<?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>Sat, 01 Aug 2026 14:17:57 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://ecency.com/@johnjgeddes/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Distrust          ...Part 1             ...Remote Viewing]]></title><description><![CDATA[We have to distrust each other. It's our only defense against betrayal — Tennessee Williams Surveillance “Look Edwards, I’m a busy man—I don’t have six months to waste on this business. I simply want to]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@johnjgeddes/distrust-part-1-remote-viewing</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@johnjgeddes/distrust-part-1-remote-viewing</guid><category><![CDATA[writing]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[johnjgeddes]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2026 12:38:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/4i88GgaV8qiFkxbnGCXnHPUK3daVLCQA4oDc4ixugPPMdBuibrvSb16n7E8UJn6C9HB3Jp2YFNGPBFmbpDzzmiSMo94vKmJMXHUiHCW49Jz2uyjwncnmvZftjg?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Getting a Life         ...Finis         ...Second Chances]]></title><description><![CDATA[Dark embers smolder inside me - one touch and they flare - who would have thought memory combustible, or near you bright sparks appear? Reunited The next night I’m at Sweetwaters trying hard to forget]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@johnjgeddes/getting-a-life-finis-second-chances</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@johnjgeddes/getting-a-life-finis-second-chances</guid><category><![CDATA[writing]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[johnjgeddes]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2026 12:42:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/Zskj9C56UonZ32EJw6nMctrTQ6kTQ3swaDmbMFt6u6hF9LvgeVZCiiTEtrB7RUhNeAmR1u5WnUbsE72yUgwxaRF7iebN2j8yxEDz2M8i4uakULAa6rWz?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Getting a Life          ...Part 1        ...Only In Dreams]]></title><description><![CDATA[We all have an old knot in the heart we wish to untie. ― Michael Ondaatje Enamoured She despises me, but keeps visiting my dreams—Brooke Wiltshire, party girl, who goes clubbing with friends and is the]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@johnjgeddes/getting-a-life-part-1-only-in-dreams</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@johnjgeddes/getting-a-life-part-1-only-in-dreams</guid><category><![CDATA[writing]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[johnjgeddes]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2026 12:31:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/2VZXybTSZJq1HdYsB7fJjuW6meDRuV7r8fXfxUUdcHhKGKdXzKBYEr6gT36ZYT2dR9zJhCeLZ73xBq1KotHUtt2WEBqVMJ5zwieHHwnZ3Kj96yEUvXYvbb7jPq6vzqyWTj8eRFE3zkPYSTUHCoCAA4NNE6z?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Devil's  Apprentice     ...Finale             ...Getting Free]]></title><description><![CDATA[It is very hard for evil to take hold of the unconsenting soul. ― Ursula K. Le Guin . Terrified I broke up with Meg because she thought my mentor, Victor Kingsley was a satanist. I disagreed and decided]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@johnjgeddes/the-devils-apprentice-finale-getting-free</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@johnjgeddes/the-devils-apprentice-finale-getting-free</guid><category><![CDATA[writing]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[johnjgeddes]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2026 12:20:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/2VZXybTSZJq1HdYsB7fJjuW6meDRuV7r8fXfxUUewsw41yZiJhgRq9szzPf7VpzXrqFUt9uLbCDnHmdML658eViXnFvgCgXaz3STf5pbM4zdnPyb9HxUQHeL4oruJn8FJagyadUWifQ1rZbcsuqweDcthbk?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Devil’s Apprentice        ...Part 1              ...Seeking Power]]></title><description><![CDATA[Imaginary evil is romantic and varied; real evil is gloomy, monotonous and barren, ― Simone Weil Master and Disciple It was a nightmare—it had to be. Dead people don’t return. I don’t know if you’ve ever]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@johnjgeddes/the-devils-apprentice-part-1-seeking-power</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@johnjgeddes/the-devils-apprentice-part-1-seeking-power</guid><category><![CDATA[writing]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[johnjgeddes]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2026 12:59:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/54TLbcUcnRm4Bw8fmw3Y3ebiYW61dkW16qTycFmN5hLye5dkfhRMKiMLxHsCLMHFLrvQrRr4uMmsP3iuaMTrktkYtsKCjBevi7AVDeoSGPWkUjgzswBhf3ZQoUfdRVPKoEZ75n2b8?