<?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[The Alexandria Indexes]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Alexandria Index]]></description><link>https://arschmidt285.wixsite.com/the-alexandria-index/my-blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2026 12:57:33 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://arschmidt285.wixsite.com/the-alexandria-index/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[The Legend Of Jop The Brave]]></title><description><![CDATA[॰ ⋄ ♢ PART ONE - THE BOY  ♢ ⋄ ॰ 	My mom used to tell me stories about myself. I remember the old house, a cookie-cutter duplex a mile from town. For her, it was a holding cell, an in-between place before we relocated. But for me, a three and a half foot tall five year old, it was paradise. We had a front yard with room for an immense black cottonwood, a decent swingset, and a copse of spruce, all tied together with a gravel drive that snaked around to the mailboxes. The real fence was the...]]></description><link>https://arschmidt285.wixsite.com/the-alexandria-index/post/the-legend-of-jop-the-brave</link><guid isPermaLink="false">693df87142832d49aebd6661</guid><category><![CDATA[On Life]]></category><pubDate>Sat, 13 Dec 2025 23:40:17 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Jay Schmidt</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Pitcher]]></title><description><![CDATA[PATIENT ADMISSION FORM Patient Name: Juliette Genevive Watts-Cian Patient Birthdate: 11 June 1869 Patient Admission Date: 28 January 1892...]]></description><link>https://arschmidt285.wixsite.com/the-alexandria-index/post/the-pitcher</link><guid isPermaLink="false">68d584b44e05786c1c93ae11</guid><category><![CDATA[On Horror]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 25 Sep 2025 18:08:39 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Jay Schmidt</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Porter Dialogue]]></title><description><![CDATA[KATHY - I was a single mother of two and on my 36th rejection letter sitting at the desk at my receptionist’s job back then. You could...]]></description><link>https://arschmidt285.wixsite.com/the-alexandria-index/post/the-porter-dialogue</link><guid isPermaLink="false">68d57e7533046323d15bc993</guid><category><![CDATA[On Life]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 25 Sep 2025 17:40:13 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Jay Schmidt</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Concerning Old Houses ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Endings are never going to get easier. Funerals are never going to become natural, however natural the cycle of a life is. Like a farm...]]></description><link>https://arschmidt285.wixsite.com/the-alexandria-index/post/concerning-old-houses</link><guid isPermaLink="false">68d57e0173940711a70f4332</guid><category><![CDATA[On Creative Nonfiction]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 25 Sep 2025 17:38:33 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Jay Schmidt</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[My Meadowlark]]></title><description><![CDATA[I worry that the first offer  of my potential reincarnation  would be a bluejay.  It’s my old life’s namesake after all.  A screaming, ...]]></description><link>https://arschmidt285.wixsite.com/the-alexandria-index/post/my-meadowlark</link><guid isPermaLink="false">68cd98e0aef6910f9dd6cbd2</guid><category><![CDATA[On Life]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 19 Sep 2025 17:55:19 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Jay Schmidt</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Untitled - 2]]></title><description><![CDATA[My soul is a patchwork quilt My heart is a library There are times my closet is full  Of new projects to sew on or build shelves for...]]></description><link>https://arschmidt285.wixsite.com/the-alexandria-index/post/untitled-2</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6886f3186ab2534c7b0999a0</guid><category><![CDATA[On Life]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 28 Jul 2025 03:48:49 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Jay Schmidt</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gerald Scarfe, Pink Floyd, and Cannibalistic Flowers ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Six years after the worldwide success of Dark Side Of The Moon , Pink Floyd was looking for more and more intense visuals and creative...]]></description><link>https://arschmidt285.wixsite.com/the-alexandria-index/post/gerald-scarfe-pink-floyd-and-cannibalistic-flowers</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6813a7242088a17d7dc8ea11</guid><category><![CDATA[On Creative Nonfiction]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2025 16:55:40 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/5927df_5b9e39c0c4c54d7dae99b5f0bef7ac19~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_745,h_562,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Jay Schmidt</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Billie Eilish and Her Contributions To Sexuality and Modern Visual Culture ]]></title><description><![CDATA[There are a lot of famous people who I think might have the qualities a class about Sexuality and Modern Visual Culture could use....]]></description><link>https://arschmidt285.wixsite.com/the-alexandria-index/post/billie-eilish-and-her-contributions-to-sexuality-and-modern-visual-culture</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6813a58f0fba5f58f12295e8</guid><category><![CDATA[On Creative Nonfiction]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2025 16:50:33 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Jay Schmidt</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Untitled - 1]]></title><description><![CDATA[My hair was never up  in eleventh grade because when I parted it into ponytails and attended a youth group dinner for a trip I had been...]]></description><link>https://arschmidt285.wixsite.com/the-alexandria-index/post/untitled-1</link><guid isPermaLink="false">67f422dfaaf502ad8a8e97fe</guid><category><![CDATA[On Life]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 07 Apr 2025 19:10:58 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Jay Schmidt</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[R. Holmes]]></title><description><![CDATA[Constellations were mapped out by man,  but there's something with those freckles  God had to sit and design. And if there was any way ...]]