<?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, 27 Jun 2026 22:44:56 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://ecency.com/@monicalandaeta/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[🍻 Long live beer! 🍻]]></title><description><![CDATA[After a stroll through the streets filled with fruit, sweets, coffee, handicrafts, flowers, people, and blazing sunshine, I got hungry and thirsty—really thirsty. My boyfriend and I went to “Moritz,” a]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@monicalandaeta/long-live-beer</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@monicalandaeta/long-live-beer</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-187719]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[monicalandaeta]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2026 17:07:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/6VvuHGsoU2QCJ5xrjrSwyzJC2aNjBPirjrjbEMj2es8TxKjqMojDQzyqVgQ6NPnts2SdXCDgiNMnpzQHxEfzSeDM2LNK2BfHXKgzLeXSM8UEJWi7NwdNM4YJUiHRLA?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Coffee Tovar: aroma, flavor and tradition]]></title><description><![CDATA[“Coffee, coffee, coffee with milk, coffeeeee... Bring on the coffee pot with the coffee, with the coffee” 🥳🥳🥳 That's what I used to sing back when I was a camp counselor, hahaha. The song popped into]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@monicalandaeta/coffee-tovar-aroma-flavor-and</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@monicalandaeta/coffee-tovar-aroma-flavor-and</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-152524]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[monicalandaeta]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2026 11:19:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/6VvuHGsoU2QCJ5xrjrSwyzJC2aNjBPirjqpqMRSKLJhfMgtWDTt2rdvpQnbyaDtYsMdcKSRUTM4jWFhzwTzHL6CyXVT7vwUEJGqj8UJ5L4SQtKmCKjtLbN5NvMU9sU?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sublime Gardens]]></title><description><![CDATA[A friend of mine recalls that at some point during her childhood, she celebrated New Year’s Eve in these gardens; years later, her children were happily rolling down the hill. I’ve been there several times]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@monicalandaeta/sublime-gardens</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@monicalandaeta/sublime-gardens</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-152889]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[monicalandaeta]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2026 23:25:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/6VvuHGsoU2QCJ5xrjrSwyzJC2aNjBPirjrUGeF91mhdH12xSkp3P2zWHmjsLU4sreTLyKtBWL1w8roesPLEoqGdz4xbHmgQ4iKgcVjBheAdKiE9Q9ZLcGsocH8G2tn?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cadáver exquisito / Exquisite Corpse]]></title><description><![CDATA[Mientras esperaba, miraba su biblioteca. Noté cómo tantos libros podían generar una historia; al punto que si los unía tendría muchas más historias. Entonces pensé en qué pasaría si tomaba fotografías]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@monicalandaeta/cadaver-exquisito-exquisite-corpse</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@monicalandaeta/cadaver-exquisito-exquisite-corpse</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-180164]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[monicalandaeta]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2026 00:43:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/6VvuHGsoU2QCJ5xrjrSwyzJC2aNjBPirjr4apuEQLfWZ3mQw4HKqJnDE7VbbfrY4bSwLbH1QkWde8aFyxZU6o79afnoh9X6LrhfktHL1L5Lz3KnRfX3VAuQq95nkRc?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[“Coffee Crazy”]]></title><description><![CDATA[Visiting Tributo Casa de Café in Chacao, Caracas, Venezuela is like taking a trip to that little corner of Tovar in Mérida. How kind of them! But, excuse me, first of all, it smells so good! God, what]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@monicalandaeta/coffee-crazy</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@monicalandaeta/coffee-crazy</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-152524]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[monicalandaeta]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 31 May 2026 23:10:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/6VvuHGsoU2QCJ5xrjrSwyzJC2aNjBPirjt3dJKCdM7mwWyVFWb43cXkkT8eFRKnvvYLkmbabivELxK2AHq9ZLD29TKcpb3w5ozBFcctBTnkhWUkRtXRGs7pTZQMkkE?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oh no, Romeo!]]></title><description><![CDATA[Leer Romeo y Julieta fue casi como no creer en chismes e ir directo a la fuente; y digo casi porque leí la versión de Los Cuentos de Shakespeare de los hermanos Lamb, pero asumiré que cuenta. Debo decir]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@monicalandaeta/oh-no-romeo</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@monicalandaeta/oh-no-romeo</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-180164]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[monicalandaeta]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 24 May 2026 23:16:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/6VvuHGsoU2QCJ5xrjrSwyzJC2aNjBPirjt2wgJQb8aph8mwYWMv7n2TVj9n6pQJCAHMkCQnWud6BjxziKVzV9vLvcqZwrpAULxKdLnFVnNcUHmTLJdfVXb91hj1Pav?