<?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>https://ecency.com</link><image><url>https://ecency.com/logo512.png</url><title>RSS Feed</title><link>https://ecency.com</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2026 05:12:35 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://ecency.com/@brentssanders/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Pearl S. Buck on Abortion]]></title><description><![CDATA[I remember reading "The Good Earth" by Pearl S. Buck in high school, in which the mother euthanizes her own child in order to survive. It's interesting to see what Buck herself had to say: “…]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@brentssanders/pearl-s-buck-on-abortion</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@brentssanders/pearl-s-buck-on-abortion</guid><category><![CDATA[literature]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[brentssanders]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 01 Mar 2019 22:24:33 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Leftists Hate This, Pt.2]]></title><description><![CDATA[Don't kill. Unless it's guilty. Or Unborn. That's cool.]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@brentssanders/leftists-hate-this-pt-2</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@brentssanders/leftists-hate-this-pt-2</guid><category><![CDATA[satire]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[brentssanders]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 02 Feb 2019 17:03:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Leftists Hate This, Pt. 1]]></title><description><![CDATA[Don't steal. Government hates competition.]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@brentssanders/leftists-hate-this-pt-1</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@brentssanders/leftists-hate-this-pt-1</guid><category><![CDATA[satire]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[brentssanders]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 02 Feb 2019 16:37:06 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm posting now so I can get a Christmas present  :D]]></title><link>https://ecency.com/@brentssanders/i-m-posting-now-so-i-can-get-a-christmas-present-d</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@brentssanders/i-m-posting-now-so-i-can-get-a-christmas-present-d</guid><category><![CDATA[steemit]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[brentssanders]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 17 Dec 2018 23:10:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/HNWT6DgoBc14riaEeLCzGYopkqYBKxpGKqfNWfgr368M9WcSiHgH6XPojKLTSmLuBZVnm3yZPSyCibJLtPi4DQ4sGKWLawe9Rrcx7YE8MVomdn4TWQam373eRtr?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Poetry Should Speak for Itself]]></title><description><![CDATA[If I should write my thoughts in blood, I wonder what would be the worst: to have my feelings form a flood and drown before I quench my thirst, or watch them thicken into mud ... and die of numbness first?]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@brentssanders/26epyp-poetry-should-speak-for-itself</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@brentssanders/26epyp-poetry-should-speak-for-itself</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[brentssanders]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 17 Dec 2018 20:47:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/HNWT6DgoBc14riaEeLCzGYopkqYBKxpGKqfNWfgr368M9WqXVounvMkWJDm5gkZ3m5e3YwSu3p9mJqvygr3bPFN1chsQ1STbqiJQgeKDXEHbYaZJkb74GrPo9SE?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Poetry Should Speak for Itself!]]></title><description><![CDATA[A haiku is worth A thousand pictures, though it Could be vice-versa ...]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@brentssanders/3iusaz-poetry-should-speak-for-itself</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@brentssanders/3iusaz-poetry-should-speak-for-itself</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[brentssanders]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 29 Nov 2018 23:06:36 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Poetry should speak for itself ...]]></title><description><![CDATA[If I should tap my veins -- for lack of ink -- and take great pains to put down what I think, would I subsequently find I've less to say and opt for some less extravagant way or, under a stroke of genius]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@brentssanders/poetry-should-speak-for-itself</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@brentssanders/poetry-should-speak-for-itself</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[brentssanders]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 29 Nov 2018 22:26:27 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[In and Around Batak, Bulgaria -- The Batak Dam, Pt. 2]]></title><description><![CDATA[Continuing our journey around the Batak Dam, we find more photographic gems ... What a sky! Submerged dreams ... Abstract art: "Climbing ..., forever striving ..., we're gonna' find our way out ...,]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@brentssanders/in-and-around-batak-bulgaria-the-batak-dam-pt-2</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@brentssanders/in-and-around-batak-bulgaria-the-batak-dam-pt-2</guid><category><![CDATA[photography]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[brentssanders]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 21 Jun 2018 13:59:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/HNWT6DgoBc14riaEeLCzGYopkqYBKxpGKqfNWfgr368M9VXBd37NXALDqsdZ8kGzGzQVM3riS2BUNW36PKhPmPHViaFVn1f2GJBvuA3p73p6pFYvqCf35gay2TG?