<?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, 30 Jun 2026 17:14:40 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://ecency.com/@leta-blake/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[American Candy - Taste Test Experiment Part 2 - Brach*s Fruit Cake Nougats]]></title><description><![CDATA[Sometimes you just have to answer the question of HOW DISGUSTING IS IT REALLY? I felt that way about a new Christmas candy I saw in the store a few weeks ago. So I decided to find out. This is PART TWO]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@leta-blake/q57tc3jh</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@leta-blake/q57tc3jh</guid><category><![CDATA[taste-test]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[leta-blake]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 17 Jan 2018 20:05:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/46aP2QbqUqBqwzwxM6L1P6uLNceBDDCMDAaoNruXN5zCagToa6HptBeXKha8Nch58jZ5GvfjUg5rFQf68QWppHqfvjdr?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[American Candy - Taste Test Experiment Part 1 - Brach*s Fruit Cake Nougats]]></title><description><![CDATA[So a few weeks ago, I saw this really gross looking candy on sale in our local drug store. I knew at the time it was bound to be disgusting, but couldn't stop thinking about the all-important question:]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@leta-blake/b5jujjhn</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@leta-blake/b5jujjhn</guid><category><![CDATA[taste-test]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[leta-blake]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 17 Jan 2018 19:53:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/46aP2QbqUqBqwzwxM6L1P6uLNceBDDCM7baFVGsSy7dFHLpD6PvQwkttS6wGeLjrNzimmXEV5UAEYQ4NBpxgzx52TUtm?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Leta Blake's Top Reads of 2017]]></title><description><![CDATA[In January always like to blog about my favorite books of the year. 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As I said last year, I live in a perpetual state of feeling like I’ve never accomplished]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@leta-blake/taking-stock-of-my-year-2017-accomplishments-and-2018-goals</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@leta-blake/taking-stock-of-my-year-2017-accomplishments-and-2018-goals</guid><category><![CDATA[lgbt]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[leta-blake]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 06 Jan 2018 21:10:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/3HaJVw3AYyXBMhUPXNLZ3askQfYWP3tutRjZjb3H3vs8eJ7GsT65VdHp6SEgbyLL5aLgeVorj9gsvVBQesNfV3bSowBhxJY2a6aCRwc?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The 24-Hour News Cycle's Effect on the World's Mental Health, aka It's Made Us Sick(er)]]></title><description><![CDATA[Photo labeled for reuse online. There's a half dozen or more PhD degrees to be found in the title of this post. If anyone out there is looking for a psych/communications PhD angle, please feel free to]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@leta-blake/the-24-hour-news-cycle-s-effect-on-the-world-s-mental-health-aka-it-s-made-us-sick-er</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@leta-blake/the-24-hour-news-cycle-s-effect-on-the-world-s-mental-health-aka-it-s-made-us-sick-er</guid><category><![CDATA[news]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[leta-blake]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 18 Aug 2017 11:30:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/cyxkEVqiiLyAJMrzqHfWLT7YbdgoprDQGwdeDRwrFw1CFmeQxhyyLzPJhRA4EbZMUuDVywwq2FQ55DLTbTtdBGwZUKzGRyTMjLd3RhVhKmHWDdUZxqY2LvjvnGiFCmjrGox?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Art from Aging -  Me at 15 and 43]]></title><description><![CDATA[When I was fifteen years old, my then-boyfriend, now-husband ( @brianreecegreen ) took a photo of me and then rendered into a pencil drawing. We still have that piece hanging in our living room. The other]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@leta-blake/art-from-aging-me-at-15-and-43</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@leta-blake/art-from-aging-me-at-15-and-43</guid><category><![CDATA[art]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[leta-blake]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 15 Aug 2017 17:41:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/PB8ro82ZpZP5xqHVTtgzxr9jRnPYTxeDK7ZMexdNfECP87mAnqGimpn221PWgpqBV8erG4iWmvENpCsTZcgMxyPWm4mHwb9HH4BRQRDbnVwxFBYS?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[New Growth in Rocky Soil - My Husband's Inspiring Life Change at 45]]></title><description><![CDATA[My husband turned 45 this past May. 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It illuminates all kinds of issues that you don’t anticipate when you step on the mat. Like today, for example, and how my reaction to realizing that I utterly stunk of garlic, highlighted]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@leta-blake/a-tale-of-garlic-and-yoga-class-aka-prioritizing-my-health-over-other-s-comfort</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@leta-blake/a-tale-of-garlic-and-yoga-class-aka-prioritizing-my-health-over-other-s-comfort</guid><category><![CDATA[yoga]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[leta-blake]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 26 Jul 2017 18:47:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/vM1pGHgNcyCiaxZmdb555hkjecmqomntNdRp7jgAAuYVfmeLK6AAFe4mRLGEzc7fs4kAMnCeaeCm9jJSp9Q3VMdU9dStAsG55ZZ6XzpEQAkr2JQmBFiwG27SyFHCRFJceCG9DJE?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Color Challenge: Wednesday Yellow: Golden Yellow Man]]></title><description><![CDATA[Photo credit: me Location: Knoxville, TN Date: December 1998 Camera: an old point and shoot I had at the time Model: S. Maples Taken in a now defunct restaurant in 1996, this photo shows a handsome man]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@leta-blake/color-challenge-yellow-tuesday-golden-yellow-man-2017726t853478z</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@leta-blake/color-challenge-yellow-tuesday-golden-yellow-man-2017726t853478z</guid><category><![CDATA[photography]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[leta-blake]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 26 Jul 2017 12:05:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/o1AJ9qDyyJNSpZWhUgGYc3MngFqoAMyT8PLbeHXQrsdscu14i?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Color Challenge: Tuesday Orange: Fire In The Hills]]></title><description><![CDATA[Photo credit: me Location: Farragut, TN Date: November, 2016 Camera: iPhone In searching for a photograph for today's color challenge, I discovered that I don't often take pictures of orange things. 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