<?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[Rally Pup Adventures]]></title><description><![CDATA[A collection of travelogues, photos, videos, projects and general musings and wanderings of Nic O'Neill and her pup Rally]]></description><link>https://www.rallypupadventures.com/dispatches</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2026 05:22:27 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.rallypupadventures.com/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Not Looking For Gentle Teachers]]></title><description><![CDATA[Now I find myself standing in the garage with the curiosity of a nine-year-old little girl and the broken heart of a forty-three-year-old woman who realizes the teacher she needed most is no longer there to answer the questions she's finally ready to ask.]]></description><link>https://www.rallypupadventures.com/post/not-looking-for-gentle-teachers</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a5e296fc8f691c470bd261a</guid><category><![CDATA[Death]]></category><category><![CDATA[Connection]]></category><category><![CDATA[Learning]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2026 12:41:19 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b94dc5_6d020e7772c0434984a8df304938fc26~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Nic O&apos;Neill</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Great White Watcher]]></title><description><![CDATA[The mountains, as expected, offered no reply. 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Maybe that was enough.]]></description><link>https://www.rallypupadventures.com/post/the-unrepeatable-moment</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a47cb0b679cd9d03bb4333b</guid><category><![CDATA[Kismet]]></category><category><![CDATA[Connection]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2026 18:32:10 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b94dc5_843c08555cc0448bb377129544fa114e~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Nic O&apos;Neill</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Newborn at 43]]></title><description><![CDATA[I didn’t realize how exhausted I really was with my life till my body forced me to accept it on a gas station floor in Austin, Nevada. 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