<?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:blogger='http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008' 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-94311187514945692</id><updated>2024-08-28T18:46:00.106-04:00</updated><category term="General"/><title type='text'>Kwiksand Kronicles</title><subtitle type='html'>I&#39;ll think of something to do here someday.</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kwiksandkronicles.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/94311187514945692/posts/default?redirect=false'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kwiksandkronicles.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Joe</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16093346608054508762</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9s55mI1HUyCNAGfd4ldzIYQAKGxuTAdpspEBRqozb7zRk0ehx2tI00oryM-JgkRSnJo-sUz9smEZlFYKFr1u8YY1mod99NvesxuPYBIrXiJxPJWN43YsBLcSlQurMaQ/s220/Thoughtful-Joe.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>2</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-94311187514945692.post-2337358492819411264</id><published>2022-12-25T18:56:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2022-12-25T18:56:02.682-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Christmas Doldrums</title><summary type="text">I have to admit, I am not a fan of this time of year. It wasn’t always this way. For over half my life I had as much holiday spirit as anyone. Then, just before the Christmas of 1999, Dad went into Hospital. We all put Christmas on hold until he got out.

He never came out.

In the mid-90s, Dad was diagnosed with Parkinson’s. We didn’t know it at the time, but he had far more than that. In just a</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kwiksandkronicles.blogspot.com/feeds/2337358492819411264/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://kwiksandkronicles.blogspot.com/2022/12/christmas-doldrums.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/94311187514945692/posts/default/2337358492819411264'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/94311187514945692/posts/default/2337358492819411264'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kwiksandkronicles.blogspot.com/2022/12/christmas-doldrums.html' title='Christmas Doldrums'/><author><name>Joe</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16093346608054508762</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9s55mI1HUyCNAGfd4ldzIYQAKGxuTAdpspEBRqozb7zRk0ehx2tI00oryM-JgkRSnJo-sUz9smEZlFYKFr1u8YY1mod99NvesxuPYBIrXiJxPJWN43YsBLcSlQurMaQ/s220/Thoughtful-Joe.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-94311187514945692.post-2196392858915530918</id><published>2014-06-02T13:45:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2019-07-26T08:17:12.670-04:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="General"/><title type='text'>Something Old And Something New</title><summary type="text">This blog is being redesigned. As soon as I think of what it might be I&#39;ll put something here.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/94311187514945692/posts/default/2196392858915530918'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/94311187514945692/posts/default/2196392858915530918'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kwiksandkronicles.blogspot.com/2014/06/something-old-and-something-new.html' title='Something Old And Something New'/><author><name>Joe</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16093346608054508762</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9s55mI1HUyCNAGfd4ldzIYQAKGxuTAdpspEBRqozb7zRk0ehx2tI00oryM-JgkRSnJo-sUz9smEZlFYKFr1u8YY1mod99NvesxuPYBIrXiJxPJWN43YsBLcSlQurMaQ/s220/Thoughtful-Joe.jpg'/></author></entry></feed>