<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Tina Lear]]></title><description><![CDATA[tinalear]]></description><link>https://www.tinalear.com/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Mon, 07 Sep 2026 21:55:31 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.tinalear.com/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[All New Posts Now on SUBSTACK]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hey friends, From here on, if you want to follow my blog, I'm at tinalear.substack.com . Trying to simplify. Join me there. It's free, even though  when you hit the "subscribe" button, it provides you with  payment options. You can just choose "None," and you're in! See you there. And in the meantime, many blessings.]]></description><link>https://www.tinalear.com/post/all-new-posts-now-on-substack</link><guid isPermaLink="false">66a47af7a328ebb3cf867091</guid><pubDate>Sat, 27 Jul 2024 04:48:55 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c03ec9_3a9398817f4041d4b93656ea2076a656~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_318,h_92,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Tina Lear</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[100 Days of Gladness: Day 39]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Unexpected Sweet Spot of a Stop Sign I slow down a little, check left and right, and if it looks okay, I go.I’ve done this all my...]]></description><link>https://www.tinalear.com/post/100-days-of-gladness-day-39</link><guid isPermaLink="false">668ee1a138ae782f5d29a93c</guid><category><![CDATA[IDEAS FOR HARD TIMES]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 10 Jul 2024 19:37:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c03ec9_27bf05f1c9204f5387e1c12b29c560f2~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Tina Lear</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The World as WE Are]]></title><description><![CDATA[Nothing will change until we look inward. When you get serious about any spiritual practice, there comes a moment when you don’t want to...]]></description><link>https://www.tinalear.com/post/the-world-as-we-are</link><guid isPermaLink="false">668267d9d8e3e6ed039aeaf4</guid><category><![CDATA[MEMOIR]]></category><category><![CDATA[IDEAS FOR HARD TIMES]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jul 2024 08:29:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c03ec9_aeb47b78b73e49239395f34355748a6d~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Tina Lear</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[100 Days of Gladness: Day 38]]></title><description><![CDATA[Listening for the secrets of the world He is telling her a secret. It’s a ten-second moment between mother and son, and I catch it,...]]></description><link>https://www.tinalear.com/post/100-days-of-gladness-day-38</link><guid isPermaLink="false">667ac88e3d8981768c278f4e</guid><category><![CDATA[MEMOIR]]></category><category><![CDATA[IDEAS FOR HARD TIMES]]></category><category><![CDATA[POETRY]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 25 Jun 2024 13:43:17 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c03ec9_c86e08126c6e4c69b516e9f9b4544e8a~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Tina Lear</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[100 Days of Gladness: Day 37]]></title><description><![CDATA[Getting beat up by the ocean As I scan for the things that make me happy, near the top of the list is the ocean. I am not a strong...]]></description><link>https://www.tinalear.com/post/100-days-of-gladness-day-37</link><guid isPermaLink="false">667ac7f4d7f1931c77b61e08</guid><category><![CDATA[MEMOIR]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 25 Jun 2024 13:38:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c03ec9_3657a16111794da39a64c7c73e4766be~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Tina Lear</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[100 Days of Gladness: Day 36]]></title><description><![CDATA[Retrieving a song that got away To understand this gladness about retrieving a song that got away, you need the backstory. This is how I...]]></description><link>https://www.tinalear.com/post/100-days-of-gladness-day-36</link><guid isPermaLink="false">667ac64ba003fb73d9150f46</guid><category><![CDATA[MEMOIR]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 25 Jun 2024 13:36:07 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c03ec9_d4a75de546254bd5a08e9d48c52903a2~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_665,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Tina Lear</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[100 Days of Gladness: Day 35]]></title><description><![CDATA[WORDS: The Life Rafts Made by Writers There are too many to name — the writers who have saved my life.But they’re out there. And they...]]></description><link>https://www.tinalear.com/post/100-days-of-gladness-day-35</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6661a9b7186042ab40b6b139</guid><category><![CDATA[POETRY]]></category><category><![CDATA[IDEAS FOR HARD TIMES]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 06 Jun 2024 12:27:49 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c03ec9_61708c946dd342639d38517ce3ef08e2~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Tina Lear</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[100 Days of Gladness: Day 34]]></title><description><![CDATA[Beats! And How They Help Me Get Things Done. My earphones are the secret weapon to everything from housework to exercise to having a long...]]></description><link>https://www.tinalear.com/post/100-days-of-gladness-day-34</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6661a6a3ee8dc6e4c58d9975</guid><category><![CDATA[MEMOIR]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 06 Jun 2024 12:20:16 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c03ec9_6de096e53d464d5bb740105c8485a51c~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Tina Lear</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[100 Days of Gladness: Day 33]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Revolution Facing Us Now Our country is divided. People are afraid in ways that some of us have never known before, and others have...]]></description><link>https://www.tinalear.com/post/100-days-of-gladness-day-33-revolution</link><guid isPermaLink="false">665b30841ab8237e7d1cb9f1</guid><category><![CDATA[IDEAS FOR HARD TIMES]]></category><category><![CDATA[MEMOIR]]></category><pubDate>Sat, 01 Jun 2024 14:44:04 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c03ec9_d50ced37f018421186f8ca4b0c8530bb~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Tina Lear</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Semper Fi, Harry Jackson]]></title><description><![CDATA[A Memorial Day Reflection on the Father of my Children “In 1942, Private First Class Harry Jackson USMC joined the Fifth Marine...]]