<?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, 15 Aug 2026 17:17:30 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://ecency.com/@ssmits/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Creative Writing on the Mundane: Dragonfly]]></title><description><![CDATA[Emerge from the dark, murky waters. Be warmed by the golden sun, and take flight into the endless sky. May the currents of the air not tear your iridescent wings. Discover a soft blade on which to rest.]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@ssmits/creative-writing-on-the-mundane-dragonfly</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@ssmits/creative-writing-on-the-mundane-dragonfly</guid><category><![CDATA[bugs]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[ssmits]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 22 Oct 2017 21:50:21 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Child that Never Existed]]></title><description><![CDATA["Baby? Do you just need to cry?" My husband asked softly. Instead of trying to answer through my sobs, I just nodded my head, hoping he could see my response in our dim bedroom. "O.K.,"]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@ssmits/the-child-that-never-existed</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@ssmits/the-child-that-never-existed</guid><category><![CDATA[infertility]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[ssmits]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 02 Oct 2017 20:24:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Creative Writing with the Mundane: A Chokecherry Picking Horror]]></title><description><![CDATA[Red. The color of passion, fury, and blood. I enjoyed every second of squashing these fetal fruit trees. Stripped them from the mother branch, I did. I could hear the horrified creeks from the limbs as]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@ssmits/creative-writing-with-the-mundane-a-chokecherry-picking-horror</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@ssmits/creative-writing-with-the-mundane-a-chokecherry-picking-horror</guid><category><![CDATA[writing]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[ssmits]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 28 Sep 2017 17:19:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/CKq55bDMMa5E566ZiscHbotGNFiVLWenphyypd89HqRrDmpwF9U9VbeyFj2gAHbPXaoF6eSpxgSfnKLs5KvDQZ9YpTEvkb5Lcv3b6DnvDW22PBxdh7f5HG9xRzxRAUtTF7Uuc4wbkN2rahnWtDCpsrQ5x8YsxdQ47ppxQxMabaXy5od8BPdMvLPHcVv9GTjHk4vc7VqD6sTKq5PfqBzExQrQW4rS424WUCDsz2jNLDUwMadZs9YAix?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Where to Start...]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hello, my name is Samantha Smits. I am from the state of Montana in the big beautiful country of the United States of America. Now, I know what most of you are thinking, but no, there are no mountains]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@ssmits/where-to-start</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@ssmits/where-to-start</guid><category><![CDATA[introduceyourself]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[ssmits]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 21 Aug 2017 09:46:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/RGgukq5E6HBS5wvERDA3ZF4P2WKQy2VoZZet1QV2GtHQo7my7GcPHTLTnCr5j8K5BMr47KUHAf6EnfBhxio2y3BMiqQpSVDSz3wQ9cvL69WVKv4fiuyBcYJVUYd4miN?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item></channel></rss>