<?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[Mined & Milled]]></title><description><![CDATA[Mined & Milled]]></description><link>https://minednmilled.wixsite.com/website-5/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2026 07:34:40 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.minedandmilled.com/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Pune City: Early Access]]></title><description><![CDATA[This immersive piece compares life in Pune to a chaotic, bug-ridden simulation game—where objectives are unclear, progress resets, and survival depends on persistence rather than power-ups. Through satire and vivid imagery, it critiques the dysfunction of urban infrastructure and the quiet resignation of citizens, ultimately suggesting that while the system may be broken, resilience lies in how we navigate its glitches.]]></description><link>https://www.minedandmilled.com/post/pune-city-early-access</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6855b56881a65c997a920e19</guid><pubDate>Fri, 20 Jun 2025 20:09:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e2b4cb_f5f57872e5c34337991aee64ad7d789e~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Sage Penwood</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[I Knew You Were Trouble.]]></title><description><![CDATA[I have always loved the field of marketing for one reason more than any other — storytelling. It provides the opportunity to create...]]></description><link>https://www.minedandmilled.com/post/i-knew-you-were-trouble</link><guid isPermaLink="false">684b4eb15a220fb2404f51ed</guid><pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2025 23:27:02 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e2b4cb_3d3da35d1dc2431d97ce87bc06af85b6~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Sage Penwood</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[ALL MY LOVE]]></title><description><![CDATA[A bright light shone at the peak of the staircase, like the ramp into a spaceship. Blinded, he could make out silhouettes around him as...]]></description><link>https://www.minedandmilled.com/post/all-my-love</link><guid isPermaLink="false">679561eeda64e641f1380746</guid><pubDate>Sat, 25 Jan 2025 22:48:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e2b4cb_d5353db7d86d411593bac41ce0658a84~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_720,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Sage Penwood</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[I remember it All Too Well...]]></title><description><![CDATA[The grass gleamed a bright yellow even as the sun was hidden behind a veil of clouds. 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It was way...]]></description><link>https://www.minedandmilled.com/post/finding-the-social-in-the-media</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6779c1ed59e238031906afe0</guid><pubDate>Sun, 05 Jan 2025 00:39:10 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/nsplsh_92baf5f485644e8fb81534bbb15173c9~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Sage Penwood</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ground Control to Major Tom]]></title><description><![CDATA[I am an introvert. And perhaps the only consolation to knowing that I am one was to realise it way early in life. I might have been 8 or...]]></description><link>https://www.minedandmilled.com/post/ground-control-to-major-tom</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6615d00ab58b88e98c6dc027</guid><pubDate>Wed, 10 Apr 2024 00:04:55 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/nsplsh_589f03d372ae42fcb2cb3c43bf75da88~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Sage Penwood</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA['In my dreams, I have a plan']]></title><description><![CDATA[You say ‘Stock Market’ and in a clock’s tick, my mind implodes with visuals I have read, seen, and experienced. Graphs. Yelling. Ticker...]]></description><link>https://www.minedandmilled.com/post/in-my-dreams-i-have-a-plan</link><guid isPermaLink="false">65cfe7902a2b146dcb2306a2</guid><category><![CDATA[Book reviews]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 16 Feb 2024 23:03:34 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e2b4cb_d6181657bc76466a88a27d82b4dfe1ca~mv2.webp/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Sage Penwood</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA['If lost, return to Taylor Swift']]></title><description><![CDATA[A pot sits on the stove, and she adds some leaves before pouring into her cup. Settling onto a wicker chair by the kitchen island, which...]]></description><link>https://www.minedandmilled.com/post/if-lost-return-to-taylor-swift</link><guid isPermaLink="false">65c2b87adb2f02260ab5961f</guid><pubDate>Tue, 06 Feb 2024 18:30:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e2b4cb_87de562a4a05463fa7976c76d9cd4bb5~mv2.webp/v1/fit/w_1000,h_852,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Sage Penwood</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[An Earnest Exposition for Design in Our Lives]]></title><description><![CDATA[It's been a while since I've taken a train journey. The last time was just before the lockdown. Despite the potential stress of traveling...]]></description><link>https://www.minedandmilled.com/post/an-earnest-exposition-for-design-in-our-lives</link><guid isPermaLink="false">65aef46e84c6b60a4368fc3e</guid><category><![CDATA[Book reviews]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 22 Jan 2024 23:17:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e2b4cb_6d50cf1998fa4f74afde5fca48f7fc10~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Sage Penwood</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ronald and the Forbidden Fruit]]></title><description><![CDATA[It's 3 pm, and she waddles back home from the bus stop. 