<?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:georss="http://www.georss.org/georss" xmlns:geo="http://www.w3.org/2003/01/geo/wgs84_pos#" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/"
	>

<channel>
	<title>Knight Stivender&#039;s life in full</title>
	<atom:link href="http://knightstivender.com/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" />
	<link>http://knightstivender.com</link>
	<description>Lessons on living from elegant women</description>
	<lastBuildDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:49:08 +0000</lastBuildDate>
	<language>en</language>
	<sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod>
	<sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency>
	<generator>http://wordpress.com/</generator>
<cloud domain='knightstivender.com' port='80' path='/?rsscloud=notify' registerProcedure='' protocol='http-post' />
<image>
		<url>http://1.gravatar.com/blavatar/5b0b9b956b2138b360ae344f8e786ed9?s=96&#038;d=http%3A%2F%2Fs2.wp.com%2Fi%2Fbuttonw-com.png</url>
		<title>Knight Stivender&#039;s life in full</title>
		<link>http://knightstivender.com</link>
	</image>
	<atom:link rel="search" type="application/opensearchdescription+xml" href="http://knightstivender.com/osd.xml" title="Knight Stivender&#039;s life in full" />
	<atom:link rel='hub' href='http://knightstivender.com/?pushpress=hub'/>
		<item>
		<title>Eulogy for a pet fish</title>
		<link>http://knightstivender.com/2012/01/23/eulogy-for-a-pet-fish/</link>
		<comments>http://knightstivender.com/2012/01/23/eulogy-for-a-pet-fish/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 05:45:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Knight Stivender</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[well-being]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[parenting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[spirituality]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://knightstivender.com/?p=1713</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Blueberry died today. He swam around a bowl. He ate little flakes of god knows what. He was complacent when we poured him temporarily into a measuring cup so we could change the water, which &#8211; to be honest &#8211; wasn&#8217;t all that often. He lived extraordinarily long for a betta fish &#8211; a year [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=knightstivender.com&amp;blog=6917116&amp;post=1713&amp;subd=knightstivender&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://knightstivender.com/2012/01/23/eulogy-for-a-pet-fish/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/7cae978f9ea39fff15d996d13ecca7c4?s=96&#38;d=identicon&#38;r=G" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">knightstivender</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://knightstivender.files.wordpress.com/2012/01/butterfly-web.jpg" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">butterfly effect</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>All good things to those who see them</title>
		<link>http://knightstivender.com/2012/01/19/life-happens-when-were-ready-whether-we-know-it-or-not/</link>
		<comments>http://knightstivender.com/2012/01/19/life-happens-when-were-ready-whether-we-know-it-or-not/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 05:11:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Knight Stivender</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[family]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[well-being]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[friends]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[relationships]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[spirituality]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://knightstivender.com/?p=1702</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Do we meet people, see things, hear songs, start jobs, take chances &#8211; the right people, things, songs, jobs, chances &#8211; at the times we need to meet, see, hear, start, take them? Or, rather, are there times when we are more open to such experiences &#8211; more aware of the good that comes our [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=knightstivender.com&amp;blog=6917116&amp;post=1702&amp;subd=knightstivender&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://knightstivender.com/2012/01/19/life-happens-when-were-ready-whether-we-know-it-or-not/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>10</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/7cae978f9ea39fff15d996d13ecca7c4?s=96&#38;d=identicon&#38;r=G" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">knightstivender</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://knightstivender.files.wordpress.com/2012/01/dsc05629.jpg" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Baby Lily / Knight</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>The Best Question</title>
		<link>http://knightstivender.com/2012/01/13/the-best-question/</link>
		<comments>http://knightstivender.com/2012/01/13/the-best-question/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 05:45:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Knight Stivender</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[well-being]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[parenting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[spirituality]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://knightstivender.com/?p=1696</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Tonight at dinner Lily asked, &#8220;Mama, what is your favorite question?&#8221; Well, quite possibly the one you just asked me, I thought, setting down my drink. &#8220;What do you mean?&#8221; I asked her. &#8220;You know, like, &#8216;who&#8217;, &#8216;what&#8217;, &#8216;when&#8217;, &#8216;where&#8217;, &#8216;why&#8217; or &#8216;how.&#8221; Oh. Gotcha. &#8220;Definitely &#8216;why&#8217;,&#8221; I answered. &#8220;Me too,&#8221; she said. &#8220;Why?&#8221; I [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=knightstivender.com&amp;blog=6917116&amp;post=1696&amp;subd=knightstivender&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://knightstivender.com/2012/01/13/the-best-question/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>8</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/7cae978f9ea39fff15d996d13ecca7c4?s=96&#38;d=identicon&#38;r=G" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">knightstivender</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://knightstivender.files.wordpress.com/2012/01/dsc05615.jpg" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Why sky</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>Yes Day!</title>
		<link>http://knightstivender.com/2012/01/09/yes-day/</link>
