<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-812308850948707761</id><updated>2011-04-21T19:53:48.407-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Mike O'Connor's Story Shack</title><subtitle type='html'>Wise Words, 'Strong' Language in its orginal sense</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://storyshack.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/812308850948707761/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://storyshack.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>A Man for All Seasons</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13259448893098461444</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>2</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-812308850948707761.post-1990093198974076646</id><published>2007-08-01T10:46:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-08-01T10:47:22.945-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Travelling Man</title><content type='html'>Brought up in Wales and London, Mike lived in Scotland for many years before moving to Cornwall twenty years ago. He has travelled widely researching his material. In Southern Africa he followed the footsteps of Laurens van der Post and in Wales those of naturalist Ludwig Koch. He followed the course of Sir Francis Chichester across the Indian Ocean. He has charmed snakes in Singapore and the Bahamas, and called seals in Orkney and Cornwall.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/812308850948707761-1990093198974076646?l=storyshack.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://storyshack.blogspot.com/feeds/1990093198974076646/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=812308850948707761&amp;postID=1990093198974076646' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/812308850948707761/posts/default/1990093198974076646'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/812308850948707761/posts/default/1990093198974076646'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://storyshack.blogspot.com/2007/08/travelling-man.html' title='Travelling Man'/><author><name>A Man for All Seasons</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13259448893098461444</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-812308850948707761.post-3108142471646214466</id><published>2007-08-01T06:40:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-08-01T07:19:05.815-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Music in the Words</title><content type='html'>Years ago Del Reid said "There's music in your words." Mike's tales certainly have a lyrical quality that shines through whether he's telling to wide-eyed children or world-wise adults. And it's there in short fireside tales as much as in epics.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/812308850948707761-3108142471646214466?l=storyshack.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://storyshack.blogspot.com/feeds/3108142471646214466/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=812308850948707761&amp;postID=3108142471646214466' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/812308850948707761/posts/default/3108142471646214466'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/812308850948707761/posts/default/3108142471646214466'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://storyshack.blogspot.com/2007/08/music-in-words.html' title='Music in the Words'/><author><name>A Man for All Seasons</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13259448893098461444</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
