<?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[Roma Sierk Books]]></title><description><![CDATA[Welcome to my author blog—a place where stories, memories, and family come together. Here you'll find behind-the-scenes glimpses into my books, family]]></description><link>https://www.romasierk.com/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Sun, 11 Oct 2026 13:25:28 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.romasierk.com/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[October Thoughts: The Seasons of our Lives.]]></title><description><![CDATA[October 10, 2026 There is something about October that makes me remember. Maybe it is the crispness in the air, the changing leaves, or the way the days grow a little shorter. Autumn seems to invite us to slow down and look back. When I was a little girl growing up in Idaho, fall wasn't simply a pretty season. It was a busy one. There were potatoes to harvest, gardens to finish, food to put away, and preparations to make before winter arrived. As a child, I didn't think of those days as...]]></description><link>https://www.romasierk.com/post/october-thoughts-the-seasons-of-our-lives</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6acac8df2112e56959413795</guid><pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2026 23:24:25 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Roma Sierk</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why I Write: Saving the Stories that Matter]]></title><description><![CDATA[I never really set out to become an author. I simply had stories I didn’t want to lose. Some were memories from my own childhood—growing up in Idaho, playing outdoors, getting into mischief, working alongside my family, and experiencing the kind of ordinary days that didn’t seem important at the time. But as the years passed, I began to understand just how precious those ordinary days were. I wanted to remember my mother’s kitchen, my father’s hard-working hands, the people who came before...]]></description><link>https://www.romasierk.com/post/why-i-write-saving-the-stories-that-matter</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6aad50344e673df44add35f8</guid><pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2026 14:52:53 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Roma Sierk</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>