<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1804523613653693374</id><updated>2012-01-30T19:42:48.735-08:00</updated><category term='Murrells Inlet Bike Rally'/><category term='Tropical Storms'/><category term='best kind of pet'/><category term='spiritual'/><category term='good boy'/><category term='Saturday Scribes'/><category term='dogs'/><category term='Spring Bike Rally'/><category term='Photography'/><category term='lens'/><category term='gasoline'/><category term='Myrtle Beach Bike Rally (Formerly)'/><category term='Vacation'/><category term='Camping'/><category term='boxer bulldog mix are the best pets'/><category term='Urban Haiku'/><category term='Totally Optional Prompts'/><category term='green'/><category term='fawn'/><category term='entering'/><category term='short story'/><category term='Travel'/><category term='thoughts'/><category term='Clouds'/><category term='Watery Wednesday'/><category term='poetry'/><category term='Bike Rally'/><category term='skies'/><category term='Read Write #44 Rubberneck Tours'/><category term='surface'/><category term='Three Word Wednesday'/><category term='seed'/><category term='love'/><category term='fiction'/><category term='Underground'/><category term='One Single Impression'/><category term='pet'/><category term='Prompt #29'/><title type='text'>Still Cynically Optimistic</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://stillcynicallyoptimistic.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1804523613653693374/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://stillcynicallyoptimistic.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Still</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12215381224502249705</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_au2i1p4XoRc/SyJpnW939fI/AAAAAAAAACY/o0zMiKueOQ8/S220/Lighthouse+RB.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>9</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1804523613653693374.post-5129912360212922078</id><published>2009-12-04T10:52:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-12-05T20:16:00.325-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='thoughts'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Clouds'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='skies'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Saturday Scribes'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Travel'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Vacation'/><title type='text'>Last Call</title><summary type='text'> While climbing through the Tower at Antietam Battlefields remembering how Maryland tried so hard to stay neutral suddenly overwhelmed by armies from both the North and the South. I found my memories had created the sounds in my head of the last call of the dying and the ground flooded with blood for a mile or more. As the smoke and noise and desisting armies left Maryland, burying the memories </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://stillcynicallyoptimistic.blogspot.com/feeds/5129912360212922078/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1804523613653693374&amp;postID=5129912360212922078&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1804523613653693374/posts/default/5129912360212922078'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1804523613653693374/posts/default/5129912360212922078'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://stillcynicallyoptimistic.blogspot.com/2009/12/last-call.html' title='Last Call'/><author><name>Still</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12215381224502249705</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_au2i1p4XoRc/SyJpnW939fI/AAAAAAAAACY/o0zMiKueOQ8/S220/Lighthouse+RB.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_au2i1p4XoRc/Sxlhkzi36_I/AAAAAAAAABs/0YW9hxFcsHk/s72-c/Antietam+Tower.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1804523613653693374.post-3988055716581276828</id><published>2009-05-14T09:19:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-12-10T12:03:43.309-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fawn'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Urban Haiku'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='good boy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='pet'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='best kind of pet'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='dogs'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='boxer bulldog mix are the best pets'/><title type='text'>BeautifulFawn</title><summary type='text'>Lion Seated Stance,Touch me! Your all boy loveBlacken face jowl shake!</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://stillcynicallyoptimistic.blogspot.com/feeds/3988055716581276828/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1804523613653693374&amp;postID=3988055716581276828&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1804523613653693374/posts/default/3988055716581276828'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1804523613653693374/posts/default/3988055716581276828'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://stillcynicallyoptimistic.blogspot.com/2009/05/beautifulfawn.html' title='BeautifulFawn'/><author><name>Still</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12215381224502249705</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_au2i1p4XoRc/SyJpnW939fI/AAAAAAAAACY/o0zMiKueOQ8/S220/Lighthouse+RB.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_au2i1p4XoRc/SyFPJUrXcpI/AAAAAAAAACM/aR8by59PVcA/s72-c/ko.