<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Pen and Prose]]></title><description><![CDATA[Joseph Tradii]]></description><link>https://www.joetradii.com/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2026 12:29:35 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.joetradii.com/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Now if we just had a jar of "The Man" we'd have a hit TV show.]]></title><link>https://www.joetradii.com/post/now-if-we-just-had-a-jar-of-the-man-we-d-have-a-hit-tv-show</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69ea01f1ab5395dde6087115</guid><category><![CDATA[Lost in Translation]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2026 11:26:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/816f2d_1caa472e03194f0ebafb2898e94ba5b4~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_540,h_702,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Joe Tradii</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[That snow's got a lotta stones to show up here.]]></title><link>https://www.joetradii.com/post/that-snow-s-got-a-lotta-stones-to-show-up-here</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69ea013fa4befc7c9f394e90</guid><category><![CDATA[Lost in Translation]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 11:23:59 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/816f2d_9448b84ed8c34d6ca3a63222d6e1c508~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_532,h_744,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Joe Tradii</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[That's one hot gastropod in my lamb kebob.]]></title><link>https://www.joetradii.com/post/that-s-one-hot-gastropod-in-my-lamb-kebob</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69e9feb5b17cf497ceb38ebf</guid><category><![CDATA[Lost in Translation]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 11:13:53 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/816f2d_dbd32e5ef61748f7a4f733eede323f4f~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_583,h_473,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Joe Tradii</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[In Praise of Prefaces]]></title><description><![CDATA[I admit that for years and years I never read a preface in a book. It was just a bunch of front matter, like the colophon and table of contents, which stood between me and my intended reading material. I eagerly skipped over this obstruction to get drunk on the wine of words. I didn’t know what I was missing. Shame on me! The older I get the more I appreciate context, that amuse-bouche before partaking in the main course. The more I think about it, the more appropriate this metaphor seems....]]></description><link>https://www.joetradii.com/post/in-praise-of-forewords</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69e7426fe30ec41b7d07bd0c</guid><pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 09:25:11 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/d174119d6d26cf2ac22d3ab2fd805c6c.jpg/v1/fit/w_920,h_440,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Joe Tradii</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nice neck. Be a shame if anything happened to it.]]></title><link>https://www.joetradii.com/post/nice-neck-be-a-shame-if-anything-happened-to-it</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69ea009eab5395dde6086e4b</guid><category><![CDATA[Lost in Translation]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2026 12:21:23 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/816f2d_16f912427ee847c39060d6a880266eb4~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_823,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Joe Tradii</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[IYKYK]]></title><link>https://www.joetradii.com/post/iykyk</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69e9fdbcd06bed7d1aa0983b</guid><pubDate>Sun, 15 Mar 2026 12:08:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/816f2d_8e3d75e4ee87492ebf8ca3484eeb8de9~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_600,h_800,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Joe Tradii</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thought for the year.]]></title><link>https://www.joetradii.com/post/thought-for-the-year</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69e9fd3db17cf497ceb38b7c</guid><pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2026 12:06:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/816f2d_e6a8debfd0854558b33979bba94f5c59~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Joe Tradii</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Make this your motto in life!]]></title><link>https://www.joetradii.com/post/make-this-your-motto-in-life</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69e9fc66bbc0f3ff7448777f</guid><pubDate>Mon, 02 Feb 2026 12:03:10 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/816f2d_b01e79caed124c34a5e54867dfe6104e~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Joe Tradii</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>