<?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[Gary John Vaness: A Collection of Stories]]></title><description><![CDATA[Cherished Memories of Gary John Vaness]]></description><link>https://www.garyvaness.com/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2026 04:44:00 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.garyvaness.com/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[The Day Mike Thomson Met Gary Vaness. As told by Gary.]]></title><description><![CDATA[This a true story based on my memories of the day. I was a beautiful sunny afternoon in 1970. Likely sometime in August. Jim Rademacher was closing on a home a bought that morning.  The home was going to be filled with six or eight people who attended UWGB. One of them was me. Several people were going live in an old school bus parked along side of the garage. Jim’s brother Wayne was also going to live there. The house was on Bay Settlement Road on the Niagara Escarpment overlooking the bay...]]></description><link>https://www.garyvaness.com/post/the-day-mike-thomson-met-gary-vaness-as-told-by-gary</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a04afdce5f825d008b2a298</guid><pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2026 17:07:53 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/380cdb_e6298a19061e419d8dde7d43efb8729b~mv2.webp/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>ashleyvaness</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>