></description><link>https://www.tinalear.com/post/semper-fi-harry-jackson</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6655aa769265835e458d7642</guid><category><![CDATA[MEMOIR]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 28 May 2024 10:13:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c03ec9_a6be8b9af0454df4a068dd3f7c47b588~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Tina Lear</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[100 Days of Gladness: Day 32]]></title><description><![CDATA[Shifting my attitude, right there in the shower It’s not often I catch myself griping in the moment.That usually happens long after the...]]></description><link>https://www.tinalear.com/post/100-days-of-gladness-day-32</link><guid isPermaLink="false">665449330ee7cd4da71fa36d</guid><category><![CDATA[IDEAS FOR HARD TIMES]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 27 May 2024 08:54:04 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c03ec9_c09795ffb119421cb34361c517e3a984~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_667,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Tina Lear</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[100 Days of Gladness: Day 31]]></title><description><![CDATA[Making Faerie Beds With My Grandson There is a realm of magic living inside us all, but especially in the bones of a five year old....]]></description><link>https://www.tinalear.com/post/100-days-of-gladness-day-31</link><guid isPermaLink="false">665447bcbf6f1a8e6c44b886</guid><category><![CDATA[POETRY]]></category><category><![CDATA[MEMOIR]]></category><category><![CDATA[IDEAS FOR HARD TIMES]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 27 May 2024 08:49:10 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c03ec9_dd3b449fc4054f1eaacf94847b8552e0~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_750,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Tina Lear</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[100 Days of Gladness: Day 30]]></title><description><![CDATA[Everything Good About the Internet It seems almost heretical to say so, but there are some ways in which the internet has made me happy....]]></description><link>https://www.tinalear.com/post/100-days-of-gladness-day-30</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6654458efa502a941d96fa78</guid><category><![CDATA[IDEAS FOR HARD TIMES]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 27 May 2024 08:42:53 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c03ec9_5e08e6b357444dbba398d657f4ac5433~mv2.webp/v1/fit/w_1000,h_933,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Tina Lear</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[100 Days of Gladness: Day 29]]></title><description><![CDATA[Critical Thinking: Complex Quiet in the Screaming World of Soundbites I don’t usually associate the word “gladness” with political...]]></description><link>https://www.tinalear.com/post/100-days-of-gladness-day-29</link><guid isPermaLink="false">66544364cc19971607e3fa51</guid><category><![CDATA[IDEAS FOR HARD TIMES]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 27 May 2024 08:32:07 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c03ec9_53b316b76d93427b979ff572682cb110~mv2.webp/v1/fit/w_892,h_646,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Tina Lear</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[100 Days of Gladness: Day 28]]></title><description><![CDATA[What I learned when all my stats disappeared (Insight Timer is an app that hosts guided meditations and talks led by the world’s top...]]></description><link>https://www.tinalear.com/post/100-days-of-gladness-day-28-when-stats-disappear</link><guid isPermaLink="false">662c8d470788cf267b8c7bb3</guid><category><![CDATA[IDEAS FOR HARD TIMES]]></category><pubDate>Sat, 27 Apr 2024 05:39:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c03ec9_61c98e914c5d4de5851fa8cacca25243~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Tina Lear</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[100 Days of Gladness: Day 27]]></title><description><![CDATA[NaPoWriMo: "Self Care with Raspberries" Blushing clutch of ruby drupelets, a juicy marble with its soft, first ever, three day beard...]]></description><link>https://www.tinalear.com/post/100-days-of-gladness-day-27</link><guid isPermaLink="false">662534ff4a29c3deee6c0d15</guid><pubDate>Sun, 21 Apr 2024 15:49:56 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c03ec9_4524caf837924421a602f819ca889fd1~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Tina Lear</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[100 Days of Gladness: Day 26]]></title><description><![CDATA[NaPoWriMo: "Leaving Day" Nineteen years of living in this house swept away — by Bekins, by us, by life flowing through us into more of...]]></description><link>https://www.tinalear.com/post/100-days-of-gladness-day-26</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6625342f139139b6534cc069</guid><pubDate>Sun, 21 Apr 2024 15:46:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure 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I’m subscribed to some a few beloved newsletters — The...]]></description><link>https://www.tinalear.com/post/100-days-of-gladness-day-25</link><guid isPermaLink="false">66253280b0412fdcabc93ca4</guid><pubDate>Sun, 21 Apr 2024 15:41:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c03ec9_ec8190441c9546e98bae0dd5cafef5b0~mv2.webp/v1/fit/w_1000,h_654,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Tina Lear</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[100 Days of Gladness: Day 24]]></title><description><![CDATA[NaPoWriMo: “A Holy Moment at Costco” It was just before Christmas. The sky was not having it. It smashed glasses of sleet down on the...]]></description><link>https://www.tinalear.com/post/100-days-of-gladness-day-24</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6625312e091fd210472b7dd1</guid><pubDate>Sun, 21 Apr 2024 15:35:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c03ec9_f5de5c27d6a348e0b4e30639a36b7b1c~mv2.webp/v1/fit/w_1000,h_935,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Tina Lear</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[100 Days of Gladness: Day 23]]></title><description><![CDATA[NaPoWriMo*: “We Have Choices — An Imagination Game” We have choices. The minute we open our eyes, there’s a default mode. And. There are...]]></description><link>https://www.tinalear.com/post/100-days-of-gladness-day-23</link><guid isPermaLink="false">66252ffa8a505653af75405d</guid><pubDate>Sun, 21 Apr 2024 15:30:17 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c03ec9_ae1b008a70854134b2299abfb86e0ae5~mv2.webp/v1/fit/w_1000,h_958,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Tina Lear</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>