<?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[abbydebruine]]></title><description><![CDATA[abbydebruine]]></description><link>https://www.abbydebruine.com/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2026 19:01:33 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.abbydebruine.com/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Is One Really the Loneliest Number? (Alternative title: Why Being Alone Might Rock)]]></title><description><![CDATA[During my solo walkabout to South Dakota this summer, I found myself becoming innocuously jealous of the couples I spotted chatting over...]]></description><link>https://www.abbydebruine.com/post/is-1-really-the-loneliest-number-alternative-title-why-being-alone-might-rock</link><guid isPermaLink="false">61314020d9ef2a0017bcc279</guid><pubDate>Thu, 02 Sep 2021 21:35:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/499d8c_be9c6ebce1824cfd91f9fd045df9702f~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_512,h_640,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Abby DeBruine</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Soul and Sno-Caps]]></title><description><![CDATA[The other night, I watched a movie with a friend via Zoom. We’ve done this a couple of times before (his pick: Dallas Buyers Club, mine:...]]></description><link>https://www.abbydebruine.com/post/soul-without-sno-caps</link><guid isPermaLink="false">606b718ca46e01001580405a</guid><pubDate>Mon, 05 Apr 2021 20:34:25 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/499d8c_95d57c1f112a4ca493d3232ddc007d56~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_384,h_296,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Abby DeBruine</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Abby in Wonderland]]></title><description><![CDATA[For the several years I worked in downtown Minneapolis, my commute from a southern suburb was a 45-minute bus ride packed with fellow...]]></description><link>https://www.abbydebruine.com/post/abby-in-wonderland</link><guid isPermaLink="false">605106c560d3ca00159f4b0e</guid><pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2021 19:45:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/499d8c_bca2f4c9f6b94c759893ac4846ab1e96~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_499,h_637,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Abby DeBruine</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Blue is the New Brown]]></title><description><![CDATA[Being in a “brown study” refers to being in a such a state of intense, sometimes melancholic, thought, that you become unaware of your...]]></description><link>https://www.abbydebruine.com/post/blue-is-the-new-brown</link><guid isPermaLink="false">604661b92b685b001544c0a2</guid><pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2021 17:43:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/499d8c_c3462c37870b4f2582e0a59728dbe509~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_689,h_489,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Abby DeBruine</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>