<?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>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 22:43:30 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/created/theseunitedstates/rss.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[These United States: Maryland: Family History - Part Four]]></title><description><![CDATA[Emilia rose to greet Carlos as the Maître’d, led him to the table. Brother and sister hugged warmly. They made small talk over their appetizers. As the plates were cleared Carlos looked at his sister,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-199275/@stuartcturnbull/these-united-states-maryland-family-history-part-four</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-199275/@stuartcturnbull/these-united-states-maryland-family-history-part-four</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-199275]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[stuartcturnbull]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 05 May 2023 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/pBMyo3B2Sao45kGEB1kRY9cJBFGQnrPp2qChGHkgVjzu1y6XFCd4yc3bGsTbJ6JCcCM5zyozaJtyas8nh7Ft1pAT7ZJrvXPUAjv4VYRQti3Xbs8HAgxRVsKkne4itWEFjQVyhgb2ytqcuWiWGKBCSH4d7cQzDkdMvqgq7Mv12H4cfMzn?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[These United States: Maryland: Family History - Part Three]]></title><description><![CDATA[Sylvia pulled onto the double driveway and Carlos looked at the car next to him. A dull gray or brown, the color indeterminate in the evening gloom. The interior was sparse, devoid of personal items. 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Carlos looked out the window as he waited for Emilia to return from the restroom. 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It was hidden, not with a real attempt to conceal, but like she’d been holding it and]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-199275/@stuartcturnbull/these-united-states-maryland-family-history-part-one</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-199275/@stuartcturnbull/these-united-states-maryland-family-history-part-one</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-199275]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[stuartcturnbull]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 02 May 2023 20:28:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/pBMyo3B2Sao45kGEB1kRY9cJBFGQnrPp2qChGHkgVjzu1y6XFCd4yc3bGsTbJ6JCcCM5zyozaJtyas8nh7Ft1pAT7ZJrvXPUAjv4VYRQti3Xbs8HAgxRVsKkne4itWEFjQVyhgb2ytqcuWiWGKBCSH4d7cQzDkdMvqgq7Mv12H4cfMzn?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[These United States: Oklahoma: Catching The Ball - Full]]></title><description><![CDATA[Catching The Ball Content Warning: Language I knew my Pa. I knew my Pa for the man who endured, who suffered, who knew what it was like to cope with the vicissitudes of life. “Cody, son, you can do no]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-199275/@stuartcturnbull/these-united-states-oklahoma-catching-the-ball-full</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-199275/@stuartcturnbull/these-united-states-oklahoma-catching-the-ball-full</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-199275]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[stuartcturnbull]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 01 May 2023 21:05:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/pBMyo3B2Sao45kGEB1kRY9cJBFGQnrPp2qChGHkgVjzu1y6XFCd4yc3bGsTbJ6JCcCM5zyozaJtyas8ngahiF9nvKMix9cqTH8o67jyVLmF1js3zmvYwJsjZnMG8poRBKAUXoMRRbvGAKWEkKZgxvez272q6UQ1Cy74XQ7H3P8vV8moL?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[These United States - The Collected Stories]]></title><description><![CDATA[This is the collection of my These United States stories. THe stories will have appeared as multi-part posts in @hive-199275, but these are them collated together so they can be read in one go. One: Delaware]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-110144/@stuartcturnbull/these-united-states-the-collected-stories</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-110144/@stuartcturnbull/these-united-states-the-collected-stories</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-110144]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[stuartcturnbull]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 01 May 2023 20:57:39 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[These United States: Delaware: Staying Forever - Full]]></title><description><![CDATA[Staying Forever It’s said the past is a foreign country. The future is no more a comprehensible place to arrive at: With its foreign tropes; its loose, complicated, easiness. A world where the horizons]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-199275/@stuartcturnbull/these-united-states-delaware-staying-forever-full</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-199275/@stuartcturnbull/these-united-states-delaware-staying-forever-full</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-199275]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[stuartcturnbull]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 01 May 2023 20:52:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2dk2RRM2dZ8gKjXsrozapsD83FxL3Xbyyi5LFttAhrXxr16mCe4arfLJNNqV65H4iqkHX9bs364QgzZ4A8Wk95xjs4vSdpfBhxuoWfmCYzbxJrZHDHR2WTbLwWqKAM8DhNtDSk4EQq4qz88MEhwPqy93uCW98nvfV3fNWbN9sk?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[These United States: Delaware: Staying Forever - Part Six]]></title><description><![CDATA[Present Day In the years after Mary's death, I had cause, and plenty of time, to dwell on what happened to us. 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I was not surprised the motion against the Lenape was passed. 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It was not the only thing about him which annoyed me. He had schemed and]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-199275/@stuartcturnbull/these-united-states-delaware-staying-forever-part-two</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-199275/@stuartcturnbull/these-united-states-delaware-staying-forever-part-two</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-199275]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[stuartcturnbull]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 20 Apr 2023 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/NTy4GV6ooFRmaCXZ8UYgPhoud1kjiNX8QokLEZtbBKLuLWQ9yt7K3o4UxFA5mvV2n2ejB75zZsASpvwBgK4tDuWCLvLraTKjp75CFg1ofsy2nDJGUHKU4m2oLSu9TmEJJeS2JTZVWU9qHZvyaHrakXqnKDDY4dnNE6zm6xN2?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[These United States: Delaware: Staying Forever - Part One]]></title><description><![CDATA[Staying Forever It’s said the past is a foreign country. 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