		<comments>http://knightstivender.com/2012/01/09/yes-day/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2012 03:29:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Knight Stivender</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[community]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[family]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[friends]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nashville]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[outdoors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[parenting]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://knightstivender.com/?p=1686</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Today, we had Yes Day. We did not plan Yes Day. It just sorta happened. Our group had decided around a fire pit Saturday night that Sunday would call for giant hamburgers, so around noon on Sunday six of us headed from my house in Franklin to the new Pharmacy Burger Parlor &#38; Beer Garden [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=knightstivender.com&amp;blog=6917116&amp;post=1686&amp;subd=knightstivender&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://knightstivender.com/2012/01/09/yes-day/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>11</slash:comments>
	<enclosure url="http://videos.videopress.com/0m02frwe/yesday_std.mp4" length="6215168" type="video/mp4" />

		<media:content url="http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/7cae978f9ea39fff15d996d13ecca7c4?s=96&#38;d=identicon&#38;r=G" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">knightstivender</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://knightstivender.files.wordpress.com/2012/01/yes-day-river.jpg" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Yes Day - river</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://knightstivender.files.wordpress.com/2012/01/yesday-pharmacy.jpg?w=300" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">YesDay-Pharmacy</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:group>
			<media:content url="http://videos.videopress.com/0m02frwe/yesday_std.mp4" fileSize="6215168" type="video/mp4" medium="video" bitrate="796" isDefault="true" duration="61" width="400" height="300" />

			<media:content url="http://videos.videopress.com/0m02frwe/yesday_fmt1.ogv" fileSize="6215168" type="video/ogg" medium="video" bitrate="796" isDefault="false" duration="61" width="400" height="300" />

			<media:rating scheme="urn:mpaa">g</media:rating>
			<media:title type="plain">Yes Day: Random Dancing</media:title>
			<media:thumbnail url="http://videos.videopress.com/0m02frwe/yesday_std.original.jpg" width="256" height="192" />
			<media:player url="http://s0.videopress.com/player.swf?v=1.03&#38;guid=0m02frwe&#38;isDynamicSeeking=true" width="400" height="300" />
		</media:group>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>She Takes the Road Less Traveled By</title>
		<link>http://knightstivender.com/2012/01/06/she-takes-the-road-less-traveled-by/</link>
		<comments>http://knightstivender.com/2012/01/06/she-takes-the-road-less-traveled-by/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 03:26:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Knight Stivender</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[art & literature]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[parenting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[writing]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://knightstivender.com/?p=1682</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Lily was concerned she&#8217;d get a bad grade on her writing assignment because, as she put it, &#8220;I didn&#8217;t do it the same way as everybody else&#8221;. A couple years ago, she turned in a social studies project that was radically different from the other kids&#8217;, and rather than praise her creativity, her teacher knocked [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=knightstivender.com&amp;blog=6917116&amp;post=1682&amp;subd=knightstivender&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://knightstivender.com/2012/01/06/she-takes-the-road-less-traveled-by/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>8</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/7cae978f9ea39fff15d996d13ecca7c4?s=96&#38;d=identicon&#38;r=G" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">knightstivender</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://knightstivender.files.wordpress.com/2012/01/dsc04989.jpg" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Lily in the woods</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>Things I Know Are True</title>
		<link>http://knightstivender.com/2012/01/02/things-i-know-are-true/</link>
		<comments>http://knightstivender.com/2012/01/02/things-i-know-are-true/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jan 2012 17:06:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Knight Stivender</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[well-being]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[outdoors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[parenting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[relationships]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[running]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[spirituality]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://knightstivender.com/?p=1667</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[For the new year, a list of seven certainties: Runners are happy people. Look at photos from start lines at races. With the exception of the really serious, competitive people at the front (they&#8217;re wearing determined game faces), people are smiling, chatting, laughing. Ask someone who&#8217;s finished a race they didn&#8217;t think they could finish [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=knightstivender.com&amp;blog=6917116&amp;post=1667&amp;subd=knightstivender&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://knightstivender.com/2012/01/02/things-i-know-are-true/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>7</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/7cae978f9ea39fff15d996d13ecca7c4?s=96&#38;d=identicon&#38;r=G" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">knightstivender</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://knightstivender.files.wordpress.com/2012/01/dsc04982.jpg" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Natchez Trace</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>The Sweetest Little Moments from 2011</title>
		<link>http://knightstivender.com/2012/01/01/the-sweetest-little-moments-from-2011/</link>
