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    <title>Nic&#39;s Mind Emporium</title>
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    <description>Welcome to a collection of items from my mind - a right mixture of treasure and tat!</description>
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      <title>The Beginning...</title>
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      <description>&lt;![CDATA[In January 2025, after buying tickets to his show on a whim, I watched David Sedaris perform.  I&#39;d heard of him from This American Life, but I didn&#39;t know what to expect.&#xA;&#xA;He shared stories from his life, and I was captivated. Inspired to write my own stories.  To pay closer attention to the world around me.&#xA;&#xA;Thus began a more intentional (although still sporadic) practice of writing.&#xA;&#xA;I&#39;ve kept a journal for longer than I can remember.&#xA;&#xA;This has been part of my practice of spending time with Jesus.  In it I&#39;ve written Bible verses that have stood out to me, prayers, poetry, reflections of what has been going on, or what God has been doing.&#xA;&#xA;My journals have been for me.&#xA;&#xA;This is still something for me, but hopefully amongst the writing to come, you&#39;ll find some treasure amongst the tat.&#xA;&#xA;Welcome to My Mind Emporium!&#xA;&#xA;]]&gt;</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In January 2025, after buying tickets to his show on a whim, I watched David Sedaris perform.  I&#39;d heard of him from This American Life, but I didn&#39;t know what to expect.</p>

<p>He shared stories from his life, and I was captivated. Inspired to write my own stories.  To pay closer attention to the world around me.</p>

<p>Thus began a more intentional (although still sporadic) practice of writing.</p>

<p>I&#39;ve kept a journal for longer than I can remember.</p>

<p>This has been part of my practice of spending time with Jesus.  In it I&#39;ve written Bible verses that have stood out to me, prayers, poetry, reflections of what has been going on, or what God has been doing.</p>

<p>My journals have been for me.</p>

<p>This is <em>still</em> something for me, but hopefully amongst the writing to come, you&#39;ll find some treasure amongst the tat.</p>

<p>Welcome to My Mind Emporium!</p>

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      <pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2026 04:08:18 +0000</pubDate>
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