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Time Tuning             ...Finale        ...Love Always Returns]]></title><description><![CDATA[For those who love... time is eternity. ― Henry Van Dyke Many Happy Returns Talk about being torn between two women—Stella is incredibly beautiful and flirtatious and Elias, my shrink, feels I should choose]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@johnjgeddes/time-tuning-finale-love-always-returns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@johnjgeddes/time-tuning-finale-love-always-returns</guid><category><![CDATA[writing]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[johnjgeddes]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2026 12:52:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/2VZXybTSZJq1HdYsB7fJjuW6meDRuV7r8fXfxUUdgSCR7dcBy6HahySBFF3ZzA522JN5yiCTW56Fx7T5AknCcZPz5wVwA4Rh48EzyLmkGG2XM4bYM7eMWC3hw9CRETAKruPwd3S2gGj3UxP9dEH7TSeKtTQ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Time Tuning          ...Part 2                  ...Sorting Out the Past]]></title><description><![CDATA[Delusion detests focus and romance provides the veil. ― Suzanne Finnamore Weighing Disclosure Well, I can’t be doing too bad—it’s been a year since my relapse, and I’m sober. I’ve got to admit I’m doing]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@johnjgeddes/time-tuning-part-2-sorting-out-the-past</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@johnjgeddes/time-tuning-part-2-sorting-out-the-past</guid><category><![CDATA[writing]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[johnjgeddes]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 26 Jul 2026 13:11:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/2VZXybTSZJq1HdYsB7fJjuW6meDRuV7r8fXfxUUecd3PUZWYp92egyhMZgKGeYKJqSN3MWCJYa2UK58PFbjVojG7mxpQzJkTkkBSjoJpJL7gHWMjmZErweiHTYwesrdpqq5HYVEE9y3TmbX6A7vDJR5tA8N?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Time Tuning          ...Part 1       ...Escaping the Ordinary]]></title><description><![CDATA[Human kind cannot bear very much reality. Time past and time future What might have been and what has been Point to one end, which is always present ― T.S. Eliot Yearning for Enchantment The ancient Greeks]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@johnjgeddes/time-tuning-part-1-escaping-the-ordinary</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@johnjgeddes/time-tuning-part-1-escaping-the-ordinary</guid><category><![CDATA[writing]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[johnjgeddes]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2026 13:20:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/2VZXybTSZJq1HdYsB7fJjuW6meDRuV7r8fXfxUUaYNzadxjuNXLqpW89mgqp6QWtVSJPEeGVj1fH8qR8Pv9aKLxT76z7MFLko49H7LWPpmzTKEFgCehw4BnTd4v87UkWavLmNwC7htaSjEsDuqSBASKAQDC?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Storm Signals             …Finis         …The Eye of the Hurricane]]></title><description><![CDATA[When you come out of the storm, you won't be the same person who walked in ― Haruki Murakami Running from smoke into the flames—that’s how it felt. Yes, I was frustrated with Chrissie but more angry with]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@johnjgeddes/storm-signals-finis-the-eye-of-the-hurricane</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@johnjgeddes/storm-signals-finis-the-eye-of-the-hurricane</guid><category><![CDATA[writing]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[johnjgeddes]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2026 12:51:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/6VvuHGsoU2QCK6yq1XKF2z9F8sayRpwConx4qLBGrQqgYC1ygtRJf8Z4ejN6k7dnZgyoZT6uhfPdbpmYR2LbebKBkkGuhcDv9ySDrQ9HXDAcUXPJRMmgNKktGrw9mp?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Storm Signals           ...Part 3               ...Place of Refuge]]></title><description><![CDATA[We fear monsters because we fear the dark parts of ourselves I’m with Mar again after my blowup with Chrissie and I make the mistake of telling her about our quarrel. “What the hell’s the big whoop?” Mars]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@johnjgeddes/storm-signals-part-3-place-of-refuge</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@johnjgeddes/storm-signals-part-3-place-of-refuge</guid><category><![CDATA[writing]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[johnjgeddes]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2026 13:42:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/2VZXybTSZJq1HdYsB7fJjuW6meDRuV7r8fXfxUUXhFVbmyfFXyNcrXV7s64jRJBzhhF944T4wZbGJooCCCrK2eKb4SechChzRwZ6tS4kHq8ssiZ2tbfZaKMok1T3bsP6WZG6TgFXVa5HJuKd4Hff5Zmpjwk?