<?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="https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/BlogRss.aspx/BigD81"><title>And Then It Hit Me - Blogit</title><link>https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/BigD81/</link><description>Things you talk to yourself about all day long...just transposed on a blog.</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="https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/BigD81/560356" /><rdf:li resource="https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/BigD81/559367" /><rdf:li resource="https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/BigD81/551745" /></rdf:Seq></items></channel><item rdf:about="https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/BigD81/560356"><title>Chapter 1, Of Those So Close Beside Me</title><link>https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/BigD81/560356</link><description>an excerpt from my upcoming memoir, due out Spring 2009. http://dskowera.com/ I sat in the back seat of my parents’ van staring out the window and watched the lush green fields blur by us as my mother drove down the interstate. I didn’t want to miss a single plant. I was determined to absorb as...</description></item><item rdf:about="https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/BigD81/559367"><title>Of Those So Close Beside Me</title><link>https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/BigD81/559367</link><description>http://www.dskowera.com/ sorry, i've been absent, been working on the above.</description></item><item rdf:about="https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/BigD81/551745"><title>A Cane and a Cadillac</title><link>https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/BigD81/551745</link><description>While home from Iraq on R&amp;R, I entered Carol's home, after a distressing call from her. She had fallen, still not used to the leg immobilizer she'd received for her broken knee the day before. Not wanting to leave my elderly neighbor in such an uncomfortable position, and lacking both an...</description></item></rdf:RDF>