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174419</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://alexdiaz-granados.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/ai-generated-9069972_640.png</image:loc><image:title>ai-generated-9069972_640</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2024-10-29T16:21:01+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://alexdiaz-granados.com/2024/10/28/navigating-life-changes-from-new-england-to-miami/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://alexdiaz-granados.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/img_20241026_145006313_hdr-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>img_20241026_145006313_hdr-1</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://alexdiaz-granados.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/img_20241022_130342218_hdr.jpg</image:loc><image:title>img_20241022_130342218_hdr</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://alexdiaz-granados.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/img_20241020_122746111.jpg</image:loc><image:title>img_20241020_122746111</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2024-10-28T22:19:35+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://alexdiaz-granados.com/2024/10/27/coming-full-circle-back-in-miami-after-8-years-absence/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://alexdiaz-granados.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/img_20241026_145006313_hdr.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_20241026_145006313_HDR</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2024-10-28T15:59:58+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://alexdiaz-granados.com/2024/10/17/sayonara-madison/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://alexdiaz-granados.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/img_20241015_161754598.jpg</image:loc><image:title>img_20241015_161754598</image:title><image:caption>The 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Madison</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2024-10-14T18:02:26+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://alexdiaz-granados.com/2024/10/13/a-novelists-soundtrack-music-to-write-stories-by/</loc><lastmod>2024-10-15T14:14:30+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://alexdiaz-granados.com/2024/10/12/a-note-from-a-late-rising-blogger/</loc><lastmod>2024-10-14T03:00:34+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://alexdiaz-granados.com/2024/10/11/writers-shop-talk-got-any-hobbies/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://alexdiaz-granados.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/pexels-photo-248993.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>stamp collection</image:title><image:caption>Photo by Pixabay on &lt;a href="https://www.pexels.com/photo/stamp-collection-248993/" 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(17)</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://alexdiaz-granados.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/fletcher-class_destroyer_technical_drawing_1954.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Fletcher-class_destroyer_technical_drawing_1954</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2024-10-11T16:56:35+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://alexdiaz-granados.com/2024/10/10/writers-shop-talk-my-twist-on-the-meet-cute-trope/</loc><lastmod>2024-10-10T15:11:21+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://alexdiaz-granados.com/2024/10/09/reflections-on-an-october-evening-and-hurricane-milton/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://alexdiaz-granados.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/img_20241008_160405977_hdr-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>img_20241008_160405977_hdr-1</image:title><image:caption>Huttwil Drive, looking north. as it looked on October 8. 2024, nine days before I left New Hampshire. 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183120</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://alexdiaz-granados.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/img_20240929_105113633.jpg</image:loc><image:title>img_20240929_105113633</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://alexdiaz-granados.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/reunion-coda-promo-1-october-2024.png</image:loc><image:title>Reunion Coda Promo 1 October 2024</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://alexdiaz-granados.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/img_20240930_152826461.jpg</image:loc><image:title>img_20240930_152826461</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2024-10-06T21:07:07+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://alexdiaz-granados.com/2024/10/05/musings-for-an-autumn-saturday-a-late-start-and-a-writers-concerns/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://alexdiaz-granados.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/screenshot-2024-09-26-094647.png</image:loc><image:title>Screenshot 2024-09-26 094647</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2024-10-05T23:31:21+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://alexdiaz-granados.com/2024/10/03/a-thursday-musicale/</loc><lastmod>2024-10-03T15:51:35+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://alexdiaz-granados.com/2020/10/05/more-musings-more-thoughts-some-of-them-cheery-for-monday-october-5-2020/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://alexdiaz-granados.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/pexels-photo-4224894.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>man people sculpture ceremony</image:title><image:caption>Photo by Gaius Julius Caesar on &lt;a href="https://www.pexels.com/photo/man-people-sculpture-ceremony-4224894/" rel="nofollow"&gt;Pexels.com&lt;/a&gt;</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://alexdiaz-granados.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/pexels-photo-462030.