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1804523613653693374.post-844451857642148890</id><published>2009-05-10T09:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-05-10T09:45:35.783-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='lens'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='surface'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Underground'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Bike Rally'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='entering'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Murrells Inlet Bike Rally'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='gasoline'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Saturday Scribes'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Myrtle Beach Bike Rally (Formerly)'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Spring Bike Rally'/><title type='text'>Entering Another Culture</title><summary type='text'>On the surface,Men in black,Mind's eye lens,Some she's clad in skin.Gasoline and odoriferous rubber,Entering underground.Like Shakespearean stages,Catwalks ' "Four Corners,"Leather and safety.Men in blue and gray,Crosswalks and music,Appetites soar from searing air.Boots on wood decks,Akin to Blackbeard's day.Shipping on land,Oh, what a sight,Vendors with ware,Speaking with care.Tomorrow brings </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://stillcynicallyoptimistic.blogspot.com/feeds/844451857642148890/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1804523613653693374&amp;postID=844451857642148890&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1804523613653693374/posts/default/844451857642148890'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1804523613653693374/posts/default/844451857642148890'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://stillcynicallyoptimistic.blogspot.com/2009/05/entering-another-culture.html' title='Entering Another Culture'/><author><name>Still</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12215381224502249705</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_au2i1p4XoRc/SyJpnW939fI/AAAAAAAAACY/o0zMiKueOQ8/S220/Lighthouse+RB.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1804523613653693374.post-1726011883392639120</id><published>2009-05-10T08:34:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2009-05-10T08:57:02.550-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Watery Wednesday'/><title type='text'>Our World      (from my Auntie)</title><summary type='text'> Looking through memories of a recent photo exchange within families I found this in our family photos and now I see why my families love to visit us as we live in an Awesome Place! Awesomely designed for us all!Just wanted to share some wet landscapes. If you want to see the details just click on the pictures and they will enlarge. Enjoy the views. This is where I live everyday!More to come I'm </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://stillcynicallyoptimistic.blogspot.com/feeds/1726011883392639120/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1804523613653693374&amp;postID=1726011883392639120&amp;isPopup=true' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1804523613653693374/posts/default/1726011883392639120'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1804523613653693374/posts/default/1726011883392639120'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://stillcynicallyoptimistic.blogspot.com/2009/05/our-world-from-my-auntie.html' title='Our World      (from my Auntie)'/><author><name>Still</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12215381224502249705</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_au2i1p4XoRc/SyJpnW939fI/AAAAAAAAACY/o0zMiKueOQ8/S220/Lighthouse+RB.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_au2i1p4XoRc/Sgb0V3trKRI/AAAAAAAAABk/rBmiJOllEb4/s72-c/Our+World.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1804523613653693374.post-4761062617631255173</id><published>2009-03-29T08:07:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-03-29T08:21:28.954-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Totally Optional Prompts'/><title type='text'>Solitaire Is Still Alright With Me!</title><summary type='text'>Solitaire is like the game of cards you may do anything you like as long as no one is watching. Or so you may hope no one sees you move that cards out of the way! Oh you have all done it even mama has moved a card out o the way. Ha! I don't believe that you have never moved a card out of the way. So, yes you may not remember that you moved that card out of the way but, you have! Everyone has once</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://stillcynicallyoptimistic.blogspot.com/feeds/4761062617631255173/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1804523613653693374&amp;postID=4761062617631255173&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1804523613653693374/posts/default/4761062617631255173'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1804523613653693374/posts/default/4761062617631255173'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://stillcynicallyoptimistic.blogspot.com/2009/03/solitaire-is-still-alright-with-me.html' title='Solitaire Is Still Alright With Me!'/><author><name>Still</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12215381224502249705</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_au2i1p4XoRc/SyJpnW939fI/AAAAAAAAACY/o0zMiKueOQ8/S220/Lighthouse+RB.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1804523613653693374.post-1603108314989543913</id><published>2008-09-30T06:29:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-09-30T06:37:27.182-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Photography'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Urban Haiku'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Clouds'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='One Single Impression'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Tropical Storms'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='poetry'/><title type='text'>Billowing Tropics</title><summary type='text'> Original Photograph by Jamie Parade start the shutters quickfleeting views last one minuteclick, clicking, got ita miracle of sortsone single kind, no two alikezoom fleeting momentsunique in a wayin one single shot this dayGod blessed this waysun and clouds zoomcotton puffing through the skybillows tapestryUrban Haiku One Single Impression </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://stillcynicallyoptimistic.blogspot.com/feeds/1603108314989543913/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1804523613653693374&amp;postID=1603108314989543913&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1804523613653693374/posts/default/1603108314989543913'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1804523613653693374/posts/default/1603108314989543913'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://stillcynicallyoptimistic.blogspot.com/2008/09/billowing-tropics.html' title='Billowing Tropics'/><author><name>Still</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12215381224502249705</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_au2i1p4XoRc/SyJpnW939fI/AAAAAAAAACY/o0zMiKueOQ8/S220/Lighthouse+RB.