<?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>Tue, 29 Sep 2026 12:24:10 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://ecency.com/@johnjgeddes/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Tears for Things                  …Indifference of the Universe]]></title><description><![CDATA[Existence is a brief crack of light between two eternities of darkness. ― Vladimir Nabokov Thoughts Before Sleep You are sleeping While the trees Slowly turn to glass. Sometimes I feel There is no difference]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@johnjgeddes/tears-for-things-indifference-of-the-universe</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@johnjgeddes/tears-for-things-indifference-of-the-universe</guid><category><![CDATA[writing]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[johnjgeddes]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2026 15:26:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/2N61tyyncFaFc5ntfuipfgTLmysWczwy2xgqE1xJeK2a5xzmqsLhcrhHVog2V3HsVbbzW3SeKfJkqTBLuRxTmvPmTNY6VGfW7VRWjKxWA2qxk45CtQASCWq6FVNSB8bMippTfrDgpVqG?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Changes                     ...A Plea for Patience]]></title><description><![CDATA[When I accept myself as I am, then I can change. — Carl Rogers In the land of the little while.... I’ve made some changes, Some great, some small. If the way I love you Seems different... Wait a little]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@johnjgeddes/changes-a-plea-for-patience</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@johnjgeddes/changes-a-plea-for-patience</guid><category><![CDATA[writing]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[johnjgeddes]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 27 Sep 2026 13:03:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/3W72119s5BjW4PvRk9nXC1RsHWxNoWjhqsdMpcQgvw1kNnrnrDvTQbqGbQ9ZqB84cemcgdGUFS1U2LgJAP648LhmPTGbsBx5nkuZACAty5zRtH5qUzXKMx?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Finding Your Voice                          ....The Apporenticeship of Pain]]></title><description><![CDATA[To be nobody-but-yourself — in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make you everybody else — means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight; and never stop ― e.e. cummings]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@johnjgeddes/finding-your-voice-the-apporenticeship-of-pain</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@johnjgeddes/finding-your-voice-the-apporenticeship-of-pain</guid><category><![CDATA[writing]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[johnjgeddes]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2026 13:02:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/2gsjgna1uruvGBHDnRaj2zVCcpeJW4jyLMe4SBCHMUaRnBuDGNuJygzBQB8mHYmKmT3arb8hmhwATfTgk7CDSAL67PxG29JTCxpb5pAEPc378amvrA?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Normal Human Being]]></title><description><![CDATA[God expects me to be human and likes me just the way I am: broken and empty and bruised. He knows I'm human...I need to learn that. ―C. JoyBell.C. She sat watching night clouds. It was all so lovely and]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@johnjgeddes/normal-human-being</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@johnjgeddes/normal-human-being</guid><category><![CDATA[writing]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[johnjgeddes]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2026 12:29:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/2gsjgna1uruvGBHDnRaj2zVCcpeJW4jyLMe4SBCGzfAHogPQXyvVrL5LNaQZDXBU5samKztu19jNEZfVDZUB7Q3HcJ5ybtxSLqP2wuBuuKvnRrYFWv?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Muse                          ...Enticing Sprite]]></title><description><![CDATA[Muses are ghosts, who sometimes come uninvited. — Stephen King A shadow flies in the door— A bird in the house? No… Not a bird— A visitant, a demigod, A sprite, A genius of the place; She’s in the background]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@johnjgeddes/muse-enticing-sprite</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@johnjgeddes/muse-enticing-sprite</guid><category><![CDATA[writing]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[johnjgeddes]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2026 13:30:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/62PdCouTvNPDFdpBpBq5nmvvyRoTono4ptF7aVwAvBgU6hmsAtaxnCW57VYP6JDNCRK8VuPDr7iVMhNps91YPfHSdcEo7hrGePPmK4VaPghbUVL?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Harvest of Hope              ...Part 4                            ...Fatal Detour]]></title><description><![CDATA[Jealousy is the most involuntary of all strong emotions. It steals consciousness, lies deeper than thought. It is always there, a blackness in the eye, and discolours the world. — Iris Murdoch Deadly Precipice]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@johnjgeddes/5dwfwl-harvest-of-hope-part-4-fatal-detour</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@johnjgeddes/5dwfwl-harvest-of-hope-part-4-fatal-detour</guid><category><![CDATA[writing]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[johnjgeddes]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2026 03:24:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/99pyU5Ga1kwr5Xg46gnE3BrdGQcYkevrMfGqYdeQhfnmCkxbJtBSUCJYtGJRhAnZnGPi7foLNtMnZrcGAL5QYQSMVAd8HkAjNerbxjEvKrNXVn5fhA53dtgzpVNWt2E5mg?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Harvest of Hope              ...Part 4                            ...Fatal Detour]]></title><description><![CDATA[Jealousy is the most involuntary of all strong emotions. It steals consciousness, lies deeper than thought. It is always there, a blackness in the eye, and discolours the world. — Iris Murdoch Deadly Precipice]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@johnjgeddes/harvest-of-hope-part-4-fatal-detour</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@johnjgeddes/harvest-of-hope-part-4-fatal-detour</guid><category><![CDATA[writing]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[johnjgeddes]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2026 13:06:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/99pyU5Ga1kwr5Xg46gnE3BrdGQcYkevrMfGqYdeQhfnmCkxbJtBSUCJYtGJRhAnZnGPi7foLNtMnZrcGAL5QYQSMVAd8HkAjNerbxjEvKrNXVn5fhA53dtgzpVNWt2E5mg?