<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<rss version="2.0"
	xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"
	xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"
	xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
	xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"
	xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/"
	xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/"
	xmlns:georss="http://www.georss.org/georss" xmlns:geo="http://www.w3.org/2003/01/geo/wgs84_pos#" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/"
	>

<channel>
	<title>The Wordsmythe's Weblog...</title>
	<atom:link href="http://thewordsmythe.wordpress.com/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" />
	<link>http://thewordsmythe.wordpress.com</link>
	<description>...On Words, Love and Life</description>
	<lastBuildDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 06:25:50 +0000</lastBuildDate>
	<language>en</language>
	<sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod>
	<sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency>
	<generator>http://wordpress.com/</generator>
<cloud domain='thewordsmythe.wordpress.com' port='80' path='/?rsscloud=notify' registerProcedure='' protocol='http-post' />
<image>
		<url>http://s2.wp.com/i/buttonw-com.png</url>
		<title>The Wordsmythe's Weblog...</title>
		<link>http://thewordsmythe.wordpress.com</link>
	</image>
	<atom:link rel="search" type="application/opensearchdescription+xml" href="http://thewordsmythe.wordpress.com/osd.xml" title="The Wordsmythe&#039;s Weblog..." />
	<atom:link rel='hub' href='http://thewordsmythe.wordpress.com/?pushpress=hub'/>
		<item>
		<title>Deconstructing the Gym Tribe</title>
		<link>http://thewordsmythe.wordpress.com/2013/05/13/deconstructing-the-gym-tribe-2/</link>
		<comments>http://thewordsmythe.wordpress.com/2013/05/13/deconstructing-the-gym-tribe-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 13:26:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Wordsmythe</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[From where I sit]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[exercise]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gym tribe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[people you meet at the gym]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[working out]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://thewordsmythe.wordpress.com/?p=1359</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I go to the gym three to four times a week. I work out in order to keep fit as well as keep my weight in check. It is hard work but it pays off and the endorphin high is simply worth the torture. As a regular at the gym, I get to meet and [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thewordsmythe.wordpress.com&#038;blog=1816111&#038;post=1359&#038;subd=thewordsmythe&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://thewordsmythe.wordpress.com/2013/05/13/deconstructing-the-gym-tribe-2/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>8</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://0.gravatar.com/avatar/9f0e4f2f4b90401bdf20d9ef41081656?s=96&#38;d=identicon&#38;r=G" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">The Wordsmythe</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://thewordsmythe.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/gym_thumb.jpg" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Gym</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://thewordsmythe.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/sagging-pants_thumb.jpg" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">sagging pants</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://thewordsmythe.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/high-heels-in-the-gym_thumb.jpg" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">SPL400935_003</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://thewordsmythe.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/20130508_102718_thumb.jpg" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">20130508_102718</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://thewordsmythe.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/muscle-man_thumb.jpg" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Muscle man</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://thewordsmythe.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/20130508_102804_thumb.jpg" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">20130508_102804</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://thewordsmythe.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/wlemoticon-openmouthedsmile.png" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Open-mouthed smile</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>Wednesday at the pool</title>
		<link>http://thewordsmythe.wordpress.com/2013/05/01/wednesday-at-the-pool/</link>
		<comments>http://thewordsmythe.wordpress.com/2013/05/01/wednesday-at-the-pool/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 May 2013 21:36:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Wordsmythe</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Just me]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[crying child]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[parenting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[swimming lessons]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://thewordsmythe.wordpress.com/?p=1340</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Every Wednesday, I take my boys to swimming lessons. Every Wednesday, I meet this woman and her son. Well, I meet lots of women and their sons, and some men and their sons, and daughters, and so on&#8230; Anyway, every Wednesday, this one boy screams blue murder as soon as it&#8217;s time for his lesson. [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thewordsmythe.wordpress.com&#038;blog=1816111&#038;post=1340&#038;subd=thewordsmythe&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://thewordsmythe.wordpress.com/2013/05/01/wednesday-at-the-pool/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://0.gravatar.com/avatar/9f0e4f2f4b90401bdf20d9ef41081656?s=96&#38;d=identicon&#38;r=G" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">The Wordsmythe</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://thewordsmythe.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/crying-boy-with-adult-in-pool-300x225_thumb.jpg" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Crying-Boy-with-Adult-in-Pool-300x225</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>Stating the obvious</title>
		<link>http://thewordsmythe.wordpress.com/2013/03/16/stating-the-obvious/</link>
