<?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[georgehgurley]]></title><description><![CDATA[georgehgurley]]></description><link>https://www.georgehgurley.com/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2026 01:51:38 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.georgehgurley.com/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Where have you gone, Classics?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Princeton professor of Classics, Dan-el Padilla Peralta, has been in the news for his attack on the subject he teaches. Peralta argues...]]></description><link>https://www.georgehgurley.com/post/where-have-you-gone-classics</link><guid isPermaLink="false">66170ccd0776a64406c1fc80</guid><pubDate>Wed, 10 Apr 2024 22:04:30 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator></dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cow Tipping]]></title><description><![CDATA[My teenage son burst into the house, flushed with youthful vigor after an all-night session of slam-dancing to the music of the Dead...]]></description><link>https://www.georgehgurley.com/post/cow-tipping</link><guid isPermaLink="false">64494fafbbffe8a27912d024</guid><pubDate>Wed, 26 Apr 2023 16:23:21 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator></dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Buffalo or Bison?]]></title><description><![CDATA[From my window I can observe a congregation of large brown monoliths on my neighbor’s hillside. They might be religious artifacts of some...]]></description><link>https://www.georgehgurley.com/post/buffalo-or-bison</link><guid isPermaLink="false">63f668fc2321da59ffe92dd0</guid><pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2023 19:18:09 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>katmwilliams</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Vultures Among Us]]></title><description><![CDATA[Every spring three turkey vultures return to our farm and roost on top of the barn. The event isn’t exactly like the annual return of...]]></description><link>https://www.georgehgurley.com/post/the-vultures-among-us</link><guid isPermaLink="false">63f664d7f3878b8683c3efbf</guid><category><![CDATA[writing]]></category><category><![CDATA[prairie preservation]]></category><category><![CDATA[native grasslands]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2023 19:08:40 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>katmwilliams</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Owl and the Pussycat]]></title><description><![CDATA[My wife’s new weed bucket reminds me of Edward Lear’s immortal nonsense poem, “The Owl and the Pussycat.” These two intrepid travelers...]]></description><link>https://www.georgehgurley.com/post/the-owl-and-the-pussycat</link><guid isPermaLink="false">62b3289747e7863f77b79c4a</guid><category><![CDATA[native grasslands]]></category><category><![CDATA[writing]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 22 Jun 2022 14:43:02 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>George Gurley</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Backstory: Meeting "Nick"]]></title><description><![CDATA[The other day, as I stretched out to take a nap, the wheels of memory started to turn of their own accord. I dozed and watched like a...]]></description><link>https://www.georgehgurley.com/post/backstory-meeting-nick</link><guid isPermaLink="false">62866c1be11101ee42a37333</guid><category><![CDATA[writing]]></category><category><![CDATA[novels]]></category><category><![CDATA[prairie preservation]]></category><category><![CDATA[native grasslands]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 25 May 2022 14:15:04 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>George Gurley</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[GriefStory - How I wrote The Griefmaker]]></title><description><![CDATA[I had my first epiphany about writing in college. When I turned in the first draft of my senior thesis, my advisor sent it back with a...]]></description><link>https://www.georgehgurley.com/post/griefstory-how-i-wrote-the-griefmaker</link><guid isPermaLink="false">628669e15d530cf45b8971d1</guid><category><![CDATA[writing]]></category><category><![CDATA[novels]]></category><category><![CDATA[prairie preservation]]></category><category><![CDATA[native grasslands]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 19 May 2022 16:38:34 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>George Gurley</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Coming Soon]]></title><description><![CDATA[George Gurley's debut novel, The Griefmaker, will be in bookstores soon. Coming summer of 2022!!!]]></description><link>https://www.georgehgurley.com/post/coming-soon</link><guid isPermaLink="false">62793806cf986918b04592be</guid><pubDate>Mon, 09 May 2022 15:51:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/768899_1eddc7fe6a144ca0aa43b4bde5c76633~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>katmwilliams</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>