<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!-- generator="wordpress.com" -->
<urlset xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns="http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/0.9" xmlns:image="http://www.google.com/schemas/sitemap-image/1.1" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/0.9 http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/0.9/sitemap.xsd"><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2026/04/03/poetry-friday-ars-poetica/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/screenshot-2026-04-03-at-9.20.57-am.png</image:loc><image:title>Screenshot 2026-04-03 at 9.20.57 AM</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2026-04-03T16:39:01+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2026/03/06/poetry-friday-becoming/</loc><lastmod>2026-03-09T02:06:57+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2026/02/05/poetry-friday-another-inklings-challenge/</loc><lastmod>2026-02-09T18:01:42+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2026/01/01/poetry-friday-the-roundup-is-here-5/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/img_9683.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_9683</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2026-01-03T14:57:40+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2025/12/11/poetry-friday-what-is-poetry/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/img_9510.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_9510</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2025-12-14T11:16:06+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2025/12/06/poetry-friday-the-princess-dress/</loc><lastmod>2025-12-07T23:57:06+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2025/11/07/poetry-friday-happiness-warm-from-the-oven/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/screenshot-2025-11-07-at-5.27.46-am.png</image:loc><image:title>Screenshot 2025-11-07 at 5.27.46 AM</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2025-11-09T03:34:54+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2025/10/04/poetry-friday-saturday-edition-2/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/img_6689.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_6689</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2025-10-05T23:20:09+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2025/09/04/poetry-friday-a-love-letter/</loc><lastmod>2025-09-08T12:44:54+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2025/08/01/poetry-friday-a-triptych/</loc><lastmod>2025-08-05T01:03:39+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2025/07/03/poetry-friday-respect/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/img_2945.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_2945</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/img_8355.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_8355</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2025-07-08T21:01:28+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2025/06/20/poetry-friday-its-summer/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/at-the-creek.jpg</image:loc><image:title>at the creek</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/img_2252-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_2252 (1)</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2025-06-22T11:03:58+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2025/02/06/poetry-friday-a-poem-for-the-moon/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/screenshot-2025-02-06-at-4.58.01e280afpm.png</image:loc><image:title>Screenshot 2025-02-06 at 4.58.01 PM</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2025-02-09T16:33:15+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2024/10/31/poetry-friday-a-song-for-fall/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/the-afterglow-of-sunset-doesnt-last-forever.-soon-the-evening-star-will-appear_-birds-will-settle-down-and-be-silent.-but-for-one-luminous-hour-a-serenity-will-embrace-the-day.-cares-sli.png</image:loc><image:title>The afterglow of sunset doesn’t last forever. Soon the evening star will appear_ birds will settle down and be silent. But for one luminous hour, a serenity will embrace the day. Cares slip away l</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2024-11-04T10:01:25+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2024/10/04/poetry-friday-a-pythagorean-poem/</loc><lastmod>2024-10-06T17:47:35+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2024/09/07/poetry-friday-next-time/</loc><lastmod>2024-09-08T12:22:25+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2024/08/02/poetry-friday-you-are-here/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/screenshot-2024-08-02-at-11.09.58e280afam.png</image:loc><image:title>Screenshot 2024-08-02 at 11.09.58 AM</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/img_7019.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_7019</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2024-08-13T18:25:40+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2024/07/05/poetry-friday-a-summer-postcard/</loc><lastmod>2024-07-22T21:20:39+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2024/06/28/poetry-friday-junes-challenge/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/screen-shot-2024-06-28-at-9.42.21-am.png</image:loc><image:title>Screen Shot 2024-06-28 at 9.42.21 AM</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2024-07-04T17:56:13+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2024/05/05/poetry-friday-sunday-edition/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/img_9898.jpg</image:loc><image:title>img_9898</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2024-05-05T23:21:55+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2024/04/18/poetry-friday-the-progressive-poem-is-here/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/screen-shot-2024-04-18-at-5.22.47-am.png</image:loc><image:title>screen-shot-2024-04-18-at-5.22.47-am</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/screen-shot-2024-04-18-at-5.20.21-am.png</image:loc><image:title>screen-shot-2024-04-18-at-5.20.21-am</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2024-04-22T13:20:03+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2024/04/05/poetry-friday-spring-haiku/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/screen-shot-2024-04-05-at-10.46.30-pm.png</image:loc><image:title>screen-shot-2024-04-05-at-10.46.30-pm</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2024-04-08T20:41:42+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2024/03/02/poetry-friday-persona-poems/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/screen-shot-2024-03-02-at-11.01.18-am.png</image:loc><image:title>screen-shot-2024-03-02-at-11.01.18-am</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2024-03-03T20:22:07+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2024/02/01/poetry-friday-the-secret-2/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/screen-shot-2024-02-01-at-10.27.23-pm.png</image:loc><image:title>screen-shot-2024-02-01-at-10.27.23-pm</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2024-02-08T14:28:11+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2023/12/01/poetry-friday-a-luc-bat/</loc><lastmod>2023-12-06T11:01:41+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2023/11/10/poetry-friday-lost/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/ant-rozetsky-q-dj9xhkkha-unsplash.jpg</image:loc><image:title>ant-rozetsky-q-dj9xhkkha-unsplash</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/add-a-heading-2.png</image:loc><image:title>add-a-heading-2</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2023-11-12T17:58:08+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2023/11/03/poetry-friday-prose-inspired-poetry/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/img_5441.jpg</image:loc><image:title>img_5441</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2023-11-06T13:25:22+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2023/10/12/poetry-friday-the-roundup-is-here-4/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/screen-shot-2023-10-01-at-6.58.12-pm.png</image:loc><image:title>screen-shot-2023-10-01-at-6.58.12-pm</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/screen-shot-2023-10-01-at-7.00.00-pm.png</image:loc><image:title>screen-shot-2023-10-01-at-7.00.00-pm</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/screen-shot-2023-10-12-at-9.51.37-pm.png</image:loc><image:title>screen-shot-2023-10-12-at-9.51.37-pm</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2023-10-15T14:25:24+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2023/10/05/poetry-friday-laws-of-motion/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/screen-shot-2023-10-05-at-10.06.44-pm.png</image:loc><image:title>screen-shot-2023-10-05-at-10.06.44-pm</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2023-10-13T09:55:57+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2023/09/07/poetry-friday-september-garden/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/img_5190.jpg</image:loc><image:title>img_5190</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2023-09-12T13:27:07+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2023/08/31/poetry-friday-enjambment-and-peach-jam/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/screen-shot-2023-08-31-at-11.12.52-pm.png</image:loc><image:title>screen-shot-2023-08-31-at-11.12.52-pm</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2023-09-02T13:39:40+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2023/08/18/poetry-friday-the-world-book/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/screen-shot-2023-08-18-at-8.21.02-am.png</image:loc><image:title>screen-shot-2023-08-18-at-8.21.02-am</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2023-08-20T20:21:16+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2023/08/11/poetry-friday-i-remember/</loc><lastmod>2023-08-16T21:32:12+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2023/08/03/poetry-friday-the-silver-spotted-skipper/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/screen-shot-2023-08-03-at-11.15.13-pm.png</image:loc><image:title>screen-shot-2023-08-03-at-11.15.13-pm</image:title><image:caption>Judy Gallagher, CC BY 2.0 , via Wikimedia Commons</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/screen-shot-2023-08-03-at-11.11.17-pm.png</image:loc><image:title>screen-shot-2023-08-03-at-11.11.17-pm</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2023-08-11T16:19:42+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2023/07/14/poetry-friday-sudoku-challenge/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/screen-shot-2023-07-14-at-9.18.07-am.png</image:loc><image:title>screen-shot-2023-07-14-at-9.18.07-am</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/screen-shot-2023-07-14-at-9.15.55-am.png</image:loc><image:title>screen-shot-2023-07-14-at-9.15.55-am</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/screen-shot-2023-07-14-at-9.12.32-am.png</image:loc><image:title>screen-shot-2023-07-14-at-9.12.32-am</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2023-07-19T05:05:29+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2023/06/30/poetry-friday-celebrating-the-moon/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/screen-shot-2023-06-30-at-8.19.10-am.png</image:loc><image:title>screen-shot-2023-06-30-at-8.19.10-am</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2023-07-05T21:58:34+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2023/06/24/poetry-friday-made-it-to-y/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/img_5705.jpg</image:loc><image:title>img_5705</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2023-06-27T12:29:20+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2023/05/19/poetry-friday-x-is-for-hope/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/screen-shot-2023-05-19-at-7.02.57-am.png</image:loc><image:title>screen-shot-2023-05-19-at-7.02.57-am</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2023-06-21T07:23:13+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2023/05/11/poetry-friday-more-poems-of-hope/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/screen-shot-2023-05-11-at-5.31.20-pm.png</image:loc><image:title>screen-shot-2023-05-11-at-5.31.20-pm</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/screen-shot-2023-05-11-at-5.28.58-pm.png</image:loc><image:title>screen-shot-2023-05-11-at-5.28.58-pm</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/img_4532.jpg</image:loc><image:title>img_4532</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2023-05-14T12:39:39+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2023/05/05/poetry-friday-hope-continued/</loc><lastmod>2023-05-08T15:20:02+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2023/04/24/npm-r-is-for-hope/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/img_4442.jpg</image:loc><image:title>img_4442</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2023-04-30T18:39:50+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2023/04/27/npm-hope-is-silvopastures/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/screen-shot-2023-04-27-at-5.39.20-am-2.png</image:loc><image:title>screen-shot-2023-04-27-at-5.39.20-am-2</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/screen-shot-2023-04-27-at-5.39.20-am-1.png</image:loc><image:title>screen-shot-2023-04-27-at-5.39.20-am-1</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/screen-shot-2023-04-27-at-5.39.20-am.png</image:loc><image:title>screen-shot-2023-04-27-at-5.39.20-am</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2023-04-30T23:31:18+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2023/04/28/npm-poetry-friday-t-is-for-hope/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/screen-shot-2023-04-28-at-4.57.35-am.png</image:loc><image:title>screen-shot-2023-04-28-at-4.57.35-am</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2023-04-30T22:02:46+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2023/04/23/npm-q-is-for-hope/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/screen-shot-2023-04-23-at-7.46.39-am.png</image:loc><image:title>screen-shot-2023-04-23-at-7.46.39-am</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2023-04-24T12:54:48+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2023/04/23/npm-the-progressive-poem/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/screen-shot-2023-04-23-at-5.52.25-am.png</image:loc><image:title>screen-shot-2023-04-23-at-5.52.25-am</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2023-04-27T11:26:23+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2023/04/21/npm-poetry-friday-more-poems-of-hope/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/screen-shot-2023-04-21-at-6.49.58-pm.png</image:loc><image:title>screen-shot-2023-04-21-at-6.49.58-pm</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/screen-shot-2023-04-21-at-6.48.52-pm.png</image:loc><image:title>screen-shot-2023-04-21-at-6.48.52-pm</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2023-04-25T17:02:15+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2023/04/15/npm-m-is-for-hope/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/screen-shot-2023-04-15-at-6.40.58-am.png</image:loc><image:title>screen-shot-2023-04-15-at-6.40.58-am</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2023-04-17T09:01:24+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2023/04/17/npm-n-is-for-hope/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/img_4363.jpg</image:loc><image:title>img_4363</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2023-04-17T10:50:46+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2023/04/14/npm-poetry-friday-l-is-for-hope/</loc><lastmod>2023-04-23T00:39:31+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2023/04/10/npm-hope-is-indigo-buntings/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/screen-shot-2023-04-10-at-6.46.22-am.png</image:loc><image:title>screen-shot-2023-04-10-at-6.46.22-am</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2023-04-14T01:28:52+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2023/04/12/npm-j-is-for-hope/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/screen-shot-2023-04-12-at-6.21.34-am.png</image:loc><image:title>screen-shot-2023-04-12-at-6.21.34-am</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2023-04-14T01:28:24+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2023/04/13/npm-hope-is-katydids/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/screen-shot-2023-04-13-at-4.45.45-pm.png</image:loc><image:title>screen-shot-2023-04-13-at-4.45.45-pm</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2023-04-14T01:27:58+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2023/04/09/npm-hope-is/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/carlos-veras-q0djp02yc4-unsplash.jpg</image:loc><image:title>carlos-veras-q0djp02yc4-unsplash</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2023-04-10T05:25:38+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2023/04/08/npm-g-is-for-hope/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/screen-shot-2023-04-08-at-5.31.48-am.png</image:loc><image:title>screen-shot-2023-04-08-at-5.31.48-am</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2023-04-08T10:50:44+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2023/04/06/npm-poetry-friday-f-is-for/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/img_1869.jpg</image:loc><image:title>img_1869</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2023-04-09T17:51:40+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2023/04/06/npm-e-is-for-hope/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/screen-shot-2023-04-06-at-7.03.23-am.png</image:loc><image:title>screen-shot-2023-04-06-at-7.03.23-am</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/egg-oval-strong-protecting-breathing-nourishing-shell-membrane-albumen-yolk-growing-gaining-stirring-fragile-unborn-nestling.png</image:loc><image:title>egg-oval-strong-protecting-breathing-nourishing-shell-membrane-albumen-yolk-growing-gaining-stirring-fragile-unborn-nestling</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2023-04-08T10:59:45+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2023/04/05/npm-d-is-for-hope/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/viridi-green-i-ubaoo_bba-unsplash.jpg</image:loc><image:title>viridi-green-i-ubaoo_bba-unsplash</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2023-04-07T02:25:33+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2023/04/04/npm-c-is-for-hope/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/img_8762.jpg</image:loc><image:title>img_8762</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2023-04-05T11:59:50+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2023/04/03/npm-b-is-for-hope/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/christos-gavriel-xg2dxbp8qao-unsplash.jpg</image:loc><image:title>christos-gavriel-xg2dxbp8qao-unsplash</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/screen-shot-2023-04-03-at-9.06.22-pm.png</image:loc><image:title>screen-shot-2023-04-03-at-9.06.22-pm</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2023-04-05T00:53:10+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2023/04/02/npm-a-is-for-hope/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/img_1558-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>img_1558-2</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2023-04-04T02:14:36+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2023/04/01/poetry-friday-national-poetry-month-h-is-for/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/trac-vu-iwdlcmusby8-unsplash.jpg</image:loc><image:title>trac-vu-iwdlcmusby8-unsplash</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/screen-shot-2023-04-01-at-7.18.16-am.png</image:loc><image:title>screen-shot-2023-04-01-at-7.18.16-am</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2023-04-04T02:06:58+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2023/03/04/poetry-friday-still/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/navin-hardyal-qtvmz5uguui-unsplash.jpg</image:loc><image:title>navin-hardyal-qtvmz5uguui-unsplash</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2023-03-07T04:34:25+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2023/02/02/poetry-friday-string-theory/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/screen-shot-2023-02-02-at-9.18.28-pm.png</image:loc><image:title>screen-shot-2023-02-02-at-9.18.28-pm</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2023-02-09T22:29:22+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2023/01/05/happy-new-year-the-roundup-is-here/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/screen-shot-2023-01-05-at-7.12.23-pm.png</image:loc><image:title>screen-shot-2023-01-05-at-7.12.23-pm</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/screen-shot-2023-01-05-at-5.58.01-am.png</image:loc><image:title>screen-shot-2023-01-05-at-5.58.01-am</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2023-01-09T02:17:50+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2022/12/01/poetry-friday-what-was-the-question/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/screen-shot-2022-12-01-at-9.04.39-pm.png</image:loc><image:title>screen-shot-2022-12-01-at-9.04.39-pm</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2022-12-04T22:27:01+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2022/11/03/poetry-friday-hazel-hawthorn-oak-and-ash/</loc><lastmod>2022-12-02T00:48:43+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2022/10/14/poetry-friday-finding-light/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/img_3150.jpg</image:loc><image:title>img_3150</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/img_3144.jpg</image:loc><image:title>img_3144</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2022-10-16T14:58:08+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2022/10/06/poetry-friday-wordy-thirty/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/screen-shot-2022-10-06-at-10.54.07-pm.png</image:loc><image:title>Screen Shot 2022-10-06 at 10.54.07 PM</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2022-10-10T22:21:01+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2022/09/15/poetry-friday-challenges/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/screen-shot-2022-09-15-at-5.42.05-pm.png</image:loc><image:title>screen-shot-2022-09-15-at-5.42.05-pm</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/screen-shot-2022-09-15-at-5.40.33-pm.png</image:loc><image:title>screen-shot-2022-09-15-at-5.40.33-pm</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/screen-shot-2022-09-10-at-5.10.17-pm.png</image:loc><image:title>screen-shot-2022-09-10-at-5.10.17-pm</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2022-09-18T20:07:27+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2022/08/25/poetry-friday-something-shiny/</loc><lastmod>2022-08-30T16:37:34+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2022/08/05/poetry-friday-summer-sports/</loc><lastmod>2022-08-09T08:13:02+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2022/07/22/poetry-friday-seeking-joy/</loc><lastmod>2022-07-26T00:14:22+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2022/07/01/poetry-friday-persistence/</loc><lastmod>2022-07-06T10:28:46+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2022/06/23/poetry-friday-the-roundup-is-here-3/</loc><lastmod>2022-06-28T14:16:26+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2022/06/17/poetry-friday-looking-for-the-gulf-motel/</loc><lastmod>2022-06-24T01:26:55+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2022/06/02/poetry-friday-household-dreams/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/crystal-de-passille-chabot-9gzu1mttzwm-unsplash.jpg</image:loc><image:title>crystal-de-passille-chabot-9gzu1mttzwm-unsplash</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2022-06-05T11:34:12+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2022/05/27/poetry-friday-unfinished-tasks/</loc><lastmod>2022-05-31T14:05:33+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2022/05/12/poetry-friday-so-much-depends/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/beige-minimalistic-reminder-quote-instagram-post.png</image:loc><image:title>beige-minimalistic-reminder-quote-instagram-post</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2022-05-15T11:56:44+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2022/05/06/poetry-friday-national-poetry-month-isnt-over/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/screen-shot-2022-05-06-at-12.47.59-am-2.png</image:loc><image:title>screen-shot-2022-05-06-at-12.47.59-am-2</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/screen-shot-2022-05-06-at-12.47.59-am-1.png</image:loc><image:title>Screen Shot 2022-05-06 at 12.47.59 AM</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/60181639-d1ce-4728-b56f-d5d973e5df0e_1_201_a-1.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>60181639-D1CE-4728-B56F-D5D973E5DF0E_1_201_a</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/screen-shot-2022-05-06-at-12.47.59-am.png</image:loc><image:title>screen-shot-2022-05-06-at-12.47.59-am</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/screen-shot-2022-05-06-at-12.45.14-am.png</image:loc><image:title>screen-shot-2022-05-06-at-12.45.14-am</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/60181639-d1ce-4728-b56f-d5d973e5df0e_1_201_a.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>60181639-d1ce-4728-b56f-d5d973e5df0e_1_201_a</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2022-05-08T10:13:49+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2022/04/28/poetry-friday-npm-skyglow/</loc><lastmod>2022-04-30T19:36:50+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2022/04/26/national-poetry-month-the-cosmos/</loc><lastmod>2022-04-28T12:47:50+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2022/04/25/national-poetry-month-the-fox/</loc><lastmod>2022-04-28T12:48:29+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2022/04/24/national-poetry-month-a-haiku/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/img_5813-1.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_5813</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2022-04-24T16:49:07+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2022/04/23/national-poetry-month-an-ode-to-april/</loc><lastmod>2022-04-25T05:08:58+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2022/04/20/national-poetry-month-wander/</loc><lastmod>2022-04-20T13:17:29+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2022/04/15/national-poetry-month-for-the-good-of-the-earth/</loc><lastmod>2022-04-18T01:54:31+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2022/04/05/national-poetry-month-enchantment-and-wonder/</loc><lastmod>2022-04-09T14:08:02+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2022/04/04/national-poetry-month-reciprocity/</loc><lastmod>2022-04-04T21:21:04+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2022/04/03/national-poetry-month-the-progressive-poem-is-here/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/screen-shot-2022-04-02-at-7.28.05-pm-1.png</image:loc><image:title>Screen Shot 2022-04-02 at 7.28.05 PM</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2022-04-17T22:46:49+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2022/04/02/national-poetry-month-kith-kin/</loc><lastmod>2022-04-03T22:56:26+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2022/04/01/poetry-friday-welcome-national-poetry-month/</loc><lastmod>2022-04-04T14:36:09+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2022/03/25/poetry-friday-chasing-rainbows/</loc><lastmod>2022-03-29T08:36:32+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2022/03/17/poetry-friday-a-riot-of-robins/</loc><lastmod>2022-03-19T16:16:49+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2022/03/11/poetry-friday-rabbit-holes-eggs/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/screen-shot-2022-03-11-at-5.47.47-am-2.png</image:loc><image:title>Screen Shot 2022-03-11 at 5.47.47 AM</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2022-03-13T17:20:14+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2022/03/05/poetry-friday-march-inkling-challenge/</loc><lastmod>2022-03-08T04:50:08+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2022/02/25/poetry-friday-poetry-angels/</loc><lastmod>2022-03-04T10:35:00+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2022/02/18/poetry-friday-a-lamipofri-golden-shovel/</loc><lastmod>2022-02-24T05:23:09+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2022/02/04/poetry-friday-fractals-fibonacci-and-beyond/</loc><lastmod>2022-02-07T06:11:38+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2022/01/20/poetry-friday-a-monotetra/</loc><lastmod>2022-01-23T17:03:10+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2022/01/14/poetry-friday-ellen-basss-the-thing-is/</loc><lastmod>2022-01-21T02:58:31+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2022/01/06/poetry-friday-2/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/screen-shot-2022-01-05-at-8.37.03-pm.png</image:loc><image:title>Screen Shot 2022-01-05 at 8.37.03 PM</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2022-01-11T15:38:02+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2021/12/30/poetry-friday-the-cycle-continues/</loc><lastmod>2022-01-03T21:58:56+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2021/12/03/poetry-friday-trying-a-tricube/</loc><lastmod>2021-12-07T01:39:10+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2021/11/12/poetry-friday-your-kitchen/</loc><lastmod>2021-11-16T03:59:53+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2021/11/05/poetry-friday-percentages/</loc><lastmod>2021-11-08T22:30:40+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2021/10/08/poetry-friday-love-poems-to-trees/</loc><lastmod>2021-10-11T12:22:48+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2021/09/30/the-poetry-friday-roundup-is-here-2/</loc><lastmod>2021-10-03T01:01:10+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2021/09/23/poetry-friday-commonplace-marvels/</loc><lastmod>2021-09-26T12:07:22+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2021/09/16/poetry-friday-a-skinny/</loc><lastmod>2021-09-23T19:42:16+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2021/09/09/poetry-friday-the-web/</loc><lastmod>2021-09-12T17:39:37+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2021/09/02/poetry-friday-a-ghazal-challenge/</loc><lastmod>2021-09-17T15:36:37+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2021/08/20/poetry-friday-clint-smith/</loc><lastmod>2021-08-21T21:59:37+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2021/08/13/poetry-friday-dorianne-laux/</loc><lastmod>2021-08-16T09:44:35+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2021/08/05/poetry-friday-wordless-picture-book-art-ekphrastic-poetry/</loc><lastmod>2021-08-14T11:15:00+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2021/07/23/poetry-friday-mushrooms/</loc><lastmod>2021-07-28T11:35:25+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2021/07/16/poetry-friday-gratitude-and-reciprocity/</loc><lastmod>2021-07-18T12:51:57+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2021/07/01/poetry-friday-what-confidence-knows-about-me/</loc><lastmod>2021-07-05T11:53:48+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2021/06/18/poetry-friday-what-the-world-needs-now/</loc><lastmod>2021-06-24T06:09:58+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2021/06/10/poetry-friday-fireflies/</loc><lastmod>2021-06-13T20:22:49+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2021/06/04/poetry-friday-todays-hymn/</loc><lastmod>2021-06-07T09:37:46+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2021/05/21/poetry-friday-marvelousmarylee/</loc><lastmod>2021-05-29T13:35:48+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2021/05/07/poetry-friday-poemsofpresence/</loc><lastmod>2021-05-09T16:50:33+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2021/04/29/national-poetry-month-writing-wild-day-30/</loc><lastmod>2021-05-02T15:03:52+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2021/04/28/national-poetry-month-progressive-poem/</loc><lastmod>2021-04-30T22:28:07+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2021/04/27/national-poetry-month-writing-wild-day-27/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/screen-shot-2021-04-27-at-10.16.47-pm-1.png</image:loc><image:title>Screen Shot 2021-04-27 at 10.16.47 PM</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2021-04-28T04:51:19+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2021/04/26/national-poetry-month-writing-wild-day-26/</loc><lastmod>2021-04-27T10:47:15+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2021/04/25/national-poetry-month-writing-wild-day-25/</loc><lastmod>2021-04-26T12:38:52+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2021/04/24/national-poetry-month-writing-wild-day-24/</loc><lastmod>2021-04-25T12:41:51+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2021/04/22/the-poetry-friday-roundup-is-here/</loc><lastmod>2021-04-25T12:11:17+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2021/04/21/national-poetry-month-writing-wild-day-21/</loc><lastmod>2021-04-23T23:38:16+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2021/04/20/national-poetry-month-writing-wild-day-20/</loc><lastmod>2021-04-22T23:22:54+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2021/04/18/national-poetry-month-writing-wild-day-19/</loc><lastmod>2021-04-22T23:16:04+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2021/04/18/national-poetry-month-writing-wild-day-18/</loc><lastmod>2021-04-19T00:49:46+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2021/04/17/national-poetry-month-writing-wild-day-17/</loc><lastmod>2021-04-21T00:46:49+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2021/04/15/poetry-friday-npm-writing-wild-day-16/</loc><lastmod>2021-04-21T12:14:34+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2021/04/15/national-poetry-month-writing-wild-day-15/</loc><lastmod>2021-04-16T01:14:35+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2021/04/14/national-poetry-month-writing-wild-day-14/</loc><lastmod>2021-04-18T11:27:42+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2021/04/13/national-poetry-months-writing-wild-day-13/</loc><lastmod>2021-04-13T23:31:31+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2021/04/12/national-poetry-month-writing-wild-day-12/</loc><lastmod>2021-04-21T00:31:14+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2021/04/11/national-poetry-month-writing-wild-day-11/</loc><lastmod>2021-04-21T00:38:03+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2021/04/11/national-poetry-month-writing-wild-day-10/</loc><lastmod>2021-04-21T00:23:36+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2021/04/08/poetry-friday-npm-writing-wild-day-9/</loc><lastmod>2021-04-12T21:02:23+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2021/04/08/national-poetry-month-writing-wild-day-8/</loc><lastmod>2021-04-22T18:37:57+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2021/04/08/welcome-spi-ku/</loc><lastmod>2021-04-08T19:00:34+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2021/04/07/national-poetry-month-writing-wild-day-7/</loc><lastmod>2021-04-09T10:14:04+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2021/04/06/national-poetry-month-writing-wild-day-6/</loc><lastmod>2021-04-21T14:18:08+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2021/04/05/national-poetry-month-writing-wild-4/</loc><lastmod>2021-04-21T00:46:06+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2021/04/04/national-poetry-month-writing-wild-3/</loc><lastmod>2021-04-21T00:14:17+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2021/04/03/national-poetry-month-writing-wild-2/</loc><lastmod>2021-04-09T10:05:51+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2021/04/01/poetry-friday-npm-writing-wild/</loc><lastmod>2021-04-06T13:28:17+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2021/04/01/national-poetry-month-writing-wild/</loc><lastmod>2021-04-13T23:01:03+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2021/03/26/poetry-friday-national-poetry-month-warm-up/</loc><lastmod>2021-03-30T02:56:47+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2021/03/05/poetry-friday-march-swagger-challenge/</loc><lastmod>2021-03-07T13:24:33+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2021/02/04/poetry-friday-winter-morning/</loc><lastmod>2021-02-07T22:16:30+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2021/01/29/poetry-friday-resilience/</loc><lastmod>2021-01-31T03:15:08+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2021/01/07/poetry-friday-nestlings-from-the-natural-world/</loc><lastmod>2021-01-13T21:37:18+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2020/12/18/poetry-friday-holiday-knitting-edition/</loc><lastmod>2020-12-23T18:38:42+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2020/12/10/poetry-friday-a-nonet/</loc><lastmod>2020-12-15T06:26:07+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2020/12/04/poetry-friday-cheating-on-a-challenge/</loc><lastmod>2020-12-09T20:01:56+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2020/11/27/poetry-friday-celebrating-janet-wong/</loc><lastmod>2020-12-02T16:09:41+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2020/11/05/poetry-friday-an-aubade/</loc><lastmod>2020-11-13T21:07:08+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2020/10/29/poetry-friday-halloween-frighting/</loc><lastmod>2020-10-31T22:23:37+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2020/10/22/poetry-friday-song/</loc><lastmod>2020-10-26T15:28:01+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2020/10/16/poetry-friday-hop-to-it/</loc><lastmod>2020-10-22T16:02:12+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2020/10/02/poetry-friday-attempting-a-duplex/</loc><lastmod>2020-10-05T02:56:19+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2020/09/25/poetry-friday-murmurations/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/screen-shot-2020-09-24-at-9.13.36-pm.png</image:loc><image:title>Screen Shot 2020-09-24 at 9.13.36 PM</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2020-09-28T18:48:23+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2020/09/11/poetry-friday-nineteen-years/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/screen-shot-2020-09-11-at-5.54.01-am.png</image:loc><image:title>Screen Shot 2020-09-11 at 5.54.01 AM</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2020-09-17T05:47:42+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2020/09/04/poetry-friday-plentitude/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/marco-secchi-3df8hwysozq-unsplash.jpg</image:loc><image:title>marco-secchi-3dF8hWYSOzQ-unsplash</image:title><image:caption>Photo by Marco Secchi on Unsplash</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2020-09-10T05:59:42+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2020/08/28/poetry-friday-drops-of-liquid-sunshine/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/screen-shot-2020-08-28-at-10.21.25-am.png</image:loc><image:title>Screen Shot 2020-08-28 at 10.21.25 AM</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2020-09-04T19:54:56+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2020/08/20/poetry-friday-a-queen-annes-lace-etheree/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/img_9340.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_9340</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2020-08-24T14:46:55+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2020/08/13/poetry-friday-powerless/</loc><lastmod>2020-08-20T17:43:32+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2020/08/12/pb10for10-picture-books-and-environmental-awareness/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/screen-shot-2020-08-12-at-1.51.08-pm.png</image:loc><image:title>Screen Shot 2020-08-12 at 1.51.08 PM</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/screen-shot-2020-08-12-at-1.48.56-pm.png</image:loc><image:title>Screen Shot 2020-08-12 at 1.48.56 PM</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/screen-shot-2020-08-12-at-1.46.12-pm.png</image:loc><image:title>Screen Shot 2020-08-12 at 1.46.12 PM</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/screen-shot-2020-08-12-at-1.43.46-pm.png</image:loc><image:title>Screen Shot 2020-08-12 at 1.43.46 PM</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/screen-shot-2020-08-12-at-1.41.46-pm.png</image:loc><image:title>Screen Shot 2020-08-12 at 1.41.46 PM</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/screen-shot-2020-08-12-at-1.37.45-pm.png</image:loc><image:title>Screen Shot 2020-08-12 at 1.37.45 PM</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/screen-shot-2020-08-12-at-1.36.10-pm.png</image:loc><image:title>Screen Shot 2020-08-12 at 1.36.10 PM</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/screen-shot-2020-08-12-at-1.34.27-pm.png</image:loc><image:title>Screen Shot 2020-08-12 at 1.34.27 PM</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/screen-shot-2020-08-12-at-1.28.44-pm.png</image:loc><image:title>Screen Shot 2020-08-12 at 1.28.44 PM</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/screen-shot-2020-08-12-at-1.24.20-pm.png</image:loc><image:title>Screen Shot 2020-08-12 at 1.24.20 PM</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2020-08-13T13:41:24+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2020/07/30/poetry-friday-the-roundup-is-here-2/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/img_9332.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_9332</image:title><image:caption>"She never told anyone what she saw at the edge of the world."</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/screen-shot-2020-07-30-at-10.24.29-am.png</image:loc><image:title>Screen Shot 2020-07-30 at 10.24.29 AM</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2020-08-01T15:29:58+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2020/07/24/poetry-friday-the-comet/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/screen-shot-2020-07-24-at-8.31.50-am.png</image:loc><image:title>Screen Shot 2020-07-24 at 8.31.50 AM</image:title><image:caption>Comet Neowise over Caliente, CA by Jason Hullinger / CC BY (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0) via Wikimedia</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2020-07-28T04:40:44+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2020/06/19/poetry-friday-worth-by-marilyn-nelson/</loc><lastmod>2020-06-27T21:08:01+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2020/06/12/poetry-friday-finding-light-with-nikki-grimes/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/48094-nikki2bgrimes2bpoetry2bfriday.png</image:loc><image:title>NikkiGrimesPoetryFriday</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/00ebb-nikki2bgrimes2bpoetry2bfriday.png</image:loc><image:title>NikkiGrimesPoetryFriday</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/e2809cthat-place-of-light-ite28099s-not-always-easy-to-get-to-but-ite28099s-there.-ite28099s-there.e2809d-nikki-grimes.png</image:loc><image:title>“That place of light--it’s not always easy to get to, but it’s there. It’s there.” Nikki Grimes</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2020-06-19T15:26:02+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2020/06/04/poetry-friday-farewell-to-my-students/</loc><lastmod>2020-06-08T18:34:01+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2020/05/29/poetry-friday-how-to-walk-around-the-block-by-michael-salinger/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/img_9016.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_9016</image:title><image:caption>One of my recent discoveries on my block.

