<?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[Cynthia J. Bogard]]></title><description><![CDATA[Cynthia J. Bogard]]></description><link>https://www.cynthiajbogard.com/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2026 08:33:56 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.cynthiajbogard.com/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Southwest Heading South, part 7]]></title><description><![CDATA[Part 7 “Michael was such a sweet boy, and a charmer, too. Oh, he was handsome, even more handsome than his older brother. 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In his case, it was gambling,” Maria said, shaking her head in...]]></description><link>https://www.cynthiajbogard.com/post/southwest-heading-south-part-6</link><guid isPermaLink="false">635140be09c1eb7425c2049c</guid><category><![CDATA[Fiction]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 20 Oct 2022 12:37:10 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>cindybogard</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Southwest Heading South, part 5]]></title><description><![CDATA[Part 5 “You look so much like my daughter, Romina,” Maria said, looking at me closely and curiously. “I almost feel I know you.”  I tried...]]></description><link>https://www.cynthiajbogard.com/post/southwest-heading-south-part-5</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6348464b5a2bf60a380492bb</guid><category><![CDATA[Fiction]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 13 Oct 2022 17:12:46 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>cindybogard</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Southwest Heading South, part 4]]></title><description><![CDATA[Part 4 The name was familiar to her, that was for sure. Not great memories associated with the guy who was maybe my father, it seemed....]]></description><link>https://www.cynthiajbogard.com/post/southwest-heading-south-part-4</link><guid isPermaLink="false">633f3ced6d69f8894cb2b9ef</guid><category><![CDATA[Fiction]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 06 Oct 2022 20:39:19 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>cindybogard</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Music Dropping ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Fall 1973 Names have been changed to protect privacy. “Hey, you can sleep on Karen’s bed, she’s gone home for the weekend…again,” Laura...]]></description><link>https://www.cynthiajbogard.com/post/music-dropping</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6336e580e8fe93c5b88039c6</guid><category><![CDATA[Memoir]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 30 Sep 2022 12:50:07 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>cindybogard</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Southwest Heading South, part 3]]></title><description><![CDATA[Part 3 I didn’t dare open my hand until I got back into my car. I straightened the white towel I kept on the seat to avoid contact with...]]></description><link>https://www.cynthiajbogard.com/post/southwest-heading-south-part-3</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6333232c044ce21e068eb6ac</guid><category><![CDATA[Fiction]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 27 Sep 2022 16:30:14 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>cindybogard</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Southwest Heading South, part 2]]></title><description><![CDATA[Part 2 The good news:  I did have a name because I did have a birth certificate. The bad news: My father’s name was Michael Smith, no...]]></description><link>https://www.cynthiajbogard.com/post/southwest-heading-south-1</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6329d5edf3efdebd1caeb7be</guid><category><![CDATA[Fiction]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 20 Sep 2022 15:03:52 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>cindybogard</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Southwest Heading South]]></title><description><![CDATA[A serial short story. Updates posted weekly. Eighteen-year-old Veronica Gordon begins a search for her long-lost father. Part 1 “You’ve...]]></description><link>https://www.cynthiajbogard.com/post/southwest-heading-south</link><guid isPermaLink="false">631cf620beccf3a8c7b568d4</guid><category><![CDATA[Fiction]]></category><pubDate>Sat, 10 Sep 2022 20:41:17 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>cindybogard</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[After Jess]]></title><description><![CDATA[This speculative fiction piece was submitted to the Sustainable Montpelier Coalition’s “What Comes Next?” writing contest (2020). We were...]]></description><link>https://www.cynthiajbogard.com/post/after-jess</link><guid isPermaLink="false">631ceee3dca7e61e634acfdf</guid><category><![CDATA[Fiction]]></category><pubDate>Sat, 10 Sep 2022 20:22:32 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>cindybogard</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Social Distance]]></title><description><![CDATA[March 2020 On that last day that no one knew was the last day, I saw Nicole Menendez (not her real name) leave the lecture hall to walk...]]></description><link>https://www.cynthiajbogard.com/post/social-distance</link><guid isPermaLink="false">63175d56a0dffbbb8e91716d</guid><category><![CDATA[Memoir]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 06 Sep 2022 14:47:52 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>cindybogard</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Violence Against Women is Our History]]></title><description><![CDATA[About 1 in 4 women and nearly 1 in 10 men have experienced contact sexual violence, physical violence, and/or stalking by an intimate...]]></description><link>https://www.cynthiajbogard.com/post/violence-against-women-is-in-our-history</link><guid isPermaLink="false">63161c91171f0855b7e34a96</guid><category><![CDATA[Feminist]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 05 Sep 2022 15:59:31 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>cindybogard</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[My Religion is Science]]></title><description><![CDATA[When I was five years old, I proudly told my parents, my grandparents, and my kindergarten teacher that when I grew up, I was going to be...]]></description><link>https://www.cynthiajbogard.com/post/my-religion-is-science</link><guid isPermaLink="false">63160d9bc3dd95874e03f764</guid><category><![CDATA[Memoir]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 05 Sep 2022 14:55:46 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>cindybogard</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Covid Musings: Is It Enough?]]></title><description><![CDATA[We learn from our gardens to deal with the most urgent question of the time: How much is enough? --- Wendell Berry Is it enough, I ask...]]></description><link>https://www.cynthiajbogard.com/post/covid-musings-is-it-enough</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6315f3ff2af825a8006ff98b</guid><category><![CDATA[Memoir]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 05 Sep 2022 13:07:47 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>cindybogard</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Corona in my Dreams]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Sun’s corona is a jacket of hot gases – an atmosphere – that envelops the sun.  It’s usually invisible but during a total solar...]]></description><link>https://www.cynthiajbogard.com/post/the-corona-in-my-dreams</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6315f2171bbfe425d3f4304a</guid><category><![CDATA[Fiction]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 05 Sep 2022 13:00:01 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>cindybogard</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wisconsin Working Class Love]]></title><description><![CDATA[Mid twentieth century Dutch/German Wisconsin culture wasn’t big on expressing love. The small-town, working-class people I grew up with...]]></description><link>https://www.cynthiajbogard.com/post/wisconsin-working-class-love</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6315f138555aef230bca1651</guid><category><![CDATA[Memoir]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 05 Sep 2022 12:53:38 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>cindybogard</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[How America Became Pro-choice America]]></title><description><![CDATA[Political pressure works, but family pressure works best. 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