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[In and Around Batak, Bulgaria -- The Batak Dam, Pt. 1]]></title><description><![CDATA[Continuing our day trip around the village of Batak (click here and here for previous installments), we head up to the язовир (yazovir: dam). It has an island ... ... with dying trees. Still photogenic,]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@brentssanders/in-and-around-batak-bulgaria-the-batak-dam-pt-1</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@brentssanders/in-and-around-batak-bulgaria-the-batak-dam-pt-1</guid><category><![CDATA[photography]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[brentssanders]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 11 Jun 2018 15:49:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/7ohP4GDMGPrUMp8dW6yuJTR9MKNu8P8DCXDU9qmmjtgtfE4gZZSGDAjubbxGSnTwZZnoqS7NTLJ6V3DYkQDQWZA71d9vh5JS84Vz?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[In and Around Batak, Bulgaria -- Downtown Batak]]></title><description><![CDATA[Despite its tragic past, Batak is still a picturesque small town, as can be seen in the following pictures :) If there are storks in Bulgaria, it is spring or summer. Dormition of the Mother of God Church]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@brentssanders/in-and-around-batak-bulgaria-downtown-batak</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@brentssanders/in-and-around-batak-bulgaria-downtown-batak</guid><category><![CDATA[photography]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[brentssanders]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 10 Jun 2018 22:49:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/HNWT6DgoBc14riaEeLCzGYopkqYBKxpGKqfNWfgr368M9WjkvTncu5G7pz5JFUD9ycsuvf8HdpqYqhYup3aAHbgojvnDXszcn9H5opUWd8SDAPgNaQ5RSfFpJfG?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[In and Around Batak, Bulgaria -- The Batak Church and its Grim History]]></title><description><![CDATA[On April 30th, 1876, something frightful would occur in the peaceful little mountain town of Batak, an event that would leave 5000 men, women, and children reportedly dead, mostly by beheading. You see,]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@brentssanders/in-and-around-batak-bulgaria-the-batak-church-and-its-grim-history</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@brentssanders/in-and-around-batak-bulgaria-the-batak-church-and-its-grim-history</guid><category><![CDATA[photography]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[brentssanders]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 08 Jun 2018 20:56:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/HNWT6DgoBc14riaEeLCzGYopkqYBKxpGKqfNWfgr368M9UporKpBrXST9Mj4faa64tbmBWWvKCfGTXFgwJoqC9SWKw1CjTT2rTucv2UZ3yseFCRtpDKU5EbAasg?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Etropole, Bulgaria -- Remnants of a Bygone Era, a Lost World (A Photo Essay, Part 3)]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hey, peeps, this is the third and final installment of my mini series on the Etropolski Balkan, as it is known in Bulgarian. It is a beautiful place in the Balkan Mountains, quite near Sofia, but with]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@brentssanders/etropole-remnants-of-a-bygone-era-a-lost-world-etropole-bulgaria-a-photo-essay-part-3</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@brentssanders/etropole-remnants-of-a-bygone-era-a-lost-world-etropole-bulgaria-a-photo-essay-part-3</guid><category><![CDATA[photography]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[brentssanders]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 29 May 2018 15:57:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/HNWT6DgoBc14riaEeLCzGYopkqYBKxpGKqfNWfgr368M9Wr6JdUsCieqApL7Bz7VFbeWVvRLxWP747GJR8Aps8Bm8SwhTbRSzRBXFN6h4bo89MLDBxmwXzsygyU?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Etropole, Bulgaria -- Remnants of a Bygone Era, a Lost World (A Photo Essay, Part 2)]]></title><description><![CDATA[This is but a continuation of my Etropole post of last night. Etropole is an ancient mining town in the Balkan mountain range here in Bulgaria. I see treasure ... Perspective is everything ... The king]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@brentssanders/etropole-remnants-of-a-bygone-era-a-lost-world-etropole-bulgaria-a-photo-essay-part-2</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@brentssanders/etropole-remnants-of-a-bygone-era-a-lost-world-etropole-bulgaria-a-photo-essay-part-2</guid><category><![CDATA[photography]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[brentssanders]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 28 May 2018 19:38:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/HNWT6DgoBc14riaEeLCzGYopkqYBKxpGKqfNWfgr368M9WMf7Ra9NPr1RiDKa7oomhxw1ksyjL7WBEm85rTKsM7RiCU8xyikREXdSz6cFMBwzCfm1DCNs9CwfHp?