<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"
	xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"
	xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"
	xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
	xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"
	xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/"
	xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/"
	>

<channel>
	<title>ramblingtart</title>
	<atom:link href="https://ramblingtart.com/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" />
	<link>https://ramblingtart.com</link>
	<description>a creative life</description>
	<lastBuildDate>Sun, 24 Aug 2025 02:47:33 +0000</lastBuildDate>
	<language>en-US</language>
	<sy:updatePeriod>
	hourly	</sy:updatePeriod>
	<sy:updateFrequency>
	1	</sy:updateFrequency>
	<generator>https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0</generator>

<image>
	<url>https://ramblingtart.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/cropped-favicon-32x32.png</url>
	<title>ramblingtart</title>
	<link>https://ramblingtart.com</link>
	<width>32</width>
	<height>32</height>
</image> 
	<item>
		<title>Healing in the Dark</title>
		<link>https://ramblingtart.com/2025/08/24/healing-in-the-dark/</link>
					<comments>https://ramblingtart.com/2025/08/24/healing-in-the-dark/#comments</comments>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Krista]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Aug 2025 02:47:33 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Spring]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[abuse]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cancer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[domestic abuse]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[healing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[spousal abuse]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://ramblingtart.com/?p=18937</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[Some stories take a long time before they&#8217;re ready to be brought into the light. They&#8217;re too raw and devastating, requiring tender, patient care in the darkness before they can be gently eased out into sunshine. This is one of mine. I remember the first time that my late husband, Bear, hit me. The night [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
					<wfw:commentRss>https://ramblingtart.com/2025/08/24/healing-in-the-dark/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
			<slash:comments>26</slash:comments>
		
		
			</item>
		<item>
		<title>Soften</title>
		<link>https://ramblingtart.com/2025/01/02/soften/</link>
					<comments>https://ramblingtart.com/2025/01/02/soften/#comments</comments>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Krista]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jan 2025 22:25:20 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Summer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[challenges]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[healing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[selfcare]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[soften]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://ramblingtart.com/?p=18824</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[“When you reach your edge, soften. Soften until you slip through the constraints and can create a new rhythm, a new route, a new release. Water is soft yet powerful. Reach your edge, and soften.&#8221; Victoria Erickson I read Victoria&#8217;s words over a year ago and they clung to my soul like a beautiful burr, [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
					<wfw:commentRss>https://ramblingtart.com/2025/01/02/soften/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
			<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
		
		
			</item>
		<item>
		<title>A Gentle Rebuilding</title>
		<link>https://ramblingtart.com/2024/06/04/a-gentle-rebuilding/</link>
					<comments>https://ramblingtart.com/2024/06/04/a-gentle-rebuilding/#comments</comments>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Krista]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Jun 2024 23:58:44 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Winter]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[belief]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[farm life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[future]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[healing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hope]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://ramblingtart.com/?p=18798</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[“I hope you believe that you can still make a beautiful life for yourself even if you lost many years of it to grief, or darkness, or a wound that wouldn&#8217;t close.” Bianca Sparacino Many things are wondrous to me: love in a cruel world, plants that come back to life after drought, fire, or [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
					<wfw:commentRss>https://ramblingtart.com/2024/06/04/a-gentle-rebuilding/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
			<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
		
		
			</item>
		<item>
		<title>When Everything is Broken</title>
		<link>https://ramblingtart.com/2024/05/19/when-everything-is-broken/</link>
					<comments>https://ramblingtart.com/2024/05/19/when-everything-is-broken/#comments</comments>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Krista]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2024 12:32:57 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Autumn]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://ramblingtart.com/?p=18779</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[&#8220;I have been avoiding all society, skulking away at home in a kind of shame. I am staying away from others because&#8230;I&#8217;m afraid, and I don&#8217;t have the grace to conceal it.&#8221; Katherine May, &#8220;Wintering&#8221; When Bear died, I had no idea how long it would take to be part of the world again, how [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
					<wfw:commentRss>https://ramblingtart.com/2024/05/19/when-everything-is-broken/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
			<slash:comments>10</slash:comments>
		
		
			</item>
		<item>
		<title>Until You&#8217;re You Again</title>
		<link>https://ramblingtart.com/2023/12/03/until-youre-you-again/</link>
					<comments>https://ramblingtart.com/2023/12/03/until-youre-you-again/#comments</comments>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Krista]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Dec 2023 03:20:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Summer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Allora]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cancer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[death]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[farm]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[grief]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hope]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Queensland]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://ramblingtart.com/?p=18731</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[“Keep taking time for yourself until you&#8217;re you again.” Lalah Delia For a long time after my Bear died last year, I didn&#8217;t think I&#8217;d ever be me again. The day he died, I went into shock. The following days, weeks, and months are a blur to me now, a hazy memory of trying to [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
					<wfw:commentRss>https://ramblingtart.com/2023/12/03/until-youre-you-again/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
			<slash:comments>23</slash:comments>
		