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Storm Signals       …Part 2            …Hiding the Past]]></title><description><![CDATA[I know I am but summer to your heart, and not the full four seasons of the year. ― Edna St. Vincent Millay En Plein Air I’ve been unfaithful—besides seeing Mar and depending on her for emotional consolation,]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@johnjgeddes/storm-signals-part-2-hiding-the-past</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@johnjgeddes/storm-signals-part-2-hiding-the-past</guid><category><![CDATA[writing]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[johnjgeddes]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2026 12:09:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/2VZXybTSZJq1HdYsB7fJjuW6meDRuV7r8fXfxUUaDrTReV6ZKFzWWHDQUKMRDmSaSy9cDfWpzu2hqjHzMDqo3fUGfqncEmjCadLvQnhTsG4iPpqb3L6KbJBMwNFVLoLftumcCLC6vvXrjEbKdB1G2M6GPsL?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Storm Signals                ...Part 1              …Black Rain]]></title><description><![CDATA[The world itself is a bad dream. Forgetfulness, like snow, should numb and cover it, but it was part of me… my landscape —Sylvia Plath There was a time when I was a child I loved storms but that was before]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@johnjgeddes/storm-signals-part-1-black-rain</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@johnjgeddes/storm-signals-part-1-black-rain</guid><category><![CDATA[writing]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[johnjgeddes]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2026 13:39:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/6VvuHGsoU2QCK6yq1XKF2z9F8sayRpwConx4qLBB4P6CYoUgWMPFA6xy3Mv6TM73hzF2Py69G2jow2AA8dT3Lqtf98QMoLqCeWnAvJHdGZexV47WSYHDGhoDqBHknA?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Spring Sunshine             ...Part 2             ...Finale]]></title><description><![CDATA[There is no remedy for love but to love more. ― Henry David Thoreau U of T in Spring Sylvia left me wallowing in pain and yet I go on lecturing grad students about MacNiece and his poem, Spring Sunshine,]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@johnjgeddes/spring-sunshine-part-2-finale</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@johnjgeddes/spring-sunshine-part-2-finale</guid><category><![CDATA[writing]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[johnjgeddes]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2026 12:06:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/2VZXybTSZJq1HdYsB7fJjuW6meDRuV7r8fXfxUUYvuqcmF9L5ABnSEGE815Q9hbiTmaCF2DbZCienM7NTtTDX5SkPBFKnnhDrYsNMu7ecb1yJYnyPKHDDju7ZgxTZGV5VDfJ9JkBvqBQx8GaxkJ3soj9Z4S?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Spring Sunshine        ...Part 1]]></title><description><![CDATA[To burn with desire and keep quiet about it is the greatest punishment we can bring on ourselves. ― Federico García Lorca Spring Sunshine A snowless winter, a barren spring and now a sky piled high with]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@johnjgeddes/spring-sunshine-part-1</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@johnjgeddes/spring-sunshine-part-1</guid><category><![CDATA[writing]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[johnjgeddes]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2026 13:15:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/2r8F9rTBenJQonvFkRsaKAi9fqQ1Q2oBjHpzftMJK6vD6kJfV7agf8Lyud8WWMbXRkXhjpbyKFyiRgRguY2KazKn6rqpNPB4wryZBqHHeioKgrBaUj7DoXeCefSSMD3U2?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Other Worldly]]></title><description><![CDATA[The greater one's need, the greater one's propensity to be mesmerized. ― Vikram Seth Alien Encounter I spent two years in a difficult relationship that finally went bust. Eva and I warred—we never could]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@johnjgeddes/other-worldly</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@johnjgeddes/other-worldly</guid><category><![CDATA[writing]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[johnjgeddes]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 18 Jul 2026 14:45:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/2923mN3pnd7PiNwC4SZeLS8gsPqbAhHKzXBuEw8fE2U8azy2thT5UTPVrWvotWd6pEALzjwTeYH14Z1kCChtc5yhq8yQrrmFMVztvNCAE63eCv?