a hawk feather on the path
reminds me
I'm not the only one
who calls this place home.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2020-06-01T22:10:47+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2020/05/15/poetry-friday-poems-of-presence/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/img_7085.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_7085</image:title><image:caption>This isn't this week's bobcat, but this photo was taken from my kitchen window.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2020-05-18T03:46:08+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2020/04/30/poetry-friday-a-note-from-the-landlord/</loc><lastmod>2020-05-05T18:54:15+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2020/04/30/praise-song-for-the-natural-world/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/img_8972.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_8972</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2020-05-02T13:07:06+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2020/04/29/news-from-the-natural-world-a-flamboyance-of-flamingos/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/screen-shot-2020-04-29-at-6.51.59-pm.png</image:loc><image:title>Screen Shot 2020-04-29 at 6.51.59 PM</image:title><image:caption>John James Audubon, 1838</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2020-04-30T16:39:16+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2020/04/26/news-from-the-natural-world-a-paddling-of-mallards/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/img_8900.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_8900</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2020-04-27T22:42:10+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2020/04/27/news-from-the-natural-world-a-northwoods-lullaby/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/screen-shot-2020-04-27-at-6.32.31-pm.png</image:loc><image:title>Screen Shot 2020-04-27 at 6.32.31 PM</image:title><image:caption>English: NPS Photo / Public domain via Wikimedia Commons</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2020-04-27T23:16:35+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2020/04/25/news-from-the-natural-world-world-penguin-day/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/screen-shot-2020-04-25-at-6.29.12-pm.png</image:loc><image:title>Screen Shot 2020-04-25 at 6.29.12 PM</image:title><image:caption>John Webber, 1777 via The British Museum</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2020-04-27T22:32:49+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2020/04/24/news-from-the-natural-world-save-the-birds/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/screen-shot-2020-04-24-at-5.34.18-pm.png</image:loc><image:title>Screen Shot 2020-04-24 at 5.34.18 PM</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2020-04-26T22:18:45+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2020/04/23/news-from-the-natural-world-an-earth-day-abc/</loc><lastmod>2020-04-24T19:30:29+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2020/04/21/news-from-the-natural-world-natures-harmony/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/on-the-river-i-feel-whole-at-peace.-daily-concerns-must-be-left-onshore.-ie28099m-free-to-find-the-balance-thate28099s-left-out-of-everyday-life.-i-discover-truths-aboutt-the-interplay-o-1.png</image:loc><image:title>On the river, I feel whole, at peace. Daily concerns must be left onshore. I’m free to find the balance that’s left out of everyday life. I discover truths aboutt the interplay of light and shadow, the harmony of wat (1)</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/on-the-river-i-feel-whole-at-peace.-daily-concerns-must-be-left-onshore.-ie28099m-free-to-find-the-balance-thate28099s-left-out-of-everyday-life.-i-discover-truths-aboutt-the-interplay-o.png</image:loc><image:title>On the river, I feel whole, at peace. Daily concerns must be left onshore. I’m free to find the balance that’s left out of everyday life. I discover truths aboutt the interplay of light and shadow, the harmony of wat</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2020-04-26T13:30:28+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2020/04/20/news-from-the-natural-world-crowns-of-moss/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/img_8180.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_8180</image:title><image:caption>Neighborhood moss</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/screen-shot-2020-04-20-at-10.23.00-am.png</image:loc><image:title>Screen Shot 2020-04-20 at 10.23.00 AM</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2020-04-20T19:36:41+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2020/04/19/news-from-the-natural-world-propagation/</loc><lastmod>2020-04-20T00:11:37+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2020/04/18/news-from-the-natural-world-at-the-pond/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/0326201534b.jpg</image:loc><image:title>0326201534b</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2020-04-19T11:04:07+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2020/04/16/news-from-the-natural-world-poetry-friday-edition/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/img_8772.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_8772</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2020-04-18T13:22:12+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2020/04/11/news-from-the-natural-world-what-does-a-birds-egg-know/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/screen-shot-2020-04-11-at-7.37.40-pm.png</image:loc><image:title>Screen Shot 2020-04-11 at 7.37.40 PM</image:title><image:caption>Société neuchâteloise des sciences naturelles via Wikimedia Commons</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2020-04-16T12:05:53+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2020/04/14/news-from-the-natural-world-ode-to-a-tide-pool/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/screen-shot-2020-04-14-at-10.33.01-am.png</image:loc><image:title>Screen Shot 2020-04-14 at 10.33.01 AM</image:title><image:caption>Tide pool at Beavertail State Park</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2020-04-16T12:05:25+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2020/04/15/news-from-the-natural-world-listen/</loc><lastmod>2020-04-16T12:04:45+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2020/04/16/news-from-the-natural-world-dear-venus/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/screen-shot-2020-04-16-at-7.37.17-am.png</image:loc><image:title>Screen Shot 2020-04-16 at 7.37.17 AM</image:title><image:caption>Evening sky, 3/27/12, by nanamori / CC BY (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0) via Wikimedia Commons</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2020-04-17T03:41:50+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2020/04/10/news-from-the-natural-world-clusters-of-clover/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/screen-shot-2020-04-10-at-5.09.17-pm.png</image:loc><image:title>Screen Shot 2020-04-10 at 5.09.17 PM</image:title><image:caption>Photo via Pixabay</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2020-04-14T14:17:00+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2020/04/07/national-poetry-month-the-progressive-poem/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/screen-shot-2020-04-07-at-5.52.39-am.png</image:loc><image:title>Screen Shot 2020-04-07 at 5.52.39 AM</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2020-04-17T11:38:40+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2020/04/09/news-from-the-natural-world-song-of-the-pink-moon/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/img_8891.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_8891</image:title><image:caption>My view of last night's pink moon.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2020-04-09T21:19:35+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2020/04/08/news-from-the-natural-world-jewel-of-the-jungle/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/img_8887.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_8887</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2020-04-08T17:26:14+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2020/04/05/news-from-the-natural-world-phantom-of-the-forest/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/img_8882.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_8882</image:title><image:caption>Our resident pileated woodpecker</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2020-04-06T19:50:17+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2020/04/04/news-from-the-natural-world-to-build-a-nest/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/img_8876.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_8876</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2020-04-06T01:39:58+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2020/04/03/news-from-the-natural-world-apple-cake/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/img_8874.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_8874</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2020-04-09T18:19:18+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2020/04/02/news-from-the-natural-world-specimen/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/screen-shot-2020-04-02-at-2.56.05-pm.png</image:loc><image:title>Screen Shot 2020-04-02 at 2.56.05 PM</image:title><image:caption>Photo by Jan Huber on Unsplash</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2020-04-05T19:18:22+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2020/04/01/national-poetry-month-news-from-the-natural-world/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/screen-shot-2020-04-01-at-7.39.19-am.png</image:loc><image:title>Screen Shot 2020-04-01 at 7.39.19 AM</image:title><image:caption>Charles J Sharp / CC BY-SA (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/screen-shot-2020-04-01-at-7.24.03-am.png</image:loc><image:title>Screen Shot 2020-04-01 at 7.24.03 AM</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2020-04-05T20:35:51+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2020/03/27/poetry-friday-authors/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/img_8854.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_8854</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2020-03-29T20:35:26+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2015/06/29/slice-of-life-astray-on-a-summer-breeze/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/waterlogue.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Waterlogue</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/11055357_10204625144249428_5430622315365011610_o.jpg</image:loc><image:title>11055357_10204625144249428_5430622315365011610_o</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2020-03-20T20:58:02+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2020/03/13/poetry-friday-the-comfort-of-pie/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/screen-shot-2020-03-13-at-9.19.53-am.png</image:loc><image:title>Screen Shot 2020-03-13 at 9.19.53 AM</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2020-03-27T22:26:35+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2018/03/14/sol-18-a-slice-of-pie/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/lucy-heath-176681-unsplash.jpg</image:loc><image:title>lucy-heath-176681-unsplash</image:title><image:caption>Photo by Lucy Heath on Unsplash</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2020-03-13T10:50:30+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2020/03/05/poetry-friday-the-question-is-why/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/screen-shot-2020-03-05-at-8.34.21-pm.png</image:loc><image:title>Screen Shot 2020-03-05 at 8.34.21 PM</image:title><image:caption>Photo by Jenny Bess on Unsplash</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2020-03-08T01:05:31+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2020/03/02/after-dark-blog-tour-the-final-stop/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/img_8682.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_8682</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/img_8681.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_8681</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/dlharrison-bt-graphic6.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DLHarrison BT Graphic6</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2020-03-07T16:00:58+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2020/01/31/poetry-friday-a-hat-for-hazel/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/img_8589.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_8589</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/img_8586.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_8586</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2020-02-16T22:49:44+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2020/02/06/poetry-friday-a-terza-rima-for-the-stars/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/screen-shot-2020-02-06-at-10.19.24-pm.png</image:loc><image:title>Screen Shot 2020-02-06 at 10.19.24 PM</image:title><image:caption>Mouser [CC BY-SA (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/)] via Wikipedia</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2020-02-14T03:17:56+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2020/01/16/welcome-to-the-poetry-friday-roundup/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/screen-shot-2020-01-16-at-8.53.11-pm.png</image:loc><image:title>Screen Shot 2020-01-16 at 8.53.11 PM</image:title><image:caption>Photo by Aaron Burden on Unsplash</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/img_8474.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_8474</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2020-01-25T15:31:23+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2020/01/09/poetry-friday-making-peace/</loc><lastmod>2020-01-16T20:56:19+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2020/01/02/poetry-friday-one-little-word/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/screen-shot-2020-01-02-at-10.53.47-pm.png</image:loc><image:title>Screen Shot 2020-01-02 at 10.53.47 PM</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2020-01-08T15:52:08+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2019/12/19/poetry-friday-in-the-mid-midwinter/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/img_8481.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_8481</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2019-12-25T08:00:51+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2019/12/05/poetry-friday-finding-beauty/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/img_8370.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_8370</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2019-12-12T16:53:41+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2019/11/07/poetry-friday-the-seasons-campaign/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/img_1517.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_1517</image:title><image:caption>"...clumps and fluffs like bursting pillows."</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2019-11-11T05:03:10+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2019/10/31/poetry-friday-national-authors-day/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/img_8205.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_8205</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2019-11-06T22:01:08+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2019/10/24/poetry-friday-my-library/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/screen-shot-2019-10-24-at-9.17.10-pm.png</image:loc><image:title>Screen Shot 2019-10-24 at 9.17.10 PM</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2019-10-27T03:49:58+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2019/10/18/poetry-friday-poemtober-inktober/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/screen-shot-2019-10-18-at-6.01.16-am.png</image:loc><image:title>Screen Shot 2019-10-18 at 6.01.16 AM</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2019-10-22T16:48:30+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2019/10/11/sweet-treats/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/screen-shot-2019-10-11-at-8.21.10-am.png</image:loc><image:title>Screen Shot 2019-10-11 at 8.21.10 AM</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2019-11-07T00:10:57+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2019/10/10/the-poetry-friday-roundup-is-here-lets-remake-the-world-with-words/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/screen-shot-2019-10-10-at-7.04.45-pm.png</image:loc><image:title>Screen Shot 2019-10-10 at 7.04.45 PM</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2019-10-12T10:40:32+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2019/08/29/poetry-friday-our-yard/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/img_7927.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_7927</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2019-10-05T12:06:43+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2019/10/03/poetry-friday-a-zeno-challenge/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/autumn-mott-rodeheaver-spd9csowcky-unsplash.jpg</image:loc><image:title>autumn-mott-rodeheaver-SPd9CSoWCkY-unsplash</image:title><image:caption>Photo by Autumn Mott Rodeheaver on Unsplash</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2019-10-08T20:17:17+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2019/09/26/poetry-friday-small-kindnesses/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/screen-shot-2019-09-26-at-10.54.16-pm.png</image:loc><image:title>Screen Shot 2019-09-26 at 10.54.16 PM</image:title><image:caption>Photo by Toa Heftiba via Unsplash</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2019-09-29T16:40:49+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2019/09/12/poetry-friday-a-golden-shovel-2/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/when-in-the-course-of-human-events-we-deprive-other-creatures-of-life-we-must-try-to-restore-the-natural-order-to-revise-our-actions-not-pick-one-side-over-another-but-ensure-resources-a.png</image:loc><image:title>When in the course of human events, we deprive other creatures of life, we must try to restore the natural order, to revise our actions, not pick one side over another, but ensure resources are shared out equally, th</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2019-09-16T13:44:57+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2019/09/06/poetry-friday-my-cabinet-of-curiosities/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/screen-shot-2019-09-06-at-5.48.07-am.png</image:loc><image:title>Screen Shot 2019-09-06 at 5.48.07 AM</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/img_7976.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_7976</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2019-09-09T18:43:41+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2019/08/23/pass-the-poetry-please-remembering-lee-bennett-hopkins/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/screen-shot-2019-08-23-at-9.34.32-am.png</image:loc><image:title>Screen Shot 2019-08-23 at 9.34.32 AM</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/ite28099s-miraculous-how-many-people-pass-through-our-lives.-every-day-we-meet-new-faces.-the-ones-who-come-quietly-gently-bring-poetry-into-our-hearts-help-us-believe-in-once-upon-a-tim.png</image:loc><image:title>It’s miraculous, how many people pass through our lives. Every day, we meet new faces. The ones who come quietly, gently, bring poetry into our hearts, help us believe in once upon a time, and please</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2019-09-01T22:00:36+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2019/08/16/poetry-friday-the-art-of-painting-trees/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/screen-shot-2019-08-15-at-7.23.41-pm.png</image:loc><image:title>Screen Shot 2019-08-15 at 7.23.41 PM</image:title><image:caption>&#13;
William Alfred Delamotte, 1. (1806). On the Isis, Waterperry, Oxfordshire.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2019-08-18T12:02:42+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2019/08/10/pb-10-for-10-follow-your-heart/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/screen-shot-2019-08-10-at-2.38.12-pm.png</image:loc><image:title>Screen Shot 2019-08-10 at 2.38.12 PM</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/screen-shot-2019-08-10-at-11.39.13-am.png</image:loc><image:title>Screen Shot 2019-08-10 at 11.39.13 AM</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/screen-shot-2019-08-10-at-11.16.27-am.png</image:loc><image:title>Screen Shot 2019-08-10 at 11.16.27 AM</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/screen-shot-2019-08-10-at-10.42.49-am.png</image:loc><image:title>Screen Shot 2019-08-10 at 10.42.49 AM</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/screen-shot-2019-08-10-at-10.38.59-am.png</image:loc><image:title>Screen Shot 2019-08-10 at 10.38.59 AM</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/screen-shot-2019-08-10-at-10.15.09-am.png</image:loc><image:title>Screen Shot 2019-08-10 at 10.15.09 AM</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/screen-shot-2019-08-09-at-5.22.18-pm.png</image:loc><image:title>Screen Shot 2019-08-09 at 5.22.18 PM</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/screen-shot-2019-08-09-at-5.27.44-pm.png</image:loc><image:title>Screen Shot 2019-08-09 at 5.27.44 PM</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/screen-shot-2019-08-09-at-5.28.43-pm.png</image:loc><image:title>Screen Shot 2019-08-09 at 5.28.43 PM</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/screen-shot-2019-08-09-at-5.31.37-pm.png</image:loc><image:title>Screen Shot 2019-08-09 at 5.31.37 PM</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2019-08-18T11:59:16+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2019/08/08/poetry-friday-in-memoriam/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/screen-shot-2019-08-08-at-8.47.47-pm.png</image:loc><image:title>Screen Shot 2019-08-08 at 8.47.47 PM</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2019-08-13T00:18:21+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2019/08/01/poetry-friday-definitos/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/haste-1.png</image:loc><image:title>HASTE (1)</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2019-08-04T13:16:39+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2019/07/26/poetry-friday-walt-whitman/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/img_7757.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_7757</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2019-07-31T18:37:01+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2019/07/18/poetry-friday-july-20-1969/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/screen-shot-2019-07-18-at-12.22.43-am.png</image:loc><image:title>Screen Shot 2019-07-18 at 12.22.43 AM</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2019-07-21T22:53:18+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2019/07/11/poetry-friday-found-haiku/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/a-patient-rhythm-a-small-means-to-salvation-watch-your-past-recede.png</image:loc><image:title>a patient rhythm a small means to salvation watch your past recede</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2019-07-20T02:16:35+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2019/07/05/poetry-friday-happy-birthday-dad/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/screen-shot-2019-07-05-at-8.46.47-am.png</image:loc><image:title>Screen Shot 2019-07-05 at 8.46.47 AM</image:title><image:caption>My father, proudly marching in our town's Fireman's parade, c. 1970</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2019-07-10T12:35:23+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2019/06/20/poetry-friday-joy-harjos-eagle-poem/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/screen-shot-2019-06-20-at-8.54.34-am.png</image:loc><image:title>Screen Shot 2019-06-20 at 8.54.34 AM</image:title><image:caption>Loadmaster (David R. Tribble)This image was made by Loadmaster (David R. Tribble)Email the author:  David R. TribbleAlso see my personal gallery at Google Photos [CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)] via Wikimedia Commons</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2019-06-24T13:39:21+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2019/06/06/poetry-friday-meditations-of-a-tortoise/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/screen-shot-2019-06-06-at-9.58.59-pm.png</image:loc><image:title>Screen Shot 2019-06-06 at 9.58.59 PM</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2019-06-09T00:00:50+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2019/05/31/poetry-friday-celebrating-namoi-shihab-nye/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/the-world-around-us-is-packed-full-of-intriguing-connected-details.-writing-helps-them-have-a-place-to-shine..png</image:loc><image:title>The world around us is packed full of intriguing, connected details. Writing helps them have a place to shine.</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/img_7558.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_7558</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2019-06-05T13:55:04+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2019/05/23/poetry-friday-instructions-for-a-bookcase/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/img_7525.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_7525</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/img_7539.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_7539</image:title><image:caption>Getting there.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2019-05-27T19:59:20+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2019/05/17/poetry-friday-bundles-of-down/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/img_7522.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_7522</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2019-05-24T00:20:10+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2019/05/10/poetry-friday-a-poetry-filled-weekend/</loc><lastmod>2019-05-16T19:08:45+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2019/05/03/poetry-friday-a-quick-hello/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/untitled-presentation.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Untitled presentation</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2019-05-06T14:59:31+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2019/04/19/poetry-friday-the-alchemy-of-spring/</loc><lastmod>2019-04-27T17:14:18+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2019/04/23/slice-of-life-a-golden-shovel/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/to-live-a-creative-life-we-must-lose-our-fear-of-being-wrong..jpg</image:loc><image:title>to live a creative life, we must lose our fear of being wrong.</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/screen-shot-2019-04-22-at-8.31.34-pm.png</image:loc><image:title>Screen Shot 2019-04-22 at 8.31.34 PM</image:title><image:caption>Photo by Molly Hogan</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2019-04-27T17:12:48+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2019/04/22/progressive-poem-2019-day-22/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/2019-kidlitosphere-progressive-poem.png</image:loc><image:title>2019 Kidlitosphere Progressive Poem</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2019-04-25T12:09:58+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2019/04/18/a-poem-for-your-pocket/</loc><lastmod>2019-04-18T14:11:33+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2019/04/15/slice-of-life-making-space/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/screen-shot-2019-04-15-at-10.35.08-pm.png</image:loc><image:title>Screen Shot 2019-04-15 at 10.35.08 PM</image:title><image:caption>Undergrowth with Two Figures, Vincent van Gogh, 1890. Cincinnati Art Museum, via Wikimedia Commons</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2019-04-17T00:36:33+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2019/03/30/slice-of-life-19-making-a-poem-out-of-legos/</loc><lastmod>2019-04-14T01:45:02+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2019/03/29/slice-of-life-19-poetry-friday-pancakes/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/img_7290-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_7290 (1)</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2019-04-14T01:44:27+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2019/04/03/national-poetry-month-a-star-splashed-fib/</loc><lastmod>2019-04-14T01:43:33+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2019/04/04/national-poetry-month-more-paint-chip-poetry/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/virginia-lackinger-275900-unsplash.jpg</image:loc><image:caption>Photo by Virginia Lackinger via Unsplash</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2019-04-14T01:42:57+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2019/04/12/poetry-friday-bubbles/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/sebastian-pichler-20071-unsplash.jpg</image:loc><image:title>sebastian-pichler-20071-unsplash</image:title><image:caption>Photo by Sebastian Pichler on Unsplash</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2019-04-14T12:41:31+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2019/04/04/poetry-friday-a-moment-of-grace/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/img_7317.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_7317</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2019-04-08T00:35:24+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2019/03/22/poetry-friday-a-slice-of-life-19-soup/</loc><lastmod>2019-03-25T05:16:00+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2019/03/21/slice-of-life-19-a-writing-friendship/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/screen-shot-2019-03-22-at-5.31.05-am.png</image:loc><image:title>Screen Shot 2019-03-22 at 5.31.05 AM</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2019-03-25T19:40:26+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2019/03/20/in-the-middle-of-the-night-poems-from-a-wide-awake-house-by-laura-purdie-salas-a-giveaway/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/angelamatteson_photo.jpg</image:loc><image:title>AngelaMatteson_photo</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/laura-purdie-salas-photo.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Laura Purdie Salas</image:title><image:caption>Portraits of Laura Purdie Salas on Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2017, in Plymouth, Minn. (HMH/Andy Clayton-King)</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/final_in-the-middle-of-the-night-blog-tour-graphic.jpg</image:loc><image:title>FINAL_IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT blog tour graphic</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/middle-spread-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>MIDDLE spread 2</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/in-the-middle-of-the-night-cover.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT cover</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2019-03-25T19:38:36+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2019/03/16/slice-of-life-fake-it-till-you-make-it/</loc><lastmod>2019-03-20T21:03:07+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2019/03/15/poetry-friday-landscape-by-eve-merriam/</loc><lastmod>2019-03-17T11:44:00+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2019/03/14/slice-of-life-19-lesson-learned/</loc><lastmod>2019-03-15T04:02:51+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2019/03/10/slice-of-life-19-13-ways-to-eat-a-chocolate-chip-cookie/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/img_7245.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_7245</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2019-03-15T08:47:20+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2019/03/07/poetry-friday-celebrating-international-womens-day/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/screen-shot-2019-03-07-at-9.02.32-pm.png</image:loc><image:title>Screen Shot 2019-03-07 at 9.02.32 PM</image:title><image:caption>The National Museum of American History,
Gift of Patricia Hill McCloy and Kathryn Hill Meardon</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/screen-shot-2019-03-07-at-8.59.56-pm.png</image:loc><image:title>Screen Shot 2019-03-07 at 8.59.56 PM</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2019-03-14T19:34:15+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2019/03/05/slice-of-life-what-did-you-fall-in-love-with-today/</loc><lastmod>2019-03-09T14:31:18+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2019/03/04/slice-of-life-19-the-cult-of-the-cooking-channel/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/img_1844.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_1844</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2019-03-05T01:57:26+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2019/03/03/slice-of-life-19-by-the-book/</loc><lastmod>2019-03-04T12:44:14+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2019/03/02/slice-of-life-19-pumpkin-bread/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/img_7232.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_7232</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2019-03-04T10:41:33+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2019/03/01/slice-of-life-18-thoughts-about-my-writing-life/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/good-free-photos-779660-unsplash.jpg</image:loc><image:title>good-free-photos-779660-unsplash</image:title><image:caption>Photo by Good Free Photos on Unsplash</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2019-03-03T21:29:00+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2019/03/01/poetry-friday-robins/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/jedidiah-church-631870-unsplash.jpg</image:loc><image:title>jedidiah-church-631870-unsplash</image:title><image:caption>Photo by Jedidiah Church on Unsplash</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2019-03-04T14:11:27+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2019/02/22/poetry-friday-for-you/</loc><lastmod>2019-02-24T21:02:45+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2019/02/08/poetry-friday-a-harbinger-of-hope/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/karen-cantu-q-784242-unsplash.jpg</image:loc><image:title>karen-cantu-q-784242-unsplash</image:title><image:caption>Photo by Karen Cantú Q on Unsplash</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2019-02-10T04:08:03+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2019/02/01/poetry-friday-my-grandmother-making-breakfast/</loc><lastmod>2019-02-05T10:37:11+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2019/01/25/poetry-friday-daybreak/</loc><lastmod>2019-01-28T12:31:33+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2019/01/18/poetry-friday-instructions-for-a-life/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/img_1750.jpg</image:loc><image:title>img_1750</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/the-world-doesn_t-charge-an-entry-fee.-you-don_t-have-to-payadmission-to-find-wonder.-turn-your-attentionto-a-rock-wall-content-to-simply-be_to-bask-in-sunshine-be-.png</image:loc><image:title>the world doesn_t charge an entry fee. you don_t have to payadmission to find wonder. turn your attentionto a rock wall, content to simply be_to bask in sunshine, be</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2019-02-13T14:29:53+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2015/08/20/the-poetry-friday-round-up/</loc><lastmod>2019-01-18T02:18:41+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2019/01/10/poetry-friday-i-was-an-artist/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/screen-shot-2019-01-10-at-11.09.35-pm.png</image:loc><image:title>screen shot 2019-01-10 at 11.09.35 pm</image:title><image:caption>Unknown
The Annunciation, about 1240, Tempera colors, gold leaf, and iron gall ink on parchment
Leaf: 17.8 × 13.5 cm (7 × 5 5/16 in.), Ms. 4, leaf 1