		<comments>http://thewordsmythe.wordpress.com/2013/03/16/stating-the-obvious/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Mar 2013 15:59:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Wordsmythe</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://thewordsmythe.wordpress.com/?p=1333</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[“Sometimes it takes an expert to point out the obvious” Scott Allen “There is nothing more deceptive than an obvious fact.” Arthur Conan Doyle “The obvious is that which is never seen until someone expresses it simply.” Khalil Gibran There’s an email titled ‘To all the kids who survived the 1940s, 50s, 60s, 70s and [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thewordsmythe.wordpress.com&#038;blog=1816111&#038;post=1333&#038;subd=thewordsmythe&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://thewordsmythe.wordpress.com/2013/03/16/stating-the-obvious/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://0.gravatar.com/avatar/9f0e4f2f4b90401bdf20d9ef41081656?s=96&#38;d=identicon&#38;r=G" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">The Wordsmythe</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://thewordsmythe.files.wordpress.com/2013/03/coffeecrotchwarning_thumb.jpg" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">coffeecrotchwarning</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://thewordsmythe.files.wordpress.com/2013/03/peanuts_thumb.jpg" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Peanuts</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://thewordsmythe.files.wordpress.com/2013/03/dscn9145_thumb.jpg" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">DSCN9145</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>Book Release&#8211;Closer Than A Brother</title>
		<link>http://thewordsmythe.wordpress.com/2013/03/08/book-releasecloser-than-a-brother/</link>
		<comments>http://thewordsmythe.wordpress.com/2013/03/08/book-releasecloser-than-a-brother/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Mar 2013 12:58:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Wordsmythe</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Just me]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[8th March 2013]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Book release]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Closer than a Brother]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://thewordsmythe.wordpress.com/?p=1324</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It is the 8th of March today and Closer Than A Brother is finally available to purchase at the following outlets; Amazon UK Amazon US Whispers Publishing Blurb: Daye Thompson didn’t know when or how it happened, but while playing the role of the-big-brother-she-never-had to beautiful Samantha Egbuson, he’d fallen in love with her. Confessing [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thewordsmythe.wordpress.com&#038;blog=1816111&#038;post=1324&#038;subd=thewordsmythe&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://thewordsmythe.wordpress.com/2013/03/08/book-releasecloser-than-a-brother/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>8</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://0.gravatar.com/avatar/9f0e4f2f4b90401bdf20d9ef41081656?s=96&#38;d=identicon&#38;r=G" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">The Wordsmythe</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://thewordsmythe.files.wordpress.com/2013/03/closerthanabigbrother-500x750_thumb.jpg" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">CloserThanaBigBrother 500x750</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>&#8220;What God told me to tell Nigerians when I died&#8221; Dame PFJ</title>
		<link>http://thewordsmythe.wordpress.com/2013/02/19/what-god-told-me-to-tell-nigerians-when-i-died-dame-pfj/</link>
		<comments>http://thewordsmythe.wordpress.com/2013/02/19/what-god-told-me-to-tell-nigerians-when-i-died-dame-pfj/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Feb 2013 22:48:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Wordsmythe</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Just me]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dame Patience Faka Jonathan]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://thewordsmythe.wordpress.com/?p=1319</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[“My fellow deceased, I actually died. I passed out for more than a week. My intestine and tummy were opened. I had eight or nine surgeries within a period of one month. I am not Lazarus but my experience was similar to his. My doctors said all hope was lost. When God says yes, nobody [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thewordsmythe.wordpress.com&#038;blog=1816111&#038;post=1319&#038;subd=thewordsmythe&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://thewordsmythe.wordpress.com/2013/02/19/what-god-told-me-to-tell-nigerians-when-i-died-dame-pfj/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>53</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://0.gravatar.com/avatar/9f0e4f2f4b90401bdf20d9ef41081656?s=96&#38;d=identicon&#38;r=G" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">The Wordsmythe</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://thewordsmythe.files.wordpress.com/2013/02/dame_patience_jonathan_thumb.jpg" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">dame_patience_jonathan</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>14 Days of Romance</title>
		<link>http://thewordsmythe.wordpress.com/2013/02/05/14-days-of-romance/</link>
		<comments>http://thewordsmythe.wordpress.com/2013/02/05/14-days-of-romance/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Feb 2013 18:01:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Wordsmythe</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[From where I sit]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[February]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[romance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Valentine's]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://thewordsmythe.wordpress.com/?p=1315</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It’s February, the month of love. To celebrate, the Romance Writers of West Africa are hosting 14 days of romance between the 5th and the 22nd of February. Check it out here. My book will be featured too. Head on over and see how you can get in with a chance to win a freebie [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thewordsmythe.wordpress.com&#038;blog=1816111&#038;post=1315&#038;subd=thewordsmythe&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://thewordsmythe.wordpress.com/2013/02/05/14-days-of-romance/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://0.gravatar.com/avatar/9f0e4f2f4b90401bdf20d9ef41081656?s=96&#38;d=identicon&#38;r=G" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">The Wordsmythe</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://thewordsmythe.files.wordpress.com/2013/02/rwowa_thumb.jpg" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">RWOWA</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>&#8220;I am not my hair&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://thewordsmythe.wordpress.com/2013/02/03/i-am-not-my-hair/</link>