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Girl in the Picture         …Finale                    …I Finally Meet My Ghost]]></title><description><![CDATA[I love her because the entire universe conspired to help me find her... ― Paulo Coelho How did I get into this mess? I was conducting a simple photoshoot of a Georgian house and a girl appeared in my photos.]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@johnjgeddes/girl-in-the-picture-finale-i-finally-meet-my-ghost</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@johnjgeddes/girl-in-the-picture-finale-i-finally-meet-my-ghost</guid><category><![CDATA[writing]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[johnjgeddes]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2026 12:33:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/2VZXybTSZJq1HdYsB7fJjuW6meDRuV7r8fXfxUUbResJ3sZ7DqVvkHvTxLViNYA1CrntYm9KwZjr9jeJzYgHMsc3DpHMwvViKnhQBKXeEh9ZUH4T1HUiYpR9wWLGkLPPShMKcniymZzjWrVwhrSvKukxKzn?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Girl in the Picture        …Part 2           …Ghostly Apparition]]></title><description><![CDATA[Important encounters are planned by souls long before the bodies see each other —Paulo Coelho . Girl in the Mist There’s a girl in my picture who wasn’t there when I shot a photo of the house in Elora]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@johnjgeddes/girl-in-the-picture-part-2-ghostly-apparition</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@johnjgeddes/girl-in-the-picture-part-2-ghostly-apparition</guid><category><![CDATA[writing]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[johnjgeddes]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2026 12:46:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/2VZXybTSZJq1HdYsB7fJjuW6meDRuV7r8fXfxUUaBzTgceShtqGDMvKM1HWnN9p1LsTb7QtiFMjT6djXogTDgM2q6sTBPxrLsVNHS9xzAtxhj1mtVcheZJ4THtnZYAGUkQufgwZ9vSgLK58v8x75NY58e6S?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Girl in the Picture        ...Part 1            ...Fate or Fantasy?]]></title><description><![CDATA[She was a puzzle, waiting to be solved, her secrets hidden beneath a veil of mystery ― Amanda Quick I try to do with photography what Trish Romance does with watercolors. I’m sure you’ve seen her houses—they]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@johnjgeddes/girl-in-the-picture-part-1-fate-or-fantasy</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@johnjgeddes/girl-in-the-picture-part-1-fate-or-fantasy</guid><category><![CDATA[writing]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[johnjgeddes]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2026 13:10:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/2VZXybTSZJq1HdYsB7fJjuW6meDRuV7r8fXfxUUb9QA7A1YPTsB42vmQahFTYSiK9Rv6iMsQMkgKzdCug9aXGyuoFtbKvUDfDXyEkTx5UZLfQtUSnwyyQuKp8h8opAx97FjqFTKUeqxgC4QE8DjTk79Lknr?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Scarcely Alive ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Nothingness washes over me like a sluggish wave. Whatever is happening to me is my own fault. I have done something wrong, something so huge I can't even see it, something that's drowning me. I am inadequate]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@johnjgeddes/scarcely-alive</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@johnjgeddes/scarcely-alive</guid><category><![CDATA[writing]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[johnjgeddes]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2026 12:36:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/62PdCouTvNPDFdpBpBq5nmvvyRoTono4ptF7aVw6kV3sPGKd5qbh5zLzG8BEeuHbTDkBFEk4yqLqnSp5BmWzM2juQWhCbvcMe3pAuv2aTUn4WYe?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Seeking Flesh.               ...Naming the Unspeakable]]></title><description><![CDATA[The candle flame gutters. Its little pool of light trembles. Darkness gathers. The demons begin to stir. ― Carl Sagan He watched the three people sitting in the pub. None of them attracted him in any way.]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@johnjgeddes/seeking-flesh-naming-the-unspeakable</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@johnjgeddes/seeking-flesh-naming-the-unspeakable</guid><category><![CDATA[writing]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[johnjgeddes]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2026 12:50:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/C3TZR1g81UNbFzApDTmvFatkwuDREJFVGiTUu9HUxYGy9MrjvwfZNzAiBv2utfCSVsnZcAZhduZaUTEPkYDHcaQPrtXmz6rzff1W6Liy8FVc862ku15deX8?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item></channel></rss>