The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2019-01-16T05:22:18+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2019/01/08/slice-of-life-not-procrastinating/</loc><lastmod>2019-01-09T01:29:51+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2019/01/03/poetry-friday-strong-women/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/img_7037.jpg</image:loc><image:title>img_7037</image:title><image:caption>With my sister and mother, still going strong at 81, on Christmas day.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2019-01-06T20:06:23+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2019/01/01/slice-of-life-2019-reading-goals/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Screen-Shot-2019-01-01-at-1.52.12-PM.png</image:loc><image:title>Screen Shot 2019-01-01 at 1.52.12 PM</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Screen-Shot-2019-01-01-at-1.44.45-PM.png</image:loc><image:title>Screen Shot 2019-01-01 at 1.44.45 PM</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Screen-Shot-2019-01-01-at-1.31.52-PM.png</image:loc><image:title>Screen Shot 2019-01-01 at 1.31.52 PM</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Screen-Shot-2019-01-01-at-1.27.59-PM.png</image:loc><image:title>Screen Shot 2019-01-01 at 1.27.59 PM</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Screen-Shot-2019-01-01-at-1.23.22-PM.png</image:loc><image:title>Screen Shot 2019-01-01 at 1.23.22 PM</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Screen-Shot-2019-01-01-at-1.21.58-PM.png</image:loc><image:title>Screen Shot 2019-01-01 at 1.21.58 PM</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Screen-Shot-2019-01-01-at-1.12.38-PM.png</image:loc><image:title>Screen Shot 2019-01-01 at 1.12.38 PM</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2019-01-02T16:36:32+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2018/12/28/poetry-friday-haikuforhope/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Milky_Way_from_Covelo.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Milky_Way_from_Covelo</image:title><image:caption>Harpagornis [CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)], from Wikimedia Commons</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/IMG_7052.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_7052</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2018-12-30T23:45:29+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2018/12/18/slice-of-life-a-christmas-miracle/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/rawpixel-445786-unsplash.jpg</image:loc><image:title>rawpixel-445786-unsplash</image:title><image:caption>Photo by rawpixel on Unsplash</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2018-12-23T22:40:05+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2018/11/30/poetry-friday-finding-a-poem/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/screen-shot-2018-11-30-at-7-32-01-pm.png</image:loc><image:title>Screen Shot 2018-11-30 at 7.32.01 PM</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/unnamed.jpg</image:loc><image:title>unnamed</image:title><image:caption>Stained glass fragment, 13th century, via The Metropolitan Museum of Art</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/screen-shot-2018-11-30-at-7-16-30-pm.png</image:loc><image:title>Screen Shot 2018-11-30 at 7.16.30 PM</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2018-12-04T21:01:39+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2018/11/23/poetry-friday-pheasant-haiku/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/img_6845.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_6845</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2018-11-28T06:36:35+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2018/11/15/poetry-friday-forever-friends/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/img_6510.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_6510</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2018-11-24T23:42:49+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2018/11/09/poetry-friday-sydell-rosenbergs-h-is-for-haiku/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/h-is-for-haiku-book-cover-penny-candy-books-march-2018.jpg</image:loc><image:title>H IS FOR HAIKU BOOK COVER PENNY CANDY BOOKS March 2018</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2018-11-12T05:25:01+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2018/11/02/poetry-friday-the-wondrous-wonderpus/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/screen-shot-2018-11-02-at-4-30-50-pm.png</image:loc><image:title>Screen Shot 2018-11-02 at 4.30.50 PM</image:title><image:caption>By Jenny (JennyHuang) from Taipei (Flickr) [CC BY 2.0  (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/screen-shot-2018-11-02-at-8-18-19-am.png</image:loc><image:title>Screen Shot 2018-11-02 at 8.18.19 AM</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2018-11-05T03:01:35+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2018/09/27/poetry-friday-talking-about-the-day/</loc><lastmod>2018-10-01T02:45:46+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2018/09/14/poetry-friday-with-care-in-such-a-world/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/dawn-comes-later-now-and-brings-withit-a-chill-sunflowers-still-shine-and-nod-as-if-they-hadn_t-a-carebut-the-queen-anne_s-lace-is-turning-brown-and-mice-find-ways-to-get-inthe1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Dawn comes later now, and brings withit a chill. Sunflowers still shine and nod, as if they hadn_t a care,but the Queen Anne_s lace is turning brown, and mice find ways to get inthe</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2018-09-19T15:29:17+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2018/09/06/poetry-friday-questions-for-the-author/</loc><lastmod>2018-09-12T00:50:24+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2018/08/31/poetry-friday-a-glory-of-goldfinches/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/img_5948.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_5948</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2018-09-05T19:31:19+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2018/08/28/slice-of-life-life-is-short/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/img_5966.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_5966</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2018-10-13T15:42:57+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2018/08/24/poetry-friday-w-s-merwins-beginners/</loc><lastmod>2018-08-29T00:23:08+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2018/08/21/slice-of-life-when-i-was-young/</loc><lastmod>2018-08-23T10:28:37+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2018/08/17/poetry-friday-the-heron/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/img_5796-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_5796 (2)</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2018-08-19T23:45:04+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2018/08/10/picture-book-10for10-a-poem-creative-imaginations/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/a1fr640coil.jpg</image:loc><image:title>A1Fr640CoIL</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/51tymjjl2dl-_sx258_bo1204203200_.jpg</image:loc><image:title>51TymjJl2DL._SX258_BO1,204,203,200_</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/51qvg1cie9l-_sx258_bo1204203200_.jpg</image:loc><image:title>51qvg1CIe9L._SX258_BO1,204,203,200_</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/ocean-meets-sky-9781481470377_hr.jpg</image:loc><image:title>ocean-meets-sky-9781481470377_hr</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/53645783.jpg</image:loc><image:title>53645783</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/91vhqmg5kwl.jpg</image:loc><image:title>91vHQMg5KWL</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/71kmi66yrvl.jpg</image:loc><image:title>71kMi66yrvL</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/a15zxqemyjl.jpg</image:loc><image:title>A15zxQeMYjL</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/51jaes4iiwl-_sx370_bo1204203200_.jpg</image:loc><image:title>51JAeS4IiwL._SX370_BO1,204,203,200_</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/61ll5gsipjl-_sx258_bo1204203200_.jpg</image:loc><image:title>61Ll5GsIpjL._SX258_BO1,204,203,200_</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2018-08-20T22:13:24+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2018/08/03/poetry-friday-dinosaurs/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/img_5822.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_5822</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2018-08-05T19:21:43+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2018/07/31/slice-of-life-habits-of-mind-and-writing/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/img_5814.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_5814</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/img_5815.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_5815</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/img_5805.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_5805</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/img_5796.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_5796</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/img_5783.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_5783</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/screen-shot-2018-07-31-at-12-17-09-pm.png</image:loc><image:title>Screen Shot 2018-07-31 at 12.17.09 PM</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2018-08-01T17:44:14+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2018/07/26/its-a-great-morning-poetry-friday-is-here-plus-a-giveaway/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/img_5732.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_5732</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/gm-front-cover-june-11a-jpeg-300.jpg</image:loc><image:title>GM front cover June 11a JPEG 300</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2018-08-01T12:05:49+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2018/07/24/slice-of-life-a-better-view/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/img_0478.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_0478</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/img_0482.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_0482</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/img_0476.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_0476</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2018-07-27T00:04:48+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2018/07/20/poetry-friday-first-men-on-the-moon/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/10075248.jpg</image:loc><image:title>10075248</image:title><image:caption>	Apollo 11
View of Earth rising over Moon's horizon taken from Apollo 11 spacecraft
Credit: NASA</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/screen-shot-2018-07-20-at-10-20-54-am.png</image:loc><image:title>Screen Shot 2018-07-20 at 10.20.54 AM</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2018-07-22T23:34:54+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2018/07/17/slice-of-life-dumped-in-dimples/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/img_5690.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_5690</image:title><image:caption>Crazy paddlers, including my kids, running Youghiogheny Falls in 2010.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/img_5702.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_5702</image:title><image:caption>Years later, I was able to make my way down the river on my own.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/img_5674.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_5674</image:title><image:caption>Someone always gets dumped in Dimples! (This isn't the raft I was in. If there are any pictures from that day, I don't know where they are.)</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2018-07-18T11:15:50+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2018/07/13/poetry-friday-my-great-escape/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/29906170001_4545892871001_video-still-for-video-4545783591001.jpg</image:loc><image:title>29906170001_4545892871001_video-still-for-video-4545783591001</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2018-07-15T21:06:59+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2018/07/10/slice-of-life-know-where-youre-going/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/img_5633.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_5633</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/img_5637.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_5637</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2018-07-11T02:09:48+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2018/07/05/poetry-friday-this-dew-dappled-morning/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/img_5585.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_5585</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/img_55941.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_5594</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/img_5594.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_5594</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/img_5588.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_5588</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2018-07-11T04:09:44+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2016/01/21/poetry-friday-a-poem-full-of-nothing/</loc><lastmod>2018-07-05T00:36:43+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2018/07/03/slice-of-life-summer-reading/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/download-3.jpg</image:loc><image:title>download-3</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/download-11.jpg</image:loc><image:title>download-1</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/download1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>download</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/download-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>download-2</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/download-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>download-1</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/download.jpg</image:loc><image:title>download</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2018-07-05T22:32:09+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2015/09/18/poetry-friday-channeling-eve-merriam/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/29rccmak_-_campfire_at_base_camp_susunia_hill.jpg</image:loc><image:title>29RCCMAK_-_Campfire_at_base_camp_Susunia_Hill</image:title><image:caption>Indrajit Das [GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html), CC BY 4.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0) or CC BY-SA 4.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)], via Wikimedia Commons</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2018-06-29T02:33:36+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2018/06/28/poetry-friday-the-wrens/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/41vytvmpd2l-_sx298_bo1204203200_.jpg</image:loc><image:title>41vytVmPD2L._SX298_BO1,204,203,200_</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/img_0468.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_0468</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2018-07-02T11:12:57+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2018/06/25/slice-of-life-welcome-to-the-bayou-teche/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/bayou_song_cover_for_web.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Bayou_Song_cover_for_web</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/screen-shot-2018-06-25-at-10-32-12-pm.png</image:loc><image:title>Screen Shot 2018-06-25 at 10.32.12 PM</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/screen-shot-2018-06-25-at-10-29-15-pm.png</image:loc><image:title>Screen Shot 2018-06-25 at 10.29.15 PM</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2018-06-26T18:19:12+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2018/06/22/poetry-friday-afternoon-on-a-hill/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/2.jpg</image:loc><image:caption>"Sunny Days" by Lawrence Alma-Tadema,1874
ale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2018-06-26T09:43:50+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2018/06/07/poetry-friday-grandmas-syringa/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/mock-orange.jpg</image:loc><image:title>mock-orange</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2018-06-22T00:41:59+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2018/05/24/poetry-friday-a-villanelle-for-mother-earth/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/mosaicanada.jpg</image:loc><image:title>MosaiCanada</image:title><image:caption>Mother Nature Sculpture, MosaiCanda</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2020-05-18T10:21:44+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2018/05/18/poetry-friday-the-tornado/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/img_5323.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_5323</image:title><image:caption>The calm after the storm.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2018-05-20T17:33:11+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2018/05/10/poetry-friday-outside-my-window/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/img_0400.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_0400</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2018-05-28T03:24:23+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2018/05/04/poetry-friday-spring-is-here/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/img_5236.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_5236</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/img_5234.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_5234</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2018-05-07T09:18:12+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2018/04/27/poetry-friday-the-poemporium/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/download.jpg</image:loc><image:title>download</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2018-04-30T02:20:56+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2018/04/20/poetry-friday-cormorant-swan/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/800px-double-crested_cormorant_20874-2.png</image:loc><image:title>800px-Double-crested_Cormorant_(20874-2)</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/800px-mute_swan_vrhnika.jpg</image:loc><image:title>800px-Mute_swan_Vrhnika</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2018-04-22T22:42:19+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2018/04/17/sol-following-a-poem/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/daynjgrw4aay_yl.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DayNjGRW4AAy_yl</image:title><image:caption>Indigo Milk Cap, by Dan Molter [CC BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2018-04-18T10:29:43+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2018/04/12/poetry-friday-happy-birthday-lee-bennett-hopkins/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/51q3685e21l-_sx394_bo1204203200_.jpg</image:loc><image:title>51Q3685E21L._SX394_BO1,204,203,200_</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2018-04-15T21:47:34+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2018/04/06/poetry-friday-small-comforts/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/img_5081.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_5081</image:title><image:caption>Short-tailed Albatrosses, photo by Tui De Roy</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2018-04-12T01:49:29+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2018/04/03/a-golden-shovel-we-share-this-tender-planet/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/by-late-march-weusually-hear-the-peepers-as-they-sharetheir-fervent-melody-of-love-but-thisaria-isn_t-meant-for-us-as-i-eavesdrop-on-this-tendertune-i-wonder-what-song-i-will-share.jpg</image:loc><image:title>By late March, weusually hear the peepers as they sharetheir fervent melody of love. But thisaria isn_t meant for us. As I eavesdrop on this tendertune, I wonder what song I will share</image:title><image:caption>Photo by Douglas Mills via Flickr
</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2018-04-04T09:27:46+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2018/03/31/sol18-an-ode-to-the-slices-i-didnt-write/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/aaron-burden-90144-unsplash.jpg</image:loc><image:title>aaron-burden-90144-unsplash</image:title><image:caption>Photo by Aaron Burden via Unsplash</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2018-04-02T11:56:43+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2018/03/30/sol-18-poetry-friday-paint-chip-poetry/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/sime-basioli-181541-unsplash.jpg</image:loc><image:title>sime-basioli-181541-unsplash</image:title><image:caption>Photo by Sime Basioli via Unsplash</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2018-04-02T17:52:23+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2018/03/24/sol18-found-poetry/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/img_4958.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_4958</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2018-03-27T12:42:22+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2018/03/19/sol-18-the-meet-my-family-blog-tour-is-here/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/screen-shot-2018-03-19-at-4-53-08-pm.png</image:loc><image:title>Screen Shot 2018-03-19 at 4.53.08 PM</image:title><image:caption>© Laura Purdie Salas and Stephanie Fizer Coleman, 2018</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/screen-shot-2018-03-16-at-8-11-16-am-1.png</image:loc><image:title>Screen Shot 2018-03-16 at 8.11.16 AM (1)</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/screen-shot-2018-03-16-at-8-12-14-am-1.png</image:loc><image:title>Screen Shot 2018-03-16 at 8.12.14 AM (1)</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/screen-shot-2018-03-16-at-8-12-30-am-1.png</image:loc><image:title>Screen Shot 2018-03-16 at 8.12.30 AM (1)</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/screen-shot-2018-03-16-at-8-12-45-am-1.png</image:loc><image:title>Screen Shot 2018-03-16 at 8.12.45 AM (1)</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/screen-shot-2018-03-16-at-8-13-45-am-1.png</image:loc><image:title>Screen Shot 2018-03-16 at 8.13.45 AM (1)</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/screen-shot-2018-03-16-at-8-14-14-am-1.png</image:loc><image:title>Screen Shot 2018-03-16 at 8.14.14 AM (1)</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/screen-shot-2018-03-16-at-8-09-36-am-2.png</image:loc><image:title>Screen Shot 2018-03-16 at 8.09.36 AM (2)</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/meet-my-family.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Meet My Family!</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/61-dmotu1cl-_sx493_bo1204203200_.jpg</image:loc><image:title>61-dmotU1cL._SX493_BO1,204,203,200_</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2018-04-05T21:27:52+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2018/03/23/poetry-friday-sol18-book-spine-poetry/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/img_4954.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_4954</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/img_4955.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_4955</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/img_4956.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_4956</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/img_4748.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_4748</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/img_4750.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_4750</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2018-03-29T05:16:33+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2018/03/21/sol18-planting-in-the-snow/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/img_4950.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_4950</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/img_4949.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_4949</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/img_4868.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_4868</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2018-03-23T12:05:33+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2014/01/03/poetry-friday-this-moment/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/first-steps-after-millet-18901blog.jpg</image:loc><image:title>first-steps-after-millet-1890(1).jpg!Blog</image:title><image:caption>"First Steps (after Millet)" Vincent Van Gogh, 1890 Metropolitan Museum of Art, via wikipaintings.org </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/paul_cc3a9zanne_still_life_with_apples_c-_1890.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Paul_Cézanne,_Still_Life_With_Apples,_c._1890</image:title><image:caption>Paul Cézanne, Still Life With Apples, c. 1890 The Hermitage, St. Petersburg via Wikimedia</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2018-03-18T11:14:27+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2018/03/15/sol-18-poetry-friday-a-golden-shovel/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/on-a-winter-afternoon-acrocus-peeking-through-the-snow-is-reasonenough-to-smile-hope-forwarm-days-ahead-thawing-ice-uncovering-apond-full-of-peepers-trilling-their-song-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>ON A WINTER AFTERNOON, ACROCUS, PEEKING THROUGH THE SNOW, IS REASONENOUGH TO SMILE, HOPE FORWARM DAYS AHEAD, THAWING ICE UNCOVERING APOND FULL OF PEEPERS, TRILLING THEIR SONG (1)</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/800px-crocus_etruscus_in_snow.jpg</image:loc><image:title>800px-Crocus_etruscus_in_snow</image:title><image:caption>By Meneerke bloem (Own work), via Wikimedia Commons</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2018-03-19T16:36:21+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2018/03/13/sol-18-a-six-word-story/</loc><lastmod>2018-03-14T04:11:47+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2018/03/11/sol-18-poetry-is-revisited/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/jeff-golenski-100379-unsplash.jpg</image:loc><image:title>jeff-golenski-100379-unsplash</image:title><image:caption>Photo by Jeff Golenski via Unsplash</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2018-04-16T20:58:52+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2018/03/10/sol-on-meeting-ursula-nordstrom/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/51lwshy-xml-_sx320_bo1204203200_.jpg</image:loc><image:title>51Lwshy-xmL._SX320_BO1,204,203,200_</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2018-03-10T16:57:10+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2018/03/09/sol-18-another-slice-of-poetry/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/jon-tyson-520955-unsplash.jpg</image:loc><image:title>jon-tyson-520955-unsplash</image:title><image:caption>Photo by Jon Tyson on Unsplash</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/bruno-martins-25865-unsplash.jpg</image:loc><image:title>bruno-martins-25865-unsplash</image:title><image:caption>Photo by Bruno Martins on Unsplash</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2018-03-13T23:14:59+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2018/03/08/sol-18-my-mother-my-mountain/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/28167199_1827725213968034_2785256708424341697_n.jpg</image:loc><image:title>28167199_1827725213968034_2785256708424341697_n</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/28058896_1827725210634701_2189708901452971508_n.jpg</image:loc><image:title>28058896_1827725210634701_2189708901452971508_n</image:title><image:caption>Carving in charcoal, made in Uganda
</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/28166903_1827725207301368_4937915564460473117_n.jpg</image:loc><image:title>28166903_1827725207301368_4937915564460473117_n</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2018-03-09T22:47:23+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2018/03/07/sol-a-happy-accident/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/istock_000013485370xsmall.jpg</image:loc><image:title>iStock_000013485370XSmall</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/img_4775.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_4775</image:title><image:caption>From The Day the Crayons Quit, by Drew Daywalt, pictures by Oliver Jeffers</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2018-03-07T23:31:01+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2018/03/03/sol18-by-the-book/</loc><lastmod>2018-03-04T17:22:45+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2018/03/02/a-slice-of-poetry/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/img_4758.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_4758</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/img_4759.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_4759</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/unnamed.jpg</image:loc><image:title>unnamed</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2018-03-05T11:39:01+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2018/03/01/march-slo-the-breathings-of-my-heart/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/rdawzg5igi4ibdihyk3ywkay74.jpg</image:loc><image:title>RDAWZG5IGI4IBDIHYK3YWKAY74</image:title><image:caption>Hand stencils in Maltravieso Cave in Spain made at least 66,000 years ago.  (H. Dollado(</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2018-03-01T23:19:45+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2018/02/23/poetry-friday-an-epitaph-for-medusa/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/img_4739.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_4739</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2018-03-01T13:22:59+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2018/02/20/sol-focus/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/focus-compass-600px.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Direction of Focus</image:title><image:caption>Direction of Focus, Compass concept, 3d render</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2018-02-21T00:23:52+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2018/02/19/imwayr-the-girl-who-drew-butterflies-how-maria-merians-art-changed-science/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/merian_metamorphosis_lx.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Merian_Metamorphosis_LX</image:title><image:caption>Maria Sibylla Merian [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/61sjtt7x8ol-_sx258_bo1204203200_.jpg</image:loc><image:title>61SJTT7X8OL._SX258_BO1,204,203,200_</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2018-02-21T09:05:12+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2018/02/09/poetry-friday-the-maiden-and-the-dove/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/27657457_10156663250093484_498076324755792018_n.jpg</image:loc><image:title>27657457_10156663250093484_498076324755792018_n</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2018-02-15T22:13:53+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2018/02/02/poetry-friday-an-abecedarian/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/screen-shot-2018-02-02-at-6-49-09-am.png</image:loc><image:title>Screen Shot 2018-02-02 at 6.49.09 AM</image:title><image:caption>Unfinished self-portrait by Jay Shovan</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2018-02-07T21:43:21+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2018/01/30/slice-of-life-catalog-nerd/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/img_4602.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_4602</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2018-02-05T15:51:37+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2018/01/19/poetry-friday-maya-angelous-i-love-the-look-of-words/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/charles-deluvio-466056.jpg</image:loc><image:title>charles-deluvio-466056</image:title><image:caption>Photo by Charles Deluvio via Unsplash</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2018-02-05T16:18:04+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2018/01/13/poetry-friday-jacqueline-woodsons-on-paper/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/51-pl9bj7il.jpg</image:loc><image:title>51-Pl9BJ7IL</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/img_4233.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_4233</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2018-01-16T06:16:23+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2018/01/04/poetry-friday-roundup-and-can-i-touch-your-hair-poems-of-race-mistakes-and-friendship/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/516mwpau2tl-_sx352_bo1204203200_.jpg</image:loc><image:title>516MwPau2TL._SX352_BO1,204,203,200_</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/img_4205.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_4205</image:title><image:caption>With Charles and Irene at NCTE in St. Louis last November.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2018-01-07T01:36:29+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2017/12/29/poetry-friday-the-universe-in-verse/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/m-wrona-273100.jpg</image:loc><image:title>m-wrona-273100</image:title><image:caption>Photo by m wrona via Unsplash</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2018-01-12T02:40:33+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2017/12/22/poetry-friday-on-the-wings-of-birds/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/birds_bangladesh_2_2.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>Birds_Bangladesh_2_(2)</image:title><image:caption>By Shahnoor Habib Munmun (Own work) [CC BY 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2017-12-26T14:53:08+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2017/12/16/poetry-friday-saturday-edition/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/red-bellied_woodpecker_33186956652.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Red-bellied_Woodpecker_(33186956652)</image:title><image:caption>By Andy Reago &amp; Chrissy McClarren (Red-bellied Woodpecker) [CC BY 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2017-12-21T17:05:37+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2017/12/07/poetry-friday-milkweed/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/file641258683832.jpg</image:loc><image:title>file641258683832</image:title><image:caption>via Morguefile
</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2017-12-16T14:53:46+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2017/11/03/poetry-friday-the-brooklyn-museum-of-art/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/brooklyn_museum_-_tropical_scenery_-_frederic_edwin_church_-_overall.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Brooklyn_Museum_-_Tropical_Scenery_-_Frederic_Edwin_Church_-_overall</image:title><image:caption>Frederic Edwin Church, 1873, via Wikimedia Commons</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2017-11-06T14:17:30+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2017/10/24/slice-of-life-be-astonished-2/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/img_1431.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_1431</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2017-10-25T21:52:16+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2017/10/20/poetry-friday-ladybugs/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/file0002080684478.jpg</image:loc><image:title>file0002080684478</image:title><image:caption>Photo by bazzo2006 via Morguefile</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2017-10-28T00:12:52+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2017/10/12/poetry-friday-a-golden-shovel/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/and-what-of-these-gifts-that-are-given-to-you-will-you-hoard-them-or-shallyou-scatter-them-like-seeds-that-possessenergy-vitality-theessential-spark-a-force-for-good-they-may-lie-dor.png</image:loc><image:title>And what of these gifts that are given to you-Will you hoard them- Or shallyou scatter them like seeds that possessenergy, vitality, theessential spark, a force for good.They may lie dor</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2017-10-19T01:28:24+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2017/10/06/poetry-friday-embracing-nature/</loc><lastmod>2017-10-09T12:15:18+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2017/09/22/poetry-friday-the-universe-an-abecedarian/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/veil_hubble_1080.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Veil_Hubble_1080</image:title><image:caption>The Veil Nebula,
Image Credit: NASA/ESA/Hubble Heritage Team</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2017-09-25T22:07:42+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2017/09/15/poetry-friday-what-to-remember-when-waking/</loc><lastmod>2017-09-21T23:05:59+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2017/09/08/poetry-friday-whispers-at-the-edge-of-day/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/adrian-306005.jpg</image:loc><image:title>adrian-306005</image:title><image:caption>Photo by adrian via Unsplash</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2017-09-11T13:56:13+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2017/09/04/slice-of-life-one-school-one-book/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_3636.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_3636</image:title><image:caption>Skyping with Tamera</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_3635.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_3635</image:title><image:caption>Happiness is sharing ice cream with a friend AND a new book!