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[When the place isn't fiction / Cuando el lugar no es ficción]]></title><description><![CDATA[“The danger lurking in most detailed descriptions of place... is that a succession of elegant declarative sentences, combined with a lull in the narrative, can put the reader to sleep.” So says David Lodge]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@monicalandaeta/when-the-place-isn-t</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@monicalandaeta/when-the-place-isn-t</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-152889]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[monicalandaeta]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 23 May 2026 23:07:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/6VvuHGsoU2QCJ5xrjrSwyzJC2aNjBPirjqHJ2maxUvnnA2g2B1p4BZVGVATJ94qp8heoDDKfh7Byj3DVFJEu1F4E1hsQ8ddGLSzvxRmgBbPHENycCXaquu7DJr9RTt?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Shakespeare y sus equivocaciones / Shakespeare and His Mistakes]]></title><description><![CDATA[¿Cómo no se dan cuenta de la confusión? Pensaba mientras ocurría cada barbaridad entre el par de gemelos, sí, par de gemelos, son cuatro personas, pero claro, es que dos de ellos no se recuerdan, por lo]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@monicalandaeta/shakespeare-y-sus-equivocaciones-shakespeare</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@monicalandaeta/shakespeare-y-sus-equivocaciones-shakespeare</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-180164]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[monicalandaeta]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 09 May 2026 23:00:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/DQmRsSQD9v3aVimMqfu43zdnmjfrF7B765EoCtdy1R3oW7f/img_20260509_wa0010.jpg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[¡Pobre Hamlet! / Poor Hamlet!]]></title><description><![CDATA[William, ¡Qué gran historia! Aunque trágica, no deja de ser fascinante. Leí Hamlet, príncipe de Dinamarca, la adaptación de los hermanos Lamb en Cuentos de Shakespeare. Cada palabra te envuelve en esa]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@monicalandaeta/pobre-hamlet-poor-hamlet</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@monicalandaeta/pobre-hamlet-poor-hamlet</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-180164]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[monicalandaeta]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 03 May 2026 23:13:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/DQmei1azdeSmXRUUTXzRGbQRv1rPFGze41L51LhXV5qqWtE/img_20260503_090410.jpg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cuentos de Shakespeare / Shakespeare's Tales by Charles and Mary Lamb]]></title><description><![CDATA[Charles Lamb y Mary Lamb adaptaron 20 obras de William Shakespeare dirigidas al público infantil y juvenil publicadas en 1807 en Cuentos de Shakespeare; versiones que respetan la esencia del autor y que]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@monicalandaeta/cuentos-de-shakespeare-shakespeare-s</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@monicalandaeta/cuentos-de-shakespeare-shakespeare-s</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-180164]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[monicalandaeta]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 26 Apr 2026 15:54:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/DQmUb7ugZrq8GmsYFUAQPA568qgj8Jb8BrywnrvBYK54uwx/img_20260425_153618.jpg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing short of sublime]]></title><description><![CDATA[Every Sunday can be wonderful—if you make the effort, even staying home can be interesting—but this time I didn’t stay in; I went out to explore José María Cartaya Park in Guarenas, Venezuela. It’s a place]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@monicalandaeta/nothing-short-of-sublime</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@monicalandaeta/nothing-short-of-sublime</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-152889]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[monicalandaeta]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 19 Apr 2026 11:51:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/DQmQYF1AtTKgnGGokqRAFoip13mv6gSM9EQkngavxAYvjLc/img_20260412_wa0004.jpg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[A coffee from my homeland]]></title><description><![CDATA[That first sip of coffee in the morning is a must, but I don’t mind repeating that ritual several times a day ❤️☕ In fact, I drink coffee at night and it doesn’t keep me awake. That’s what happened one]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@monicalandaeta/cafe-tierra-mia-at-de</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@monicalandaeta/cafe-tierra-mia-at-de</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-152524]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[monicalandaeta]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2026 00:59:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/DQmahK6d81qvmsBFtptNmzenn3ysru86TA6j3t6B4ABudH4/1776095783624.jpg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[La ruptura de un himen / The rupture of the hymen]]></title><description><![CDATA[Me decepcionó que el libro fuera solo una investigación periodística y no científica, pero la verdad, es que no había otra manera de hacerla. No tiene fecha de publicación, porque claro, las costumbres,]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@monicalandaeta/la-ruptura-de-un-himen</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@monicalandaeta/la-ruptura-de-un-himen</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-180164]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[monicalandaeta]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 12 Apr 2026 15:31:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/DQmUJ8Buijk9JDXdcDesWuFT7xBKyhFUKetGQA9UNEv8unw/1775673623343.jpg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[I did go out to eat / Yo sí fui a comer]]></title><description><![CDATA[As is tradition, we gather at my parents’ house, this time during Holy