<?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>Thu, 13 Aug 2026 14:01:58 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://ecency.com/@steemerpat/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Trumping decency, triggering old wounds]]></title><description><![CDATA[Did the last week or so of coverage of the U.S. presidential election trigger you? Welcome to the fast-growing community of sexual assault victims who are reliving their past traumas thanks to The Donald.]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@steemerpat/trumping-decency-triggering-old-wounds</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@steemerpat/trumping-decency-triggering-old-wounds</guid><category><![CDATA[politics]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[steemerpat]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 16 Oct 2016 17:27:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/Y2iXpNqZ2GJKo6DXu6S38T7RT4JLhdwT7zXtpMkGiLPWN?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[It’s Beginning to Look a Bit Like Christmas]]></title><description><![CDATA[When I moved to Ecuador in mid-November almost six years ago, I was astonished to find higher-than-our-head poinsettias with bright red leaves on top. I thought of poinsettia as the potted plant sold in]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@steemerpat/it-s-beginning-to-look-a-bit-like-christmas</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@steemerpat/it-s-beginning-to-look-a-bit-like-christmas</guid><category><![CDATA[gardening]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[steemerpat]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 07 Oct 2016 19:40:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/3MxaK27PJLaXTx2giPpgDghnU6aRSvwhjW5jzWJQwKZNDvn?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Is there hope for victims of fast-spreading Steem-allnitus?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Since I joined Steemit, I've noticed a tendency to stay up too late and neglect everything else for steeming. Oddly enough, I've started speaking a foreign language almost overnight--blockchain, crytocurrency,]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@steemerpat/is-there-hope-for-victims-of-fast-spreading-steem-allnitus</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@steemerpat/is-there-hope-for-victims-of-fast-spreading-steem-allnitus</guid><category><![CDATA[steem-meme]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[steemerpat]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 30 Sep 2016 21:14:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/Y2iXpNqZ2GJKo6DXu6S38T7RT4JLhdwT22KJu2cV2WTVG?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Grandma got a special upvote - Steem-meme 3]]></title><description><![CDATA[Thank you, @stellabelle! I seem able to make memes only for an internal audience. One of these days I'll do a marketing one. If you missed my prior memes, here they are: Wanna see and Honey. Photo source:]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@steemerpat/grandma-got-a-special-upvote-steem-meme-3</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@steemerpat/grandma-got-a-special-upvote-steem-meme-3</guid><category><![CDATA[steem-meme]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[steemerpat]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 29 Sep 2016 06:14:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/3MxaK27PJLaXTyEhXM9a5pFB6Ysqi1ChgtynEyCr7TpXmUz?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[My milestone is a comment, not a number]]></title><description><![CDATA[If this is a community, then this metric matters. Yesterday I passed one hundred followers, and my reputation is up to 45.5. My numbers had stalled for a bit because nobody knew me (I wasn’t doing promotion]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@steemerpat/my-milestone-is-a-comment-not-a-number</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@steemerpat/my-milestone-is-a-comment-not-a-number</guid><category><![CDATA[steemit]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[steemerpat]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 28 Sep 2016 04:27:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/3MxaK27PJLaXTye38LFsNXRdyNJyo2d31NmJxfPUfLFcpCN?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Honey - Steem-Meme #2]]></title><description><![CDATA[This is not a marketing meme, but rather a way to empathize with brand-new minnows, which was my status not very long ago. This represents how I felt.]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@steemerpat/honey-steem-meme-2</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@steemerpat/honey-steem-meme-2</guid><category><![CDATA[steem-meme]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[steemerpat]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 23 Sep 2016 23:27:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/3MxaK27PJLaXTxqMvN3Go74iDjShcynNNTpM1u3aSeUAx46?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wanna see ... Steem-Meme #1]]></title><link>https://ecency.com/@steemerpat/wanna-see-steem-meme-1</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@steemerpat/wanna-see-steem-meme-1</guid><category><![CDATA[steem-meme]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[steemerpat]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 23 Sep 2016 04:08:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/3MxaK27PJLaXTxS2KNvyWPtFLv1ZXxN34Ac4VWgvQJhD29t?