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>beach blur clouds dawn</image:title><image:caption>Photo by Pixabay on &lt;a href="https://www.pexels.com/photo/beach-blur-clouds-dawn-462030/" rel="nofollow"&gt;Pexels.com&lt;/a&gt;</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2024-10-03T01:04:58+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://alexdiaz-granados.com/2024/10/02/regret-about-leaving-nh-my-reflections/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://alexdiaz-granados.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/attractive-blonde-woman-clad-in-blue-jeans-and-a-gray.png</image:loc><image:title>attractive-blonde-woman-clad-in-blue-jeans-and-a-gray</image:title><image:caption>This is an AI image based on my prompt describing my one encounter of the attractive neighbor who lived across Huttwil Drive from me. 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(1)</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2024-10-02T13:47:57+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://alexdiaz-granados.com/2024/09/30/writers-shop-talk-five-character-traits-jim-garraty/</loc><lastmod>2024-10-01T00:40:29+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://alexdiaz-granados.com/2024/09/30/donating-my-book-to-conway-public-library/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://alexdiaz-granados.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/img_20240927_161811751_hdr-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>img_20240927_161811751_hdr-1</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2024-09-30T16:46:13+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://alexdiaz-granados.com/2024/09/29/sunday-afternoon-musings-in-madison-new-hampshire/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://alexdiaz-granados.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/img_20240927_104816967_hdr-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>img_20240927_104816967_hdr-1</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://alexdiaz-granados.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/img_20240929_105113633.jpg</image:loc><image:title>img_20240929_105113633</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2024-09-30T01:26:24+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://alexdiaz-granados.com/2024/09/28/evening-reflections-in-madison-nh/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://alexdiaz-granados.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/img_20240927_161811751_hdr.jpg</image:loc><image:title>img_20240927_161811751_hdr</image:title><image:caption>I will miss walking along Huttwil Drive even though I'm glad to be back in Miami. </image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2024-10-01T18:27:15+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://alexdiaz-granados.com/2024/09/28/a-cozy-saturday-in-madison-afternoon-reflections/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://alexdiaz-granados.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/spinachi-alla-florentina.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Spinachi alla Florentina</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2024-09-28T19:33:35+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://alexdiaz-granados.com/2024/09/27/112732/</loc><lastmod>2024-09-30T01:28:29+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://alexdiaz-granados.com/2024/09/27/donating-books-and-finding-joy-in-autumn/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://alexdiaz-granados.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/img_20240927_104816967_hdr.jpg</image:loc><image:title>img_20240927_104816967_hdr</image:title><image:caption>Friday, September 27, 2024, Madison, New Hampshire</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2024-09-27T16:34:04+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://alexdiaz-granados.com/2024/09/26/donating-reunion-a-story-to-conway-library-my-journey/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://alexdiaz-granados.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/screenshot-2024-09-26-121846.png</image:loc><image:title>Screenshot 2024-09-26 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in Pink Terrycloth Bathrobe</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://alexdiaz-granados.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/img_20240414_144413754_hdr.jpg</image:loc><image:title>img_20240414_144413754_hdr</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://alexdiaz-granados.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/designer.png</image:loc><image:title>Designer</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2024-04-20T20:25:12+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://alexdiaz-granados.com/2024/04/19/musings-thoughts-for-friday-april-19-2024-or-a-quick-update-from-a-first-time-novelist/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://alexdiaz-granados.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/memories-collage.png</image:loc><image:title>memories-collage</image:title><image:caption>The two iterations of Jim Garraty (teenaged Jim, on right, and adult Jim, left) with Maddie. 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(Also, I didn't meet that publication deadline!)</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://alexdiaz-granados.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/c07e4f80-a7a6-4b5d-859c-f15067e2ca75.jpg</image:loc><image:title>c07e4f80-a7a6-4b5d-859c-f15067e2ca75</image:title><image:caption>Madison, aka "Maddie"</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://alexdiaz-granados.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/pexels-photo-7957992.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>foggy mountains with lush green trees</image:title><image:caption>Photo by Yunus Tuu011f on &lt;a href="https://www.pexels.com/photo/foggy-mountains-with-lush-green-trees-7957992/" rel="nofollow"&gt;Pexels.com&lt;/a&gt;</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2024-04-18T23:30:37+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://alexdiaz-granados.com/2024/04/18/musings-thoughts-for-thursday-april-18-2024-or-a-day-in-one-writers-life/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://alexdiaz-granados.