		<comments>http://knightstivender.com/2012/01/01/the-sweetest-little-moments-from-2011/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Jan 2012 00:13:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Knight Stivender</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[well-being]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[entertaining]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[family]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[franklin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[friends]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gardening]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[home]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[India]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[music]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nashville]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[outdoors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[relationships]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[travel]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://knightstivender.com/?p=1665</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In no particular order, though I numbered them just to make it easier to read &#8211; here are some sweet little moments from my 2011. I think when you&#8217;re having a great time, every little bit of it sparkles. 1. Lily in the Heathrow airport: It is a complicated airport and we were racing to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=knightstivender.com&amp;blog=6917116&amp;post=1665&amp;subd=knightstivender&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://knightstivender.com/2012/01/01/the-sweetest-little-moments-from-2011/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/7cae978f9ea39fff15d996d13ecca7c4?s=96&#38;d=identicon&#38;r=G" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">knightstivender</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://knightstivender.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/keeneland.jpg" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">keeneland</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>Tree painting has a name!</title>
		<link>http://knightstivender.com/2011/12/29/tree-painting-has-a-name/</link>
		<comments>http://knightstivender.com/2011/12/29/tree-painting-has-a-name/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Dec 2011 22:35:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Knight Stivender</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[art & literature]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[community]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[family]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[friends]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://knightstivender.com/?p=1659</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I shared the story of how this painting came to be, and I asked people to help me give it a name&#8230; The majority of suggestions centered on love, sharing or sharing with people you love: The Family Tree Life Love Live Love Love Song to Life Communion Diligo Vita Incrementum (Latin for Love Life [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=knightstivender.com&amp;blog=6917116&amp;post=1659&amp;subd=knightstivender&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://knightstivender.com/2011/12/29/tree-painting-has-a-name/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/7cae978f9ea39fff15d996d13ecca7c4?s=96&#38;d=identicon&#38;r=G" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">knightstivender</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://knightstivender.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/dsc05607.jpg" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Tree Painting - All Of Us</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>Tree Painting Needs a Name (other than &#8216;Tree Painting&#8217;)</title>
		<link>http://knightstivender.com/2011/12/28/tree-painting-needs-a-name-other-than-tree-painting/</link>
		<comments>http://knightstivender.com/2011/12/28/tree-painting-needs-a-name-other-than-tree-painting/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Dec 2011 00:53:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Knight Stivender</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[art & literature]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[entertaining]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[friends]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://knightstivender.com/?p=1647</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I need a name for this painting. It took me almost a year, which I realize sounds ridiculous given that it&#8217;s basically just a blue background, naked tree and various colored blobs functioning as leaves / petals. And I didn&#8217;t even paint most of the tree part. It wasn&#8217;t an issue of procrastination as much [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=knightstivender.com&amp;blog=6917116&amp;post=1647&amp;subd=knightstivender&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://knightstivender.com/2011/12/28/tree-painting-needs-a-name-other-than-tree-painting/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>20</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/7cae978f9ea39fff15d996d13ecca7c4?s=96&#38;d=identicon&#38;r=G" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">knightstivender</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://knightstivender.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/dsc05585.jpg" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Love Tree painting</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>When Awesome Stops By</title>
		<link>http://knightstivender.com/2011/12/26/when-awesome-stops-by/</link>
		<comments>http://knightstivender.com/2011/12/26/when-awesome-stops-by/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Dec 2011 18:26:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Knight Stivender</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[community]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[family]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[well-being]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[franklin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[friends]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[home]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nashville]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[outdoors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[relationships]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[spirituality]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://knightstivender.com/?p=1633</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Sometimes you look for Awesome, and sometimes Awesome finds you. Awesome rescues you from a blown-out tire at 3 a.m. Awesome brings you dinner when you haven’t shopped and caffeine when you’re hung over. Awesome finds a Golden Girls marathon at midnight and then a Jersey Shore marathon when there’s a sad, Rose-misses-her-dead-husband episode. Awesome [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=knightstivender.com&amp;blog=6917116&amp;post=1633&amp;subd=knightstivender&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://knightstivender.com/2011/12/26/when-awesome-stops-by/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>11</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/7cae978f9ea39fff15d996d13ecca7c4?s=96&#38;d=identicon&#38;r=G" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">knightstivender</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://knightstivender.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/dsc05426.jpg" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Christmas Day Hawk</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
	</channel>
</rss>