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Etropole, Bulgaria -- Remnants of a Bygone Era, a Lost World (A Photo Essay, Part 1)]]></title><description><![CDATA[These are just a few sites and sights in and around Etropole, one of my favorite small towns within easy reach of Sofia. The next part in the series should be coming up soon! This is a Communist memorial]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@brentssanders/etropole-remnants-of-a-bygone-era-a-lost-world-etropole-bulgaria-a-photo-essay-part-1</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@brentssanders/etropole-remnants-of-a-bygone-era-a-lost-world-etropole-bulgaria-a-photo-essay-part-1</guid><category><![CDATA[photography]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[brentssanders]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 27 May 2018 20:16:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/HNWT6DgoBc14riaEeLCzGYopkqYBKxpGKqfNWfgr368M9WP9cQDERZh4qKkB8CKAq8vwjLCEvfPqCF9enqU8B5ihbC6zkBuewR6ESDAUV14SVzJWVqsHzk7LWtn?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[In and Around Russe -- The Vienna of the Balkans, Itself!]]></title><description><![CDATA[Well, dear viewers, after a few welcome (or unwelcome) detours, we finally come to the mother lode of the legend of Russe! Previous editions can be easily accessed via our revolutionary new "click"]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@brentssanders/in-and-around-russe-the-vienna-of-the-balkans-itself</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@brentssanders/in-and-around-russe-the-vienna-of-the-balkans-itself</guid><category><![CDATA[photography]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[brentssanders]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2018 23:45:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/3W72119s5BjWPGGUiZ9pqnZoj8JHYxCCp9dtn2QVeC9wCm4fMcuMrrjxCwEMSc7Y8y9eqSh55vB8XuR8V1sGVsjQ2HXjrAcHxsSR2uSdQwE3XQ9CRHMtFG?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Musical Interlude (I love to be inspired!) -- Tonio K., The Living Legend]]></title><description><![CDATA[The only problem with some unknown artists is that they have such a huge repertoire -- you simply don't know where to start. Well, this is exactly one of those moments for me. But perhaps a few words about]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@brentssanders/musical-interlude-i-love-to-be-inspired-tonio-k-the-living-legend</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@brentssanders/musical-interlude-i-love-to-be-inspired-tonio-k-the-living-legend</guid><category><![CDATA[music]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[brentssanders]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2018 22:01:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45e9wNbRcCtk9TZpQiAv3oc4rswY7CXGrKiZc?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why is this not working?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Another attempt -- This time form the beginning ... My live stream is at DLive]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@brentssanders/5b288cb3-5a3f-11e8-b4e1-0242ac110002</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@brentssanders/5b288cb3-5a3f-11e8-b4e1-0242ac110002</guid><category><![CDATA[dlive]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[brentssanders]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2018 02:01:21 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[POE -- A Starter Course]]></title><description><![CDATA[Starting over at the beginning for the sake of continuity, and that of my viewers :) My live stream is at DLive]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@brentssanders/087bad19-5a3e-11e8-b4e1-0242ac110002</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@brentssanders/087bad19-5a3e-11e8-b4e1-0242ac110002</guid><category><![CDATA[dlive]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[brentssanders]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2018 01:51:54 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never too busy for BUSY]]></title><description><![CDATA[I have been using BUSY.org in tandem with steemit, as it offers several more functions and is easier to navigate in many ways than steemit is. Thanks to @j3dy for that tidbit of info ;) If you like what]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@brentssanders/never-too-busy-for-busy</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@brentssanders/never-too-busy-for-busy</guid><category><![CDATA[steemit]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[brentssanders]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2018 00:25:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/3W72119s5BjWPGGUiZ9pqnZoj8JHYxCCp9dtn2QVdxh6won9FAwe4fB4KFvcTc39aQJhwSP8mXonkgkURmJvXjhHexHyD4MXS4pFvpf4U1XnPpJqnpycrJ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[POE]]></title><description><![CDATA[Next attempt. Trying to get rid of the echo on my voice ... Any ideas? 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