		<comments>http://thewordsmythe.wordpress.com/2013/02/03/i-am-not-my-hair/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Feb 2013 22:16:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Wordsmythe</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Just me]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[black hair]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[I am not my hair]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[kinky hair]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Natural hair]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://thewordsmythe.wordpress.com/?p=1311</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;It&#8217;s amazing that it&#8217;s considered revolutionary to wear my hair the way it grows out of my head.&#8221; Tracy Thoms in Chris Rock’s Good Hair Last year, on the 14th of July (Le Quatorze Juillet, France&#8217;s National Day) to be exact, I cut my hair all off (I have since learned that what I did [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thewordsmythe.wordpress.com&#038;blog=1816111&#038;post=1311&#038;subd=thewordsmythe&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://thewordsmythe.wordpress.com/2013/02/03/i-am-not-my-hair/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>7</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://0.gravatar.com/avatar/9f0e4f2f4b90401bdf20d9ef41081656?s=96&#38;d=identicon&#38;r=G" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">The Wordsmythe</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://thewordsmythe.files.wordpress.com/2013/02/4-getting-used-to-bc-13th-july-2012_thumb.jpg" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">(4) Getting used to BC 13th July 2012</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://thewordsmythe.files.wordpress.com/2013/02/hair-types-2_thumb.jpg" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Hair types 2</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>Criminal minds, unlucky in love.</title>
		<link>http://thewordsmythe.wordpress.com/2013/01/24/criminal-minds-unlucky-in-love/</link>
		<comments>http://thewordsmythe.wordpress.com/2013/01/24/criminal-minds-unlucky-in-love/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jan 2013 17:49:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Wordsmythe</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[From where I sit]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Criminal Minds]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://thewordsmythe.wordpress.com/?p=1305</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[“When love is in excess it brings a man no honor nor worthiness.” Eruipedes, quoted by Gideon in Season 1 Episode 5 Broken Mirror. I love Criminal Minds. Call it a morbid fascination or whatever you will. But I just love watching the BAU, short for Behavioural Analysis Unit, get into the mind of an [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thewordsmythe.wordpress.com&#038;blog=1816111&#038;post=1305&#038;subd=thewordsmythe&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://thewordsmythe.wordpress.com/2013/01/24/criminal-minds-unlucky-in-love/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://0.gravatar.com/avatar/9f0e4f2f4b90401bdf20d9ef41081656?s=96&#38;d=identicon&#38;r=G" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">The Wordsmythe</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://thewordsmythe.files.wordpress.com/2013/01/criminal-minds_thumb.jpg" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Criminal-Minds</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>Oríkì for the word.</title>
		<link>http://thewordsmythe.wordpress.com/2013/01/16/oriki-for-the-word/</link>
		<comments>http://thewordsmythe.wordpress.com/2013/01/16/oriki-for-the-word/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jan 2013 19:34:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Wordsmythe</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Just me]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[love words]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[oriki]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://thewordsmythe.wordpress.com/?p=1300</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[“She had always wanted words, she loved them; grew up on them. Words gave her clarity, brought reason, shape.” Michael Ondaatje, The English Patient. Words. Why do I love them so much? There&#8217;s just something about this unit of language that never ceases to amaze me. The simple act of rolling a word around my [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thewordsmythe.wordpress.com&#038;blog=1816111&#038;post=1300&#038;subd=thewordsmythe&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://thewordsmythe.wordpress.com/2013/01/16/oriki-for-the-word/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://0.gravatar.com/avatar/9f0e4f2f4b90401bdf20d9ef41081656?s=96&#38;d=identicon&#38;r=G" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">The Wordsmythe</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://thewordsmythe.files.wordpress.com/2013/01/at-the-beach_thumb.jpg" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">At the beach</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://thewordsmythe.files.wordpress.com/2013/01/wlemoticon-openmouthedsmile1.png" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Open-mouthed smile</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>&#8220;Stay Within Yourself&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://thewordsmythe.wordpress.com/2013/01/10/stay-within-yourself/</link>
		<comments>http://thewordsmythe.wordpress.com/2013/01/10/stay-within-yourself/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jan 2013 10:57:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Wordsmythe</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Just me]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[be bold]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[be brilliant]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[be true to yourself]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[be you]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jeffery Eugenides]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[popular opinion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[psychobabble]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stay within yourself]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://thewordsmythe.wordpress.com/?p=1293</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A friend shared an article from the December 24th 2012 edition of The New Yorker titled &#8216;Posthumous&#8217; by Jeffery Eugenides with me. It was adapted from a speech Eugenides, a previous winner himself, gave to the 2012 Whiting Award winners. I’m going to share what occurred to me as I read it but I would [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thewordsmythe.wordpress.com&#038;blog=1816111&#038;post=1293&#038;subd=thewordsmythe&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://thewordsmythe.wordpress.com/2013/01/10/stay-within-yourself/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>17</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://0.gravatar.com/avatar/9f0e4f2f4b90401bdf20d9ef41081656?s=96&#38;d=identicon&#38;r=G" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">The Wordsmythe</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://thewordsmythe.files.wordpress.com/2013/01/wlemoticon-openmouthedsmile.png" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Open-mouthed smile</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
	</channel>
</rss>
