<?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[SUSAN SMITH OLD]]></title><description><![CDATA[SUSAN SMITH OLD]]></description><link>https://www.susansmith.art/conversations-with-the-cosmos</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2026 12:05:33 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.thereturninglight.co.uk/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Start Close In]]></title><description><![CDATA[A Conversation in the Language Beneath Words Start close in, don’t take the second step or the third, start with the first thing close in, the step you don’t want to take. Start with the ground you know, the pale ground beneath your feet, your own way to begin the conversation. — David Whyte  I never set out to speak with the cosmos. Or with God. Or with the light. But darkness came. And in that place, the conversation began, close in. It wasn’t the kind of darkness that recedes in a day, or...]]></description><link>https://www.thereturninglight.co.uk/post/start-close-in</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69fc604cf59f322a57f191cc</guid><pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2026 11:14:28 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/90b32b_5215af05c9fc4d2788040a48955e76d0~mv2.webp/v1/fit/w_1000,h_680,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Susan Smith</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>