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Next, I am fixated on my shoes, taking one step...]]></description><link>https://www.minedandmilled.com/post/2023-the-annual-ghost-town-paradox</link><guid isPermaLink="false">65948b1c919dd556de8dd471</guid><pubDate>Tue, 02 Jan 2024 23:19:38 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e2b4cb_f31ec02d44244d49add1ac2d7a712074~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_720,h_721,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Sage Penwood</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Collateral Beauty]]></title><description><![CDATA[What's been happening with me, you ask? Well, as your favourite author (wink) who mysteriously disappears and resurfaces, I've been on a...]]></description><link>https://www.minedandmilled.com/post/collateral-beauty</link><guid isPermaLink="false">64b0715d4cd85c8ce87eee88</guid><pubDate>Thu, 13 Jul 2023 22:15:25 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/nsplsh_1363880e239d41f894fdc29994dcfdbd~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Sage Penwood</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[This Barbie has something to say!]]></title><description><![CDATA[Barbara Millicent Roberts, a 64 year old, resides in a candy-pink abode nestled beneath bubble-like clouds in a sky as blue as the ocean....]]></description><link>https://www.minedandmilled.com/post/this-barbie-has-something-to-say</link><guid isPermaLink="false">64319862a6e31850fdc89867</guid><pubDate>Sat, 08 Apr 2023 16:50:13 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/nsplsh_65a15a1e61c74edab46c30172cc59def~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Sage Penwood</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Italy, my love... ]]></title><description><![CDATA[You were surreal, You were deliberate, You were compelling, You were calming, You were spirited, But most of all you were in essence,...]]></description><link>https://www.minedandmilled.com/post/italy-my-love</link><guid isPermaLink="false">641f45a8c36764495ba05c79</guid><pubDate>Sat, 25 Mar 2023 19:29:19 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e2b4cb_e2c0b36b544d41658535125ea82fcee4~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Sage Penwood</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Surely Very Big crisis ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Welcome to my Pillow talk! Your sight is blurry. You stare at the dizzying pattern of the spinning fan a little too long and sit up just...]]></description><link>https://www.minedandmilled.com/post/surely-very-big-crisis</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6417767936f6b09e49d74940</guid><pubDate>Sun, 19 Mar 2023 21:09:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/nsplsh_6c2f2348983e49d98296483799ef2551~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Sage Penwood</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[- Most popular headline that calls You to the Mined &#38; Milled Community -]]></title><description><![CDATA[....Loading title.... It's mid-day, and you are lying on your couch staring at a giant screen, spending hours searching for something to...]]></description><link>https://www.minedandmilled.com/post/most-popular-headline-that-calls-you-to-the-mined-milled-community</link><guid isPermaLink="false">640e1160a4ccdb7b49164407</guid><pubDate>Sun, 12 Mar 2023 18:09:55 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e2b4cb_a9cb3dba43674c95a9871faed69152e9~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Sage Penwood</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[You're fighting for your life....]]></title><description><![CDATA[...inside a killer, thriller tonight (whip out that dance move!) Ooo.. I am writing after ages. But all good mining takes time - if...]]></description><link>https://www.minedandmilled.com/post/you-re-fighting-for-your-life</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6407bedfd0cea81c448f73e2</guid><pubDate>Tue, 07 Mar 2023 22:54:53 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e2b4cb_2119349815c04d95b6b1cadbf55b2237~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_844,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Sage Penwood</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Front Man Speaking]]></title><description><![CDATA[I read numerous articles online before I began my MBA program. The degree, no doubt, is a prestigious one and has a definite career path...]]></description><link>https://www.minedandmilled.com/post/front-man-speaking</link><guid isPermaLink="false">62445c4e2fcbfa51d648c72c</guid><pubDate>Wed, 30 Mar 2022 13:53:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e2b4cb_548ad4e19dfe4578a52758e5fcec918f~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_675,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Sage Penwood</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[All of us are 'settled'?]]></title><description><![CDATA[In this article, I am inspired by the million moments that are like pit stops into the literal game of life that most of us don't even...]]></description><link>https://www.minedandmilled.com/post/all-of-us-are-settled</link><guid isPermaLink="false">622f63d71ca91208dedc4ffc</guid><pubDate>Mon, 14 Mar 2022 15:57:56 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/nsplsh_a9c738e9dd9a4ea7b660c19a939d942a~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Sage Penwood</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[We don't need no education marketing.]]></title><description><![CDATA[A social media minute can feel like a millennium or a second depending on how you look at it. 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