</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_3601.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_3601</image:title><image:caption>Waterlogue 1.3.1 (72)
Preset Style = Vibrant
Format = 6" (Medium)
Format Margin = Small
Format Border = Sm. Rounded
Drawing = #2 Pencil
Drawing Weight = Medium
Drawing Detail = Medium
Paint = Natural
Paint Lightness = Auto
Paint Intensity = More
Water = Tap Water
Water Edges = Medium
Water Bleed = Average
Brush = Natural Detail
Brush Focus = Everything
Brush Spacing = Narrow
Paper = Watercolor
Paper Texture = Medium
Paper Shading = Light
Options Faces = Enhance Faces</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_3600.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_3600</image:title><image:caption>Waterlogue 1.3.1 (72)
Preset Style = Vibrant
Format = 6" (Medium)
Format Margin = Small
Format Border = Sm. Rounded
Drawing = #2 Pencil
Drawing Weight = Medium
Drawing Detail = Medium
Paint = Natural
Paint Lightness = Auto
Paint Intensity = More
Water = Tap Water
Water Edges = Medium
Water Bleed = Average
Brush = Natural Detail
Brush Focus = Everything
Brush Spacing = Narrow
Paper = Watercolor
Paper Texture = Medium
Paper Shading = Light
Options Faces = Enhance Faces</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_3599.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_3599</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_3261.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_3261</image:title><image:caption>Proud poem collage creator</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_3260.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_3260</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_3259.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_3259</image:title><image:caption>Waterlogue 1.3.1 (72)
Preset Style = Vibrant
Format = 6" (Medium)
Format Margin = Small
Format Border = Sm. Rounded
Drawing = #2 Pencil
Drawing Weight = Medium
Drawing Detail = Medium
Paint = Natural
Paint Lightness = Auto
Paint Intensity = More
Water = Tap Water
Water Edges = Medium
Water Bleed = Average
Brush = Natural Detail
Brush Focus = Everything
Brush Spacing = Narrow
Paper = Watercolor
Paper Texture = Medium
Paper Shading = Light
Options Faces = Enhance Faces</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_3240.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_3240</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/ghost-9781481450157_hr.jpg</image:loc><image:title>ghost-9781481450157_hr</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2021-07-25T15:29:51+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2017/08/31/poetry-friday-things-to-do-if-youre-a-seed/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/waterlogue-2017-08-31-22-26-12.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Waterlogue-2017-08-31-22-26-12</image:title><image:caption>Planting oregano</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2017-09-07T05:44:39+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2017/08/25/poetry-friday-school/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/fullsizerender.jpg</image:loc><image:title>FullSizeRender</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2017-09-04T04:21:03+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2017/08/18/poetry-friday-marilyn-nelsons-1905/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/27874eb734f085302ec3c77ab877a4cb.jpg</image:loc><image:title>27874eb734f085302ec3c77ab877a4cb</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/7116-004-63574305.jpg</image:loc><image:title>icarreg001p1</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2017-08-29T02:16:45+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2017/08/11/poetry-friday-song-of-the-tree-frogs/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/screen-shot-2017-08-11-at-2-46-35-am.png</image:loc><image:title>Screen Shot 2017-08-11 at 2.46.35 AM</image:title><image:caption>A recent visitor to my sister's screen house.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2017-08-15T04:38:22+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2017/08/10/pb10for10-celebrating-nature/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/download-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>download-2</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/61gnyxer9l-_sx258_bo1204203200_.jpg</image:loc><image:title>61gny+Xer9L._SX258_BO1,204,203,200_</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/61epcuadaul-_sx258_bo1204203200_.jpg</image:loc><image:title>61epCUAdAuL._SX258_BO1,204,203,200_</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/this-beautiful-day-9781481441391_hr.jpg</image:loc><image:title>this-beautiful-day-9781481441391_hr</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/31625792-_uy630_sr1200630_.jpg</image:loc><image:title>31625792._UY630_SR1200,630_</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/download.jpg</image:loc><image:title>download</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/61qcnr4srkl-_sx258_bo1204203200_.jpg</image:loc><image:title>61qcnR4srkL._SX258_BO1,204,203,200_</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/round-cover.jpg</image:loc><image:title>round-cover</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/510zh3sjexl-_sx258_bo1204203200_.jpg</image:loc><image:title>510zH3SjExL._SX258_BO1,204,203,200_</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/download-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>download-1</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2017-08-15T09:55:34+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2017/08/07/slice-of-life-root-beer-floats/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/f9a22b906246bb31caf5301835f2d0f7-free-root-root-beer-floats.jpg</image:loc><image:title>f9a22b906246bb31caf5301835f2d0f7--free-root-root-beer-floats</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2017-08-09T13:45:13+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2017/08/04/poetry-friday-an-avian-tanka/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/turdus_migratorius_audubon.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Turdus_migratorius_(Audubon)</image:title><image:caption>by John James Audubon [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2017-08-08T03:37:34+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2017/07/28/poetry-friday-metamorphosis/</loc><lastmod>2017-08-01T02:12:37+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2017/07/20/poetry-friday-summer-surprise/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/img_3125.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_3125</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2017-07-23T17:13:02+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2017/07/14/poetry-friday-healing-hands/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/img_3088.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_3088</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/img_3083.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_3083</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/img_3085.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_3085</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2017-07-20T04:41:58+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2017/07/11/a-slice-of-my-summer-learning-journey/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/ba-obj-41272-0001-pub-large.jpg</image:loc><image:title>B2001.2.173</image:title><image:caption>Edmund Bristow, 1787–1876, British, The Young Anglers, ca. 1845, Oil on panel, Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/ba-obj-5021-0001-pub-large.jpg</image:loc><image:title>cropped to image, frame obscured, recto</image:title><image:caption>Sir John Everett Millais, 1829–1896, British, L'Enfant du Regiment, 1854 to 1855, Oil on paper, laid on canvas, mounted on board, Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2017-07-12T10:48:24+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2017/07/06/poetry-friday-how-many-greens-can-one-day-hold/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/aaron-burden-266395.jpg</image:loc><image:title>aaron-burden-266395</image:title><image:caption>Photo by Aaron Burden via Unsplash.com</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2017-07-11T21:13:12+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2017/06/30/poetry-friday-in-a-museum/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/ba-obj-39982-6001-pub-sm.jpg</image:loc><image:caption>"Tail piece to The Nightingale" by Alfred W. Cooper, via Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2017-07-03T00:01:15+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2017/06/23/poetry-friday-the-laws-of-motion/</loc><lastmod>2017-06-24T20:27:38+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2017/06/15/poetry-friday-the-wonders-around-us/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/jeremy-bishop-225533.jpg</image:loc><image:title>jeremy-bishop-225533</image:title><image:caption>"A Night in Malibu" by Jeremy Bishop, via Unsplash</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2017-06-18T09:35:49+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2017/06/11/digilit-sunday-poetic-problem-solving/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/fullsizerender.jpg</image:loc><image:title>FullSizeRender</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/img_2639.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_2639</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2017-06-12T12:09:19+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2017/06/09/poetry-friday-this-most-perfect-hill/</loc><lastmod>2017-06-12T05:58:34+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2017/05/26/poetry-friday-mary-olivers-mockingbirds/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/northern_mockingbird_mimus_polyglottos_orpheus_wing_flash.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Northern_mockingbird_(Mimus_polyglottos_orpheus)_wing_flash</image:title><image:caption>By Charlesjsharp (Own work, from Sharp Photography, sharpphotography), via Wikimedia Commons</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2017-06-07T09:11:20+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2017/05/12/poetry-friday-a-found-poem/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/1024px-panthera_onca_-_tiergarten_schocc88nbrunn.jpg</image:loc><image:title>1024px-Panthera_onca_-_Tiergarten_Schönbrunn</image:title><image:caption>By spacebirdy  (Own work) via Wikimedia Commons</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2017-05-15T09:17:57+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2017/05/08/slice-of-life-be-astonished/</loc><lastmod>2017-05-10T09:45:17+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2017/05/05/poetry-friday-turtle-came-to-see-me/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/enchanted-air-9781481435239_hr.jpg</image:loc><image:title>enchanted-air-9781481435239_hr</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2017-05-09T02:52:58+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2017/04/27/poetry-friday-spring-tanka/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/img_2423.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_2423</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/fullsizerender.jpg</image:loc><image:title>FullSizeRender</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2017-05-02T04:27:56+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2017/04/24/slice-of-life-song-of-the-butterflies/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/unnamed-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>unnamed-2</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/unnamed-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>unnamed-1</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2017-04-27T03:15:00+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2017/04/14/poetry-friday-responding-to-rilke/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/17545163_10212663610768656_1269397157349292705_o.jpg</image:loc><image:title>17545163_10212663610768656_1269397157349292705_o</image:title><image:caption>My son Michael, facing spring's froth and foam.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2017-04-17T01:53:01+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2017/04/11/stars-a-fibonacci-poem/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/star_spectra_by_secchi.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Star_spectra_by_Secchi</image:title><image:caption>Star Spectra by Secchi, [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2017-04-14T00:46:07+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2017/04/09/digilit-sunday-asparagus-a-digital-poem/</loc><lastmod>2017-04-18T17:42:02+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2017/04/07/poetry-friday-the-glass-universe/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/9780670016952.jpg</image:loc><image:title>9780670016952</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/220px-milky_way_night_sky_black_rock_desert_nevada.jpg</image:loc><image:title>220px-Milky_Way_Night_Sky_Black_Rock_Desert_Nevada</image:title><image:caption>By Steve Jurvetson (Flickr) [CC BY 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0) or CC BY 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2017-05-06T12:09:22+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2017/04/04/slice-of-life-poem-for-a-fairy-wren/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/poetry-npm-banner2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>poetry-NPM-banner2</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/17457632_857760584361771_8259602693585400175_n.jpg</image:loc><image:title>17457632_857760584361771_8259602693585400175_n</image:title><image:caption>via INature's Facebook page </image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2017-04-07T10:42:46+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2017/03/31/sol-17-poetry-friday-feather-celebrating-valerie-worth/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/fullsizerender-12.jpg</image:loc><image:title>FullSizeRender-1</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2017-04-04T04:58:38+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2017/03/30/sol-17-thank-you-to-strong-women/</loc><lastmod>2017-04-04T22:22:24+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2017/03/29/sol-17-a-month-of-innovation/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/innovation-is-a-process.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Innovation-is-a-process</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2017-03-30T09:13:27+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2017/03/28/sol-17-after-the-rain/</loc><lastmod>2017-03-30T02:55:43+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2017/03/27/sol-17-its-monday-what-are-you-reading-see-you-in-the-cosmos/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/9780399186370.jpg</image:loc><image:title>9780399186370</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2017-03-31T06:07:05+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2017/03/26/sol-17-book-spine-poetry/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/img_2348.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_2348</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/img_2350.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_2350</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/img_2346.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_2346</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/img_2344.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_2344</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/img_2343.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_2343</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2017-03-29T14:49:56+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2017/03/25/sol-17-in-the-canyon/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/17362827_10209088587752726_2715989150447082257_n.jpg</image:loc><image:title>17362827_10209088587752726_2715989150447082257_n</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2017-03-25T23:22:39+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2017/03/23/sol-17-the-poetry-friday-roundup-out-of-wonder/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/fullsizerender-11.jpg</image:loc><image:title>FullSizeRender-1</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/076368094x.jpg</image:loc><image:title>076368094X</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2017-03-26T12:57:22+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2017/03/23/sol-17-making-notebooks-live-everyday-in-writing-workshop/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/fullsizerender3.jpg</image:loc><image:title>FullSizeRender</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/img_2305.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_2305</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/c7noqz2xkainlws1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>C7NOqZ2XkAINlWs</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2017-04-10T19:44:05+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2017/03/22/sol-17-no-yelling/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/img_2332.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Painted in Waterlogue</image:title><image:caption>Screenshot of a few K2 singers.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/img_2330.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Painted in Waterlogue</image:title><image:caption>Preset Style = Vibrant
Format = 6" (Medium)
Format Margin = Small
Format Border = Sm. Rounded
Drawing = #2 Pencil
Drawing Weight = Medium
Drawing Detail = Medium
Paint = Natural
Paint Lightness = Auto
Paint Intensity = More
Water = Tap Water
Water Edges = Medium
Water Bleed = Average
Brush = Natural Detail
Brush Focus = Everything
Brush Spacing = Narrow
Paper = Watercolor
Paper Texture = Medium
Paper Shading = Light
Options Faces = Enhance Faces</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/screen-shot-2017-03-22-at-3-34-10-pm.png</image:loc><image:title>Screen Shot 2017-03-22 at 3.34.10 PM</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2017-03-23T02:00:48+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2017/03/21/sol-17-seasons-on-the-brink/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/tree-shadow-patterns-on-snow-600x400.jpg</image:loc><image:title>tree-shadow-patterns-on-snow-600x400</image:title><image:caption>Photo courtesy photos-public-domain.com</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2017-03-22T02:09:12+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2017/03/20/sol-17-a-list-saves-the-day/</loc><lastmod>2017-03-21T10:41:07+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2017/03/19/sol-17-a-strange-experience-in-a-car/</loc><lastmod>2017-03-21T08:24:57+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2017/03/18/sol-17-a-literary-feast-tcrwps-saturday-reunion/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/fullsizerender-4.jpg</image:loc><image:title>FullSizeRender-4</image:title><image:caption>Eric Hand opened his session on writers notebooks with the wise words of friend and fellow Slicer, Michelle Haseltine.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/fullsizerender-3.jpg</image:loc><image:title>FullSizeRender-3</image:title><image:caption>This thought-provoking interview in the current issue of the Horn Book kept me company on the train.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/fullsizerender2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>FullSizeRender</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/img_2324.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_2324</image:title><image:caption>I met Slicer and TWT  Lanny Ball</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/img_2264.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_2264</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/fullsizerender-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>FullSizeRender-1</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/img_2268.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_2268</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/img_2302.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_2302</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/img_2322.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_2322</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/fullsizerender-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>FullSizeRender-2</image:title><image:caption>Emily Butler Smith shared these quotes as an option for using literacy skills to support work in social studies.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2017-03-20T00:43:45+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2017/03/17/sol-17-poetry-friday-birds-in-the-blizzard/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/img_2237.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_2237</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2017-03-21T00:31:38+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2017/03/16/sol-17-poetry-is/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/santuario-luciernaga-2-600x398.jpg</image:loc><image:title>santuario-luciernaga-2-600x398</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2017-03-18T19:20:52+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2017/03/15/sol-17-a-scrabble-lesson/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/untitled-design-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Untitled design (1)</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2017-03-16T02:09:18+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2017/03/14/sol-17-a-pie-poem/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/url.jpg</image:loc><image:title>url</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2017-03-15T03:30:49+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2017/03/12/sol-17-digilit-sunday-blended-learning/</loc><lastmod>2017-03-13T04:17:29+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2017/03/13/sol-17-by-the-book/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/1877-winslow-homer-the-new-novel.jpg</image:loc><image:title>1877-winslow-homer-the-new-novel</image:title><image:caption>"The New Novel" Winslow Homer, 1877 [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2017-03-14T11:44:17+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2017/03/11/sol-17-a-milestone/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/triple-spiral-symbol-4turns-filled-svg.png</image:loc><image:title>Triple-Spiral-Symbol-4turns-filled.svg</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/feature-74-inc500_38.jpg</image:loc><image:title>feature-74-inc500_38</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2017-03-15T13:47:06+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2017/03/10/sol-17-poetry-friday-ode-to-a-blanket/</loc><lastmod>2017-03-12T19:47:16+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2017/03/09/sol-17-currently/</loc><lastmod>2017-03-15T13:39:08+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2017/03/08/sol-17-an-afternoon-walk/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/img_2197.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_2197</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/img_2195.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_2195</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2017-03-10T15:29:16+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2017/03/07/sol-17-life-lessons/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/fullsizerender1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>FullSizeRender</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/cookies5.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Cookies(5)</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2017-03-08T23:52:14+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2017/03/05/sol-17-imwayr-if-you-were-the-moon/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/moon-cover_lores-300x293.jpg</image:loc><image:title>moon-cover_lores-300x293</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2017-03-07T04:12:44+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2017/03/05/sol-17-slicing-our-lives/</loc><lastmod>2017-03-06T10:42:54+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2017/03/04/sol-17-becoming-smart/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/wilcox.jpg</image:loc><image:title>wilcox</image:title><image:caption>By Jessie Willcox Smith [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2017-03-05T00:15:00+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2017/03/03/sol-17-poetry-friday-happy-birthday-billy-collins/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/brgj4fzcuaa9e6e.jpg</image:loc><image:title>brgj4fzcuaa9e6e</image:title><image:caption>Billy Collins at the Sunken Garden Poetry Festival, August 2013</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2017-03-05T17:49:18+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2017/03/02/sol-17-our-springer-spaniel/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/fullsizerender.jpg</image:loc><image:title>fullsizerender</image:title><image:caption>Cleo, 1994-2003</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2017-03-06T14:10:25+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2017/03/01/sol-17-something-shiny-in-the-rubble/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/screen-shot-2017-03-01-at-10-01-37-pm.png</image:loc><image:title>screen-shot-2017-03-01-at-10-01-37-pm</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2017-03-03T03:02:46+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2017/02/28/slice-of-life-things-to-do-if-youre-a-cabin/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/fullsizerender.jpg</image:loc><image:title>fullsizerender</image:title><image:caption>A glut of cousins, not quite ready for their bedtime story.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/fullsizerender-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>fullsizerender-1</image:title><image:caption>Loons on the lake.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2017-03-04T00:37:37+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2017/02/16/poetry-friday-words/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/878761b3766f3ddee680b7c2e3df2283.jpg</image:loc><image:title>878761b3766f3ddee680b7c2e3df2283</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2017-02-28T16:36:37+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2017/01/31/slice-of-life-news-from-the-natural-world/</loc><lastmod>2017-03-16T22:41:50+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2017/02/09/poetry-friday-truth-the-last-word/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/rachel-zoe.jpg</image:loc><image:title>rachel-zoe</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/poetry_friday.jpg</image:loc><image:title>poetry_friday</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2017-02-16T23:16:30+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2017/02/02/poetry-friday-worldview/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/297755main_gpn-2001-000009_full.jpg</image:loc><image:title>297755main_gpn-2001-000009_full</image:title><image:caption>"Earthrise" Image Credit: NASA</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2017-02-05T22:12:21+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2017/01/27/poetry-friday-naomi-shihab-nyes-truth-serum/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/ka9d9dievvw-jonathan-m-hethey.jpg</image:loc><image:title>ka9d9dievvw-jonathan-m-hethey</image:title><image:caption>by Jonathan M. Hethey via unsplash.com</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2017-02-02T17:26:25+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2017/01/23/slice-of-life-the-woman-citizen/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/unnamed.jpg</image:loc><image:title>unnamed</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/fullsizerender-11.jpg</image:loc><image:title>fullsizerender-1</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/fullsizerender.jpg</image:loc><image:title>fullsizerender</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2017-01-25T12:48:04+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2017/01/19/poetry-friday-to-you/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/2x19-mrqgx8-josh-boot.jpg</image:loc><image:title>2x19-mrqgx8-josh-boot</image:title><image:caption>by Josh Boot via Unsplash.com</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2017-01-22T11:51:56+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2017/01/15/digilit-sunday-real-vs-fake-news/</loc><lastmod>2017-01-16T17:23:08+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2017/01/10/slice-of-life-frost-petals/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/img_1939.jpg</image:loc><image:title>img_1939</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/img_1937.jpg</image:loc><image:title>img_1937</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2017-01-18T05:25:40+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2017/01/09/imwayr-reading-resolutions/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/51rt-8brnul-_sx330_bo1204203200_.jpg</image:loc><image:title>51rt-8brnul-_sx330_bo1204203200_</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/41f9lkuulrl-_sx329_bo1204203200_.jpg</image:loc><image:title>41f9lkuulrl-_sx329_bo1204203200_</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/51ggnimw74l.jpg</image:loc><image:title>51ggnimw74l</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/the_cricket_in_times_square_cover.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>the_cricket_in_times_square_cover</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/finding-wonders-cover.jpg</image:loc><image:title>finding-wonders-cover</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/220px-thesnowgoose.jpg</image:loc><image:title>220px-thesnowgoose</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/516cy2xhfsl-_sy344_bo1204203200_.jpg</image:loc><image:title>516cy2xhfsl-_sy344_bo1204203200_</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/fullsizerender-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>fullsizerender-1</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2017-01-10T11:04:58+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2017/01/05/poetry-friday-words-are-birds/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/lfas0_iaw1a-srivatsa-sreenivasarao.jpg</image:loc><image:title>lfas0_iaw1a-srivatsa-sreenivasarao</image:title><image:caption>by Srivatsa Sreenivasarao via unsplash
</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2017-01-07T20:20:53+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2017/01/03/slice-of-life-things-we-prize/</loc><lastmod>2017-01-04T22:39:46+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2017/01/02/imwayr-celebrating-friendship/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/51fjz-6wg9l-_sx258_bo1204203200_.jpg</image:loc><image:title>51fjz-6wg9l-_sx258_bo1204203200_</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/51ig6tj0hdl.jpg</image:loc><image:title>51ig6tj0hdl</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2017-01-04T02:11:38+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2017/01/01/gratitude/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/gratitude.jpg</image:loc><image:title>gratitude</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2017-01-02T16:22:25+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2016/12/30/poetry-friday-comet-seekers/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/comet45phond.jpg</image:loc><image:title>comet45phond</image:title><image:caption>Comet 45P/Honda-Mrkos-Pajdušáková From October 1st, 2011 taken with a 10"/3.8 Newtonian and CCD imager. Image credit and copyright: Michael Jäger.