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/78ae90fd-6559-4a8f-8a48-58418435599d-3.jpg</image:loc><image:title>78ae90fd-6559-4a8f-8a48-58418435599d-3</image:title><image:caption>Another version of Marty</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://alexdiaz-granados.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/img_20240413_140422582_hdr.jpg</image:loc><image:title>img_20240413_140422582_hdr</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://alexdiaz-granados.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/img_20240414_144425792_hdr.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_20240414_144425792_HDR</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2024-04-18T17:10:53+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://alexdiaz-granados.com/2024/04/17/musings-thoughts-for-wednesday-april-17-2024-or-on-writing-storytelling-a-quick-sitrep-on-my-novels-progress/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://alexdiaz-granados.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/59c41c76-7c53-46f6-ade7-4d6d6536d7ca-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>59c41c76-7c53-46f6-ade7-4d6d6536d7ca-1</image:title><image:caption>James Kevin Garraty, professor of history, Columbia University, circa March 2000</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://alexdiaz-granados.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/2a357717-45c8-4f73-aca5-44cff8b2cbe3.jpg</image:loc><image:title>2a357717-45c8-4f73-aca5-44cff8b2cbe3</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://alexdiaz-granados.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/58b105a4-a844-4313-ac2d-a0c4cc90dc88.jpg</image:loc><image:title>58b105a4-a844-4313-ac2d-a0c4cc90dc88</image:title><image:caption>Mark Prieto in 10th grade.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://alexdiaz-granados.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/6411a78f-d905-482f-8816-7d22acd736c1-3.jpg</image:loc><image:title>6411a78f-d905-482f-8816-7d22acd736c1-3</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://alexdiaz-granados.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/8b37f425-f206-46ad-b331-45389936489b-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>8b37f425-f206-46ad-b331-45389936489b-2</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://alexdiaz-granados.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/f323e3aa-66a2-4eca-9ee1-ddc1dac232ea-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>f323e3aa-66a2-4eca-9ee1-ddc1dac232ea-2</image:title><image:caption>Mark, Jim's best friend</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://alexdiaz-granados.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/4d2dc6a6-646a-4ed8-af3f-57185a37a257-3.jpg</image:loc><image:title>4d2dc6a6-646a-4ed8-af3f-57185a37a257-3</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://alexdiaz-granados.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/2588c3d4-973f-492d-8d26-04ff2e78a7ce-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>2588c3d4-973f-492d-8d26-04ff2e78a7ce-1</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://alexdiaz-granados.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/5f479a95-82c1-4c50-ab84-385cefe1d59f-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>5f479a95-82c1-4c50-ab84-385cefe1d59f-2</image:title><image:caption>Marty</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://alexdiaz-granados.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/marty-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>marty-2</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2024-04-18T02:05:59+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://alexdiaz-granados.com/2024/04/16/on-writing-storytelling-writing-exercise-16-in-his-own-words-jim-garraty-speaks-as-a-teen-and-as-an-adult/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://alexdiaz-granados.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/f323e3aa-66a2-4eca-9ee1-ddc1dac232ea-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>f323e3aa-66a2-4eca-9ee1-ddc1dac232ea-1</image:title><image:caption>Mark. a character in the Reunion Duology, is based (and named after) my best friend Mark Prieto. We met in 1975. </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://alexdiaz-granados.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/d7987221-7996-4766-ba4d-81d6db987082.jpg</image:loc><image:title>d7987221-7996-4766-ba4d-81d6db987082</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://alexdiaz-granados.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/1e44d8e5-c2ad-4350-b426-d6351e2d1f5a.jpg</image:loc><image:title>1e44d8e5-c2ad-4350-b426-d6351e2d1f5a</image:title><image:caption>A DALLE-3 rendering of the emcee at the Moonglow Club. He's missing the mustache I asked for in my prompt. </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://alexdiaz-granados.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/a2bd8c64-e8f7-44a1-be68-ceeed723eb0e.jpg</image:loc><image:title>a2bd8c64-e8f7-44a1-be68-ceeed723eb0e</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://alexdiaz-granados.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/f323e3aa-66a2-4eca-9ee1-ddc1dac232ea.jpg</image:loc><image:title>f323e3aa-66a2-4eca-9ee1-ddc1dac232ea</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://alexdiaz-granados.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/f6374b42-c031-4703-b254-2fa1542c7ba0.jpg</image:loc><image:title>_f6374b42-c031-4703-b254-2fa1542c7ba0</image:title><image:caption>One possible version of Jim Garraty as a high school senior in June of 1983. Rendered by DALL-E 3 based on prompts by the author</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://alexdiaz-granados.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/7ba7af32-57dc-4958-a830-efbac309f584.jpg</image:loc><image:title>7ba7af32-57dc-4958-a830-efbac309f584</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://alexdiaz-granados.