<?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[Carol Smith]]></title><description><![CDATA[carolsmith]]></description><link>https://www.carolsmithwrites.com/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2026 14:17:27 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.carolsmithwrites.com/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Hypocrites!]]></title><description><![CDATA[Never in my lifetime did I imagine young women having fewer human rights than I did when I was their age. Women had the right to oversee...]]></description><link>https://www.carolsmithwrites.com/single-post/hypocrites</link><guid isPermaLink="false">646acff6cfa9126a768cfe47</guid><pubDate>Mon, 22 May 2023 03:08:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/11062b_4565f3c1431948a9b0ce27b57fd2a9ae~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Carol Smith</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gee, 2023!]]></title><description><![CDATA[Well, well, well. It’s 2023. Though the number of the year has advanced, it doesn’t seem like much else has—different year but the same...]]></description><link>https://www.carolsmithwrites.com/single-post/gee-2023</link><guid isPermaLink="false">63b37610b3d8ceac51032b3c</guid><pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2023 00:43:16 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/11062b_38183311e9524e4381b9af265ea28d7d~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Carol Smith</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[All I Don’t Want for Christmas Is COVID!!!]]></title><description><![CDATA[Well, I've tested positive for COVID. It all started with my husband seemingly having a cold and then running a low fever. Two tests...]]></description><link>https://www.carolsmithwrites.com/single-post/all-i-don-t-want-for-christmas-is-covid</link><guid isPermaLink="false">639fc690f09a1b922bfa7288</guid><pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2022 02:15:44 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/11062b_b33110ef56e74cabb22bcff948e923b1~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Carol Smith</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[I See the New Year from Here]]></title><description><![CDATA[We’re just a little over a day from New Year celebrations. This time of year always makes me think of my mom’s traditions for good and...]]></description><link>https://www.carolsmithwrites.com/single-post/i-see-the-new-year-from-here</link><guid isPermaLink="false">61ccfe471057860017e4d576</guid><pubDate>Thu, 30 Dec 2021 17:57:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/5f4cda_8e1900da153e45da9a3db4be23144f64~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Carol Smith</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[What Is Happening?]]></title><description><![CDATA[The United States is bearing the brunt of another wave of COVID-19, mainly from the Delta variant of the COVID-19 virus, which causes...]]></description><link>https://www.carolsmithwrites.com/single-post/what-is-happening</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6115a54def8c760015e1f9f2</guid><pubDate>Fri, 13 Aug 2021 19:31:16 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/70ebfbc06daa47f09a4a880dd5d8f454.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Carol Smith</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't Choose Death]]></title><description><![CDATA[The COVID vaccines, available in the United States, are effective and stand up well for preventing hospitalization and death from the new...]]></description><link>https://www.carolsmithwrites.com/single-post/don-t-choose-death</link><guid isPermaLink="false">60f57a067fecb7002bfa5c63</guid><pubDate>Mon, 19 Jul 2021 15:00:29 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/5f4cda_a56305abce2549159e55dd8c718aea92~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Carol Smith</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Meteors' Naked Truth]]></title><description><![CDATA[Happy Earth Day! Since it’s all about our planet Earth today, which I hope the human race treats more kindly since she’s the only planet...]]></description><link>https://www.carolsmithwrites.com/single-post/meteors-naked-truth</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6081826d0660400015643074</guid><pubDate>Thu, 22 Apr 2021 23:05:05 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b1e6a1f9eb5649519e3ca28ad25e8cdd.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Carol Smith</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[My Experience with the COVID-19 Vaccine]]></title><description><![CDATA[I got my first Covid-19 vaccination on Saturday, March 6th. It was the Pfizer version. I felt a little odd after it—kind of like I had...]]></description><link>https://www.carolsmithwrites.com/single-post/my-experience-with-the-covid-19-vaccine</link><guid isPermaLink="false">60623b99ac3ae70041aadde9</guid><pubDate>Mon, 29 Mar 2021 23:30:04 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/3c2eca45c90b483b9386d2b7eef92ae2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Carol Smith</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Share Some Joy for the Holidays]]></title><description><![CDATA[2020 is a year the majority of us are not going to miss. It’s been very challenging for some families to keep food in their pantries and...]]></description><link>https://www.carolsmithwrites.com/single-post/share-some-joy-for-the-holidays</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5fd6ab71eaf550001762ebea</guid><pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2020 01:11:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/11062b_9b67b5a22eb044198234a1f4951547e3~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Carol Smith</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don’t Give Your Loved Ones COVID for the Holidays]]></title><description><![CDATA[Crowds at the airports before Thanksgiving are worrisome. Despite the Centers for Disease Control’s warning of don’t travel, people are...]]