<?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[Kim Idol]]></title><description><![CDATA[Kim Idol]]></description><link>https://www.kimberleyidol.com/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2026 09:02:42 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.kimberleyidol.com/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[                        Rain by Rachel]]></title><description><![CDATA[The last class of the afternoon ended a long time ago. Most people had already left the cafeteria. Half of the old campus had been torn down, but the row of camphor trees was still standing. Under the trees, three rusty bicycles were parked, rainwater gathered in their baskets, dead leaves floating on top. He was standing under the leftmost tree. His school jacket was unzipped, and he was spinning an unwrapped lollipop between his fingers. Shen Ting saw him from across the field right as the...]]></description><link>https://www.kimberleyidol.com/post/rain-by-rachel</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69d6da140b7119100dff12f1</guid><pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2026 22:49:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/1cdf6e_d87bd32a9f5c45beb21447e5ec111e01~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_858,h_456,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Kim Idol</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Una - a modern fractured fairytale ]]></title><description><![CDATA[She appeared at my front door like a sprite landing on the front porch. The knock on the door was a spare slight sound of a small fist being polite. I opened the door and saw a beautiful girl through the security screen. A long-haired Asian princess who smiled at me as if we'd met before. The theme of Disney's Sleeping Beauty actually ran through my head. She held her phone horizontally and spoke into it. It translated her words. "My phone needs a charge. I don't have my house key and need to...]]></description><link>https://www.kimberleyidol.com/post/rachel</link><guid isPermaLink="false">670d7bd7b8a142c09dc9475f</guid><pubDate>Mon, 14 Oct 2024 20:29:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/1cdf6e_99c1bf61cf204e79bcfda3e9997a89c7~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_804,h_612,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Kim Idol</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rock and Roll, Cowboys, and the Western Wind]]></title><description><![CDATA[Copyright Deviant Art I met him on the road to the California coast (SR 46) at the crossroad where James Dean died. There’s a fudge and...]]></description><link>https://www.kimberleyidol.com/post/rock-and-roll-cowboys-and-the-western-wind</link><guid isPermaLink="false">66afd9e99d6acb175b73d817</guid><pubDate>Sun, 04 Aug 2024 19:55:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/1cdf6e_42b3649084c84f259f9202150a6bdaa1~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_598,h_492,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Kim Idol</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[June 20, 2024]]></title><description><![CDATA[No Way Out: A movie about an airplane that crashes into the ocean and sinks atop a disintegrating precipice. There’s a hole in the bottom...]]></description><link>https://www.kimberleyidol.com/post/june-20-2024</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6674611513697e0d5cf669ee</guid><pubDate>Thu, 20 Jun 2024 17:06:04 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/1cdf6e_af29ded013f649e59b054e664e1caef3~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_868,h_832,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Kim Idol</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Conversations with Hard Hearted Girls]]></title><description><![CDATA[Diantha toddled over and tried to pet Sydney who skittered underneath the table. I didn’t know who Diantha was of course. The fact that...]]></description><link>https://www.kimberleyidol.com/post/conversations-with-hard-hearted-girls</link><guid isPermaLink="false">666b05f974fb87807a0d06de</guid><pubDate>Thu, 13 Jun 2024 14:51:52 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/1cdf6e_ef4f025b2dfe4ca6b6734c99b60979be~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_546,h_760,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Kim Idol</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Christmas Greetings]]></title><link>https://www.kimberleyidol.com/post/christmas-greetings</link><guid isPermaLink="false">657e6aeaf6ea4bc5b6721d17</guid><pubDate>Sun, 17 Dec 2023 03:28:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/1cdf6e_5d17f649ca334abbae3a4d8a2a268b4e~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Kim Idol</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Celebratory Suds]]></title><description><![CDATA[I don’t bathe my dogs until they smell like river otters. I just don’t. I don’t vacuum until the house is an asthmatic’s nightmare. I...]]></description><link>https://www.kimberleyidol.com/post/celebratory-suds</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6562201c1fd6c76fa44ea95d</guid><pubDate>Sat, 25 Nov 2023 16:28:08 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/1cdf6e_93c2e68d180f4ed0bb2d51b11f2b0153~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_292,h_294,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Kim Idol</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Okie Dokie]]></title><description><![CDATA[Clive Palmer project (Blue Star Line) is building a modern-day replica of the Titanic. It will be named Titanic II. They plan to install...]]></description><link>https://www.kimberleyidol.com/post/okie-dokie</link><guid isPermaLink="false">64ac335d2d82cc53105f6616</guid><pubDate>Mon, 10 Jul 2023 16:36:11 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/1cdf6e_92f8fb45045549beace3731d9f4871be~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_822,h_542,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Kim Idol</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[What we will sacrifice]]></title><description><![CDATA[They can trashcan gay rights, rights of the impoverished and the uneducated, the rights of ethnic “minorities” (I’ve never been...]]