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/pexels-photo-6325955.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>photo of man holding white paper</image:title><image:caption>Photo by Vanessa Garcia on &lt;a href="https://www.pexels.com/photo/photo-of-man-holding-white-paper-6325955/" rel="nofollow"&gt;Pexels.com&lt;/a&gt;</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2024-04-18T17:41:24+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://alexdiaz-granados.com/2024/04/15/on-writing-storytelling-the-content-of-the-heroines-character/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://alexdiaz-granados.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/marty-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>marty-1</image:title><image:caption>Here's an AI-rendered illustration of Martina Elizabeth (Marty) Reynaud, as she might have looked as a high school sophomore in 1981. </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://alexdiaz-granados.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/9e45db6a-8401-44d2-bab7-eee90d47a8b8.jpg</image:loc><image:title>9e45db6a-8401-44d2-bab7-eee90d47a8b8</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://alexdiaz-granados.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/4d2dc6a6-646a-4ed8-af3f-57185a37a257-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>4d2dc6a6-646a-4ed8-af3f-57185a37a257-2</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://alexdiaz-granados.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/pexels-photo-164652-1.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>grey metal case of hundred dollar bills</image:title><image:caption>Photo by Pixabay on &lt;a href="https://www.pexels.com/photo/grey-metal-case-of-hundred-dollar-bills-164652/" rel="nofollow"&gt;Pexels.com&lt;/a&gt;</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://alexdiaz-granados.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/4d2dc6a6-646a-4ed8-af3f-57185a37a257-1-e1713198127168.jpg</image:loc><image:title>_4d2dc6a6-646a-4ed8-af3f-57185a37a257</image:title><image:caption>Another version of Maddie. </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://alexdiaz-granados.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/78ae90fd-6559-4a8f-8a48-58418435599d-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>78ae90fd-6559-4a8f-8a48-58418435599d-2</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://alexdiaz-granados.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/e03a6563-69e5-4f51-b8d8-a5d0380160a0.jpg</image:loc><image:title>e03a6563-69e5-4f51-b8d8-a5d0380160a0</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://alexdiaz-granados.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/6411a78f-d905-482f-8816-7d22acd736c1-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>6411a78f-d905-482f-8816-7d22acd736c1-2</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://alexdiaz-granados.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/5f479a95-82c1-4c50-ab84-385cefe1d59f-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>5f479a95-82c1-4c50-ab84-385cefe1d59f-1</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://alexdiaz-granados.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/8b37f425-f206-46ad-b331-45389936489b.jpg</image:loc><image:title>8b37f425-f206-46ad-b331-45389936489b</image:title><image:caption>Another, earlier version of Maddie</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2024-04-16T00:13:24+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://alexdiaz-granados.com/2024/04/14/on-writing-storytelling-writing-exercise-14-emotions/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://alexdiaz-granados.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/boyfriend-2029794_1280.png</image:loc><image:title>boyfriend-2029794_1280</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://alexdiaz-granados.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/pexels-photo-1190829.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>clear glass perfume bottle</image:title><image:caption>Photo by Dids . on &lt;a href="https://www.pexels.com/photo/clear-glass-perfume-bottle-1190829/" rel="nofollow"&gt;Pexels.com&lt;/a&gt;</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2024-04-14T15:19:06+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://alexdiaz-granados.com/2024/04/13/on-writing-storytelling-writing-exercise-13-travelers-to-the-undiscovered-country-my-protagonists-major-losses-in-the-reunion-duology/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://alexdiaz-granados.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/college-student-2052868_1280.jpg</image:loc><image:title>college-student-2052868_1280</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://alexdiaz-granados.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/pexels-photo-4366062.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>aerial view of city buildings near body of water</image:title><image:caption>Photo by Antonio Cuellar on &lt;a href="https://www.pexels.com/photo/aerial-view-of-city-buildings-near-body-of-water-4366062/" rel="nofollow"&gt;Pexels.com&lt;/a&gt;</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://alexdiaz-granados.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/ai-generated-8258564_1280.png</image:loc><image:title>ai-generated-8258564_1280</image:title><image:caption>Image by &lt;a href="https://pixabay.com/users/a_scarcy-7784328/?utm_source=link-attribution&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=image&amp;utm_content=8258564"&gt;Angelo Scarcella&lt;/a&gt; from &lt;a href="https://pixabay.com//?utm_source=link-attribution&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=image&amp;utm_content=8258564"&gt;Pixabay&lt;/a&gt;</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://alexdiaz-granados.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/kiss-2724520_1280.jpg</image:loc><image:title>kiss-2724520_1280</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://alexdiaz-granados.