge with 9 great submissions]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/steemusawrite/@steemusa/recap-submissions-for-yesterday-s-writing-challenge-prompt-little-blue-heron</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/steemusawrite/@steemusa/recap-submissions-for-yesterday-s-writing-challenge-prompt-little-blue-heron</guid><category><![CDATA[steemusawrite]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[steemusa]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 14 Sep 2018 17:45:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/7258xSVeJbKkzXhyseBP4PYz11eBDT8sW2oR1a4vfVFS6HthxWfAwjHntpxkgTdQCFcRVJs8AdNpEmrDLAYabdFQdvcWuyTfaVnNwGgpXJRe7BtQyYtLC8Tafd1xyEnUmyPd3Mf6RjAeJ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Little Blue Heron Della called a hero]]></title><description><![CDATA[The day Della received the shabby looking little box, she was dwelling in her melancholy ruffled thoughts not trying to put them in a particular order at all. 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Uncle egret told me about]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/steemusawrite/@mariannewest/the-little-blue-heron</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/steemusawrite/@mariannewest/the-little-blue-heron</guid><category><![CDATA[steemusawrite]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[mariannewest]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 14 Sep 2018 05:14:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2FFvzA2zeqoVJ2SVhDmmumdPfnVEcahMce9nMwwksSDdRvPkMJHyJBjRqg6dJepZjrnG5UZ6LQun26rvTZRPWdUeuuP5e9tbVPRqwwmVkfavskcaUDiUuVJUiCxUe?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Bird named Little Blue, who finally spotted an essential part of himself - a short story]]></title><description><![CDATA[The little blue heron enjoyed a bath in the sunlight. His feathers were streaked with the most beautiful shades of blue. They were glittering and sparkling in the sunlight. 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