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our ugly, do-gooding, money-saving, aggravation-eliminating, hernia-reducing answer to ‘don’t drink the water’]]></title><description><![CDATA[Can you drink the tap water? The answer in many parts of Latin America is No, not unless you want a nasty intestinal bug. In Ecuador, Nicaragua, Mexico, and during our first two months in Guatemala, we]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@steemerpat/our-ugly-do-gooding-money-saving-aggravation-eliminating-hernia-reducing-answer-to-don-t-drink-the-water</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@steemerpat/our-ugly-do-gooding-money-saving-aggravation-eliminating-hernia-reducing-answer-to-don-t-drink-the-water</guid><category><![CDATA[money]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[steemerpat]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 21 Sep 2016 23:01:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/3MxaK27PJLaXTz3NjKNAfEc6rBk7t43NKcg84s1sgitWvbg?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you steal copyrighted material, what if your blog goes viral?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Would you be embarrassed—or sued—if the world found out you were a plagiarist? We talk a lot about plagiarism and copyright infringement on Steemit because quite a few bloggers have been caught presenting]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@steemerpat/if-you-steal-copyrighted-material-what-if-your-blog-goes-viral</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@steemerpat/if-you-steal-copyrighted-material-what-if-your-blog-goes-viral</guid><category><![CDATA[news]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[steemerpat]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 20 Sep 2016 19:27:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why The Hell Didn’t I Do What I Knew I Should? HALT to Reduce Travel Misadventures (Part 3)]]></title><description><![CDATA[What can go wrong when you forget to HALT while HUNGRY, ANGRY, LONELY, or TIRED? … or when you’re Hot, Altered, Accustomed, Absorbed, Assuming, Lost, or Thirsty? See also Part 1 and Part 2. ‘But, Mom,]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@steemerpat/why-the-hell-didn-t-i-do-what-i-knew-i-should</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@steemerpat/why-the-hell-didn-t-i-do-what-i-knew-i-should</guid><category><![CDATA[travel]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[steemerpat]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 01 Sep 2016 18:15:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/3MxaK27PJLaXTxqMvN3Go74iDjShcynNNABkVZbKPk8g1Vg?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Part 2, HALT to Reduce Travel Misadventures]]></title><description><![CDATA[Failure to HALT can get you in trouble abroad. @Steemerpat says: Limit travel mistakes by using the HALT tool. I learned the HALT acronym from a friend in Alcoholics Anonymous. Since I became an expat]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@steemerpat/part-2-halt-to-reduce-travel-misadventures</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@steemerpat/part-2-halt-to-reduce-travel-misadventures</guid><category><![CDATA[travel]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[steemerpat]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 26 Aug 2016 01:05:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/Y2iXpNqZ2GJKoGntHM4sUvWUYEnUR4ZKxC14rM1WG9egE?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Part 1, HALT to Reduce Travel Misadventures]]></title><description><![CDATA[Becoming aware of the conditions that make you most vulnerable can limit bad experiences while you travel and live abroad. Author expands on HALT self-care tool of AA. Don’t let failure to HALT mess up]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@steemerpat/part-1-halt-to-reduce-travel-misadventures</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@steemerpat/part-1-halt-to-reduce-travel-misadventures</guid><category><![CDATA[travel]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[steemerpat]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 24 Aug 2016 19:30:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/3MxaK27PJLaXTyEhXM9a5pFB6Ysqi1ChgwwYYUP5wa9iMGi?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Living the expat dream: on a chicken bus with a duck]]></title><description><![CDATA[“Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.” – Unknown Hi, fellow Steemers. I’m steemerpat, aka Pat or Patricia Bray. Since 2010, I have: • Lived]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@steemerpat/living-the-expat-dream-on-a-chicken-bus-with-a-duck</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@steemerpat/living-the-expat-dream-on-a-chicken-bus-with-a-duck</guid><category><![CDATA[introduce-yourself]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[steemerpat]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 13 Aug 2016 23:46:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/3MxaK27PJLaXTz3NjKNAfEc6rBk7t43NKv9ctcZEGVp7Vbc?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item></channel></rss>