<?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/"
	xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/"
	>

<channel>
	<title>Spider Writer's Blog</title>
	<atom:link href="http://romanceoracle.wordpress.com/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" />
	<link>http://romanceoracle.wordpress.com</link>
	<description>Everything is clear when you are in the center of the spider's web.</description>
	<lastBuildDate>Fri, 27 Feb 2009 23:33:17 +0000</lastBuildDate>
	<generator>http://wordpress.com/</generator>
	<language>en</language>
	<sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod>
	<sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency>
	<cloud domain='romanceoracle.wordpress.com' port='80' path='/?rsscloud=notify' registerProcedure='' protocol='http-post' />
<image>
		<url>http://www.gravatar.com/blavatar/0b0362b947b9759b7367ea0d6fde2d76?s=96&#038;d=http://s.wordpress.com/i/buttonw-com.png</url>
		<title>Spider Writer's Blog</title>
		<link>http://romanceoracle.wordpress.com</link>
	</image>
			<item>
		<title>Tips for a Bountiful Orchard in the Back Yard</title>
		<link>http://romanceoracle.wordpress.com/2009/02/27/tips-for-a-bountiful-orchard-in-the-back-yard/</link>
		<comments>http://romanceoracle.wordpress.com/2009/02/27/tips-for-a-bountiful-orchard-in-the-back-yard/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Feb 2009 23:33:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Spiderwriter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://romanceoracle.wordpress.com/2009/02/27/tips-for-a-bountiful-orchard-in-the-back-yard/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[First and foremost are the reasons for having a backyard orchard and garden. Having created some extra yard space behind the house, I&#8217;m going to put in a series of raised-bed gardens that will yield enough food for the family.
See more at http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/1518392/tips_for_a_bountiful_orchard_in_the.html
       <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=romanceoracle.wordpress.com&blog=876688&post=38&subd=romanceoracle&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://romanceoracle.wordpress.com/2009/02/27/tips-for-a-bountiful-orchard-in-the-back-yard/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/1bcba7f005a834405306853bf61c269e?s=96&#38;d=identicon&#38;r=G" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Spiderwriter</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>Year End Gloom in the Housing Market</title>
		<link>http://romanceoracle.wordpress.com/2008/12/24/year-end-gloom-in-the-housing-market/</link>
		<comments>http://romanceoracle.wordpress.com/2008/12/24/year-end-gloom-in-the-housing-market/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Dec 2008 01:34:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Spiderwriter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Blogroll]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[housing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[property management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[housing bubble]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[housing market]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[planned economies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[recession]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://romanceoracle.wordpress.com/?p=35</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Everyone is affect in one way or another by the recession. Common wisdom is that the underlying cause for the recession and its projected continuation through 2009 is the result of the collapse of the housing market. Although the market&#8217;s retraction is more or less centered in a small cluster of cities, the ripple effect [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=romanceoracle.wordpress.com&blog=876688&post=35&subd=romanceoracle&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://romanceoracle.wordpress.com/2008/12/24/year-end-gloom-in-the-housing-market/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/1bcba7f005a834405306853bf61c269e?s=96&#38;d=identicon&#38;r=G" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Spiderwriter</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>The Hurricane Train is Coming to A Neighborhood Near You</title>
		<link>http://romanceoracle.wordpress.com/2008/09/03/the-hurricane-train-is-coming-to-a-neighborhood-near-you/</link>
		<comments>http://romanceoracle.wordpress.com/2008/09/03/the-hurricane-train-is-coming-to-a-neighborhood-near-you/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Sep 2008 14:37:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Spiderwriter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Blogroll]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[society]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[weather]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[huricane gustav]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hurricane hannah]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hurricane ike]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hurricane josephine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hurricanes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[noaa]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://romanceoracle.wordpress.com/?p=28</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Is something really crazy in the world of weather, or has the Hurricane Storm god unleashed its fury as a wake up call? Grab your gas cans and get ready because &#8220;the future is uncertain, and the end is always near.&#8221;~ Jim Morrison, the Doors.