		
			</item>
		<item>
		<title>Glimmer Gathering</title>
		<link>https://ramblingtart.com/2023/03/13/glimmer-gathering/</link>
					<comments>https://ramblingtart.com/2023/03/13/glimmer-gathering/#comments</comments>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Krista]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Mar 2023 06:59:54 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Autumn]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[glimmers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[grief]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[healing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hope]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[loss]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pain]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://ramblingtart.com/?p=18702</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[Shortly after Bear died I found an article that said the opposite of a trigger is a glimmer. Whereas triggers set in motion trauma responses such as fear, pain, anxiety, and panic, glimmers prompt feelings of wonder, connectedness, peace, and joy. The article went on to explain that while triggers are unpredictable, generally hitting us [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
					<wfw:commentRss>https://ramblingtart.com/2023/03/13/glimmer-gathering/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
			<slash:comments>12</slash:comments>
		
		
			</item>
		<item>
		<title>Tending</title>
		<link>https://ramblingtart.com/2023/02/17/tending/</link>
					<comments>https://ramblingtart.com/2023/02/17/tending/#comments</comments>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Krista]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Feb 2023 02:25:08 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Summer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cancer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[grief]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[loss]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://ramblingtart.com/?p=18690</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[I haven&#8217;t been here for a long time. My beloved Bear died suddenly in October after a brief and brutal battle with cancer. My world collapsed that day, and I needed to pull my borders in close and care for my grief-stricken self. I read once that grief cannot be fixed, it can only be [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
					<wfw:commentRss>https://ramblingtart.com/2023/02/17/tending/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
			<slash:comments>37</slash:comments>
		
		
			</item>
		<item>
		<title>Back from the Brink</title>
		<link>https://ramblingtart.com/2022/06/23/back-from-the-brink/</link>
					<comments>https://ramblingtart.com/2022/06/23/back-from-the-brink/#comments</comments>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Krista]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jun 2022 23:04:35 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Winter]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[boundaries]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[healing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[heart health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[near death experience]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://ramblingtart.com/?p=18673</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[I love the quiet darkness of winter mornings before the rising sun turns the frosted fields into shimmering gold laced with mist. I wrap cold fingers around my coffee mug and close my eyes, listening to the steady ticking of the cuckoo clock, the rhythmic thumping of wagging tails outside the back door from dogs [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
					<wfw:commentRss>https://ramblingtart.com/2022/06/23/back-from-the-brink/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
			<slash:comments>12</slash:comments>
		
		
			</item>
		<item>
		<title>I Belong To Me</title>
		<link>https://ramblingtart.com/2022/05/06/i-belong-to-me/</link>
					<comments>https://ramblingtart.com/2022/05/06/i-belong-to-me/#comments</comments>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Krista]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 May 2022 22:58:54 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Autumn]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[abortion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[roe vs wade]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[women's rights]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://ramblingtart.com/?p=18660</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[I spent the first 36 years of my life in a culture that regarded females as belonging to someone else from cradle to grave. From the time a girl was born, she belonged to her father. He decided what she wore, how she behaved, and who she spent time with. He dictated her goals, responsibilities, [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
					<wfw:commentRss>https://ramblingtart.com/2022/05/06/i-belong-to-me/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
			<slash:comments>10</slash:comments>
		
		
			</item>
		<item>
		<title>Dear Old Autumn</title>
		<link>https://ramblingtart.com/2022/05/01/dear-old-autumn/</link>
					<comments>https://ramblingtart.com/2022/05/01/dear-old-autumn/#comments</comments>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Krista]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 May 2022 10:28:47 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Autumn]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[autumn]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Autumn garden]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[garden]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[guinea fowl]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[keets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rest]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://ramblingtart.com/?p=18644</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Autumn carries more gold in its pocket than all the other seasons.&#8221; J. Bishop The sun is down and the temperature is dropping quickly so I&#8217;ve tucked a blanket around my legs to keep me warm as I write. It&#8217;s quiet on the farm tonight. The rain has stopped, the wind has stilled, and the [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
					<wfw:commentRss>https://ramblingtart.com/2022/05/01/dear-old-autumn/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
			<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
		
		
			</item>
	</channel>
</rss>