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/woman-7387879_1280.jpg</image:loc><image:title>woman-7387879_1280</image:title><image:caption>Mark is six months younger than Jim, but he knows more - or think he does - about women and sex. (Image Credit: PIxabay)</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://alexdiaz-granados.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/friend-1753870_1280.jpg</image:loc><image:title>friend-1753870_1280</image:title><image:caption>Image by &lt;a href="https://pixabay.com/users/aitoff-388338/?utm_source=link-attribution&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=image&amp;utm_content=1753870"&gt;Andrew Martin&lt;/a&gt; from &lt;a href="https://pixabay.com//?utm_source=link-attribution&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=image&amp;utm_content=1753870"&gt;Pixabay&lt;/a&gt;</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://alexdiaz-granados.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/military-1348281_1280.jpg</image:loc><image:title>military-1348281_1280</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://alexdiaz-granados.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/pexels-photo-4913396.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>autumn fallen leaves on gravestone</image:title><image:caption>Photo by Maria Orlova on &lt;a href="https://www.pexels.com/photo/autumn-fallen-leaves-on-gravestone-4913396/" rel="nofollow"&gt;Pexels.com&lt;/a&gt;</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://alexdiaz-granados.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/pexels-photo-116909.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>close up photography of concrete tombstones</image:title><image:caption>Photo by Mike Bird on &lt;a href="https://www.pexels.com/photo/close-up-photography-of-concrete-tombstones-116909/" rel="nofollow"&gt;Pexels.com&lt;/a&gt;</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2024-04-14T12:45:56+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://alexdiaz-granados.com/2024/04/12/on-writing-storytelling-writing-exercise-12-the-twins-from-different-families-the-best-friend-his-role-in-the-reunion-duology/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://alexdiaz-granados.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/8659ee8d-576c-40ab-a927-b543ea42553b.jpg</image:loc><image:title>8659ee8d-576c-40ab-a927-b543ea42553b</image:title><image:caption>Rendering of Maddie by Dall-E</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://alexdiaz-granados.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/d02714dc-e70d-4d9c-9d0d-248035e8f78e.jpg</image:loc><image:title>d02714dc-e70d-4d9c-9d0d-248035e8f78e</image:title><image:caption>Illustration of "Maddie" by Dall-E</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://alexdiaz-granados.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/pexels-photo-3636984.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>photo of memorial hall at harvard university</image:title><image:caption>Photo by Sasha Prasastika on &lt;a href="https://www.pexels.com/photo/photo-of-memorial-hall-at-harvard-university-3636984/" rel="nofollow"&gt;Pexels.com&lt;/a&gt;</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://alexdiaz-granados.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/pexels-photo-164652.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>grey metal case of hundred dollar bills</image:title><image:caption>Photo by Pixabay on &lt;a href="https://www.pexels.com/photo/grey-metal-case-of-hundred-dollar-bills-164652/" rel="nofollow"&gt;Pexels.com&lt;/a&gt;</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://alexdiaz-granados.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/pexels-photo-18496510.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>men sitting on grass and reading book</image:title><image:caption>Photo by Creativecrew u2122 on &lt;a href="https://www.pexels.com/photo/men-sitting-on-grass-and-reading-book-18496510/" 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poring cocktail on clear drinking glass</image:title><image:caption>Photo by Magda Ehlers on &lt;a href="https://www.pexels.com/photo/person-poring-cocktail-on-clear-drinking-glass-1189257/" rel="nofollow"&gt;Pexels.com&lt;/a&gt;</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://alexdiaz-granados.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/pexels-photo-3762434.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>woman with pink lipstick</image:title><image:caption>Photo by Shiny Diamond on &lt;a href="https://www.pexels.com/photo/woman-with-pink-lipstick-3762434/" 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in white long sleeve shirt holding brown wooden board</image:title><image:caption>Photo by cottonbro studio on &lt;a href="https://www.pexels.com/photo/woman-in-white-long-sleeve-shirt-holding-brown-wooden-board-4690319/" 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in white shirt using macbook pro</image:title><image:caption>Photo by Tim Gouw on &lt;a href="https://www.pexels.com/photo/man-in-white-shirt-using-macbook-pro-52608/" rel="nofollow"&gt;Pexels.com&lt;/a&gt;</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2024-03-22T17:14:41+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://alexdiaz-granados.com/2024/03/21/musings-thoughts-for-thursday-march-21-2024-or-a-quick-progress-report-on-my-novelists-journey/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://alexdiaz-granados.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/screenshot-2024-03-21-114703.png</image:loc><image:title>screenshot-2024-03-21-114703</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://alexdiaz-granados.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/img_20240321_100435081.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_20240321_100435081</image:title><image:caption>It might be spring, but this being New Hampshire, we still get snow in late March. 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Muse of Epic Poetry, 1798. Charles Meynier (French, 1768–1832). Oil on canvas; overall: 275 x 177 cm (108 1/4 x 69 11/16 in.). 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