Even before Hurricane Gustav put in his appearance in the Gulf, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=romanceoracle.wordpress.com&blog=876688&post=28&subd=romanceoracle&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://romanceoracle.wordpress.com/2008/09/03/the-hurricane-train-is-coming-to-a-neighborhood-near-you/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/1bcba7f005a834405306853bf61c269e?s=96&#38;d=identicon&#38;r=G" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Spiderwriter</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>Short Stories for Children</title>
		<link>http://romanceoracle.wordpress.com/2008/08/24/short-stories-for-children/</link>
		<comments>http://romanceoracle.wordpress.com/2008/08/24/short-stories-for-children/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Aug 2008 14:40:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Spiderwriter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[short stories]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[children's short stories]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[kittens]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pets]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://romanceoracle.wordpress.com/?p=26</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[For children, kittens can be joyful pets to have around. They are playful and friendly, and always enjoy attention and teasing games. A small group of kittens, say two or three, are especially fun to watch when they begin to tumble around with each other. All too soon, however, the family group is usually broken [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=romanceoracle.wordpress.com&blog=876688&post=26&subd=romanceoracle&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://romanceoracle.wordpress.com/2008/08/24/short-stories-for-children/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/1bcba7f005a834405306853bf61c269e?s=96&#38;d=identicon&#38;r=G" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Spiderwriter</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>Singin&#8217; the Gas Pump Blues</title>
		<link>http://romanceoracle.wordpress.com/2008/07/18/gas-pump-blues/</link>
		<comments>http://romanceoracle.wordpress.com/2008/07/18/gas-pump-blues/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jul 2008 14:14:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Spiderwriter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Blogroll]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[housing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[property management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[real estate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[society]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[detroit]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gas prices]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[World War III]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://romanceoracle.wordpress.com/?p=24</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Good Night John Boy. Would the last one to leave Detroit please turn out the lights? Sound familiar? Maybe you remember some of these quips from 1974 when the first gas crisis struck on the heels of an earlier disagreement between the powers that be. The economy shuddered a little, there was a lot of debate [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=romanceoracle.wordpress.com&blog=876688&post=24&subd=romanceoracle&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://romanceoracle.wordpress.com/2008/07/18/gas-pump-blues/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/1bcba7f005a834405306853bf61c269e?s=96&#38;d=identicon&#38;r=G" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Spiderwriter</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>Hurricane Names for 2008</title>
		<link>http://romanceoracle.wordpress.com/2008/07/03/hurricane-names-for-2008/</link>
		<comments>http://romanceoracle.wordpress.com/2008/07/03/hurricane-names-for-2008/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:30:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Spiderwriter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Blogroll]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[romance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[society]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[weather]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dolly]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[edouard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fay]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gustav]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hanna]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hurricane bertha]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hurricane names]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hurricane season]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hurricanes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ike]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[josephine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[kyle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[laura]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[marco]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nana]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[national hurricane center]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[omar]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://romanceoracle.wordpress.com/?p=23</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It’s a brave, new hurricane season and hurricane Bertha is gestating off the coast of Africa. Bertha is a great name for a hurricane, nothing remarkable about it and it’s not likely to be one of the recently memorable hurricanes like Katina, Rita, Andrew, or Camille. But what’s in a hurricane’s name?