></description><link>https://www.carolsmithwrites.com/single-post/don-t-give-your-loved-ones-covid-for-the-holidays</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5fbebcba41e72c0017b5f984</guid><pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2020 22:15:05 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/27cf9b5234350086281fb783a3901fc0.jpg/v1/fit/w_800,h_533,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Carol Smith</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[It’s a Big U-Turn]]></title><description><![CDATA[Cases of COVID-19 are swiftly rising in the United States. Deaths of friends and loved ones are over 226,000. I understand we are so...]]></description><link>https://www.carolsmithwrites.com/single-post/2020/10/27/it-e2-80-99s-a-big-u-turn</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5fbebb9cc6182a001735b605</guid><pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2020 21:41:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/cc33194e92ac493c81a5d60306500ac3.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Carol Smith</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Labor Day Weekend]]></title><description><![CDATA[Labor Day, it's the last hurrah of the summer season in the States. So, how did this holiday that celebrates American workers and their...]]></description><link>https://www.carolsmithwrites.com/single-post/2020/09/04/labor-day-weekend</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5fbebb9cc6182a001735b606</guid><pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2020 22:45:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ac2bf8dfc44d42ab8fa77c379a4e47d0.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Carol Smith</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mars or Bust!!!]]></title><description><![CDATA[I’m on my way to Mars! Well, OK, maybe not me personally, but my name is. Almost a year ago, I and a bunch of others signed up with NASA...]]></description><link>https://www.carolsmithwrites.com/single-post/2020/08/02/mars-or-bust</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5fbebb9cc6182a001735b607</guid><pubDate>Sun, 02 Aug 2020 22:07:22 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/5f4cda_ab7a8dc2d5a24e148b170c741ebb6d0f~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_685,h_688,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Carol Smith</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's SO Hot!]]></title><description><![CDATA[When I was growing up in the northeast, my family didn’t have mechanical air conditioning. 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She is still an infant...]]></description><link>https://www.carolsmithwrites.com/single-post/2020/07/05/happy-birthday-america-2020</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5fbebb9cc6182a001735b609</guid><pubDate>Sun, 05 Jul 2020 22:37:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/0bd6424d7eac4fd0ae7cb794185a00de.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Carol Smith</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Color Is Just Color]]></title><description><![CDATA[Many Americans, I among them, are extremely upset about the killing, ridicule, and unequal treatment of people of color in this country....]]></description><link>https://www.carolsmithwrites.com/single-post/2020/06/05/color-is-just-color</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5fbebb9cc6182a001735b60a</guid><pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2020 22:15:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/5a7c983c0b754479b76c7fb72f012f7b.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Carol Smith</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cross My Heart and Hope to Die]]></title><description><![CDATA[I want to ask you to please wear a face-covering over your nose and mouth when you go out in public. It's a step to slow the spread of...]]></description><link>https://www.carolsmithwrites.com/single-post/2020/05/18/cross-my-heart-and-hope-to-die</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5fbebb9cc6182a001735b60b</guid><pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2020 21:02:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/5f4cda_79d96bef515d487ba94a3e5f0be4c381~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_489,h_321,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Carol Smith</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pandemic Mysteries]]></title><description><![CDATA[WHY has a person close to the President said the national stockpile isn’t for the states that make up the United States of America? WHY...]]></description><link>https://www.carolsmithwrites.com/single-post/2020/05/02/pandemic-mysteries</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5fbebb9cc6182a001735b60c</guid><pubDate>Sat, 02 May 2020 19:52:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/5f4cda_e362a2a68fa547128de7ae97777f7271~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_720,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Carol Smith</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Stressed]]></title><description><![CDATA[The fact is a good many, if not all of us, are feeling  anxious and fearful. We’re trying to survive in a time when brief physical...]]></description><link>https://www.carolsmithwrites.com/single-post/2020/04/21/stressed</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5fbebb9cc6182a001735b60d</guid><pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2020 16:22:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/f4a2eb10b3154a8a8c1bcda2e37e94c0.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Carol Smith</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nightmares End Eventually]]></title><description><![CDATA[My heart goes out to those suffering in this coronavirus pandemic and those who have lost loved ones. My husband and I had gotten very...]]></description><link>https://www.carolsmithwrites.com/single-post/2020/04/07/nightmares-end-eventually</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5fbebb9cc6182a001735b60e</guid><pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2020 20:05:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/5f4cda_65159c62de9843ee9a9897854ee23498~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_465,h_366,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Carol Smith</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>