</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/comete_tapisserie_bayeux.jpg</image:loc><image:title>comete_tapisserie_bayeux</image:title><image:caption>Comet detail of Bayeux Tapestry [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2017-01-02T13:00:50+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2016/12/23/poetry-friday-hurrying-home/</loc><lastmod>2016-12-24T17:03:10+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2016/12/20/slice-of-life-snow-day-haiku/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/unnamed1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>unnamed</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2016-12-21T14:09:23+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2016/12/15/poetry-friday-cloudshadows/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/unnamed.jpg</image:loc><image:title>unnamed</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2016-12-19T07:21:39+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2016/12/13/a-bite-sized-slice-haiku/</loc><lastmod>2016-12-16T15:47:44+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2016/12/09/poetry-friday-godspeed-john-glenn/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/john_glenn_entering_friendship_7_-_gpn-2000-000652.jpg</image:loc><image:title>john_glenn_entering_friendship_7_-_gpn-2000-000652</image:title><image:caption>By NASA/photographer unknown (Great Images in NASA Description) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2016-12-16T16:40:24+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2016/12/05/imwayr-spreading-love-warmth/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/9780312371395.jpg</image:loc><image:title>9780312371395</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/9780061953385.jpg</image:loc><image:title>9780061953385</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/9781596438903.jpg</image:loc><image:title>9781596438903</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2016-12-09T06:38:02+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2016/12/02/poetry-friday-a-hidden-nest/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/canstock19270063.jpg</image:loc><image:title>canstock19270063</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2016-12-16T18:14:37+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2016/11/29/slice-of-life-purpose-and-passion/</loc><lastmod>2016-11-30T18:22:28+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2016/11/25/poetry-friday-the-moons-wondrous-tale/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/img_1418.jpg</image:loc><image:title>img_1418</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2016-11-29T10:12:10+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2016/11/18/poetry-friday-a-sliver-of-liver/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/51f8vfj3axl-_sx299_bo1204203200_.jpg</image:loc><image:title>51f8vfj3axl-_sx299_bo1204203200_</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2016-11-21T20:38:41+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2016/11/11/poetry-friday-all-of-these-people/</loc><lastmod>2016-11-13T12:22:05+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2016/11/08/slice-of-life-the-edge-of-winter/</loc><lastmod>2016-11-09T22:15:00+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2016/11/06/digilit-sunday-finding-our-focus/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/comprehensive_ophthalmology.jpg</image:loc><image:title>comprehensive_ophthalmology</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2016-11-13T02:36:50+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2016/11/03/poetry-friday-fifth-grade-autobiography/</loc><lastmod>2016-11-06T21:48:53+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2016/11/01/the-landscape-of-everyday-life/</loc><lastmod>2016-11-01T21:34:02+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2016/10/28/poetry-friday-mary-olivers-song-for-autumn/</loc><lastmod>2016-11-06T11:33:28+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2016/10/19/finding-my-writing-rhythm/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/1962_bell_brand_sandy_koufax.jpg</image:loc><image:title>1962_bell_brand_sandy_koufax</image:title><image:caption>Hall of Fame Pitcher Sandy Koufax By Bell Brand ([1]) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2016-10-21T12:11:51+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2016/10/16/digilit-sunday-why-i-write/</loc><lastmod>2016-10-17T05:08:52+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2016/10/10/imwayr-before-morning/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/bdfd272b-5c2a-4265-9e88-1a3449d63d31-_cb271101758_.jpg</image:loc><image:title>bdfd272b-5c2a-4265-9e88-1a3449d63d31-jpg-_cb271101758_</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2016-10-13T09:42:22+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2016/10/06/poetry-friday-mabon/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/img_3459.jpg</image:loc><image:title>img_3459</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2016-10-10T02:57:23+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2016/10/03/imwayr-some-writer-the-story-of-e-b-white-by-melissa-sweet/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/img_1239.jpg</image:loc><image:title>img_1239</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/img_1238.jpg</image:loc><image:title>img_1238</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/img_1237.jpg</image:loc><image:title>img_1237</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2016-10-10T01:32:27+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2016/09/30/poetry-friday-sail-away-to-fairyland/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/1310744-3.jpg</image:loc><image:title>1310744-3</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/16055.jpg</image:loc><image:title>16055</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2016-10-02T19:32:14+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2016/09/25/digilit-sunday-agency/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/screen-shot-2016-09-25-at-12-22-48-pm.png</image:loc><image:title>screen-shot-2016-09-25-at-12-22-48-pm</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/screen-shot-2016-09-25-at-12-20-32-pm.png</image:loc><image:title>screen-shot-2016-09-25-at-12-20-32-pm</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2016-09-26T05:27:53+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2016/09/22/poetry-friday-the-roundup-is-here/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/img_1212.jpg</image:loc><image:title>img_1212</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/img_1210.jpg</image:loc><image:title>img_1210</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/img_1211.jpg</image:loc><image:title>img_1211</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2016-09-28T04:22:00+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2016/09/20/slice-of-life-poetica-friends/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/img_1082.jpg</image:loc><image:title>img_1082</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/fullsizerender.jpg</image:loc><image:title>fullsizerender</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2016-09-23T11:44:51+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2016/09/08/poetry-friday-to-the-light-of-september/</loc><lastmod>2016-09-13T23:52:55+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2016/09/06/a-slice-of-my-reading-life/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/7.jpg</image:loc><image:title>7</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/bv6dibqiiaabuyx.jpg</image:loc><image:title>bv6dibqiiaabuyx</image:title><image:caption>My Reading Life, August, 2014 Edition</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2017-03-02T00:14:31+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2016/09/05/imwayr-full-of-beans/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/news1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>news1</image:title><image:caption>"By the Ocean, Key West" by A. Johnson, WPA artist, via Key West Art &amp; Historical Society</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/51vtledqul-_sy344_bo1204203200_.jpg</image:loc><image:title>51Vt+ledqUL._SY344_BO1,204,203,200_</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/imwayr-2015.png</image:loc><image:title>IMWAYR 2015</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2016-09-08T06:53:53+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2016/09/04/digilit-sunday-motivation/</loc><lastmod>2016-09-08T20:19:10+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2016/08/30/slice-of-life-ode-to-microbes/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/pasteuria_ramosa_mature_and_cauliflower_stages.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Pasteuria_ramosa,_mature_and_cauliflower_stages</image:title><image:caption>Pasteuria ramosa spores By Dieter Ebert, Basel, Switzerland (Own work) [CC BY-SA 4.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)], via Wikimedia Commons</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2016-09-04T13:59:18+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2016/08/28/summer-memories/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/sky-melts-into-seasurf-crashes-onto-rocky-shorebeneath-a-rose-strewn-bluff.png</image:loc><image:title>Sky melts into seaSurf crashes onto rocky shoreBeneath a rose-strewn bluff</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2016-08-29T04:52:50+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2016/08/23/slice-of-life-turn-up-the-volume/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/iss_expedition_crew_displays_the_jules_verne_book_and_manuscripts-1024x699.jpg</image:loc><image:title>ISS_Expedition_crew_displays_the_Jules_Verne_book_and_manuscripts-1024x699</image:title><image:caption>“Reading became my rocket ship out of the second-floor apartment in the projects. I traveled the world through books.” Sonia Sotomayor</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2016-08-24T00:59:45+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2016/08/19/poetry-friday-ode-to-teachers/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/photo-1464716821973-e1031cfa43dc.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Processed with VSCO with a8 preset</image:title><image:caption>Photo by Garrett Sears via unsplash.com</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2016-08-21T23:03:02+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2016/08/16/slice-of-life-the-butterfly-effect/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/the_other_butterfly_effect_2724591849.jpg</image:loc><image:title>The_other_butterfly_effect_(2724591849)</image:title><image:caption>By Rhett Maxwell (the other butterfly effect) [CC BY 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2016-08-21T12:44:33+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2016/08/12/poetry-friday-the-young-poets-of-winnipeg/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/66.jpg</image:loc><image:title>66</image:title><image:caption>Design by Su Blackwell</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2016-08-14T00:38:26+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2016/08/10/pb10for10-feeding-our-imaginations/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/28114411.jpg</image:loc><image:title>28114411</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/the-storyteller-9781481435185_hr.jpg</image:loc><image:title>the-storyteller-9781481435185_hr</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/9780399169137.jpg</image:loc><image:title>9780399169137</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/9780399160493.jpg</image:loc><image:title>9780399160493</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/yaks-yakanimal-word-pairs-by-linda-sue-park.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Yaks-YakAnimal-Word-Pairs-by-Linda-Sue-Park</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/odte-cover.jpg</image:loc><image:title>ODTE-cover</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/41z2kygc1hl-_sx353_bo1204203200_.jpg</image:loc><image:title>41Z2KyGc1hL._SX353_BO1,204,203,200_</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/the-summer-nick-taught-his-cats-to-read-9781481435697_hr.jpg</image:loc><image:title>the-summer-nick-taught-his-cats-to-read-9781481435697_hr</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/thisisnotapicturebook_frontcover100.jpg</image:loc><image:title>ThisIsNotAPictureBook_FrontCover100</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/9780735842205_zoom.jpg</image:loc><image:title>9780735842205_zoom</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2016-08-11T16:18:48+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2016/08/09/slice-of-life-grattitude/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/gratitude_nyc-tunney_02.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Gratitude_NYC-Tunney_02</image:title><image:caption>Billboard by Peter Tunney</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2016-08-09T17:30:40+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2016/08/05/poetry-friday-where-poems-hide/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/rabbit_north_america.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Rabbit_North_America</image:title><image:caption>By M2545 (Own work) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2016-08-07T10:57:37+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2016/08/02/slice-of-life-letting-go-of-fear/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/img_0746.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_0746</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2016-08-21T14:14:17+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2016/07/29/poetry-friday-the-peace-of-wild-things/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/blue_heron.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Blue_Heron</image:title><image:caption>By Dcordero7965 at English Wikipedia (Transferred from en.wikipedia to Commons.) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2016-08-01T23:51:56+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2016/07/22/poetry-friday-play-ball/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/img_06232.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_0623</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2016-07-24T23:16:22+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2016/07/19/slice-of-life-magical-things/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/img_0654.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_0654</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/img_0680.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_0680</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/img_0679.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_0679</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/img_0646.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_0646</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/img_0666.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_0666</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/img_0669.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_0669</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/img_0662.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_0662</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/img_0660.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_0660</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2016-07-24T16:23:02+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2016/07/15/poetry-friday-grains-of-sand/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/994867_638109806210034_1779419702_n.jpg</image:loc><image:title>994867_638109806210034_1779419702_n</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2016-07-23T17:27:28+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2016/07/12/slice-of-life-a-weekend-in-boston/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/cnab31aweaaztcn.jpg</image:loc><image:title>CnAb31AWEAAztcN</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/cnbe-znwcaazuqe.jpg</image:loc><image:title>CnBe-zNWcAAZUqE</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/img_0524.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_0524</image:title><image:caption>So happy to meet Molly Hogan in real life!</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/img_0523.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_0523</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/img_0522.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_0522</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/img_0556.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_0556</image:title><image:caption>With Colette Bennett before our presentation.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/f36176a2c4703110251c9b8c27654e22.jpg</image:loc><image:title>f36176a2c4703110251c9b8c27654e22</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2016-07-13T12:59:02+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2016/07/01/poetry-friday-slipping-into-summer-mode/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/img_0476.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_0476</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2016-07-31T13:07:45+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2016/06/28/slice-of-life-summer-steam/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/cape_skink_flowers.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Cape_Skink_Flowers</image:title><image:caption>By Prosthetic Head (Own work) [CC BY-SA 4.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)], via Wikimedia Commons</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2016-07-11T10:14:49+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2016/06/24/poetry-friday-stanzas-for-a-sierra-morning/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/photo-1419833173245-f59e1b93f9ee.jpg</image:loc><image:title>photo-1419833173245-f59e1b93f9ee</image:title><image:caption>Photo by Sam Schooler via unsplash.com</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2016-06-26T19:50:38+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2016/06/17/poetry-friday-a-bale-of-turtles/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/img_0138.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_0138</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2016-06-19T17:33:44+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2016/06/14/slice-of-life-finding-compassion/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/how-to-write-a.jpg</image:loc><image:title>how to write a</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2016-06-15T02:52:57+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2016/05/27/poetry-friday-through-an-open-window/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/display_image.jpg</image:loc><image:title>display_image</image:title><image:caption>"Morning Glories" Winslow Homer 1873</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2016-06-03T12:53:44+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2016/06/02/poetry-friday-the-arrow-and-the-song/</loc><lastmod>2016-06-05T03:16:27+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2016/05/31/slice-of-life-meeting-goals/</loc><lastmod>2016-06-01T09:32:04+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2016/05/29/the-perspective-of-others-salt-to-the-sea/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/25614492.jpg</image:loc><image:title>25614492</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2016-05-31T13:05:16+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2016/05/24/slice-of-life-playing-with-grammar/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/photo-1455390582262-044cdead277a.jpg</image:loc><image:title>photo-1455390582262-044cdead277a</image:title><image:caption>Photo by Aaron Burden via unsplash.com</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2016-05-25T09:06:08+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2016/05/22/intent-the-teacher-i-want-to-be/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/photo-1444840535719-195841cb6e2b.jpg</image:loc><image:title>photo-1444840535719-195841cb6e2b</image:title><image:caption>Photo by Tina Floersch, via unsplash.com</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/girl_playing.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Girl_playing</image:title><image:caption>Mferr020 at en.wikibooks [GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html) or CC BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], from Wikimedia Commons</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2016-05-22T14:37:56+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2016/05/20/poetry-friday-a-flower-piece-by-fantin/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/henri_fantin-latour_-_vase_of_flowers_-_google_art_project.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Henri_Fantin-Latour_-_Vase_of_Flowers_-_Google_Art_Project</image:title><image:caption>Henri Fantin-Latour [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2016-05-26T02:35:48+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2016/05/15/making-plans-for-summer-reading/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/winslow_homer_reading_by_the_brook_1879-_oil_on_canvas-_memphis_brooks_museum_of_art_memphis.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Winslow_Homer,_Reading_by_the_Brook,_1879._Oil_on_canvas._Memphis_Brooks_Museum_of_Art,_Memphis,</image:title><image:caption>By Winslow Homer (Memphis Brooks Museum of Art) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2016-05-16T17:13:26+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2016/05/13/poetry-friday-david-whytes-the-lightest-touch/</loc><lastmod>2016-05-16T00:09:27+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2016/05/10/slice-of-life-waiting-to-bloom/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/img_0162.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_0162</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2016-05-12T02:04:21+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2014/12/16/slice-of-life-close-reading-in-kindergarten/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/b3e5yq3ccaagfdj.jpg</image:loc><image:title>B3E5YQ3CcAAgfDJ</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/photo-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>photo 1</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2016-05-09T13:05:58+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2016/05/05/poetry-friday-valerie-worths-peacock/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/41ex0v8qvjl-_sx319_bo1204203200_.jpg</image:loc><image:title>41EX0V8QVJL._SX319_BO1,204,203,200_</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2016-05-12T23:52:12+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2016/05/01/the-function-of-poetry-in-the-classroom/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/poetry-from-india-talkies-online.jpg</image:loc><image:title>poetry-from-india-talkies-online</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2016-05-05T02:51:05+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2016/04/30/our-revels-now-are-ended/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/600px-oberon_titania_and_puck_with_fairies_dancing-_william_blake-_c-1786.jpg</image:loc><image:title>600px-Oberon,_Titania_and_Puck_with_Fairies_Dancing._William_Blake._c.1786</image:title><image:caption>William Blake [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2016-05-01T11:20:53+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2016/04/28/poetry-friday-finding-beauty-even-in-a-snake/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/screen-shot-2016-04-25-at-9-17-21-pm.png</image:loc><image:title>Screen Shot 2016-04-25 at 9.17.21 PM</image:title><image:caption>Photo by Michael Flynn</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2016-05-01T14:43:22+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2016/04/22/poetry-friday-desertbells/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/img_0271.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_0271</image:title><image:caption>Photo by Tim Fitzharris in 2016 Arizona Highways Calendar</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2016-04-30T05:35:23+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2016/04/21/two-poems-for-your-pocket/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/poem-in-pocket.jpg</image:loc><image:title>poem-in-pocket</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2016-04-21T14:22:19+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2016/04/20/japanese-tree-frogs/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/treefrogsballoonvine_en-ca11584715884_1366x768.jpg</image:loc><image:title>TreefrogsBalloonVine_EN-CA11584715884_1366x768</image:title><image:caption>Japanese tree frogs (© Shinji Kusano/Minden Pictures)(Bing Canada)</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/img_0134.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_0134</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2016-04-21T03:26:08+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2016/04/19/slice-of-life-alive-below-crystal/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/img_0133.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_0133</image:title><image:caption>Brian in Crystal Rapid, August, 2007</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2016-04-20T01:50:47+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2016/04/18/a-fibonacci-poem/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/cfob1gmuiaa3xuu.png</image:loc><image:title>Cfob1GmUIAA3Xuu</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2016-04-21T16:51:05+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2016/04/17/revision-finding-the-best-words/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/slide11.jpg</image:loc><image:title>slide11</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2016-04-17T17:40:56+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2014/01/10/poetry-friday-aurora-borealis/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/800px-northern_lights_at_yellowknife.jpg</image:loc><image:title>800px-Northern_Lights_at_Yellowknife</image:title><image:caption>By Xander [CC-BY-2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2016-04-17T12:55:25+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2014/12/11/poetry-friday-snowpiaries/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/children_sledding_heiloo_netherland_542450141-1024x0.jpg</image:loc><image:title>children_sledding_heiloo_netherland_542450141.1024x0</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2016-04-17T12:54:52+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2015/03/03/slice-of-life-honeysuckle/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/honeysuckle-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Honeysuckle-2</image:title><image:caption>By Aftabbanoori (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/51ro4ndchbl.jpg</image:loc><image:title>51ro4NDcHbL</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2016-04-17T12:54:24+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2015/06/25/poetry-friday-a-treehouse-all-your-own/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/img_2938.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_2938</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/1934992_1063901857594_7838799_n.jpg</image:loc><image:title>1934992_1063901857594_7838799_n</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/4927_579285156077_2685386_n.jpg</image:loc><image:title>4927_579285156077_2685386_n</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2016-04-17T12:53:52+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2016/04/07/poetry-friday-laughter-across-the-years/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/da7df5f7-381c-4adc-90b9-520846c612ac.jpg</image:loc><image:title>da7df5f7-381c-4adc-90b9-520846c612ac</image:title><image:caption>My father, Tom Wallian, circa 1941</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/img_0115.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_0115</image:title><image:caption>My son, Brian, circa 1985</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2016-04-11T05:07:35+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2016/04/05/slice-of-life-pd-in-my-pjs/</loc><lastmod>2016-04-06T04:49:46+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2016/04/03/another-small-object-poem/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/img_0108.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_0108</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2016-04-04T03:44:26+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2016/04/01/poetry-friday-a-day-full-of-poetry/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/large-blue-rgb-national-poetry-month-logo.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Large-Blue-RGB-National-Poetry-Month-Logo</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/screen-shot-2016-04-01-at-9-36-01-pm.png</image:loc><image:title>Screen Shot 2016-04-01 at 9.36.01 PM</image:title><image:caption>Find this poem and more poetry ideas in Penguin's Guide to Poetry in the Classroom here.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2016-04-06T16:58:48+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2016/03/31/slice-of-life-a-month-of-learning/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/cehxwtsuiaamgks.jpg</image:loc><image:title>CeHxWtsUIAAmgks</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2016-04-01T03:14:09+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2016/03/30/slice-of-life-an-unobserved-slice/</loc><lastmod>2016-03-31T21:26:05+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2015/10/23/poetry-friday-oceans-of-leaves/</loc><lastmod>2016-03-30T03:19:18+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2016/03/29/slice-of-life-playing-with-haiku/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/kaleidoscope.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Kaleidoscope</image:title><image:caption>By photo taken by H. Pellikka (Own work) [GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html), CC-BY-SA-3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/) or CC BY-SA 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons
</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2016-03-30T11:52:37+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2016/03/28/slice-of-life-broken-glasses/</loc><lastmod>2016-03-28T23:52:12+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2016/03/27/slice-of-life-poetry-collections-i-love/</loc><lastmod>2016-03-28T13:42:03+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2016/03/26/slice-of-life-paying-attention/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/img_00801.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_0080</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2016-03-26T21:44:17+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2016/03/25/another-poetry-friday-slice-of-life-a-galaxy-of-seed-pods/</loc><lastmod>2016-03-29T18:05:10+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2016/03/24/slice-of-life-an-architect/</loc><lastmod>2016-03-26T14:45:57+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2016/03/23/slice-of-life-national-puppy-day/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/img_00691.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_0069</image:title><image:caption>Louie with his proud parents.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/img_0062.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_0062</image:title><image:caption>It was really windy on Monday!</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2016-03-24T03:59:11+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2016/03/22/slice-of-life-lists/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/img_1727.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_1727</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2016-03-23T22:30:00+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2016/03/21/slice-of-life-prospecting-for-poetry/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/img_0061.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_0061</image:title><image:caption>Objects I found on my walk this morning.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/img_0057.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_0057</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/img_0050.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_0050</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/img_0039.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_0039</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/img_0018.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_0018</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2016-03-22T20:42:06+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2016/03/20/slice-of-life-read-alouds-i-love/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/screen-shot-2016-03-20-at-7-21-05-am.png</image:loc><image:title>Screen Shot 2016-03-20 at 7.21.05 AM</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/screen-shot-2016-03-20-at-6-27-05-am.png</image:loc><image:title>Screen Shot 2016-03-20 at 6.27.05 AM</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/screen-shot-2016-03-20-at-6-28-11-am.png</image:loc><image:title>Screen Shot 2016-03-20 at 6.28.11 AM</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/screen-shot-2016-03-20-at-6-36-14-am.png</image:loc><image:title>Screen Shot 2016-03-20 at 6.36.14 AM</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/screen-shot-2016-03-20-at-6-38-15-am.png</image:loc><image:title>Screen Shot 2016-03-20 at 6.38.15 AM</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/screen-shot-2016-03-20-at-6-57-23-am.png</image:loc><image:title>Screen Shot 2016-03-20 at 6.57.23 AM</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2016-03-21T03:58:41+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2016/03/19/slice-of-life-pink-tulle-and-ping-pong/</loc><lastmod>2016-03-20T15:36:27+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2016/03/18/slice-of-life-breakfast-of-the-birds/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/2-2-2-x-collection-full-image-munter-breakfast_of_the_birds.jpg</image:loc><image:title>2.2.2.x-collection-full-image-munter-breakfast_of_the_birds</image:title><image:caption>Gabriele Münter, Breakfast of the Birds, 1934; © 2012 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn - See more at: http://nmwa.org/works/breakfast-birds#sthash.eKbv2uZn.dpuf</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2016-03-22T01:24:06+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2016/03/17/slice-of-life-time-to-read/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/51u0fnastll-_sx309_bo1204203200_.jpg</image:loc><image:title>51U0fnAsTLL._SX309_BO1,204,203,200_</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/9780803739925.jpg</image:loc><image:title>9780803739925</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/61p3a50eg6l-_sx341_bo1204203200_.jpg</image:loc><image:title>61P3a50eg6L._SX341_BO1,204,203,200_</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2016-03-18T03:51:30+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2016/03/16/slice-of-life-finding-the-silver-lining/</loc><lastmod>2016-03-17T00:14:55+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2016/03/15/slice-of-life-a-found-poem/</loc><lastmod>2016-03-16T20:05:17+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2016/03/14/slice-of-life-a-poem-for-pi-day/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/fullsizerender2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>FullSizeRender</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2016-03-15T22:46:59+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2016/03/13/slice-of-life-a-sunday-morning-photo-essay/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/img_0095.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_0095</image:title><image:caption>Off to breakfast. </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/img_0094.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_0094</image:title><image:caption>Breakfast's over. Time to write my slice, work on my  WIP, and read.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/img_0093.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_0093</image:title><image:caption>Back home and ready to work on the crossword puzzle.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/img_0091.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_0091</image:title><image:caption>More signs of spring.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/img_0090.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_0090</image:title><image:caption>The library</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/img_0089.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_0089</image:title><image:caption>This tree was full of singing chickadees who didn't want their picture taken.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/img_0080.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_0080</image:title><image:caption>Soon this pond will be full of tadpoles.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/img_0077.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_0077</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/img_0075.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_0075</image:title><image:caption>Our walk takes us through the fairgrounds of the annual Fireman's fair. </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/img_0071.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_0071</image:title><image:caption>This knot hole intrigued me. I get all sorts of ideas when I walk.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2016-03-14T01:57:34+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2016/03/12/slice-of-life-war-peace/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/518_001.jpg</image:loc><image:title>518_001</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2016-03-13T02:34:35+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2016/03/11/a-poetry-friday-slice-of-life/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/img_3756.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_3756</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2016-03-14T03:29:14+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2016/03/10/slice-of-life-patience/</loc><lastmod>2016-03-11T03:42:25+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2016/03/09/slice-of-life-in-the-beginning/</loc><lastmod>2016-03-10T04:37:19+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2016/03/08/slice-of-life-currently-2/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/529a45ec-d6f7-40a5-a5fe-0719008c5703.jpg</image:loc><image:title>529a45ec-d6f7-40a5-a5fe-0719008c5703</image:title><image:caption>Louie is only 11 weeks old. Look at the size of those paws! </image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2016-03-09T03:17:03+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2016/03/07/slice-of-life-1997/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/fullsizerender1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>FullSizeRender</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2016-03-07T22:56:18+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2016/03/06/slice-of-life-thinking-about-word-choice-and-mood-with-sixth-graders/</loc><lastmod>2016-03-06T22:42:58+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2016/03/05/slice-of-life-forgotten-treasures/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/fullsizerender-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>FullSizeRender-2</image:title><image:caption>My grandmother wrote "Loretta Lane, age 14" on the back of this doll.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/fullsizerender.jpg</image:loc><image:title>FullSizeRender</image:title><image:caption>All that remains of "The Three Bears"</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/fullsizerender-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>FullSizeRender-1</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2016-03-06T11:24:18+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2016/03/04/a-slice-of-life-for-poetry-friday-quilting-a-garden/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/img_0496.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_0496</image:title><image:caption>Photo by Matt Forrest Esenwine</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2016-03-08T12:07:49+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2016/03/03/slice-of-life-comfort-food/</loc><lastmod>2016-03-04T04:52:16+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2016/03/02/slice-of-life-my-morning-view/</loc><lastmod>2016-03-03T18:25:11+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2016/03/01/slice-of-life-evolution-of-a-writer/</loc><lastmod>2016-03-02T00:24:51+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2016/02/25/poetry-friday-penelopes-ditty/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/618128b2-02c9-45ce-828d-4e89e44af964.jpg</image:loc><image:title>618128b2-02c9-45ce-828d-4e89e44af964</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2016-02-29T07:43:47+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2016/02/23/slice-of-life-sick-day/</loc><lastmod>2016-03-02T19:50:38+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2016/02/19/nfpb10for10-our-feathered-friends/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/51mhxghnm3l-_sx258_bo1204203200_.jpg</image:loc><image:title>51mHxgHnm3L._SX258_BO1,204,203,200_</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/51y-bhjg2el-_sx258_bo1204203200_.jpg</image:loc><image:title>51y-BhjG2EL._SX258_BO1,204,203,200_</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/615nqyoqmcl-_sx258_bo1204203200_.jpg</image:loc><image:title>615NQyOqMcL._SX258_BO1,204,203,200_</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/619pa23g8jl-_sx258_bo1204203200_.jpg</image:loc><image:title>619Pa23G8JL._SX258_BO1,204,203,200_</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/886449.jpg</image:loc><image:title>886449</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/51zul9pj7nl-_sx258_bo1204203200_.jpg</image:loc><image:title>51zul9Pj7nL._SX258_BO1,204,203,200_</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/feathers.