<?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[Riverland Retreat]]></title><description><![CDATA[Riverland Retreat]]></description><link>https://www.riverlandretreat.org/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 08:16:51 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.riverlandretreat.org/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Omni vs. Uni]]></title><description><![CDATA[I am sitting in my $300-per-night room, enjoying a commanding view of the grounds of the Omni Park Hotel in Asheville and the expansive Appalachian Mountain horizon fading blue into a distant western horizon, reflecting on the Yadkin River property and strangely enjoying the contrasting images that play with my imagination.    	The 'Omni' is a historic resort of huge proportions made of rocks and timbers and red roof shingles, sitting high up on a mountain slope above a meticulously groomed...]]></description><link>https://www.riverlandretreat.org/post/omni-vs-uni</link><guid isPermaLink="false">697fa76952cfe1bbd41666ac</guid><pubDate>Sun, 01 Feb 2026 19:23:59 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9611b7_ec887a6a744a4c8b8cfef3a58fe9de5f~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_503,h_671,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Scott Wilson</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cutting my teeth on chainsaws (figuratively speaking of course).]]></title><description><![CDATA[What is the first image that comes to mind when you hear the word chainsaw?  It may be a scene from 'The Texas Chainsaw Massacre' with Leatherface hysterically attacking his next victim. For those with a broader cinematic knowledge, it may be the scene in Scarface where the Colombian drug dealers dismember Angel in front of Tony. Reaching a more lighthearted view of chainsaw cinema, consider the scene in Fargo where the bad guy has quartered his captive with a chainsaw and is struggling to...]]></description><link>https://www.riverlandretreat.org/post/cutting-my-teeth-on-chainsaw-operation-figuratively-speaking-of-course</link><guid isPermaLink="false">697ecc04afd4a3da3510b6f5</guid><pubDate>Sun, 01 Feb 2026 03:53:23 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="http://video.wixstatic.com/video/9611b7_3b722c1ee7d7410a8e92d7245a087b6c/1080p/mp4/file.mp4" length="0" type="video"/><dc:creator>Scott Wilson</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[       Why Loblollies on the Yadkin?]]></title><description><![CDATA[At my life’s current fulcrum, with the not-as-far-away-as-it-used-to-be future of empty nesting, retiring, and the eventual meeting with my maker in the balance, I have decided that now is the time to embrace a personal metamorphosis, rather than to remain cocooned in my established persona woven with the threads of youth, career, and family. Perhaps a bit rhetorical and contrived as a mission statement, but it will do for now. The prospects are exciting:  traveling the globe in the spirit of...]]></description><link>https://www.riverlandretreat.org/post/why-loblollies-on-the-yadkin</link><guid isPermaLink="false">697e27fa6379b93199b2a76c</guid><pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2026 16:12:01 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9611b7_1c12615e81844327813a75ce004ed909~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_985,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Scott Wilson</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>