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<url><loc>https://livesteven.com/2026/04/11/youre-in-denial-im-not-now-youre-denying-youre-in-denial-with-apologies-to-the-golden-girls-from-which-this-exchange-comes-lets-think-about-the-struggle-involved-i/</loc><news:news><news:publication><news:name>Steve_Bamlett_blog</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-04-11T09:25:47+00:00</news:publication_date><news:title>&#8216;You&#8217;re in Denial!&#8217;&#8230; &#8216;I&#8217;m not!&#8217; &#8230; &#8216;Now you&#8217;re denying you&#8217;re in Denial!&#8217; With apologies to &#8216;The Golden Girls&#8217; from which this exchange comes, let&#8217;s think about the struggle involved in learning always to &#8216;know&#8217; things one ought to know.</news:title><news:keywords>dailyprompt, dailyprompt-1911, writing, love, mental-health, life, psychology, denial, knowing</news:keywords></news:news></url><url><loc>https://livesteven.com/2026/04/10/i-read-this-book-and-it-changes-you-this-blog-considers-the-short-stories-in-colm-toibin-2026-the-news-from-dublin/</loc><news:news><news:publication><news:name>Steve_Bamlett_blog</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-04-10T07:53:20+00:00</news:publication_date><news:title>I read this book and it changes you. This blog considers the short stories in Colm Tóibín (2026) &#8216;The News From Dublin&#8217;.</news:title><news:keywords>dailyprompt, dailyprompt-1904, book-reviews, books, book-review, reading, fiction, short-stories, colm-toibin, nes-from-dublin</news:keywords></news:news></url></urlset>