></description><link>https://arschmidt285.wixsite.com/the-alexandria-index/post/r-holmes</link><guid isPermaLink="false">67efdf77e6ba42bc3f00c1f4</guid><category><![CDATA[On Poetry]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 04 Apr 2025 13:32:59 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Jay Schmidt</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[St. Paul The Sinner]]></title><description><![CDATA[The chapel’s billboard is missing letters,  long past unreadable.  Remaining square inserts, yellow with time cling to their runners with...]]></description><link>https://arschmidt285.wixsite.com/the-alexandria-index/post/st-paul-the-sinner</link><guid isPermaLink="false">67e6a559a0ce129919329917</guid><category><![CDATA[On Poetry]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 28 Mar 2025 13:34:19 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Jay Schmidt</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Have You Ever Played White Wolf?]]></title><description><![CDATA[The neighbors taught us the game. Well, I can’t really say neighbors, they lived a full block away from us. But Terry and I were In the...]]></description><link>https://arschmidt285.wixsite.com/the-alexandria-index/post/have-you-ever-played-white-wolf</link><guid isPermaLink="false">67c092d36fe631726ecadf1f</guid><category><![CDATA[On Horror]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 27 Feb 2025 16:46:11 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Jay Schmidt</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Art Of The Free Exit]]></title><description><![CDATA[“I’ll see you later.” “I’m just a smidge too busy today.” “I hope you have fun! Next time, I promise.” And none are  concerning None...]]></description><link>https://arschmidt285.wixsite.com/the-alexandria-index/post/the-art-of-the-free-exit</link><guid isPermaLink="false">67bcf7d5fada8902d7ff8c07</guid><category><![CDATA[On Poetry]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 24 Feb 2025 22:51:06 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Jay Schmidt</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[From The Wings]]></title><description><![CDATA[All the world’s a stage I watch light scatter across hard plywood Coated in layers of paint Sprayed colors, black, a wood floor, black...]]></description><link>https://arschmidt285.wixsite.com/the-alexandria-index/post/from-the-wings</link><guid isPermaLink="false">67aa09759646a4d9ab6258cb</guid><category><![CDATA[On Poetry]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 10 Feb 2025 14:13:12 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Jay Schmidt</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Of Life]]></title><description><![CDATA[My father is of the earth My mother of the stars My father’s eyes reflect the sunlight  passing by trees, waterfalls, even shadow My...]]></description><link>https://arschmidt285.wixsite.com/the-alexandria-index/post/of-life</link><guid isPermaLink="false">67a125b6f0d6f42a5b4e0227</guid><category><![CDATA[On Poetry]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 03 Feb 2025 20:23:23 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Jay Schmidt</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA["Old Fashioned"]]></title><description><![CDATA[I was never meant for casual I was never meant For small talk And hookups And saccharine smiles And “hiding” I was never meant for...]]></description><link>https://arschmidt285.wixsite.com/the-alexandria-index/post/old-fashioned</link><guid isPermaLink="false">678e9d85d119053606e5931b</guid><category><![CDATA[On Life]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 20 Jan 2025 19:01:58 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Jay Schmidt</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Horror As Entertainment]]></title><description><![CDATA[Since the dawn of time, and through human evolution and development, fear has caused us to grow. Fear kept us in our homes at night, fear...]]></description><link>https://arschmidt285.wixsite.com/the-alexandria-index/post/horror-as-entertainment</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6787256e2dc8952d144a637b</guid><category><![CDATA[On Creative Nonfiction]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 15 Jan 2025 03:05:24 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Jay Schmidt</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Fetishization Of Youth]]></title><description><![CDATA[Written in 1955 and initially published under and referred to as “sheer, unrestrained pornography” by French critics, Lolita  was...]]></description><link>https://arschmidt285.wixsite.com/the-alexandria-index/post/the-fetishization-of-youth</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6787241e2dc8952d144a607e</guid><category><![CDATA[On Creative Nonfiction]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 15 Jan 2025 02:59:41 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Jay Schmidt</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fantastic Mr. Anderson]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hello there. I’m a Wes Anderson character. I overdress for simple occasions and generally keep my eyes facing forward (unless I’m...]]></description><link>https://arschmidt285.wixsite.com/the-alexandria-index/post/fantastic-mr-anderson</link><guid isPermaLink="false">678721a52dc8952d144a54d9</guid><category><![CDATA[On Creative Nonfiction]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 15 Jan 2025 02:48:30 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Jay Schmidt</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Note On Hate and La Haine (1995)]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hate is defined as “intense or passionate dislike” according to the Oxford dictionary. Hate is also a word that functions as both a verb...]]></description><link>https://arschmidt285.wixsite.com/the-alexandria-index/post/a-note-on-hate-and-la-haine-1995</link><guid isPermaLink="false">67871de7ba878606feb6b7ba</guid><category><![CDATA[On Creative Nonfiction]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 15 Jan 2025 02:32:01 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Jay Schmidt</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>