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_au2i1p4XoRc/SOIqrQPt_9I/AAAAAAAAABc/wi2RMHTvfKA/s72-c/IMG2501_itA_019.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1804523613653693374.post-1322851036907332113</id><published>2008-09-17T08:45:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-09-30T06:39:31.962-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='thoughts'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fiction'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='spiritual'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='love'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Three Word Wednesday'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='short story'/><title type='text'>Agree To What!</title><summary type='text'>How could I ever turn away and just think ‘It” was a myth? A legend of sorts with a long history of violence, infamy and absolute justice. After much reflection in the 90’s my realization came and ‘It’, in my life I had blamed all my choices on ‘It’ or others. Although, I did not know anything about ‘It”. I found it as convenient as all populations to blame events that were a disappointment to me</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://stillcynicallyoptimistic.blogspot.com/feeds/1322851036907332113/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1804523613653693374&amp;postID=1322851036907332113&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1804523613653693374/posts/default/1322851036907332113'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1804523613653693374/posts/default/1322851036907332113'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://stillcynicallyoptimistic.blogspot.com/2008/09/agree-to-what.html' title='Agree To What!'/><author><name>Still</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12215381224502249705</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_au2i1p4XoRc/SyJpnW939fI/AAAAAAAAACY/o0zMiKueOQ8/S220/Lighthouse+RB.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1804523613653693374.post-5854424471894061560</id><published>2008-09-15T13:30:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-09-15T14:34:56.490-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='seed'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Prompt #29'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='One Single Impression'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='poetry'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='green'/><title type='text'>A Seed</title><summary type='text'>seed tan,hardhiding, germinating, livingscales, quiescences,roots,burstcollecting, drinking, spreading, green, smoothleaf</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://stillcynicallyoptimistic.blogspot.com/feeds/5854424471894061560/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1804523613653693374&amp;postID=5854424471894061560&amp;isPopup=true' title='9 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1804523613653693374/posts/default/5854424471894061560'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1804523613653693374/posts/default/5854424471894061560'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://stillcynicallyoptimistic.blogspot.com/2008/09/seed.html' title='A Seed'/><author><name>Still</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12215381224502249705</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_au2i1p4XoRc/SyJpnW939fI/AAAAAAAAACY/o0zMiKueOQ8/S220/Lighthouse+RB.jpg'/></author><thr:total>9</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1804523613653693374.post-563464390746448739</id><published>2008-09-04T22:31:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-09-30T06:28:36.766-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Read Write #44 Rubberneck Tours'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Camping'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Travel'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Vacation'/><title type='text'>Belmont County Rubberneck Tour</title><summary type='text'>Rubbernecking seems to be an American pastime. The Belmont County Rubberneck Tour has lot to see in a remote agricultural county. Quietly tucked away among the hills and valleys are many attractions. Barkcamp State Park for one, where natural campsites await with horses welcome. There a 4 miles of trails for hikers and events and educational times for city folk to enjoy. Barkcamp Lake is a very </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://stillcynicallyoptimistic.blogspot.com/feeds/563464390746448739/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1804523613653693374&amp;postID=563464390746448739&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1804523613653693374/posts/default/563464390746448739'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1804523613653693374/posts/default/563464390746448739'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://stillcynicallyoptimistic.blogspot.com/2008/09/belmont-county-rubberneck-tour.html' title='Belmont County Rubberneck Tour'/><author><name>Still</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12215381224502249705</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_au2i1p4XoRc/SyJpnW939fI/AAAAAAAAACY/o0zMiKueOQ8/S220/Lighthouse+RB.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_au2i1p4XoRc/SM8aip3FKjI/AAAAAAAAABI/zL3ncmNsEGU/s72-c/06_Home_SP_TourImg.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