Have you ever wondered [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=romanceoracle.wordpress.com&blog=876688&post=23&subd=romanceoracle&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://romanceoracle.wordpress.com/2008/07/03/hurricane-names-for-2008/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/1bcba7f005a834405306853bf61c269e?s=96&#38;d=identicon&#38;r=G" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Spiderwriter</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>The Formation of Hurricanes</title>
		<link>http://romanceoracle.wordpress.com/2008/03/15/the-formation-of-hurricanes/</link>
		<comments>http://romanceoracle.wordpress.com/2008/03/15/the-formation-of-hurricanes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Mar 2008 17:14:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Spiderwriter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Blogroll]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[society]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[carib]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gulf coast]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hurricane]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hurricane Katrina]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hurricanes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[maya]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[new orleans]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[oceans]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[storms]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://romanceoracle.wordpress.com/?p=22</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The ghost of Hurricane Katrina is going to be haunting our nation for years to come. The Gulf Coast and especially the Crescent City, New Orleans have much to be concerned about. Rebuilding these devastated areas is taking great effort and consuming valuable economic resources. Thousands of people and their families will never forget, nor should they, how the government failed to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=romanceoracle.wordpress.com&blog=876688&post=22&subd=romanceoracle&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://romanceoracle.wordpress.com/2008/03/15/the-formation-of-hurricanes/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/1bcba7f005a834405306853bf61c269e?s=96&#38;d=identicon&#38;r=G" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Spiderwriter</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>Saving Money when Buying Smokes</title>
		<link>http://romanceoracle.wordpress.com/2008/03/14/saving-money-when-buying-smokes/</link>
		<comments>http://romanceoracle.wordpress.com/2008/03/14/saving-money-when-buying-smokes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Mar 2008 17:28:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Spiderwriter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Blogroll]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[society]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cigarettes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[inflation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[saving  money]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[smokers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[smokes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tobacco]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://romanceoracle.wordpress.com/?p=21</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Let&#8217;s face it, saving money when buying smokes this days may be a lost cause. Inflation, fueled by the cost of gasoline and home heating oil, is eating away at everything including the price of a pack of cigarettes. There&#8217;s no end is sight and most people have apparently resigned themselves to paying more and more. Cigarettes [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=romanceoracle.wordpress.com&blog=876688&post=21&subd=romanceoracle&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://romanceoracle.wordpress.com/2008/03/14/saving-money-when-buying-smokes/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/1bcba7f005a834405306853bf61c269e?s=96&#38;d=identicon&#38;r=G" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Spiderwriter</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>FEMA Trailers and the Nation&#8217;s Worst Landlords</title>
		<link>http://romanceoracle.wordpress.com/2008/03/13/fema-trailers-and-the-worst-landlords/</link>
		<comments>http://romanceoracle.wordpress.com/2008/03/13/fema-trailers-and-the-worst-landlords/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Mar 2008 16:42:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Spiderwriter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Blogroll]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[housing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[property management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[real estate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[society]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[economic development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[FEMA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[HUD]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hurricane]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hurricane Katrina]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hurricane season]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[landlords]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[trailers]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://romanceoracle.wordpress.com/?p=20</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The government&#8217;s worst landlord is FEMA. After placing thousands of Hurricane Katrina survivors, mostly poor and low income people, in cheap trailers that were supposed to be temporary housing, FEMA and HUD, with the cooperation of local and state politicians appear to have abandoned them in favor of an economic development scheme aimed at creating long [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=romanceoracle.wordpress.com&blog=876688&post=20&subd=romanceoracle&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://romanceoracle.wordpress.com/2008/03/13/fema-trailers-and-the-worst-landlords/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/1bcba7f005a834405306853bf61c269e?s=96&#38;d=identicon&#38;r=G" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Spiderwriter</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>Saving Money and Investing in the Future</title>
		<link>http://romanceoracle.wordpress.com/2008/03/12/saving-money-and-investing-in-the-future/</link>
		<comments>http://romanceoracle.wordpress.com/2008/03/12/saving-money-and-investing-in-the-future/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Mar 2008 17:52:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Spiderwriter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Blogroll]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[housing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[property management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[real estate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[society]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[consumer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[consumer goods]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[consumers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cost fuel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[home heating oil]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[investing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rebate check]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[saving  money]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://romanceoracle.wordpress.com/?p=19</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[How do saving money and investing fit into the government&#8217;s economic stimulus plans/ That question is being bantered around these days, often with a hint of fear on the government&#8217;s behalf, that Americans won&#8217;t just spend the money according to their plans. As is usually the case made against centralized planning, it just doesn&#8217;t work. Human behavior is seldom bent or [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=romanceoracle.wordpress.com&blog=876688&post=19&subd=romanceoracle&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://romanceoracle.wordpress.com/2008/03/12/saving-money-and-investing-in-the-future/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/1bcba7f005a834405306853bf61c269e?s=96&#38;d=identicon&#38;r=G" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Spiderwriter</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
	</channel>
</rss>