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Feathers</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/12461718.jpg</image:loc><image:title>12461718</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/imgres.jpg</image:loc><image:title>imgres</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/51sfant3ifl-_sx258_bo1204203200_.jpg</image:loc><image:title>51SFANt3IFL._SX258_BO1,204,203,200_</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2016-02-20T15:52:23+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2016/02/18/poetry-friday-blue-jays-in-the-snow/</loc><lastmod>2016-02-21T22:00:55+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2016/02/16/slice-of-life-coloring-anyone/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/screen-shot-2016-02-15-at-9-19-19-pm.png</image:loc><image:title>Screen Shot 2016-02-15 at 9.19.19 PM</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/img_3694.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_3694</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/addition-math-mystery-picture-worksheet.jpg</image:loc><image:title>addition-math-mystery-picture-worksheet</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2016-02-17T06:03:42+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2016/02/12/poetry-friday-found-object-poetry/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/baie-doll.jpg</image:loc><image:title>baie-doll</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2016-02-13T23:47:14+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2016/02/09/slice-of-life-being-a-witness-to-the-world/</loc><lastmod>2016-02-10T19:49:30+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2016/02/08/imwayr-tallulahs-tutu-more/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/51l67tkq9jl-_sx258_bo1204203200_.jpg</image:loc><image:title>51l67TKQ9JL._SX258_BO1,204,203,200_</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/51osltx2fgl-_sx258_bo1204203200_.jpg</image:loc><image:title>51OSltX2fgL._SX258_BO1,204,203,200_</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/17080432.jpg</image:loc><image:title>17080432</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/51svkus8mgl-_sx258_bo1204203200_.jpg</image:loc><image:title>51svKus8mGL._SX258_BO1,204,203,200_</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/516idphbvel-_sx258_bo1204203200_.jpg</image:loc><image:title>516IdpHBveL._SX258_BO1,204,203,200_</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/imwayr-2015.png</image:loc><image:title>IMWAYR 2015</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2016-02-09T04:25:10+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2016/02/06/a-mindset-for-learning/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/cuiv9wkwsaaydn.jpg</image:loc><image:title>CUiv9WKWsAAYdN-</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/51bhlsjtaql-_sx395_bo1204203200_.jpg</image:loc><image:title>51BHLSjTaqL._SX395_BO1,204,203,200_</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2016-02-06T21:02:37+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2016/02/05/poetry-friday-in-the-presence-of-birds/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/fullsizerender-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>FullSizeRender-1</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2016-02-09T12:07:29+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2016/02/04/still-blogging-after-four-years/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/gbjvtqtou2d0kthommoa_img_1568.jpg</image:loc><image:title>GBjvTQTou2D0KTHomMoA_IMG_1568</image:title><image:caption>Photo by Arnold Lee, via Unsplash</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2016-02-05T00:08:57+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2016/02/02/slice-of-life-not-failing/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/100-year-old-wooden-mailing-box-rhb-760x377.jpg</image:loc><image:title>100-year-old-wooden-mailing-box-RHB-760x377</image:title><image:caption>Photo by Robyn Hood Black</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2016-02-03T13:59:13+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2016/01/28/the-poetry-friday-roundup-irene-latham/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/irene1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>irene1</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/26543123.jpg</image:loc><image:title>26543123</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2016-02-01T06:18:58+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2016/01/19/slice-of-life-on-my-desk/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/fullsizerender-12.jpg</image:loc><image:title>FullSizeRender-1</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2016-01-20T05:11:59+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2016/01/14/poetry-friday-poetry-in-motion/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/screen-shot-2016-01-14-at-8-27-51-pm.png</image:loc><image:title>Screen Shot 2016-01-14 at 8.27.51 PM</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2016-01-18T11:01:19+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2016/01/12/slice-of-life-reading-resolutions/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/2016-reading-resolutions.png</image:loc><image:title>2016 Reading Resolutions</image:title><image:caption>Our Reading Resolutions</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/5bcdb112-aa71-4f8e-80b1-550443b17d98.jpg</image:loc><image:title>5bcdb112-aa71-4f8e-80b1-550443b17d98</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/mmd-2016-reading-challenge.jpg</image:loc><image:title>MMD-2016-Reading-Challenge</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2016-01-13T04:12:32+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2016/01/10/one-little-word-present/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/present.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Present</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/fullsizerender-11.jpg</image:loc><image:title>FullSizeRender-1</image:title><image:caption>A gorgeous hawk I saw while out walking last week.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2016-01-10T22:54:28+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2016/01/08/poetry-friday-cats-by-eleanor-farjeon/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/fullsizerender-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>FullSizeRender-1</image:title><image:caption>Noodles asleep on a blanket chest. </image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2016-01-10T14:45:41+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2016/01/01/poetry-friday-good-intentions/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/happy_new_year_01-svg.png</image:loc><image:title>Happy_new_year_01.svg</image:title><image:caption>© Nevit Dilmen [CC BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0) or GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html)], via Wikimedia Commons</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2016-01-02T04:19:15+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2015/12/29/slice-of-life-writing-as-exploration/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/cxvdahlwaaeaky8.jpg</image:loc><image:title>CXVDAHLWAAEAKY8</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2015-12-30T03:30:34+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2015/12/25/poetry-friday-minstrels/</loc><lastmod>2015-12-25T13:45:30+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2015/12/17/poetry-friday-while-eating-a-pear/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/curc3a9.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Curé</image:title><image:caption>By Hovey, C. M. (Charles Mason), 1810-1887 [CC BY-SA 4.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)], via Wikimedia Commons</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2015-12-19T04:55:23+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2015/12/15/slice-of-life-a-year-of-discovery/</loc><lastmod>2015-12-16T21:58:57+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2015/12/11/poetry-friday-pouncing-around-the-christmas-tree/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/screen-shot-2015-12-11-at-5-30-46-am.png</image:loc><image:title>Screen Shot 2015-12-11 at 5.30.46 AM</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2015-12-18T18:48:23+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2015/12/08/a-slice-of-wonder/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/screen-shot-2015-12-07-at-11-48-33-pm.png</image:loc><image:title>Screen Shot 2015-12-07 at 11.48.33 PM</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/12278753_999548306773456_100783203088609880_n.jpg</image:loc><image:title>12278753_999548306773456_100783203088609880_n</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2015-12-10T03:40:44+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2015/12/03/poetry-friday-toward-the-winter-solstice/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/vista_s_infrared_view_of_the_orion_nebula.jpg</image:loc><image:title>VISTA’s_infrared_view_of_the_Orion_Nebula</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2015-12-06T14:05:13+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2015/12/01/slice-of-life-ncte-book-recommendations/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/51vo-yxikrl-_sx348_bo1204203200_.jpg</image:loc><image:title>51vo-YxikrL._SX348_BO1,204,203,200_</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/9780544569621.gif</image:loc><image:title>9780544569621</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/91cpkvk80l.jpg</image:loc><image:title>91+CPKVK80L</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2015-12-02T11:31:20+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2015/11/25/slice-of-life-ncte-in-pictures/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/img_3574.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_3574</image:title><image:caption>Janet Wong, Sylvia Vardell, Susan Marie Swanson, and Laura Purdie Salas leading a session on poetry, of course!</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/img_3571.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_3571</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/img_3602.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_3602</image:title><image:caption>With fellow Slicers at the Wonderopolis Breakfast.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/img_3586.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_3586</image:title><image:caption>Marilyn Singer sang to the audience when she accepted her award for Excellence in Children's Poetry!</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/img_3593.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_3593</image:title><image:caption>With Georgia Heard at the Wonderopolis Breakfast. </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/img_3598.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_3598</image:title><image:caption>Paul Hankins sharing his wisdom </image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2015-11-25T13:44:54+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2015/11/19/poetry-friday-hello-from-minneapolis/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/58f00c6bef2bbd23d537263795e0ffb3.jpg</image:loc><image:title>58f00c6bef2bbd23d537263795e0ffb3</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2015-11-28T22:15:36+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2015/11/17/slice-of-life-every-picture-tells-a-story/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/screen-shot-2015-11-17-at-1-20-42-pm.png</image:loc><image:title>Screen Shot 2015-11-17 at 1.20.42 PM</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/screen-shot-2015-11-17-at-12-27-34-pm.png</image:loc><image:title>Screen Shot 2015-11-17 at 12.27.34 PM</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/screen-shot-2015-11-17-at-12-31-45-pm.png</image:loc><image:title>Screen Shot 2015-11-17 at 12.31.45 PM</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/screen-shot-2015-11-17-at-12-28-11-pm.png</image:loc><image:title>Screen Shot 2015-11-17 at 12.28.11 PM</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2015-12-02T04:27:06+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2015/11/05/poetry-friday-driving-at-night/</loc><lastmod>2015-11-08T19:57:18+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2015/11/03/slice-of-life-cultivating-a-passion-for-writing/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/file_004.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>File_004</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2015-11-04T04:37:33+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2015/10/30/poetry-friday-witchcraft/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/it_was_the_gayest_company_one_ever_could_imagine_as_they_marched_along.jpg</image:loc><image:title>It_was_the_gayest_company_one_ever_could_imagine,_as_they_marched_along</image:title><image:caption>Illustration for "The Green Forest Fairy Book" by Loretta Ellen Brady, By Alice B. Preston, 1920 (http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/35458) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2015-10-31T11:39:25+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2015/10/15/poetry-friday-national-geographic-book-of-nature-poetry/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/unnamed.jpg</image:loc><image:title>unnamed</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/51resorj5rl-_sx258_bo1204203200_.jpg</image:loc><image:title>51ResORj5rL._SX258_BO1,204,203,200_</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2015-10-17T12:09:41+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2015/10/13/sol-choose-kind/</loc><lastmod>2015-10-14T09:23:36+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2015/10/06/slice-of-life-a-day-at-teachers-college/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/fullsizerender-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>FullSizeRender-2</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/img_8912.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_8912</image:title><image:caption>3-5 teachers loved meeting Lucy Calkins.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2015-10-08T02:19:10+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2015/10/01/poetry-friday-october/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/9772.jpg</image:loc><image:title>9772</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2015-10-04T16:41:07+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2015/09/10/poetry-friday-keith-urban-where-im-from/</loc><lastmod>2015-09-13T03:17:19+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2015/09/08/slice-of-life-stitching-a-life-back-together/</loc><lastmod>2015-09-11T23:35:05+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2015/09/03/poetry-friday-musee-des-beaux-arts/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/pieter_bruegel_de_oude_-_de_val_van_icarus.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Pieter_Bruegel_de_Oude_-_De_val_van_Icarus</image:title><image:caption>Pieter Brueghel the Elder (1526/1530–1569) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2015-09-05T21:23:07+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2015/08/27/poetry-friday-missing-you/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/julia-alex-bklyn-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>julia-alex-bklyn 2</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2015-09-02T01:26:55+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2015/08/18/slice-of-life-a-new-reality/</loc><lastmod>2015-08-19T19:53:02+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2015/08/10/picture-book-10-for-10-poetry-picture-books/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/61tns2umdbl-_sx348_bo1204203200_.jpg</image:loc><image:title>61TNs2UmDBL._SX348_BO1,204,203,200_</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/51ureyn7jyl-_sx258_bo1204203200_.jpg</image:loc><image:title>51UrEYN7JYL._SX258_BO1,204,203,200_</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/5131m598s2l-_sx378_bo1204203200_.jpg</image:loc><image:title>5131m598s2L._SX378_BO1,204,203,200_</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/51-l7qsu7l-_sy498_bo1204203200_.jpg</image:loc><image:title>51-L+7QsU7L._SY498_BO1,204,203,200_</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/61if8biufpl-_sx258_bo1204203200_.jpg</image:loc><image:title>61If8BIUfPL._SX258_BO1,204,203,200_</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/51rgqzm7s1l-_sx258_bo1204203200_.jpg</image:loc><image:title>51rgQzM7S1L._SX258_BO1,204,203,200_</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/janeczko_firefly-july2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>janeczko_firefly-july2</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/51no5omw7ol-_sy474_bo1204203200_.jpg</image:loc><image:title>51No5OmW7oL._SY474_BO1,204,203,200_</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2015-08-19T03:55:16+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2015/08/07/poetry-friday-the-word-that-is-a-prayer/</loc><lastmod>2015-08-08T11:54:34+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2015/07/23/poetry-friday-from-blossoms/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/1280px-harrow_beauty_peaches_at_lyman_orchards_2009-08-30.jpg</image:loc><image:title>1280px-Harrow_Beauty_peaches_at_Lyman_Orchards,_2009-08-30</image:title><image:caption>"Harrow Beauty Peaches at Lyman Orchards" By Sage Ross (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0) or GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html)], via Wikimedia Commons</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2015-07-31T20:00:12+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2015/07/17/poetry-friday-a-box-of-pastels/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/cassatt_mary_sara_holding_a_cat_1908.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Cassatt_Mary_Sara_Holding_A_Cat_1908</image:title><image:caption>Mary Cassatt [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2015-07-18T01:55:20+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2015/07/10/poetry-friday-joyce-sidmans-first-life/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/screen-shot-2015-07-08-at-1-29-26-pm.png</image:loc><image:title>Screen Shot 2015-07-08 at 1.29.26 PM</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2015-07-21T19:56:03+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2015/07/07/slice-of-life-wonder-poems/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/new-teachers-write-2015.jpg</image:loc><image:title>new-teachers-write-2015</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2015-07-08T16:18:02+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2015/07/03/poetry-friday-gettysburg-july-1-1863/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/51sdxi4yajl-_sx258_bo1204203200_.jpg</image:loc><image:title>51SdXI4yAjL._SX258_BO1,204,203,200_</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2015-07-04T16:16:27+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2015/06/23/slice-of-life-trusting-myself/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/51mhmbefxrl-_sy344_bo1204203200_.jpg</image:loc><image:title>51MHmbefxrL._SY344_BO1,204,203,200_</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2015-06-26T19:48:56+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2015/06/19/poetry-friday-from-cocoon-forth-a-butterfly/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/jan_van_kessel_001.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Jan_van_Kessel_001</image:title><image:caption>Jan van Kessel the Elder [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2015-06-20T15:33:28+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2015/06/15/slice-of-life-summer-reading-plans/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/imgres-3.jpg</image:loc><image:title>imgres-3</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/imgres-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>imgres-2</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/images-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>images-1</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/imgres-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>imgres-1</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/imgres.jpg</image:loc><image:title>imgres</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/fullsizerender-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>FullSizeRender-1</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2015-06-22T12:19:42+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2015/06/09/slice-of-life-pulling-into-an-eddy/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/img_2877.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_2877</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2015-06-14T15:45:46+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2015/05/29/poetry-friday-bells/</loc><lastmod>2015-05-31T22:33:03+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2015/05/26/slice-of-life-sprouting-words/</loc><lastmod>2015-05-30T23:29:48+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2015/01/15/poetry-friday-wacky-wild-and-wonderful-50-state-poems-by-laura-purdie-salas/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/pikes_peak_from_near_colorado_city-lccn2008676337.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Pike's_Peak_from_near_Colorado_City-LCCN2008676337</image:title><image:caption>Pike's Peak, (Library of Congress, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons)</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/stock-photo-wild-lupine-lupinus-perennis-in-flower-at-the-kankakee-sands-nature-reserve-in-early-spring-53670946.jpg</image:loc><image:title>stock-photo-wild-lupine-lupinus-perennis-in-flower-at-the-kankakee-sands-nature-reserve-in-early-spring-53670946</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2015-05-24T00:16:32+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2015/05/19/slice-of-life-the-art-of-leonard-weisgard/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/1947_the_little_island.jpg</image:loc><image:title>1947_The_Little_Island</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/51ywwhu6c5l-_sx258_bo1204203200_.jpg</image:loc><image:title>51YWWHu6C5L._SX258_BO1,204,203,200_</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/fullsizerender-31.jpg</image:loc><image:title>FullSizeRender-3</image:title><image:caption>Some of my Leonard Weisgard books</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_2832.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_2832</image:title><image:caption>Weisgard's daughter, Abby, with Leonard Marcus</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/fullsizerender-21.jpg</image:loc><image:title>FullSizeRender-2</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2015-05-25T13:06:19+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2015/05/17/itmwar-marilyns-monster/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/imgres.jpg</image:loc><image:title>imgres</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/51mdbfxwdgl-_sx258_bo1204203200_.jpg</image:loc><image:title>51MDBfXWDGL._SX258_BO1,204,203,200_</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2015-05-25T11:21:53+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2015/05/15/poetry-friday-emily-dickinsons-the-grass-so-little-has-to-do/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/450px-meadow_brown_maniola_jurtina_-_geograph-org-uk_-_864198.jpg</image:loc><image:title>450px-Meadow_Brown_(Maniola_jurtina)_-_geograph.org.uk_-_864198</image:title><image:caption>Evelyn Simak , via Wikimedia Commons</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2015-05-16T12:41:42+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2015/05/12/slice-of-life-my-pro-tool/</loc><lastmod>2015-05-15T11:23:28+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2015/05/07/poetry-friday-spring-blossoms/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/dt98.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DT98</image:title><image:caption>Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of George A. Hearn, in memory of Arthur Hoppock Hearn, 1911</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2015-05-11T02:21:33+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2015/05/05/sol-a-slice-of-appreciation/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/fullsizerender-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>FullSizeRender-2</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/fullsizerender-3.jpg</image:loc><image:title>FullSizeRender-3</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2015-05-07T01:11:20+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2015/05/01/poetry-friday-eileen-spinelli-another-day-as-emily/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/51x5bz62w9l.jpg</image:loc><image:title>51X5BZ62W9L</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/519wfzxagwl-_sy344_bo1204203200_.jpg</image:loc><image:title>519wFzxAgWL._SY344_BO1,204,203,200_</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2015-05-04T00:53:59+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/about/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/423891_2666708747837_2057475783_n.jpg</image:loc><image:title>423891_2666708747837_2057475783_n</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2019-09-04T09:45:12+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2015/04/28/slice-of-life-april-haiku/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/barn-wildflowers-spring-daffodil_-_west_virginia_-_forestwander.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Barn-wildflowers-spring-daffodil_-_West_Virginia_-_ForestWander</image:title><image:caption>http://www.ForestWander.com [CC BY-SA 3.0 us (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/us/deed.en)], via Wikimedia Commons</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2015-04-29T22:20:16+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2015/04/24/poetry-friday-an-egrets-day/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/511ck0hkzl-_sx258_bo1204203200_.jpg</image:loc><image:title>511Ck0+HkZL._SX258_BO1,204,203,200_</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/fullsizerender3.jpg</image:loc><image:title>FullSizeRender</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2015-04-28T13:30:36+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2015/04/22/slice-of-life-a-spring-poetry-retreat/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/img_2749.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_2749</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2015-04-30T09:43:46+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2015/04/17/poetry-friday-abraham-lincoln/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/img_2732.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_2732</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/51xtmw4ik3l-_sx258_bo1204203200_.jpg</image:loc><image:title>51XtmW4iK3L._SX258_BO1,204,203,200_</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/61xgpn6m6wl-_sx258_bo1204203200_.jpg</image:loc><image:title>61XgPN6M6wL._SX258_BO1,204,203,200_</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2015-04-19T21:27:33+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2015/03/06/sol-poetry-friday-sometimes-snow/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/fullsizerender1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>FullSizeRender</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2015-04-15T12:21:21+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2015/04/14/slice-of-life-a-villanelle/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/mary_cassatt_-_children_in_a_garden_the_nurse_-_google_art_project.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Mary_Cassatt_-_Children_in_a_Garden_(The_Nurse)_-_Google_Art_Project</image:title><image:caption>"Children in the Garden (The Nurse)" Mary Cassatt, 1878 [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2015-04-15T04:07:12+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2015/04/09/poetry-friday-read-across-america-poetry-doors/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/img_2696.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_2696</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/fullsizerender-7.jpg</image:loc><image:title>FullSizeRender-7</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/fullsizerender-8.jpg</image:loc><image:title>FullSizeRender-8</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/fullsizerender-9.jpg</image:loc><image:title>FullSizeRender-9</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/fullsizerender-10.jpg</image:loc><image:title>FullSizeRender-10</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/fullsizerender-6.jpg</image:loc><image:title>FullSizeRender-6</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/img_2681.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_2681</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/img_2685.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_2685</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/fullsizerender1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>FullSizeRender</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/img_2682.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_2682</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2015-04-14T21:26:22+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2015/04/07/slice-of-life-poetry-is-everywhere/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/fullsizerender.jpg</image:loc><image:title>FullSizeRender</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2015-04-09T15:36:53+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2015/04/03/poetry-friday-nerudas-ode-to-my-socks/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/neruda.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Neruda</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/81ntawaxnwl.jpg</image:loc><image:title>81NTAwaXnWL</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2015-04-06T11:34:47+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2015/04/01/more-reasons-to-write-a-poem/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/pierre_laprade_-_les_roses_jaunes.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Pierre_Laprade_-_Les_Roses_jaunes</image:title><image:caption>Les Roses jaunes, Pierre Laprade, 1920  [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/small-blue-rgb-national-poetry-month-logo_0.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Small-Blue-RGB-National-Poetry-Month-Logo_0</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2015-04-14T17:06:05+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2015/03/31/slice-of-life-a-month-of-discoveries/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/writing-101.png</image:loc><image:title>WRITING 101</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2015-04-02T03:04:23+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2015/03/30/sol-interactive-writing-with-natalie-louis/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/fullsizerender4.jpg</image:loc><image:title>FullSizeRender</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2015-03-31T03:38:31+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2015/03/29/sol-finding-ourselves-in-others/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/fullsizerender-31.jpg</image:loc><image:title>FullSizeRender-3</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/fullsizerender-21.jpg</image:loc><image:title>FullSizeRender-2</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/fullsizerender-13.jpg</image:loc><image:title>FullSizeRender-1</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/fullsizerender3.jpg</image:loc><image:title>FullSizeRender</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2015-03-31T12:47:18+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2015/03/28/slice-of-life-what-a-day/</loc><lastmod>2015-03-29T17:19:38+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2015/03/27/poetry-friday-a-postscript-imitation/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/lupinroad.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Lupinroad</image:title><image:caption>By Theendofforever at en.wikipedia. Later version(s) were uploaded by Ram-Man at en.wikipedia. [CC-BY-SA-3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/), GFDL (www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html), CC-BY-SA-3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/) or CC BY-SA 2.5-2.0-1.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5-2.0-1.0)], from Wikimedia Commons</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2015-03-29T00:42:04+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2015/03/26/sol-knowing-and-wondering-with-fifth-graders/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/51mgrq28d0l-_sx258_bo1204203200_.jpg</image:loc><image:title>51MGRQ28D0L._SX258_BO1,204,203,200_</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/51tzumpytpl.jpg</image:loc><image:title>51TzuMPYTPL</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2015-03-26T16:25:21+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2015/03/25/slice-of-life-pen-pals/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/fullsizerender-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>FullSizeRender-2</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/fullsizerender-3.jpg</image:loc><image:title>FullSizeRender-3</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/fullsizerender-4.jpg</image:loc><image:title>FullSizeRender-4</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2015-03-26T15:36:58+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2015/02/27/poetry-friday-dear-mr-mrs-eagle/</loc><lastmod>2015-03-26T00:41:58+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2015/03/24/slice-of-life-book-spine-poetry/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/fullsizerender-12.jpg</image:loc><image:title>FullSizeRender-1</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/img_2555.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_2555</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/fullsizerender2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>FullSizeRender</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/img_2551.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_2551</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2015-03-25T21:38:20+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2015/03/23/slice-of-life-what-i-didnt-write-about-today/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/59-reasons-to-write.jpg</image:loc><image:title>59-reasons-to-write</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/right-word-by-jen-bryant-on-bookdragon.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Right-Word-by-Jen-Bryant-on-BooKDragon</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2015-03-25T00:04:47+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2015/03/22/slice-of-life-musical-memories/</loc><lastmod>2015-03-23T09:25:48+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2015/03/21/sol-live-with-your-hands-unfolded/</loc><lastmod>2015-03-22T15:26:37+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2015/03/19/sol-poetry-friday-is-here/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/pfac-front-cover-nov-30-web-jpeg-705x1030.jpg</image:loc><image:title>PFAC-front-cover-Nov-30-WEB-jpeg-705x1030</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/dt4890a.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DT4890a</image:title><image:caption>Automaton, Swiss, 1820 Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of Murtogh D. Guinness, 1976</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2015-03-21T14:45:06+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2012/06/05/just-do-it/</loc><lastmod>2015-03-20T00:12:21+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2015/03/19/slice-of-life-ten-things-on-thursday/</loc><lastmod>2015-03-20T02:22:45+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2015/03/18/slice-of-life-you-nest-here-with-me/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/fullsizerender-11.jpg</image:loc><image:title>FullSizeRender-1</image:title><image:caption>I got this beautiful poster at NCTE!</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/51yyi1touql-_sx258_bo1204203200_.jpg</image:loc><image:title>51YYi1TouqL._SX258_BO1,204,203,200_</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2015-03-19T13:24:10+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2015/03/17/slice-of-life-two-tanka/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/hawk_3713.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Hawk_3713</image:title><image:caption>By Dori (Own work) [GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html) or CC BY-SA 3.0 us (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/us/deed.en)], via Wikimedia Commons</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2015-03-18T05:40:02+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2015/03/16/slice-of-life-finding-beauty/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/break_in_the_clouds_just_-_geograph-org-uk_-_1227548.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Break_in_the_clouds,_just_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1227548</image:title><image:caption>Dave Spicer [CC BY-SA 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2015-03-17T04:23:22+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2015/03/15/slice-of-life-opening-doors/</loc><lastmod>2015-03-16T23:51:08+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2015/03/14/slice-of-life-have-some-pi/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/singsong6dcaldecott.jpg</image:loc><image:title>SingSong6dcaldecott</image:title><image:caption>Illustration from Sing a Song for Sixpence (1880) by Randolph Caldecott via Wikimedia Commons</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/imgres-12.jpg</image:loc><image:title>imgres-1</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/pi_pie2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Pi_pie2</image:title><image:caption>By GJ (Pi_pie2.jpg) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/pi_day_pie_13346244934.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Pi_Day_pie_(13346244934)</image:title><image:caption>By Evan Shelhamer (Pi Day Pie) [CC BY 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/pi_pumpkin_pie_january_2008.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Pi_pumpkin_pie,_January_2008</image:title><image:caption>By Paul Smith (originally posted to Flickr as Pi pie) [CC BY 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/pi_pie_8561590798.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Pi_pie_(8561590798)</image:title><image:caption>By Robert Couse-Baker from Sacramento, California (pi) [CC BY 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/chocolate_pi_pie_march_2010.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Chocolate_Pi_Pie,_March_2010</image:title><image:caption>By medea_material (originally posted to Flickr as Chocolate Pi Pie) [CC BY 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2015-03-14T21:16:35+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2015/03/13/sol-poetry-friday-finding-poetry-in-the-birchbark-house/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/51-kqwtjyal.jpg</image:loc><image:title>51-KqWtjyaL</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2015-03-16T21:58:13+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2015/03/12/slice-of-life-currently/</loc><lastmod>2015-03-12T21:38:56+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2015/03/11/slice-of-life-days-end/</loc><lastmod>2015-03-13T12:55:28+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2015/03/10/slice-of-life-being-a-cheerleader/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/fullsizerender-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>FullSizeRender-1</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2015-03-17T01:21:43+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2015/03/08/slice-of-life-books-worth-rereading/</loc><lastmod>2015-03-10T02:43:25+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2015/03/08/slice-of-life-sunday-haiku/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/cardinalis_cardinalis_-cleveland_ohio_usa_-male-8.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Cardinalis_cardinalis_-Cleveland,_Ohio,_USA_-male-8</image:title><image:caption>By LASZLO ILYES from Cleveland, Ohio, USA (♂ Cardinal  Uploaded by Snowmanradio) [CC BY 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2015-03-09T11:12:53+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2015/03/07/sol-a-snapshot-of-my-reading-life/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/screen-shot-2015-03-07-at-8-25-27-am.png</image:loc><image:title>Screen Shot 2015-03-07 at 8.25.27 AM</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/screen-shot-2015-03-07-at-8-22-21-am.png</image:loc><image:title>Screen Shot 2015-03-07 at 8.22.21 AM</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/screen-shot-2015-03-07-at-8-21-17-am.png</image:loc><image:title>Screen Shot 2015-03-07 at 8.21.17 AM</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/screen-shot-2015-03-07-at-8-21-47-am.png</image:loc><image:title>Screen Shot 2015-03-07 at 8.21.47 AM</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/imgres-3.jpg</image:loc><image:title>imgres-3</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/the_sense_of_an_ending.jpg</image:loc><image:title>The_Sense_of_an_Ending</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/imgres-11.jpg</image:loc><image:title>imgres-1</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2015-03-08T18:03:50+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2015/03/05/slice-of-life-memories-of-the-model-a/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/1930_ford_model_a_roadster_11164444945.jpg</image:loc><image:title>1930_Ford_Model_A_Roadster_(11164444945)</image:title><image:caption>Sadly, I don't have a photo of Uncle Jack's car. This is the closest copyright-free image I could find. By GPS 56 from New Zealand (1930 Ford Model A Roadster) [CC BY 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2015-03-06T05:07:33+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2015/03/04/slice-of-life-welcome-leslie-bulion/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/static1-squarespace.png</image:loc><image:title>static1.squarespace</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/random_body_parts_cover_-330.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Random_Body_Parts_cover_-330</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/leslie6.jpg</image:loc><image:title>leslie6</image:title><image:caption>Photo by Jen Schulten</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2015-03-05T05:21:15+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2015/03/02/solc-happy-book-birthday-a-rock-can-be/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/fullsizerender.jpg</image:loc><image:title>FullSizeRender</image:title><image:caption>A rock from the shore of Beddington Lake.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/imgres-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>imgres-1</image:title><image:caption>“A rock is a rock,