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Harvest of Hope                ...Part 3            …Unexpected Rage]]></title><description><![CDATA[It is not love that is blind, but jealousy. — Lawrence Durrell Jealous Rage The loss of Quincy had plunged me into an inconsolable grief but meeting Marin changed all that. Inviting her to share our family]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@johnjgeddes/harvest-of-hope-part-3-unexpected-rage</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@johnjgeddes/harvest-of-hope-part-3-unexpected-rage</guid><category><![CDATA[writing]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[johnjgeddes]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2026 13:23:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/2FFvzA2zeqoVPgRCnRzbu79fYh1Svf3mN2MBPH8JKn9GPQMHHzXwcf8BHPeneS4tTwDjtx7QhqcvwSu5LpZqdnJVQjshixWJg5hnf2JF3VHYJHCaVF66SSEJ8gwq8?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Harvest of Hope      ...Part 2             ...Moving on from the Past]]></title><description><![CDATA[Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds you plant. ― Robert Louis Stevenson Terrorize My View My family instantly took to Marin—even Quincy, our finicky golden retriever, adopted]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@johnjgeddes/harvest-of-hope-part-2-moving-on-from-the-past</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@johnjgeddes/harvest-of-hope-part-2-moving-on-from-the-past</guid><category><![CDATA[writing]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[johnjgeddes]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2026 14:29:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/vM1pGHgNcyCbee5hzZJ19X4yXc7wYc7pYNX3YtoMNHGwJDiBQWnh4RYxVjbh7njxW7ddrnyA6fcjxQzuk4SZtgjdooeVTp295eWz82pWr7dgZFgX4dWYrY8MKLGuaJB9shfUk6a?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Harvest of Hope    ...Part 1      ...Autumn can also be a season of growth]]></title><description><![CDATA[Autumns seem that season of beginning, spring. — Truman Capote Marin Woods Autumn was bittersweet—it could be best summed up in the words of George Bernard Shaw: “There are two tragedies in life. One is]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@johnjgeddes/harvest-of-hope-part-1-autumn-can-also-be-a-season-of-growth</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@johnjgeddes/harvest-of-hope-part-1-autumn-can-also-be-a-season-of-growth</guid><category><![CDATA[writing]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[johnjgeddes]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 20 Sep 2026 20:42:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/HNWT6DgoBc1692QWn5trsLBYecSp3jKD1kzdmSDYDWAuM7hdA9XyLq5eu4DFkVLTn4D1TyiyExf1935RMKF7Ty9hMpc7JQQbAFp7QPMsvz6jnZST2EZ1BsG4XJn?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Out of a Dream, into Mine       ...An Impossible Tale]]></title><description><![CDATA[I love you because the universe conspired to help me find you. — Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist Stay, Illusion, Stay This can't be happening, I was telling myself, but couldn't deny what I was seeing. 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It’s an inventory of a home and resentment toward the resident ― Stephen King On Guard I awoke the following morning,]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@johnjgeddes/dark-glass-part-2-home-invasion</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@johnjgeddes/dark-glass-part-2-home-invasion</guid><category><![CDATA[writing]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[johnjgeddes]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2026 12:56:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/C3TZR1g81UNbFzApDTmvFatkwuDREJFVGiTUu9HgEmSvK2KqQZjqLa9KebpsnrJiwnqVEkyWr8ZP74cpeavkj5Jh5XsAMmSQyqCtZD7DwKZQtQAPQcDGYFg?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dark Glass     ...Part 1                 ...A Treasure of My Own]]></title><description><![CDATA[We can only be said to be alive in those moments when our hearts are conscious of our treasures. — Thornton Wilder Relics of the Past For me, the border between art and life is not fixed—it flows with]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@johnjgeddes/dark-glass-part-1-a-treasure-of-my-own</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@johnjgeddes/dark-glass-part-1-a-treasure-of-my-own</guid><category><![CDATA[writing]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[johnjgeddes]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2026 12:52:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/Zskj9C56UonZ32EJw6nMctrTQ6kTQ3swaDmbMFsyy5EfT5QKnYrrnbArUiqLwRGmNqEyeagksPoWutagmJ4oBkrsCW1PYWoV8hF4FoCvkLNwk93FHBNW?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Monster                 ...Part 2                  ...A Dangerous Game]]></title><description><![CDATA[The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown. ― H.P. 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Browning As a therapist I usually don’t counsel]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@johnjgeddes/sleepwalking-part-2-incomprehensible</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@johnjgeddes/sleepwalking-part-2-incomprehensible</guid><category><![CDATA[writing]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[johnjgeddes]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 12 Sep 2026 12:10:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/D5zH9SyxCKdAD9rYwjD1VDFVfes4J8WBmiaYPdf6csMeNd5dGJCm5nemZyaA2ESyBgo4jh8SsNC685vCf6hMQBkc1pisrQPJBBeMzZCxAomiHqBrkhRFcU62ohBrQJ27Nttrhk?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sleepwalking                  ...Part 1                     ...Delusional or Demonic?]]></title><description><![CDATA[In utter loneliness we try to explain the inexplicable. ― John Steinbeck Not a Dream? 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My feelings Dwindle To a faint numbness— Dark and forgotten]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@johnjgeddes/shadows-a-poem-of-fear-and-need</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@johnjgeddes/shadows-a-poem-of-fear-and-need</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[johnjgeddes]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2026 12:03:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/RGgukq5E6HBNvuPpuJoWwmDPPkGx4aaF7Xp3vKfRTknbQF9UvJ2VWCVV41DpUyzg3yP5Frt2qwsYxmP4fgT6153yhAe5Y6ZXdTN3KRNPzXKspJAwQKWKaD3sjqeoNLe?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item></channel></rss>