></description><link>https://www.kimberleyidol.com/post/what-we-will-sacrifice</link><guid isPermaLink="false">64a1cad0dac07f2ce2658388</guid><pubDate>Sun, 02 Jul 2023 19:16:23 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/a27d24_dbf4d32f3a73445491fd50f96bbc8920~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Kim Idol</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Baby Boy]]></title><description><![CDATA[I wake up and it hits me that a piece of me is gone. I am no longer whole. He would have been stirring beside me. He always got up first...]]></description><link>https://www.kimberleyidol.com/post/baby-boy</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6482694bda2b3d1b4419601a</guid><pubDate>Thu, 08 Jun 2023 23:56:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/1cdf6e_e646fbf628854733ae1dd94ed82295d6~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Kim Idol</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Looking for an Editor?]]></title><description><![CDATA[MARCH FORWARD ON YOUR WRITING PATH!!! DISCOUNTED BOOK CONSULTATION FOR THE MONTH OF MARCH!!! Hello writers, hope your 2023 is off to a...]]></description><link>https://www.kimberleyidol.com/post/looking-for-an-editor</link><guid isPermaLink="false">640393c0eb5cabd01850fc16</guid><pubDate>Sat, 04 Mar 2023 18:54:09 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Kim Idol</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Universities Need to Rescue the English Major.]]></title><description><![CDATA[In the 1920s and 30s, politicians threatened to censure movies. Hollywood executives cringed in response and created the Hay’s Code, a...]]></description><link>https://www.kimberleyidol.com/post/universities-need-to-rescue-the-english-major</link><guid isPermaLink="false">64037400ccc62d989a82a5a3</guid><pubDate>Sat, 04 Mar 2023 16:42:37 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/1cdf6e_872efcbfd7b34a27a388b10594964401~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_800,h_456,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Kim Idol</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dystopia Blows]]></title><description><![CDATA[So the airlines want one less pilot at the helm because they can use autopilot to substitute for a human being. They have crunched the...]]></description><link>https://www.kimberleyidol.com/post/dystopia-blows</link><guid isPermaLink="false">63fa22af3ada9a3e0141e645</guid><pubDate>Sat, 25 Feb 2023 15:10:23 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Kim Idol</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing to Worry about Folks! ]]></title><description><![CDATA[https://fortune.com/2022/11/21/airlines-pushing-one-pilot-in-cockpit-passenger-jets-instead-of-two/]]></description><link>https://www.kimberleyidol.com/post/nothing-to-worry-about-folks</link><guid isPermaLink="false">63f6941263b97268fb2f69b0</guid><pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2023 22:16:25 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Kim Idol</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Ballad of Casey Jones]]></title><description><![CDATA[Saturdays are my cheat days. I don’t go nuts, but my regular diet is strict. On Saturdays I allow myself to eat three meals. I’ve been on...]]></description><link>https://www.kimberleyidol.com/post/the-ballad-of-casey-jones</link><guid isPermaLink="false">63f3cff0d4411a55e2f95b26</guid><pubDate>Mon, 20 Feb 2023 19:57:28 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/1cdf6e_914f55886a924244aac943c30669af02~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_926,h_444,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Kim Idol</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fear]]></title><description><![CDATA[In my last marriage, if I raised issues my husband and I  needed to discuss, such as something wrong between us, or if I remarked on a...]]></description><link>https://www.kimberleyidol.com/post/_fear</link><guid isPermaLink="false">63b9e0a7185f4a1e1513469e</guid><pubDate>Sat, 07 Jan 2023 21:14:44 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Kim Idol</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Looking for a good read? The Shadow of the Wind]]></title><description><![CDATA[Excellent and fun and romantic. I am having such a good time reading it. 2001 novel by Spanish writer Carlos Ruiz Zafón a worldwide...]]></description><link>https://www.kimberleyidol.com/post/looking-for-a-good-read-the-shadow-of-the-wind</link><guid isPermaLink="false">63ac9ba542cb1415dc79b1e4</guid><pubDate>Wed, 28 Dec 2022 19:40:29 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/1cdf6e_4b933e827fda4ead94fea790dce5af0d~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_448,h_698,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Kim Idol</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[                                   Christmas Santa Scorpion]]></title><description><![CDATA[When a scorpion dies its body straightens. It looks really weird. Scorpion architecture has a natural curl. It’s part of the threat. The...]]></description><link>https://www.kimberleyidol.com/post/christmas-santa-scorpion</link><guid isPermaLink="false">639b6fd0164da28548525dfd</guid><pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2022 19:09:19 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Kim Idol</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Inhumanity to human beings]]></title><description><![CDATA[https://www.huffpost.com/entry/jon-stewart-leslie-rutledge-trans-rights_n_63408e42e4b0b7f89f4bcb38 She presents the inhumane ugly view of...]]></description><link>https://www.kimberleyidol.com/post/inhumanity-to-human-beings</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6342d0e06f446985d8cb160e</guid><pubDate>Sun, 09 Oct 2022 13:50:22 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Kim Idol</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Happy Friday]]></title><description><![CDATA[I was procrastinating. 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