our Earth in your hand."</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2015-03-03T12:13:04+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2015/01/13/slice-of-life-finding-words-that-fit/</loc><lastmod>2015-03-17T17:40:10+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2015/03/01/slice-of-life-ripples/</loc><lastmod>2015-03-02T12:59:48+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2015/02/24/read-across-america-is-coming/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/raa_web_ad_4.jpg</image:loc><image:title>RAA_web_ad_4</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/imgres.jpg</image:loc><image:title>imgres</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2015-03-02T13:02:57+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2015/02/20/poetry-friday-one-boy-told-me/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/256839_1741317813642_3247017_o.jpg</image:loc><image:title>256839_1741317813642_3247017_o</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2015-02-23T03:12:58+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2015/02/19/nonfiction-10-for-10-lives-of-the-artists/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/51x2vri-1ll-_sx258_bo1204203200_.jpg</image:loc><image:title>51x2vRI-1lL._SX258_BO1,204,203,200_</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/51d-pzjbmzl-_sx258_bo1204203200_.jpg</image:loc><image:title>51D-PZJBmZL._SX258_BO1,204,203,200_</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/9781596439481.jpg</image:loc><image:title>9781596439481</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/9780761316480fc_xlarge.jpg</image:loc><image:title>9780761316480fc_XLarge</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/51cpy5q47ll.jpg</image:loc><image:title>51Cpy5q47lL</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/sandy_jacket_new.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Sandy_jacket_new</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/imgres-3.jpg</image:loc><image:title>imgres-3</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/le_bassin_aux_nymphc3a9as_-_claude_monet.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Le_bassin_aux_nymphéas_-_Claude_Monet</image:title><image:caption>Le bassin aux nymphéas Claude Monet , 1919 [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/9780307978493_zoom.jpg</image:loc><image:title>9780307978493_zoom</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/imgres-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>imgres-2</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2015-02-27T14:54:53+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2015/02/17/slice-of-life-lets-take-a-walk/</loc><lastmod>2015-02-18T04:06:12+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2015/02/16/its-monday-what-are-you-reading-24/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/51zj0dcttbl-_sx258_bo1204203200_.jpg</image:loc><image:title>51zj0DcTTBL._SX258_BO1,204,203,200_</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/51ghouwrrrl-_sy344_bo1204203200_.jpg</image:loc><image:title>51ghouWrrrL._SY344_BO1,204,203,200_</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2015-02-19T08:49:31+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2015/02/12/poetry-friday-a-valentine-of-sorts/</loc><lastmod>2015-02-17T02:46:28+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2015/02/10/slice-of-life-family-writing-night/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/fullsizerender-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>FullSizeRender-1</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/b9maeb8iaaajdis1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>B9MAeB8IAAAJdiS</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/fullsizerender.jpg</image:loc><image:title>FullSizeRender</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/b9f1zfmiqaa9gan.jpg</image:loc><image:title>B9F1ZfmIQAA9GAN</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/b8of1ewiyaag1rm.jpg</image:loc><image:title>B8oF1EwIYAAg1rM</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/b9hmon7icae4xgb.jpg</image:loc><image:title>B9HmOn7IcAE4Xgb</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/b9hmonwiyaawzod.jpg</image:loc><image:title>B9HmOnwIYAAWzod</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2015-02-21T02:58:55+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2015/02/09/its-monday-what-are-you-reading-23/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/513q6i-sqfl-_sx258_bo1204203200_.jpg</image:loc><image:title>513Q6i-sQFL._SX258_BO1,204,203,200_</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/0763663395-01-lzzzzzzz.jpg</image:loc><image:title>0763663395.01.LZZZZZZZ</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2015-02-12T09:34:14+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2015/02/06/poetry-friday-mary-olivers-white-eyes/</loc><lastmod>2015-02-09T10:09:16+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2015/02/03/slice-of-life-john-roccos-blizzard/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/61teuikzunl-_sx258_bo1204203200_.jpg</image:loc><image:title>61TeuiKZunL._SX258_BO1,204,203,200_</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2015-02-17T04:02:58+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2015/02/02/its-monday-what-are-you-reading-22/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/21469109.jpg</image:loc><image:title>21469109</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/9781770495913_p0_v1_s260x420.jpg</image:loc><image:title>9781770495913_p0_v1_s260x420</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2015-02-06T01:21:01+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2015/01/27/slice-of-life-reading-before-the-blizzard/</loc><lastmod>2015-02-01T22:33:56+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2015/01/25/imwayr-one-plastic-bag-the-red-bicycle/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/6185q9gfiol-_sy344_bo1204203200_.jpg</image:loc><image:title>6185Q9gFiOL._SY344_BO1,204,203,200_</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/imgres1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>imgres</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2015-02-01T22:38:28+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2015/01/23/poetry-friday-what-does-a-seashell-know/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/img_2368.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_2368</image:title><image:caption>My collection of conchs.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/fullsizerender-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>FullSizeRender-1</image:title><image:caption>The red helmet shell my grandmother gave me when I was five.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2015-01-29T12:34:08+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2015/01/20/slice-of-life-cure-for-a-cold/</loc><lastmod>2015-01-21T12:48:58+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2015/01/09/poetry-friday-how-i-discovered-poetry/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/imgres.jpg</image:loc><image:title>imgres</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2015-01-11T23:30:37+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2013/08/30/poetry-friday-sweethearts-of-rhythm/</loc><lastmod>2015-01-09T11:49:01+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2015/01/06/slice-of-life-one-little-word/</loc><lastmod>2015-01-10T14:30:50+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2015/01/05/its-monday-what-are-you-reading-21/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/516m4hib1el-_sy344_bo1204203200_.jpg</image:loc><image:title>516M4hIB1eL._SY344_BO1,204,203,200_</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2015-01-08T13:37:37+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2015/01/02/poetry-friday-i-dwell-in-possibility/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/b6rjeeoimaageoi.jpg</image:loc><image:title>B6RjEeoIMAAGEoi</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2015-01-07T22:39:52+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2014/12/30/sol-at-the-library/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/efe1813e8bb8b9cb3c6fd6755dffd531.jpg</image:loc><image:title>efe1813e8bb8b9cb3c6fd6755dffd531</image:title><image:caption>Saturday Evening Post cover by John Clymer, 1956</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/fullsizerender.jpg</image:loc><image:title>FullSizeRender</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2015-01-04T15:22:56+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2014/12/29/its-monday-what-are-you-reading-20/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/4194lvovazl-_sx258_bo1204203200_.jpg</image:loc><image:title>4194LVOVAZL._SX258_BO1,204,203,200_</image:title><image:caption>Telephone (Chronicle Books, 2014) by Mac Barnett, illustrated by Jen Corace</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2014-12-30T16:49:30+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2014/12/23/slice-of-life-holiday-baking/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/photo-3.jpg</image:loc><image:title>photo-3</image:title><image:caption>Pumpkin bread ready for gift bags.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2014-12-26T04:22:19+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2014/12/19/poetry-friday-the-coming-of-light/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/medium_6589918845.jpg</image:loc><image:title>medium_6589918845</image:title><image:caption>photo credit: &lt;a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/johanwieland/6589918845/"&gt;johan wieland&lt;/a&gt; via &lt;a href="http://photopin.com"&gt;photopin&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/2.0/"&gt;cc&lt;/a&gt;</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2014-12-23T23:42:52+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2014/12/07/a-poem-for-autumn/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/dscn0025-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DSCN0025 2</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2014-12-12T02:57:02+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2014/12/09/slice-of-life-tis-the-season/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/10818413_10152827662024361_1237008838865723602_o.jpg</image:loc><image:title>10818413_10152827662024361_1237008838865723602_o</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2014-12-12T03:28:49+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2014/12/05/poetry-friday-ncte-poetry-rock-stars/</loc><lastmod>2014-12-08T14:07:42+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2014/12/02/slice-of-life-developing-a-coaching-vision/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/screen-shot-2014-12-02-at-11-16-58-pm.png</image:loc><image:title>Screen Shot 2014-12-02 at 11.16.58 PM</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2014-12-03T13:06:04+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2014/11/25/slice-of-life-ncte-2014/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/logo.jpg</image:loc><image:title>logo</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2014-12-03T02:01:03+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2014/11/11/slice-of-life-unlocking-possiblities/</loc><lastmod>2014-11-18T21:49:55+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2014/10/24/poetry-friday-a-writing-kind-of-day/</loc><lastmod>2014-10-25T13:29:27+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2014/10/21/slice-of-life-the-gift-of-words/</loc><lastmod>2014-10-22T03:19:07+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2014/10/17/poetry-friday-mutability/</loc><lastmod>2014-10-19T01:13:49+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2014/10/13/slice-of-life-writing-zenos/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/winslow_homer_-_apple_picking.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Winslow_Homer_-_Apple_Picking</image:title><image:caption>Winslow Homer, 1878 [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2014-10-22T03:21:20+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2014/10/10/poetry-friday-poem-without-end/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/esda_501_1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>ESDA_501_1</image:title><image:caption>Studiolo from the Ducal Palace in Gubbio
Designed by Francesco di Giorgio Martini (Italian, Siena 1439–1501 Siena), Metropolitan Museum of Art</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2014-10-13T09:00:58+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2014/10/03/poetry-friday-happy-birthday-marilyn-singer/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/imgres.jpg</image:loc><image:title>imgres</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/imgres-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>imgres-1</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/imgres-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>imgres-2</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2014-10-05T04:44:44+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2014/09/30/slice-of-life-from-my-grandmothers-kitchen/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/photo.jpg</image:loc><image:title>photo</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2014-10-07T18:58:21+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2014/09/26/poetry-friday-the-falling-star/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/iss028-e-024847.jpg</image:loc><image:title>ISS028-E-024847</image:title><image:caption>Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit, NASA-Johnson Space Center. "The Gateway to Astronaut Photography of Earth." 09/26/2014 13:08:13.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2014-10-01T11:41:18+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2014/09/23/slice-of-life-between-the-words/</loc><lastmod>2014-09-25T01:31:33+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2014/09/12/poetry-friday-whispers/</loc><lastmod>2023-10-30T16:14:28+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2014/09/09/searching-for-a-slice/</loc><lastmod>2014-09-10T18:05:00+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2014/09/02/is-test-prep-the-mint-of-education-2/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/800px-mint.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Image</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2014-09-02T14:42:01+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2014/08/29/poetry-friday-headline/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/autumnblings181.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>autumnblings181</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/images.jpg</image:loc><image:title>images</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/photo-3.jpg</image:loc><image:title>photo-3</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2014-09-14T21:55:51+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2014/08/26/slice-of-life-this-post-is-not-perfect/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/newyork_sunset_254177_o.jpg</image:loc><image:title>newyork_sunset_254177_o</image:title><image:caption>Photo via everystockphoto.com</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2014-08-28T04:50:59+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2014/08/22/poetry-friday-notes-on-the-art-of-poetry/</loc><lastmod>2014-08-25T21:17:09+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2014/08/19/slice-of-life-over-the-brooklyn-bridge/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/img_1785.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_1785</image:title><image:caption>On the bridge with Dayna, wind-blown but having a great time.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2014-08-28T04:54:35+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2014/08/15/poetry-friday-i-am-poetry/</loc><lastmod>2014-08-17T10:50:02+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2014/08/12/slice-of-life-recipe-for-a-perfect-summer-day/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/photo-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>photo-2</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2014-08-14T01:56:51+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2014/08/10/picture-book-10-for-10-friendship-favorites/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/9780066239323.jpg</image:loc><image:title>9780066239323</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/old-woman-who-named-things.jpg</image:loc><image:title>old-woman-who-named-things</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/517fcurw8nl.jpg</image:loc><image:title>517fcurW8NL</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/8-19-wemberly-worried.png</image:loc><image:title>8-19-Wemberly-Worried</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/frog_and_toad_cover.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Frog_and_toad_cover</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/2008583594.jpg</image:loc><image:title>2008583594</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/715yitb7rl.jpg</image:loc><image:title>715Y+itb7rL</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/665429.gif</image:loc><image:title>665429</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/51n8mpc5a6l-_sx258_bo1204203200_.jpg</image:loc><image:title>51N8MPC5A6L._SX258_BO1,204,203,200_</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/pb-10-for-10-015.jpg</image:loc><image:title>pb 10 for 10 015</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2014-08-13T20:58:29+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2014/08/08/poetry-friday-the-picnic/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/cassatt_mary_children_on_the_beach_1884.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Cassatt_Mary_Children_on_the_Beach_1884</image:title><image:caption>"Cassatt Mary Children on the Beach 1884". Licensed under Public domain via Wikimedia Commons - http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cassatt_Mary_Children_on_the_Beach_1884.jpg#mediaviewer/File:Cassatt_Mary_Children_on_the_Beach_1884.jpg</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2014-08-11T10:15:39+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2014/07/29/slice-of-life/</loc><lastmod>2014-08-11T07:04:28+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2014/07/25/poetry-friday-flowers-of-the-ocean/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/photo-3.jpg</image:loc><image:title>photo-3</image:title><image:caption>Specimens of Sea Weed, ca. 1840
Yale Center for British Art</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2014-07-27T09:45:59+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2014/07/11/poetry-friday-dirge-without-music/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/516px-cailebotte_-_nature_morte.jpg</image:loc><image:title>516px-Cailebotte_-_Nature_Morte</image:title><image:caption>Yellow Roses in a Vase, 1882
Gustave Caillebotte
Dallas Museum of Art, The Eugene and Margaret McDermott Art Fund, Inc., via Wikimedia</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2014-07-13T23:49:46+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2014/07/08/slice-of-life-cultivating-creativity/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/photo-5.jpg</image:loc><image:title>photo-5</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2014-07-12T11:19:46+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2014/07/03/time-to-stop-and-sniff-2/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/img_0446.jpg</image:loc></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/img_0447.jpg</image:loc></image:image><lastmod>2014-07-03T12:48:36+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2014/07/01/slice-of-life-opening-our-imagination/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/dp212152.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DP212152</image:title><image:caption>Young Woman with Ibis, by Edgar Degas
Metropolitan Museum of Art</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2014-07-09T16:06:28+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2014/06/20/poetry-friday-walt-whitmans-miracles/</loc><lastmod>2014-06-27T13:03:02+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2014/06/17/slice-of-life-my-last-class/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/last-class.jpg</image:loc><image:title>last class</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2014-06-18T08:53:47+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2014/06/16/its-monday-what-are-you-reading-summer-reading-edition/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/photo-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>photo 2</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/photo-3.jpg</image:loc><image:title>photo 3</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/photo-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>photo 1</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2014-06-19T11:44:12+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2014/06/14/a-saturday-celebration/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/celebrate-image.jpg</image:loc><image:title>celebrate-image</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2014-06-16T22:27:07+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2014/06/10/slice-of-life-read-alouds-for-everyone/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/51r1jihhu3l.jpg</image:loc><image:title>51R1jIhHu3L</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/614a7cnl5el.jpg</image:loc><image:title>614a7cNL5EL</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/51wjvux0s9l-_sy300_.jpg</image:loc><image:title>51wjVUX0s9L._SY300_</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2014-07-09T09:46:26+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2014/06/06/poetry-friday-carentan-o-carentan/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/normandy_american_cemetery_and_memorial_6032771638.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Normandy_American_Cemetery_and_Memorial_(6032771638)</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2014-06-09T15:38:40+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2014/05/26/its-monday-what-are-you-reading-bird-books/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/mama-built-a-little-nest-9781442421165_lg.jpg</image:loc><image:title>mama-built-a-little-nest-9781442421165_lg</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/parrots-over-puerto-rico1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Parrots-over-Puerto-Rico1</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/9780763645618_p0_v1_s260x420.jpg</image:loc><image:title>9780763645618_p0_v1_s260x420</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2014-06-09T11:45:18+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2014/05/09/poetry-friday-a-spicing-of-birds/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/9780819570697.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Schuman comp_final.indd</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2014-05-12T09:37:25+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2014/04/29/slice-of-life-caution-thrown-to-the-wind/</loc><lastmod>2014-05-06T20:04:24+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2014/05/02/poetry-friday-do-you-have-any-advice-for-those-of-us-just-starting-out/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/id-10067415.jpg</image:loc><image:title>ID-10067415</image:title><image:caption>Image by David Castillo Dominici via freedigitalphotos.net</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2014-05-07T20:59:40+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2014/04/20/our-wonderful-world-the-grand-canyon/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/south-rim1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>south rim</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/deer-creek-falls1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>deer creek falls</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/deer-creek-falls-0011.jpg</image:loc><image:title>deer creek falls 001</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/slot-canyon1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>slot canyon</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/south-rim-21.jpg</image:loc><image:title>south rim 2</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2016-02-27T14:16:10+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2014/04/18/poetry-friday-louise-erdrichs-advice-to-myself/</loc><lastmod>2014-04-21T20:52:22+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2014/04/14/its-monday-what-are-you-reading-19/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/9780385753845_p0_v2_s260x420.jpg</image:loc><image:title>9780385753845_p0_v2_s260x420</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/9780375867132_p0_v1_s260x420.jpg</image:loc><image:title>9780375867132_p0_v1_s260x420</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2014-04-16T08:51:40+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2014/04/13/why-poetry/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/800px-dew-laden_spider_web_against_a_foggy_cow_pasture.jpg</image:loc><image:title>800px-Dew-laden_spider_web_against_a_foggy_cow_pasture</image:title><image:caption>By Phyzome is Tim McCormack (Own work) , via Wikimedia Commons</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2016-04-19T12:15:40+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2014/04/11/poetry-friday-i-wandered-lonely-as-a-cloud/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/398px-parc_de_bagatelle_paris_printemps.jpg</image:loc><image:title>398px-Parc_de_Bagatelle_Paris_printemps</image:title><image:caption>By Myrabella (Own work) [CC-BY-SA-3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2014-04-15T04:25:07+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2014/04/08/slice-of-life-the-leaning-tower-of-pisa/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/the_leaning_tower_of_pisa_sb.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>The_Leaning_Tower_of_Pisa_SB.jpeg</image:title><image:caption>Wikimedia</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2014-04-10T00:50:56+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2014/04/07/its-monday-what-are-you-reading-18/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/el-april14-left.jpg</image:loc><image:title>el-april14-left</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/18222556.jpg</image:loc><image:title>18222556</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2014-04-08T04:11:53+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2014/04/01/slice-of-life-bo-the-outdoor-cat/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/photo-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>photo-2</image:title><image:caption>Bo outside his shed.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2014-04-02T04:23:52+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2014/03/31/solc-2014-things-to-do-if-youre-a-writer/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/9781596432208.jpg</image:loc><image:title>9781596432208</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2014-04-02T04:26:17+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2014/03/30/solc-2014-the-perils-and-pleasures-of-writing/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/woman-writing1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>woman-writing1</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2014-04-01T02:29:17+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2014/03/29/solc-2014-just-three-books/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/51rrkmw0qnl.jpg</image:loc><image:title>51RRKMW0QNL</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/mockingbird.jpg</image:loc><image:title>mockingbird</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/screen-shot-2014-03-29-at-12-57-03-pm.png</image:loc><image:title>Screen Shot 2014-03-29 at 12.57.03 PM</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2014-03-30T05:57:20+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2014/03/28/solc-2014poetry-friday-the-reward/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/marsbow_pacholka.jpg</image:loc><image:title>marsbow_pacholka</image:title><image:caption>Photo by Wally Pacholka,
http://apod.nasa.gov/</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2014-04-01T09:22:06+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2014/03/27/solc-2014-plans-for-national-poetry-month/</loc><lastmod>2014-03-29T01:34:21+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2014/03/26/solc-2014-book-spine-poetry/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/photo-32.jpg</image:loc><image:title>photo-3</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/photo-131.jpg</image:loc><image:title>photo-13</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/photo-41.jpg</image:loc><image:title>photo-4</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/photo-121.jpg</image:loc><image:title>photo-12</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/photo-141.jpg</image:loc><image:title>photo-14</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2014-03-28T02:39:12+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2014/03/25/solc-2014-an-evening-in-brooklyn/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/photo-22.jpg</image:loc><image:title>photo-2</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2014-03-29T15:31:29+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2014/03/24/solc-2014-its-monday-what-are-you-reading-3/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/girl-with-a-brave-heart.jpg</image:loc><image:title>girl.with.a.brave.heart</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2014-03-26T04:31:54+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2014/03/23/solc-2014-most-likely-to-improve/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/photo-15.jpg</image:loc><image:title>photo-1</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/id-10070276.jpg</image:loc><image:title>ID-10070276</image:title><image:caption>By David Castillo Dominici, freedigitalphotos.net</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2014-03-24T21:55:24+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2014/03/22/solc-my-day-at-the-teachers-college-saturday-reunion-2014-edition/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/photo-111.jpg</image:loc><image:title>photo-11</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/photo-10.jpg</image:loc><image:title>photo-10</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/photo-8.jpg</image:loc><image:title>photo-8</image:title><image:caption>Dinner with my son and his girlfriend.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/photo-9.jpg</image:loc><image:title>photo-9</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/photo-7.jpg</image:loc><image:title>photo-7</image:title><image:caption>Kathleen Tolan describing how to "take an ordinary idea about a character and make it extraordinary."
</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/photo-5.jpg</image:loc><image:title>photo-5</image:title><image:caption>The wisdom of Kathy Collins: "Children should believe that  when they give something to texts, they will get something back from the text."</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/photo-21.jpg</image:loc><image:title>photo-2</image:title><image:caption>Cynthia Satterlee had great advice for helping kids craft personal opinion essays.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/photo-31.jpg</image:loc><image:title>photo-3</image:title><image:caption>Anna Gratz Cockerille sharing strategies to help children improve their informational writing.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/photo-4.jpg</image:loc><image:title>photo-4</image:title><image:caption>Diane Ravitch delivering the opening keynote. </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/photo-14.jpg</image:loc><image:title>photo-1</image:title><image:caption>Stephanie Harvey shared her wisdom about nonfiction. </image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2014-03-27T01:01:09+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2014/03/21/solc-2014-poetry-friday-2/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/1929-6-37_1b.jpg</image:loc><image:title>1929.6.37_1b</image:title><image:caption>Thomas Wilmer Dewing
In the Garden
1892–94
oil
20 5/8 x 35 in.
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of John Gellatly</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/1929-6-37_1c.jpg</image:loc><image:title>1929.6.37_1c</image:title><image:caption>Thomas Wilmer Dewing
In the Garden
1892–94
oil
20 5/8 x 35 in.
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of John Gellatly</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2014-03-25T12:14:50+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2014/03/20/solc-2014-what-do-you-know/</loc><lastmod>2014-03-21T03:50:42+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2014/03/19/sloc-2014-recognizing-a-stranger/</loc><lastmod>2014-03-21T02:27:35+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2014/03/18/solc-2014-be-happy/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/screen-shot-2014-03-18-at-10-37-04-pm.png</image:loc><image:title>Screen Shot 2014-03-18 at 10.37.04 PM</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2014-03-23T01:38:20+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2014/03/17/solc-2014-its-monday-what-are-you-reading-2/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/photo-13.jpg</image:loc><image:title>photo-1</image:title><image:caption>Our copy, signed by the author to my youngest son.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/51c5qvognwl.jpg</image:loc><image:title>51c5QVogNwL</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/9780061914959.jpg</image:loc><image:title>9780061914959</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2014-03-20T02:25:30+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2014/03/16/solc-2014-finding-gold-in-the-classroom/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/id-100168390.jpg</image:loc><image:title>ID-100168390</image:title><image:caption>Image courtesy of FreeDigitalPhotos.net</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/71vopogi3ll.jpg</image:loc><image:title>71voPogi3LL</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2014-03-17T21:57:10+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2014/03/15/solc-2014-the-halfway-point/</loc><lastmod>2014-03-23T22:34:56+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2014/03/14/solc-2014-march-haiku/</loc><lastmod>2014-03-17T02:20:05+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2014/03/13/solc-2014-stories-letters-and-mailing-may/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/mailing_may_lg.jpg</image:loc><image:title>mailing_may_lg</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2014-03-22T02:53:03+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2014/03/12/solc-2014-five-thins-right-now/</loc><lastmod>2014-03-14T09:29:26+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2014/03/11/solc-2014-adventures-in-knitting/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/photo-3.jpg</image:loc><image:title>photo-3</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/photo-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>photo-2</image:title><image:caption>A birthday gift for a friend--scarf in progress.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/photo-12.jpg</image:loc><image:title>photo-1</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2014-03-12T05:12:29+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2014/03/10/solc-2014-greek-myths-retold/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/photo-11.jpg</image:loc><image:title>photo-1</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/1492.jpg</image:loc><image:title>1492</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/king-midas-and-the-golden-touch-retold-by-charlotte-craft-paperback-800x800.jpg</image:loc><image:title>king-midas-and-the-golden-touch-retold-by-charlotte-craft-paperback-800x800</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2014-03-12T07:09:00+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2014/03/09/sloc-2014-downtime/</loc><lastmod>2014-03-14T00:48:42+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2014/03/07/solc-2014-poetry-friday/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/poetry-friday-1-1.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>poetry-friday-1-1</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2014-03-10T22:02:49+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2014/03/08/solc-2014-celebrating-success/</loc><lastmod>2014-03-09T04:26:46+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2014/03/06/solc-2014-a-trip-to-the-bookstore/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/photo-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>photo-1</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2014-03-07T04:52:05+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2014/03/05/solc-2014-chief-curiosity-officer/</loc><lastmod>2014-03-06T05:36:47+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2014/03/04/solc-2014-making-plans/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/comp-notebook-300x221.gif</image:loc><image:title>comp-notebook-300x221</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2014-03-05T02:28:36+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2014/03/03/solc-2014-its-monday-what-are-you-reading/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/9781586851538.jpg</image:loc><image:title>9781586851538</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/one-sheep-two-sheep.jpg</image:loc><image:title>one-sheep-two-sheep</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/zeal-of-zebras.jpg</image:loc><image:title>zeal of zebras</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/0698113543_l.jpg</image:loc><image:title>0698113543_l</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/imwayr1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMWAYR</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2014-03-05T07:46:14+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2014/03/02/solc-2014-guiding-writing-instruction/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/rubric-clip-art.png</image:loc><image:title>rubric-clip-art</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2014-03-02T19:00:35+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2014/03/01/solc-2014-building-habits-of-mind-one-stamp-at-a-time/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/35.jpg</image:loc><image:title>$_35</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/harrispioneerworld-wide.jpg</image:loc><image:title>HarrisPioneerWorld-Wide</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2014-03-02T05:08:04+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2014/02/25/slice-of-life-the-art-of-losing/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/photo-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>photo-2</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2014-03-02T05:12:12+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2014/02/21/10-for-10-nonfiction-picture-books-and-a-poem/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/the-watcher.jpg</image:loc><image:title>The Watcher</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/island-cover-web1-200x256.jpg</image:loc><image:title>island-cover-web1-200x256</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/wings.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Wings</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/volcano-rising.jpg</image:loc><image:title>volcano-rising</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/the-mangrove-tree-format.jpg</image:loc><image:title>The-Mangrove-Tree-FORMAT</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/stripes-of-all-types.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Stripes-of-All-Types</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/case-of-the-vanishing-honeybees.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Case-of-the-Vanishing-Honeybees</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/animal-book_hres.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Animal Book_hres</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/51vy6qb2pvl-_sx258_bo1204203200_.jpg</image:loc><image:title>51VY6QB2PVL._SX258_BO1,204,203,200_</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/coralreefs.jpg</image:loc><image:title>coralreefs</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2014-02-24T00:06:31+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2014/02/18/slice-of-life-feeling-intrepid/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/final_rwplogo-18kom4s.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Final_RWPLogo-18kom4s</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/11454297503_e27946e4ff_h.jpg</image:loc><image:title>11454297503_e27946e4ff_h</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2019-03-10T04:50:33+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2014/02/14/poetry-friday-the-owl-and-the-pussy-cat/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/3726-1000x1000.jpg</image:loc><image:title>3726-1000x1000</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/the-owl-and-the-pussycat-from-1928-marguerite-davis-sugar-and-spice-and-all-thats-nice-poem-by-edward-lear.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>The Owl and The Pussycat, from 1928 Marguerite Davis Sugar and Spice and all that's nice, poem by Edward lear</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2014-02-15T13:36:55+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2014/02/07/poetry-friday-a-poem-of-apology/</loc><lastmod>2017-08-29T08:56:13+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2014/02/04/slice-of-life-its-reading-to-the-cores-2nd-birthday/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/van-gogh-portrait-of-joseph-roulin-1889.jpg</image:loc><image:title>van-gogh-portrait-of-joseph-roulin-1889</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/van-gogh-the-postman-1889.jpg</image:loc><image:title>van-gogh-the-postman-1889</image:title><image:caption>VINCENT VAN GOGH
The Postman Joseph Roulin, February–March 1889.
