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<!--Generated by Squarespace Site Server v5.9.2 (http://www.squarespace.com/) on Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:04:24 GMT--><feed xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"><title>Live With Desire</title><subtitle>home</subtitle><id>http://livewithdesire.com/home/</id><link rel="alternate" type="application/xhtml+xml" href="http://livewithdesire.com/home/"/><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://livewithdesire.com/home/atom.xml"/><updated>2010-01-26T03:10:00Z</updated><generator uri="http://www.squarespace.com/" version="Squarespace Site Server v5.9.2 (http://www.squarespace.com/)">Squarespace</generator><entry><title>oh look!</title><category term="the blog world"/><id>http://livewithdesire.com/home/2010/1/25/oh-look.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://livewithdesire.com/home/2010/1/25/oh-look.html"/><author><name>Heidi</name></author><published>2010-01-26T03:09:19Z</published><updated>2010-01-26T03:09:19Z</updated></entry><entry><title>Repost: Formerly Known</title><category term="formerly known"/><category term="the blog world"/><category term="the writing life"/><id>http://livewithdesire.com/home/2010/1/24/repost-formerly-known.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://livewithdesire.com/home/2010/1/24/repost-formerly-known.html"/><author><name>Heidi</name></author><published>2010-01-24T19:45:00Z</published><updated>2010-01-24T19:45:00Z</updated></entry><entry><title>do I really believe in God?</title><category term="God"/><category term="doubt"/><category term="faith"/><category term="my life"/><category term="ponderings"/><category term="things that make my heart hurt"/><id>http://livewithdesire.com/home/2010/1/18/do-i-really-believe-in-god.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://livewithdesire.com/home/2010/1/18/do-i-really-believe-in-god.html"/><author><name>Heidi</name></author><published>2010-01-19T01:33:32Z</published><updated>2010-01-19T01:33:32Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[Ten years ago, at the ripe old age of 19, I experienced a crisis of faith. The God I thought I knew turned out to be a fake. One plus one did not equal two. I was angry, disillusioned, full of doubt. ***click through to read the entire post ***]]></summary></entry><entry><title>being known</title><category term="God"/><category term="anatomy of relationship"/><category term="my life"/><category term="ponderings"/><category term="relationship"/><category term="that thing called love"/><id>http://livewithdesire.com/home/2010/1/11/being-known.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://livewithdesire.com/home/2010/1/11/being-known.html"/><author><name>Heidi</name></author><published>2010-01-11T16:10:58Z</published><updated>2010-01-11T16:10:58Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[There’s a very popular book out there called “The Five Love Languages” - positing that every person has a different way they feel and express love - a different “language” if you will. These languages are described as physical touch, words of affirmation, quality time, giving, or service. ***click through to read the entire post ***]]></summary></entry><entry><title>a love poem</title><category term="poetry"/><category term="ponderings"/><category term="relationship"/><id>http://livewithdesire.com/home/2010/1/5/a-love-poem.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://livewithdesire.com/home/2010/1/5/a-love-poem.html"/><author><name>Heidi</name></author><published>2010-01-06T03:55:14Z</published><updated>2010-01-06T03:55:14Z</updated></entry><entry><title>why I blog</title><category term="blogging"/><category term="my life"/><category term="on being an artist"/><category term="ponderings"/><category term="the blog world"/><category term="the writing life"/><category term="this is me"/><category term="word love"/><id>http://livewithdesire.com/home/2010/1/3/why-i-blog.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://livewithdesire.com/home/2010/1/3/why-i-blog.html"/><author><name>Heidi</name></author><published>2010-01-04T01:37:13Z</published><updated>2010-01-04T01:37:13Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[better to write for yourself and have no public than to write for the public and have no self.
~Cyril Connolly

***click through to read the whole post***]]></summary></entry><entry><title>influence</title><category term="anatomy of relationship"/><category term="conversations"/><category term="ponderings"/><category term="relationship"/><category term="that thing called love"/><id>http://livewithdesire.com/home/2010/1/2/influence.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://livewithdesire.com/home/2010/1/2/influence.html"/><author><name>Heidi</name></author><published>2010-01-02T22:03:25Z</published><updated>2010-01-02T22:03:25Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[In a dance, each partner influences the other. Subtle signals - a light touch here, a hand above the head, even a look in the eye - enable the seamless, beautiful lines that we admire.

Dancing would not work very well if each partner refused to be influenced by the other - if they felt that they had “the dance” all figured out by themselves.

***click through to read the entire post***]]></summary></entry><entry><title>welcome</title><category term="God"/><category term="chronic illness"/><category term="health and wellness"/><category term="my life"/><category term="new years"/><category term="ponderings"/><id>http://livewithdesire.com/home/2009/12/31/welcome.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://livewithdesire.com/home/2009/12/31/welcome.html"/><author><name>Heidi</name></author><published>2009-12-31T20:17:34Z</published><updated>2009-12-31T20:17:34Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[the end of one year. the beginning of a new one. what is it about the changing of the calendar that invites reflection?

*** click through to read the entire post ***]]></summary></entry><entry><title>life in the chaos</title><category term="my life"/><category term="ponderings"/><id>http://livewithdesire.com/home/2009/12/23/life-in-the-chaos.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://livewithdesire.com/home/2009/12/23/life-in-the-chaos.html"/><author><name>Heidi</name></author><published>2009-12-23T20:04:43Z</published><updated>2009-12-23T20:04:43Z</updated></entry><entry><title>Ginger Tea and Consumerism</title><category term="God"/><category term="consumerism"/><category term="conversations"/><category term="living"/><category term="money"/><category term="my life"/><category term="ponderings"/><id>http://livewithdesire.com/home/2009/10/19/ginger-tea-and-consumerism.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://livewithdesire.com/home/2009/10/19/ginger-tea-and-consumerism.html"/><author><name>Heidi</name></author><published>2009-10-19T12:55:11Z</published><updated>2009-10-19T12:55:11Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[I’m sitting here this morning sipping on {homemade - no tea bags} ginger tea, contemplating the rental application for a new house that I’m planning on submitting later today. A few days ago, our landlords informed us that their employer was transferring them back to the area, and per a clause in our lease, they are terminating our lease on December 18. - click through to read the whole thing -]]></summary></entry></feed>