<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?><rdf:RDF xmlns="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/" xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#"><channel rdf:about="http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/BlogRss.aspx/Straightforward3034"><title>Contextualising collections - Blogit</title><link>http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Straightforward3034/</link><description>I've had a range of collections and I have been thinking that rather than aimlessly have collections, maybe I can make a collection thematically, and contextualise the collection</description><sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod><sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency><sy:updateBase>2000-01-01T12:00+00:00</sy:updateBase><items><rdf:Seq><rdf:li resource="http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Straightforward3034/729140" /><rdf:li resource="http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Straightforward3034/728228" /><rdf:li resource="http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Straightforward3034/727434" /><rdf:li resource="http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Straightforward3034/726864" /><rdf:li resource="http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Straightforward3034/726432" /><rdf:li resource="http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Straightforward3034/725800" /><rdf:li resource="http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Straightforward3034/724729" /><rdf:li resource="http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Straightforward3034/723545" /><rdf:li resource="http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Straightforward3034/717353" /><rdf:li resource="http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Straightforward3034/715652" /></rdf:Seq></items></channel><item rdf:about="http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Straightforward3034/729140"><title>Connect the collection to the times it was collected in and to the</title><link>http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Straightforward3034/729140</link><description>situation and circumstances under which it was collected and our understandings of the collection become that much clearer. 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Why...</description></item><item rdf:about="http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Straightforward3034/726864"><title>You collect matchsticks but...</title><link>http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Straightforward3034/726864</link><description>You collect matchsticks of diffferent sorts Today many of them speak of an era; but I can't collect cos I have scent and eau de cologne and fuel for my firewood all over the place and it's risky</description></item><item rdf:about="http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Straightforward3034/726432"><title>I collect stamps and coins but you can't...</title><link>http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Straightforward3034/726432</link><description>I collect stamps and coins But you can't collect them because you know no one abroad, you know no one who can share stamps or coins with you and you ain't got the money to buy 'em</description></item><item rdf:about="http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Straightforward3034/725800"><title>Landscaping with the collection of pebbles ...</title><link>http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Straightforward3034/725800</link><description>My cousin does landscaping of the vast property around her house, with the assorted pebbles that she collects along life's journey be it within our country or abroad, and what a fascinating kaleidoscope it turns out to be! 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