Collection Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2014-02-12T15:17:55+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2014/02/03/its-monday-what-are-you-reading-17/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/listography350.jpg</image:loc><image:title>listography350</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/9780805096415_p0_v2_s260x420.jpg</image:loc><image:title>9780805096415_p0_v2_s260x420</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2014-02-05T02:17:24+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2014/01/30/poetry-friday-eureka-poems-about-inventors-snowflake-bentley-and-erasure-poetry/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/wilson_a-_bentley_snowflake_1890.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Wilson_A._Bentley_snowflake,_1890</image:title><image:caption>By Smithsonian Institution from United States (Snowflake Study  Uploaded by PDTillman) [see page for license], via Wikimedia Commons</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/300x300_485e3b7ebd52df056550489bea410b89.jpg</image:loc><image:title>300x300_485e3b7ebd52df056550489bea410b89</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2014-02-08T15:04:26+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2014/01/28/slice-of-life-mid-year-goals-and-productivity/</loc><lastmod>2014-01-29T21:25:54+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2014/01/21/slice-of-life-pickles-and-the-hard-work-of-revision/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/january2014cover_fake_200x300.jpg</image:loc><image:title>january2014cover_FAKE_200x300</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/owlmoon1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>OwlMoon1</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2014-01-22T12:20:30+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2014/01/14/slice-of-life-getting-from-point-a-to-point-b/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/800px-world_of_ptolemy_as_shown_by_johannes_de_armsshein_-_ulm_1482.png</image:loc><image:title>800px-World_of_Ptolemy_as_shown_by_Johannes_de_Armsshein_-_Ulm_1482</image:title><image:caption>World of Ptolemy as shown By Johannes de Armsshein, Ulm, 1482 [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2014-01-16T12:17:43+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2014/01/06/spreading-some-sunshine/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/450px-cupola_di_santa_maria_del_fiore_dal_campanile_di_giotto_02.jpg</image:loc><image:title>450px-Cupola_di_santa_maria_del_fiore_dal_campanile_di_giotto,_02</image:title><image:caption>By sailko via Wikimedia Commons</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/185737_1576992665616_1273366_n.jpg</image:loc><image:title>185737_1576992665616_1273366_n</image:title><image:caption>A sweater I made for my great-nephew a few years ago.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/photo-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>photo-2</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/my-only-sunshine-wallpaper-nature-picture-spring-images.png</image:loc><image:title>my-only-sunshine-wallpaper-nature-picture-spring-images</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2014-01-09T01:35:15+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2013/12/31/one-little-word-balance/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/photo-12.jpg</image:loc><image:title>photo-1</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2014-01-01T17:15:23+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2013/12/24/slice-of-life-the-nutcracker/</loc><lastmod>2013-12-25T18:55:14+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2013/12/20/poetry-friday-o-holy-night/</loc><lastmod>2013-12-22T20:50:01+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2013/12/17/slice-of-life-the-ugly-sweater/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/photo-11.jpg</image:loc><image:title>photo-1</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/photo-21.jpg</image:loc><image:title>photo-2</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2013-12-18T04:42:24+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2013/12/14/one-year-later/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/snow_angel_at_blynlee_-_geograph-org-uk_-_1652771.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Snow_Angel_at_Blynlee_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1652771</image:title><image:caption>Iain Lees [CC-BY-SA-2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2013-12-14T12:54:00+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2013/12/13/poetry-friday-the-secret/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/497px-pierre-auguste_renoir_-_jeunes_filles_lisant.jpg</image:loc><image:title>497px-Pierre-Auguste_Renoir_-_Jeunes_Filles_lisant</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2013-12-15T14:04:10+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2013/12/10/slice-of-life-christmas-trees-and-the-gift-of-books/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/photo-4.jpg</image:loc><image:title>photo-4</image:title><image:caption>The Very Hungry Caterpillar</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/photo-3.jpg</image:loc><image:title>photo-3</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/photo-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>photo-2</image:title><image:caption>The Nutcracker </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/photo-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>photo-1</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/photo-5.jpg</image:loc><image:title>photo-5</image:title><image:caption>This year's finished tree</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/alice-tree.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Alice Tree</image:title><image:caption>Alice in Wonderland Tree</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2013-12-11T03:03:15+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2013/12/09/its-monday-what-are-you-reading-16/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/16068979.jpg</image:loc><image:title>16068979</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/102813-list_full_600.jpg</image:loc><image:title>102813-list.jpg_full_600</image:title><image:caption>Clarion, 2013</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2013-12-20T21:02:31+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2013/12/06/poetry-friday-what-the-heart-cannot-forget/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/baby_sea_turtle.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Baby_Sea_Turtle</image:title><image:caption>Wildlifeppl at en.wikipedia via Wikimedia Commons</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2013-12-13T01:23:17+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2013/12/03/slice-of-life-connecting-with-obsalesence/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/photo-10.jpg</image:loc><image:title>photo (10)</image:title><image:caption>My grandmother, c. 1905, and her phone dialer.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2013-12-05T14:38:36+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2013/11/29/poetry-friday-georgia-heard-roque-dalton-and-unlocking-the-door-to-poetry/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/georgiaheard.jpg</image:loc><image:title>georgiaheard</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2013-12-03T03:59:30+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2013/11/25/slice-of-life-ncte-edition/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/logo-higher-logic.jpg</image:loc><image:title>logo-higher-logic</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2013-11-29T20:29:14+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2013/11/19/slice-of-life-code-name-verity/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/code-name-verity-us.jpg</image:loc><image:title>code-name-verity-us</image:title><image:caption>Hyperion, 2012</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2013-11-20T05:07:52+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2013/11/08/poetry-friday-hurry/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/parliament_clock_westminster.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Parliament_Clock_Westminster</image:title><image:caption>By Aldaron — Aldaron, a.k.a. Aldaron (Flickr) [CC-BY-SA-2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2013-11-09T22:16:45+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2013/10/29/slice-of-life-baseball-memories/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/ebbets_field_brooklyn-_ny.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Ebbets_Field,_Brooklyn._NY</image:title><image:caption>By Boston Public Library (Flickr: Ebbets Field, Brooklyn. N. Y.) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2013-10-30T00:58:57+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2013/10/27/its-monday-what-are-you-reading-randolph-caldecott-the-man-who-could-not-stop-drawing/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/randolph-caldecott-the-cow-jumped-over-the-moon.jpg</image:loc><image:title>randolph-caldecott-the-cow-jumped-over-the-moon</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/kinghearts.gif</image:loc><image:title>KingHearts</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/9781466852907_p0_v2_s260x420.jpg</image:loc><image:title>9781466852907_p0_v2_s260x420</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2013-10-29T23:32:23+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2013/10/25/poetry-friday-wynken-blynken-and-nod/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/539w.jpg</image:loc><image:title>539w</image:title><image:caption> illustration by David McPhail, from ''Wynken, Blynken, and Nod,'</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2013-10-28T09:28:40+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2013/10/21/its-monday-what-are-you-reading-15/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/9781609052522.jpg</image:loc><image:title>9781609052522</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2013-10-22T07:39:24+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2013/10/18/poetry-friday-love-after-love/</loc><lastmod>2013-10-20T10:57:46+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2013/10/15/slice-of-life-surviving-a-cataclysm/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/476px-coast_impact.jpg</image:loc><image:title>476px-Coast_Impact</image:title><image:caption>By Don Davis/NASA [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2013-10-16T00:42:49+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2013/10/14/its-monday-what-are-you-reading-14/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/61y3irtwq-l-_sy300_.jpg</image:loc><image:title>61Y3IrTwQ-L._SY300_</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/flora-image-31.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Flora-Image-31</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/11051230.jpg</image:loc><image:title>11051230</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2013-10-15T02:45:50+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2013/10/11/poetry-friday-happy-birthday-first-lady-of-the-world/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/poetry_friday_button-210.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Poetry_Friday_Button-210</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2013-10-14T20:47:05+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2013/10/08/slice-of-life-a-visit-with-author-sarah-weeks-2/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/photo-3.jpg</image:loc><image:title>photo-3</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/photo-5.jpg</image:loc><image:title>photo-5</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/photo-4.jpg</image:loc><image:title>photo-4</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/9780060088583_p0_v1_s260x420.jpg</image:loc><image:title>9780060088583_p0_v1_s260x420</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/mcncnvwezil0t9xgwocdlda.jpg</image:loc><image:title>mCNCNVWEZiL0T9XGwoCDLDA</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/so_b-_it_by_sarah_weeks.jpg</image:loc><image:title>So_B._It_by_Sarah_Weeks</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/pie-cover1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>pie-cover1</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2013-10-09T14:09:41+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2013/10/04/poetry-friday-to-autumn/</loc><lastmod>2013-10-05T20:47:12+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2013/10/01/slice-of-life-a-confession/</loc><lastmod>2013-10-02T10:47:26+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2013/09/27/poetry-friday-shel-silverteins-sick/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/sick.jpg</image:loc><image:title>sick</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2013-09-29T12:28:22+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2013/09/24/slice-of-life-tuesday/</loc><lastmod>2013-10-01T02:39:08+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2013/09/23/its-monday-what-are-you-reading-13/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/between-shades-of-gray-paperback.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Between-Shades-of-Gray-paperback</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/we_fought_back.jpg</image:loc><image:title>we_fought_back</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/hitleryouth2-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>HITLERYOUTH2-1</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2013-09-24T09:26:07+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2013/09/20/poetry-friday-a-red-red-rose/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/pg_1063burns_naysmithcrop.jpg</image:loc><image:title>PG_1063Burns_Naysmithcrop</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2013-09-22T11:41:19+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2013/02/18/its-monday-what-are-you-reading-2/</loc><lastmod>2013-09-14T22:29:06+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2013/07/29/its-monday-what-are-you-reading-the-day-the-crayons-quit/</loc><lastmod>2013-09-14T22:15:19+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2013/09/13/poetry-friday-for-the-fallen/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/hc-new-fairfield-soldier-0907-20130906-001.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>hc-new-fairfield-soldier-0907-20130906-001</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2013-09-15T14:17:33+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2013/09/10/slice-of-life-the-4th-grade-readers-choice-awards/</loc><lastmod>2013-09-11T03:36:19+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2013/09/06/poetry-friday-puzzling-through-the-possibilities/</loc><lastmod>2013-09-11T20:59:49+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2013/09/03/slice-of-life-for-good/</loc><lastmod>2013-09-08T01:27:59+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2013/09/02/its-monday-what-are-you-reading-12/</loc><lastmod>2013-09-06T01:32:30+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2013/08/27/slice-of-life-more-thoughts-on-writing/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/800px-d0bfd0b0d180d0bdd0bed0b5-d0b2d0b7d0b0d0b8d0bcd0bdd0bed0b5_d0bed0b1d183d187d0b5d0bdd0b8d0b5-d0b2-d0b3d0b5d180d0bcd0b0d0bdd0b8d0b8-080.jpg</image:loc><image:title>800px-Парное-взаимное_обучение-в.Германии-080423-12</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2013-08-27T22:25:32+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2013/08/26/its-monday-what-are-you-reading-compost-worms-chickens/</loc><lastmod>2013-08-30T10:56:42+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2013/08/21/slice-of-life-thoughts-about-writing/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/sols_61.jpg</image:loc><image:title>sols_6</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2013-08-28T21:03:17+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2013/08/19/its-monday-what-are-you-reading-11/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/imwayr.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMWAYR</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2013-08-20T13:43:07+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2013/08/16/poetry-friday-off-to-the-fair/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/lf.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>If</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/poetry_friday_button-210.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Poetry_Friday_Button-210</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2013-08-19T22:19:16+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2013/08/13/slice-of-life-buried-treasure/</loc><lastmod>2013-08-20T02:14:23+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2013/08/12/its-monday-what-are-you-reading-10/</loc><lastmod>2013-08-13T03:08:12+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2013/08/10/picture-book-10-for-10-picture-books-by-jane-yolen/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/dsc03855.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DSC03855</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/122075.jpg</image:loc><image:title>122075</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/jane-yolen_.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Jane.Yolen_</image:title><image:caption>Photo by Jason Stemple, via wired.com</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/encounter.jpg</image:loc><image:title>encounter</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2013-08-12T05:43:27+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2013/08/09/poetry-friday-the-sand-beneath-our-feet/</loc><lastmod>2013-08-11T11:31:51+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2013/08/06/slice-of-life-why-do-childrens-books-matter/</loc><lastmod>2013-08-07T00:40:39+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2013/07/30/slice-of-life-the-birth-of-sunsets-kittens/</loc><lastmod>2013-08-02T10:47:38+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2013/07/26/poetry-friday-a-splot-buildings-and-a-windmill/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/photo-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>photo-2</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/the_big_orange_splot.png</image:loc><image:title>The_Big_Orange_Splot</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2013-07-28T12:31:22+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2013/07/22/its-monday-what-are-you-reading-the-cat-who-went-to-heaven/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/imwayr.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMWAYR</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2013-07-23T03:06:59+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2013/07/19/poetry-friday-the-swing/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/img00001.gif</image:loc><image:title>img00001</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/poetry_friday_button-2101.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Poetry_Friday_Button-210</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2013-07-21T23:29:44+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2013/07/16/slice-of-life-ripe-blackberries/</loc><lastmod>2013-07-23T11:45:59+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2013/07/12/poetry-friday-when-you-are-old/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/180px-wbyeats.jpg</image:loc><image:title>180px-Wbyeats</image:title><image:caption>William Butler Yeats</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2013-07-13T12:10:25+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2013/07/09/slice-of-life-thank-you-sumerians/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/aleph.jpg</image:loc><image:title>aleph</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2013-07-10T12:08:20+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2013/07/08/its-monday-what-are-you-reading-9/</loc><lastmod>2013-07-09T00:26:51+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2013/07/05/poetry-friday-sonnet-30-by-william-shakespeare/</loc><lastmod>2013-07-08T21:26:56+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2013/07/02/routines-writing-and-excellence/</loc><lastmod>2013-07-04T19:16:45+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2013/06/28/poetry-friday-the-cities-inside-us/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/herkulaneischer_meister_002b.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Herkulaneischer_Meister_002b</image:title><image:caption>By Herkulaneischer Meister  via Wikimedia Commons</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2013-07-01T01:34:16+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2013/06/25/sometimes/</loc><lastmod>2013-07-02T11:31:01+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2013/06/24/time-for-teachers-write/</loc><lastmod>2013-06-25T15:31:34+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2013/06/14/poetry-friday-there-was-a-frog/</loc><lastmod>2013-06-16T12:24:25+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2013/06/11/slice-of-life-id-rather-be-reading/</loc><lastmod>2013-06-12T14:09:27+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2013/06/10/its-monday-what-are-you-reading-8/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/goldi-hc-c.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Goldi hc c</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/notagood_c-3_4_r537_c0-0-534-712.jpg</image:loc><image:title>notagood_c-3_4_r537_c0-0-534-712</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2013-06-11T02:37:04+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2013/06/09/is-test-prep-the-mint-of-education/</loc><lastmod>2014-09-02T23:01:17+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2013/06/07/poetry-friday-ox-cart-man/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/mkfwmlodom587yngd2di95w.jpg</image:loc><image:title>mKfWmlodom587YNgD2dI95w</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/poetry_friday_button-2103.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Poetry_Friday_Button-210</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2013-06-09T20:04:25+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2013/05/31/poetry-friday-cadence-by-margaret-wise-brown/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/awakened-by-the-moon.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Awakened-by-the-moon</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2013-06-03T00:44:33+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2013/05/28/slice-of-life-thinking-about-writing-instruction/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/512id53tqdl-_sy300_.jpg</image:loc><image:title>512ID53TQdL._SY300_</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/sols_6.jpg</image:loc><image:title>sols_6</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2013-06-03T19:44:37+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2013/05/27/its-monday-what-are-you-reading-picture-book-pairs/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/9780618574124_xlg.jpg</image:loc><image:title>9780618574124_xlg</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/bookszisformoose.jpg</image:loc><image:title>bookszisformoose</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2013-05-27T20:30:39+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2013/05/23/poetry-friday-love-calls-us-to-the-things-of-this-world/</loc><lastmod>2013-05-30T17:40:18+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2013/05/17/poetry-friday-america-the-beautiful/</loc><lastmod>2013-05-19T10:55:17+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2013/05/14/slice-of-life-the-gift-of-books/</loc><lastmod>2013-05-17T10:09:31+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2013/05/13/its-monday-what-are-you-reading-7/</loc><lastmod>2013-05-13T13:40:00+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2013/05/10/poetry-friday-think-like-a-tree/</loc><lastmod>2013-07-12T21:58:41+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2013/05/03/poetry-friday-picture-books-in-winter/</loc><lastmod>2013-05-05T21:01:04+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2013/04/30/solc-dakota-dugout/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/sols_63.jpg</image:loc><image:title>sols_6</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2013-05-01T00:18:02+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2013/04/29/its-monday-what-are-you-reading-6/</loc><lastmod>2013-04-30T02:24:52+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2013/04/26/poetry-friday-poets-checklist/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/child-writing-picture.png</image:loc><image:title>child-writing-picture</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/poetry_friday_button-2102.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Poetry_Friday_Button-210</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2013-04-30T21:35:57+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2013/04/23/slice-of-life-the-taming-of-me/</loc><lastmod>2013-04-24T09:55:08+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2013/04/19/poetry-friday-apple-blossom/</loc><lastmod>2013-04-21T22:35:02+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2013/04/18/poem-in-your-pocket-day/</loc><lastmod>2013-04-18T13:43:57+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2013/04/16/slice-of-life-why-i-stay-2/</loc><lastmod>2013-04-17T23:46:00+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2013/04/15/its-monday-what-are-you-reading-5/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/9780374302788_xlg.jpg</image:loc><image:title>9780374302788_xlg</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/9780439927802.jpg</image:loc><image:title>9780439927802</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/mon-reading-button-pb-to-ya.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>Mon Reading Button PB to YA</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2013-04-29T00:25:14+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2013/04/12/poetry-friday-the-lake-isle-of-innisfree/</loc><lastmod>2013-04-14T00:41:53+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2013/04/09/slice-of-life-cake-anyone/</loc><lastmod>2013-04-10T23:13:48+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2013/04/08/its-monday-what-are-you-reading-4/</loc><lastmod>2013-04-11T01:42:59+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2013/04/05/a-magnetic-poem-for-poetry-friday/</loc><lastmod>2013-04-05T16:45:25+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2013/04/02/a-slice-of-life-a-visit-to-the-eric-carle-museum-of-picture-book-art/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/544416_4770520581818_1197692579_n.jpg</image:loc><image:title>544416_4770520581818_1197692579_n</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/sols_624.jpg</image:loc><image:title>sols_6</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2013-04-04T23:57:50+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2013/04/01/its-monday-what-are-you-reading-3/</loc><lastmod>2013-04-01T09:52:21+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2013/03/31/slice-31-of-31-thresholds/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/view.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>view</image:title><image:caption>Brondum's Annex by Anna Ancher</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2013-04-01T02:10:37+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2013/03/30/slice-30-of-31-the-miracle-of-charlottes-web/</loc><lastmod>2013-03-31T02:51:33+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2013/03/29/slice-29-of-31-the-tree-that-time-built-for-poetry-friday/</loc><lastmod>2013-03-30T03:02:30+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2013/03/28/slice-28-of-31-unpacking-poetry/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/photo-22.jpg</image:loc><image:title>photo-2</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/photo-31.jpg</image:loc><image:title>photo-3</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/photo-17.jpg</image:loc><image:title>photo-1</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/mentor-text.png</image:loc><image:title>mentor text</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2013-03-30T01:13:23+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2013/03/27/slice-27-of-31-the-search-for-delicious/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/screen-shot-2013-03-27-at-9-41-11-pm.png</image:loc><image:title>Screen Shot 2013-03-27 at 9.41.11 PM</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/screen-shot-2013-03-27-at-9-38-36-pm.png</image:loc><image:title>Screen Shot 2013-03-27 at 9.38.36 PM</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/screen-shot-2013-03-27-at-9-35-11-pm.png</image:loc><image:title>Screen Shot 2013-03-27 at 9.35.11 PM</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/screen-shot-2013-03-27-at-9-33-14-pm.png</image:loc><image:title>Screen Shot 2013-03-27 at 9.33.14 PM</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/9780590129312.jpg</image:loc><image:title>9780590129312</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2013-03-28T03:04:34+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2013/03/26/slice-26-of-31-the-power-of-observation/</loc><lastmod>2013-03-27T11:12:52+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2013/03/25/slice-25-of-31-its-monday-what-are-you-reading/</loc><lastmod>2013-04-02T06:06:57+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2013/03/24/slice-24-of-31-serendipity-2/</loc><lastmod>2013-03-25T14:44:21+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2013/03/23/slice-23-of-31-what-to-bring-to-a-desert-isle/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/desert-island1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>desert-island1</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2013-03-24T04:19:51+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2013/03/22/slice-22-of-31-douglas-florian-for-poetry-friday/</loc><lastmod>2013-03-24T13:10:20+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2013/03/21/slice-21-of-31-a-book-spine-poem/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/poetry20matters.jpg</image:loc><image:title>poetry%20matters</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/27041.jpg</image:loc><image:title>27041</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/wondrous-words-writers-writing-in-elementary-classroom-katie-wood-ray-paperback-cover-art.jpg</image:loc><image:title>wondrous-words-writers-writing-in-elementary-classroom-katie-wood-ray-paperback-cover-art</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/043508495x.jpg</image:loc><image:title>043508495X</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/take-joy.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Take-Joy</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/9780064460620.jpg</image:loc><image:title>9780064460620</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2013-03-22T00:08:32+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2013/03/20/slice-20-of-31-challenges/</loc><lastmod>2013-03-21T01:02:52+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2013/03/19/slice-19-of-31-play-bill-harley-and-the-ccss/</loc><lastmod>2013-03-20T01:56:41+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2013/03/18/slice-18-of-31-its-monday-what-are-you-reading/</loc><lastmod>2013-03-18T23:37:29+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2013/03/17/slice-17-of-31-common-core-connections-and-teaching-science/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/photo-16.jpg</image:loc><image:title>photo-1</image:title><image:caption>Unpeeled avocado pit</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/photo3.jpg</image:loc><image:title>photo</image:title><image:caption>Will it sprout?</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2013-03-18T01:00:27+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2013/03/16/slice-16-of-31-an-afternoon-at-the-opera/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/sols_69.jpg</image:loc><image:title>sols_6</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2013-03-17T16:46:26+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2013/03/15/slice-2013-15-of-31-a-big-sister-poem-for-poetry-friday/</loc><lastmod>2013-03-19T16:49:59+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2013/03/14/solc-2013-14-of-31-distant-dreams/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/sobel_dava_planetscover2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>sobel_dava_planetscover2</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2013-03-15T04:56:40+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2013/03/13/slice-2013-13-of-31-love-it-or-loathe-it/</loc><lastmod>2013-03-14T01:19:56+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2013/03/12/slice-2013-12-of-31-revisiting-a-classic-miss-rumphius/</loc><lastmod>2013-03-13T13:56:00+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2013/03/11/slice-2013-11-of-31-its-monday-what-are-you-reading/</loc><lastmod>2013-03-17T09:10:28+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2013/03/10/slice-2013-10-of-31-priorities/</loc><lastmod>2013-03-11T00:15:41+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2013/03/09/slice-2013-9-of-31-my-day-at-teachers-college-saturday-reunion/</loc><lastmod>2013-03-10T18:59:36+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2013/03/08/slice-8-of-31poetry-friday-march/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/photo1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>photo</image:title><image:caption>Pussy willows trying to bloom</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/photo-11.jpg</image:loc><image:title>photo-1</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/sols_64.jpg</image:loc><image:title>sols_6</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2013-03-10T19:43:15+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2013/03/07/slice-2013-7-of-31-world-read-aloud-day/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/11387515.jpg</image:loc><image:title>11387515</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/boy-bot-cover.jpg</image:loc><image:title>boy-bot-cover</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/url.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>url</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2013-03-07T10:45:23+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2013/03/06/slice-2013-6-of-31-musings-while-knitting/</loc><lastmod>2013-03-07T03:07:10+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2013/03/05/slice-2013-5-of-31-the-legend-of-the-sanpodohavatulli-expedition/</loc><lastmod>2013-03-06T01:24:26+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2013/03/05/slice-2013-4-of-31-its-monday-what-am-i-doing/</loc><lastmod>2013-03-05T17:01:24+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2013/03/03/slice-2013-3-of-31-a-sunday-drive-down-memory-lane/</loc><lastmod>2013-03-03T21:13:31+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2013/03/02/slice-2013-a-snapshot-of-my-reading-life/</loc><lastmod>2013-03-04T04:08:39+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2013/03/02/poetry-fridayread-across-americaslice-of-life-mash-up/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/photo.jpg</image:loc><image:title>photo</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/photo-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>photo-1</image:title><image:caption>Completed truffala tree</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/beo7arlcqaewpgh.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>BEO7aRlCQAEwpGh</image:title><image:caption>Books waiting to be distributed to teachers</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2013-03-02T12:53:02+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2013/02/25/world-read-aloud-day-blogger-challenge/</loc><lastmod>2013-02-25T03:10:27+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2013/02/22/poetry-friday-monumental-verses-by-j-patrick-lewis/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/url2.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>url</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2013-02-25T02:29:20+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2013/02/19/10-for-10-nonfiction-books/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/url1.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>url</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/348489.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>348489</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/moonshot_theflightofapollo11.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>Moonshot_TheFlightofApollo11</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/url-1.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>url-1</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/url-2.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>url-2</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/url-3.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>url-3</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/imgres2.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>imgres</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/6a00d83451af1569e201157156ce40970c-800wi.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>6a00d83451af1569e201157156ce40970c-800wi</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/url-4.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>url-4</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/url-5.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>url-5</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2013-02-25T02:28:55+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2013/02/16/poetry-friday-on-saturday-valentines-day-edition-paolo-and-francesca/</loc><lastmod>2013-02-17T04:39:37+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2013/02/08/poetry-friday-storm/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/06180237471.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>0618023747</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2013-02-13T06:20:06+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2013/02/05/reflections-on-one-year-of-blogging/</loc><lastmod>2013-02-08T23:24:27+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2013/01/11/poetry-friday-mindfulness-and-the-poet-joyce-sidman/</loc><lastmod>2013-02-08T23:16:14+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2013/01/01/auld-lang-syne-an-old-friend-not-forgotten/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/umo.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Halloween 1978</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2013-02-08T23:30:22+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2012/12/21/poetry-friday/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/importance-of-play-21.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>importance-of-play-2</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2012-12-22T20:31:02+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2012/11/02/poetry-friday-something-told-the-wild-geese/</loc><lastmod>2014-06-22T20:59:05+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2012/10/29/growing-minds/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/mon-reading-button-pb-to-ya1.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>Mon Reading Button PB to YA</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/mon-reading-button-pb-to-ya-e1351538389541.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>Mon Reading Button PB to YA</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/oh20rats.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>Oh%20Rats</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/photo.jpg</image:loc><image:title>photo</image:title><image:caption>My well worn (and puppy-chewed) copy of The World's Best Fairy Tales</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2012-10-29T19:43:05+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2012/08/12/12-for-12-a-picture-is-worth-1000-words/</loc><lastmod>2012-08-12T22:49:19+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2012/08/01/write-write-write/</loc><lastmod>2012-08-02T03:22:12+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2012/07/29/lava-falls/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/001_25.jpg</image:loc><image:title>001_25</image:title><image:caption>Brian in Lava ten years later.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/lava-falls1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Lava Falls</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/lava-falls.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Lava Falls</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2016-04-19T12:22:25+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2012/07/02/its-monday-what-are-you-reading/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/pathwaystoccch1re-1.png</image:loc><image:title>PathwaystoCCch1re-1</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/cnv20hyperion.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>cnv%20hyperion</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2012-07-03T05:44:24+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2012/06/12/time-to-stop-and-sniff/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/img_0447.jpg</image:loc><image:title>img_0447</image:title><image:caption>Lucy sniffing, of course!</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/img_0446.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_0446</image:title><image:caption>Enjoying the sunshine.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2014-07-04T00:46:56+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2012/06/06/lifes-soundtrack/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://readingtothecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/293510_721727350929_6711723_n.jpg</image:loc><image:title>293510_721727350929_6711723_n</image:title><image:caption>Dancing with Brian to "The Five Pennies" at his wedding.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2012-06-09T02:08:18+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com/2012/02/04/hello-world/</loc><lastmod>2012-02-04T14:06:18+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://readingtothecore.com</loc><changefreq>daily</changefreq><priority>1.0</priority><lastmod>2026-04-03T16:39:01+00:00</lastmod></url></urlset>
