<?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[Home]]></title><description><![CDATA[Home]]></description><link>https://www.jeericksonwriting.com/blog-1</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2026 05:35:01 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.jeericksonwriting.com/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Gratitude journaling is a thing]]></title><description><![CDATA[Scribble, scribble.]]></description><link>https://www.jeericksonwriting.com/post/gratitude-journaling-is-a-thing</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69ef8bb7d00855f52b1e598a</guid><pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2026 16:16:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c61f13_61bc2d6ad38844ed8924620068ca5741~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_854,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>J.E. Erickson</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Huge mistake.]]></title><description><![CDATA[I made a Substack account the other week, and I regret it. You just can't go somewhere without being sucked into a whirlpool of what's essentially digital gang violence. People wear their stupidity like a badge of honor. And it's such a fad. It's not even real. Do you think people act the same way they do on social media in public and when camera phones aren't in their faces? No. We've become a society who prefers spectacle to objective reality because there's money in it. That's it. I can't...]]></description><link>https://www.jeericksonwriting.com/post/huge-mistake</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69d50d4cfc74251ed3c3060b</guid><pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2026 15:09:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c61f13_6b0de58e02544f6a8dddc6ef515a88f6~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_250,h_394,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>J.E. 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Erickson</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dunnnn, DUN, Da-dum, dum, dum, dum]]></title><description><![CDATA[I watch people doing things in the snow.]]></description><link>https://www.jeericksonwriting.com/post/dunnnn-dun-da-dum-dum-dum-dum</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6994b07c48e1ffd8ef771964</guid><pubDate>Tue, 17 Feb 2026 18:18:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c61f13_7d1e3c07ab4944f89104b431f836612a~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_300,h_168,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>J.E. Erickson</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[February already?]]></title><description><![CDATA[General Update]]></description><link>https://www.jeericksonwriting.com/post/february-already</link><guid isPermaLink="false">697fb44ae90da4b752297d54</guid><pubDate>Sun, 01 Feb 2026 20:17:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c61f13_c7d149da1765427b96d9b004d9c379ad~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_160,h_180,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>J.E. Erickson</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cry for Mother]]></title><description><![CDATA[Chilling in more than one way.]]></description><link>https://www.jeericksonwriting.com/post/cry-for-mother</link><guid isPermaLink="false">696e469fe4340f7772b9df96</guid><pubDate>Mon, 19 Jan 2026 15:50:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c61f13_2ba5b6ecafff4a01b9bf3368e08cf833~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>J.E. Erickson</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gingerbread]]></title><description><![CDATA[I could use a cookie.]]></description><link>https://www.jeericksonwriting.com/post/gingerbread</link><guid isPermaLink="false">695c1ac57831e3f57103d1a4</guid><pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2026 21:01:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c61f13_d4c13288da8c4dc5a5a406ede0b64814~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>J.E. Erickson</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Write Everything Down]]></title><description><![CDATA[The eraser is your enemy. ]]></description><link>https://www.jeericksonwriting.com/post/write-everything-down</link><guid isPermaLink="false">692f205ffe5b860323bbb8cf</guid><pubDate>Tue, 02 Dec 2025 17:31:50 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c61f13_b8ef1c973d01488f833955ad8044f697~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_220,h_229,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>J.E. Erickson</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Writing Dust Bunnies From Hell]]></title><description><![CDATA[A flop 30 years in the making.]]></description><link>https://www.jeericksonwriting.com/post/writing-dust-bunnies-from-hell</link><guid isPermaLink="false">68ffb65ca964a632a33b291c</guid><pubDate>Mon, 27 Oct 2025 18:49:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c61f13_a9ec3436dd204650a782ce63077f564f~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>J.E. Erickson</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Happy Season]]></title><description><![CDATA[Welcome to Autumn and a general update.]]></description><link>https://www.jeericksonwriting.com/post/happy-season</link><guid isPermaLink="false">68d2ad8dff6f8e8dc0cd20c5</guid><pubDate>Tue, 23 Sep 2025 14:41:43 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c61f13_d505cbe94fa54311a1657ae50c4af3d3~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_512,h_512,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>J.E. Erickson</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Writing Offerings to the Flower Moon]]></title><description><![CDATA[I write about writing something I wrote.]]></description><link>https://www.jeericksonwriting.com/post/writing-offerings-to-the-flower-moon</link><guid isPermaLink="false">68a8b796689a6f236109e8f2</guid><pubDate>Fri, 22 Aug 2025 18:42:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c61f13_06f9a13bf2044f5eafbf3feb38bd1b4d~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>J.E. Erickson</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[This Blog, Leaving Social Media, and the Nature of Evil]]></title><description><![CDATA[Why I can't have nice things.]]></description><link>https://www.jeericksonwriting.com/post/this-blog-leaving-social-media-and-the-nature-of-evil</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6883988724b9ed0d8c628c1b</guid><pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2025 15:05:41 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c61f13_10ad605a9b21417faa66d1c4d5dff7fc~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>J.E. Erickson</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[July 18, 2025]]></title><description><![CDATA[Bluh. What a shitty week.   I’ve always been a work-at-the-speed-of-light person. I would much rather get my part of project finished...]]></description><link>https://www.jeericksonwriting.com/post/july-18-2025</link><guid isPermaLink="false">687a7105356a159f0c7aa67e</guid><pubDate>Fri, 18 Jul 2025 16:36:34 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c61f13_375996da244a45b392a001f51ab7b7f0~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_750,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>J.E. Erickson</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do you even blog, bro?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Blogging is harder than I thought. I don’t really have anything to say. Nothing interesting, anyway.   I just hit 45. I’ve got a pretty...]]></description><link>https://www.jeericksonwriting.com/post/do-you-even-blog-bro</link><guid isPermaLink="false">682f7712508fb8fd25d19d97</guid><pubDate>Thu, 22 May 2025 19:35:22 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c61f13_97d034af4b1840789361d17282462595~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_300,h_168,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>J.E. Erickson</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Boredom]]></title><description><![CDATA[Holy shit am I bored. I don’t typically obsess over things. Sure, a TV show or book series will grab me by the throat and drag me along...]]></description><link>https://www.jeericksonwriting.com/post/boredom</link><guid isPermaLink="false">67c9e6b2face46c70578cdd3</guid><pubDate>Thu, 06 Mar 2025 18:17:53 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>J.E. 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Last year, my resolution was to stop drinking as much as I had been, bear down, and write...]]></description><link>https://www.jeericksonwriting.com/post/blog-sonata-no-1-in-chainsaw-major-op-1</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6791505e0349aad2443d926f</guid><pubDate>Wed, 22 Jan 2025 20:09:15 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>J.E. Erickson</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>