Week. Before, we used to meet at my maternal grandparents’ house, but now each of my uncles and aunts hosts the gathering at their]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@monicalandaeta/i-did-go-out-to</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@monicalandaeta/i-did-go-out-to</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-120586]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[monicalandaeta]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 10:55:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/DQmdVdHnLESWNeWNiVY9YrqAWMiZZbU1W1Mo1E7joP6SuCA/1775663509260.jpg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Un final a lo David Lodge / A David Lodge-style ending]]></title><description><![CDATA[No pude evitar leer el final de El arte de la ficción de David Lodge antes de llegar a él. Es el último artículo que publicó en 1991 en The Independent on Sunday en una serie de 50 textos sobre la novela.]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@monicalandaeta/un-final-a-lo-david</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@monicalandaeta/un-final-a-lo-david</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-180164]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[monicalandaeta]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 05 Apr 2026 16:33:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/DQmeMtkF86Hci411i8hRCayYxAe3222kizyZhLdXRLCiXM2/1774556857123.jpg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Sunday Without a Plan / Un domingo sin manual]]></title><description><![CDATA[I don’t know if this happens to you, but there are days when you just want to go with the flow—without a plan, without that need to stick to a routine—just live and enjoy the moment. This Sunday, we woke]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@monicalandaeta/a-sunday-without-a-plan</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@monicalandaeta/a-sunday-without-a-plan</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-152889]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[monicalandaeta]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 05 Apr 2026 11:31:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/DQmXgzQckDvEEfkF6M6P5tMzrY4BcrsEJzjkxffBm64Kmos/img_20260331_wa0007.jpg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[La virginidad de El Cuervo / The Virginity of El Cuervo]]></title><description><![CDATA[La primera vez que fuí a la Librería El Cuervo estaban a punto de cerrar; eran cerca de las 9:00 pm pero aún así me acerqué porque quería ver cómo era. Me encantó el concepto, es que El Hatillo tiene esa]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@monicalandaeta/la-virginidad-de-el-cuervo</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@monicalandaeta/la-virginidad-de-el-cuervo</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-180164]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[monicalandaeta]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 29 Mar 2026 15:10:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/DQmPxuKYYFrb2T1oybf2x1pkQ72PNb26f7nGDQaaxZJG77e/img_20260328_181513.jpg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[David Lodge: el arte de la ficción / the art of fiction]]></title><description><![CDATA[¿Estará vivo? Me hice esa pregunta porque su forma de escribir es muy vigente, catedrática; de esas que no puedes parar de leer porque inicia, desarrolla y cierra con fascinación; y estamos hablando de]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@monicalandaeta/david-lodge-el-arte-de</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@monicalandaeta/david-lodge-el-arte-de</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-180164]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[monicalandaeta]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 22 Mar 2026 15:30:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/DQmREnhSrcjc2eCqqpMh1AGREXezpqB4Pe6eyomY5eALspX/1774036306538.jpg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[¡Qué maldito ni que nada! / Arthur Rimbaud: “Damn it all!”]]></title><description><![CDATA["...El primer estudio del hombre que quiere ser poeta es su propio conocimiento, entero; busca su alma, la inspecciona, la tantea, la aprende"... Imagínense leer semejante profundidad rodeada de aves,]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@monicalandaeta/que-maldito-ni-que-nada</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@monicalandaeta/que-maldito-ni-que-nada</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-180164]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[monicalandaeta]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 15 Mar 2026 15:41:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/DQmbGpKcihiZLmL7y5r3TAzQuEoun4hwzsEwGD1w3Fao8XK/img_20260313_134627.jpg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lo que me gusta de Benedetti / What I like about Benedetti]]></title><description><![CDATA[Estaba yo naciendo cuando Benedetti publicó La buena tiniebla en Geografías (1982-1984); quien diría que más de 40 años después leería no sólo ése sino más de 300 poemas en el Inventario que recopila su]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@monicalandaeta/lo-que-me-gusta-de</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@monicalandaeta/lo-que-me-gusta-de</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-180164]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[monicalandaeta]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 22 Feb 2026 15:37:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/DQmeAARjMV8s2m58cVz4WMuuHfQdQDc8dx9gqX44oTmv6qx/1771610749337.jpg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/></item></channel></rss>