<?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[Olivia Drake]]></title><description><![CDATA[Beatrice Drake]]></description><link>https://beatricedrakebook.wixsite.com/website/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Sun, 05 Apr 2026 09:24:03 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://beatricedrakebook.wixsite.com/website/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[I Found My Worth - The Start of Something New]]></title><description><![CDATA[Shortly after my last post in June, I learned that an application I'd submitted was approved. I'm moving! Abroad! 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The kind of breath that...]]></description><link>https://beatricedrakebook.wixsite.com/website/post/holding-out-in-the-storm-remembering-rest</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6295887c06aba6094120398e</guid><category><![CDATA[Letters to You]]></category><category><![CDATA[Non-Fiction]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 31 May 2022 04:17:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/7f2c86_19c2fe9543584bcfa88a4d90859ae6da~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Beatrice Drake</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Out Now: The Slow Turning of Wonderful Things!]]></title><description><![CDATA["But now, as the long winter ends and pulls back its ice from the ground..." Hello, friends! I hope your spring is bringing new, crisp...]]></description><link>https://beatricedrakebook.wixsite.com/website/post/out-now-the-slow-turning-of-wonderful-things</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6260c99ab039e852aa90d250</guid><pubDate>Thu, 21 Apr 2022 03:26:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/7f2c86_102ee8d29d5545c3af0a743d85196f66~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Beatrice Drake</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Two Gifts from My Heart: Orange Blossoms &#38; The Slow Turning of Wonderful Things.]]></title><description><![CDATA[At the start of the year, I started therapy (I am a huge fan of therapy; it's a wonderful tool, and it's helped me so much), and one of...]]></description><link>https://beatricedrakebook.wixsite.com/website/post/two-gifts-from-my-heart-orange-blossoms-the-slow-turning-of-wonderful-things</link><guid isPermaLink="false">61bfd9812d3d1600167f4f2d</guid><category><![CDATA[Letters to You]]></category><category><![CDATA[Non-Fiction]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 20 Dec 2021 02:28:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/7f2c86_66d6760fc8c24b15ba8a64b2d4a049fa~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Beatrice Drake</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[That Giant, Nostalgia: Graceland]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hello again, friends. "I am following the river, down the highway, through the cradle of the civil war. I'm going to Graceland." A few...]]></description><link>https://beatricedrakebook.wixsite.com/website/post/that-giant-nostalgia-graceland</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6163987fbee7a700163b5653</guid><category><![CDATA[Non-Fiction]]></category><category><![CDATA[Creative Writing]]></category><pubDate>Sun, 10 Oct 2021 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/7f2c86_268446da633947929bcfbaf07973e780~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Beatrice Drake</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[What Autumn Feels Like Now]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hello, again! It's been the most amazing week over here. 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