<?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[Mysite]]></title><description><![CDATA[Mysite]]></description><link>https://www.steveramirezauthor.com/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2026 06:34:06 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.steveramirezauthor.com/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Pre-Order Your Signed Copies Now - Exclusively Via BobWhite Studio]]></title><description><![CDATA[https://www.bobwhitestudio.com/shop/other-cool-stuff/fly-fishing-wingshooting-books/fly-fishing-books/a-season-in-patagonia-by-steve-ramirez-signed/?fbclid=IwY2xjawRcVZBleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEerVpEiWu1Qc60h5KrFPTKsvla5EsIbA9aJbhqRcJiSuQ4m3m8Gkj2KXzqiiM_aem_qCbbWnUXhO8EiBDEjcZmvw]]></description><link>https://www.steveramirezauthor.com/post/pre-order-your-signed-copies-now-exclusively-via-bobwhite-studio</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69ef7655d3f2ae6dd9113183</guid><pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2026 14:45:17 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e0dc1e_cc065da9efe5420faeb5e83f329a0bbd~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>sramirez652</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do You Own the Hardcover Series Yet? If Not… Why Not? ]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Lyons Press "Casting Series" Collect them all in Hardcover while they're still available! Do You Own the Hardcover Series Yet? If Not… Why Not? These days you’re burning up or flushing away the cost of the entire collection every time you fill your gas tank or buy one bag of groceries. ;) These are my literary children. In my America we don’t separate children from their families! Help me to Keep the Family Together – in you Home. Special Discount Prices are currently being offered via...]]></description><link>https://www.steveramirezauthor.com/post/do-you-own-the-hardcover-series-yet-if-not-why-not</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69ea1b79d06bed7d1aa0d8d6</guid><pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2026 13:22:55 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e0dc1e_e388ff83dd15460998bba6bffd45c575~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_640,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>sramirez652</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Importance of being "Reckless" and Emptying you "Bucket"]]></title><description><![CDATA[Campeche Tarpon! “No matter how qualified or deserving we are, we will never reach a better life until we can imagine it for ourselves and allow ourselves to have it. Argue for your limitations and, sure enough, they're yours.” ~ Richard Bach In the end, and there is an end, that arrives when you least expect it… we all live the lives of our choosing, not matter the circumstances we find ourselves in. There is never that “perfect time” or “perfect place” or “perfect person.” And if you’re...]]></description><link>https://www.steveramirezauthor.com/post/the-importance-of-being-reckless-and-emptying-you-bucket</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69b876d17a34d5f0ef6daea4</guid><pubDate>Mon, 16 Mar 2026 21:36:41 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e0dc1e_3cb3ba1d3b294384a48a053b705b5df7~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>sramirez652</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Your Moment of Texas Hill Country Zen... ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Fly Fishing and Nature Saves Me... I hope to return the favor. The angler making this beautiful cast is my friend Chris, the owner of Living Waters Fly Fishing in Round Rock, Texas.]]></description><link>https://www.steveramirezauthor.com/post/your-moment-of-texas-hill-country-zen</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69a998df95f896866354f7c5</guid><pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2026 14:55:28 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="http://video.wixstatic.com/video/e0dc1e_f7bc14ef39234349a811a00fdb30c299/1080p/mp4/file.mp4" length="0" type="video"/><dc:creator>sramirez652</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[NEW BOOK - Coming Soon! Pre-Order Now! ]]></title><description><![CDATA[A Season in Patagonia is angler, naturalist, and outdoor conservation author Steve Ramirez’s newest collection of fly fishing, nature trekking and exploration stories that are intended to entertain and enlighten his readers while focusing on “Nature and the Best of Human Nature.”   In A Season in Patagonia, Ramirez takes us on an epic journey retracing the westward expansion of Euro American Conquistadors while exploring the legacy and lessons offered by the indigenous peoples of Mexico,...]]></description><link>https://www.steveramirezauthor.com/post/new-book-coming-soon-pre-order-now</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69a99792b5dd05873346652e</guid><pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2026 14:48:55 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e0dc1e_cc065da9efe5420faeb5e83f329a0bbd~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>sramirez652</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[What Have We Done? What Will We Do? What Can I Do? ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Human Accelerated Climate Change is Real and a Real Threat to Our Children's Future Today, January 2nd, 2026… it is 80 degrees Fahrenheit outside and my air conditioning in on “in the DEAD of winter” My asthma gets unbearable in the heat… it plus the ozone particulate pollution in the air might eventually be the death of me. I wore shorts on Christmas Day and today and the only reason I wore a thin but long-sleeved casting shirt was to protect my arms from sunburn and save on sunscreen. Once...]]></description><link>https://www.steveramirezauthor.com/post/what-have-we-done-what-will-we-do-what-can-i-do</link><guid isPermaLink="false">695be53aef35928416afd6d8</guid><pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2026 16:30:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e0dc1e_1752677455b5410d980222010ed3dacc~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_590,h_506,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>sramirez652</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Peace Y'all... a Moment of Zen ]]></title><description><![CDATA[My Texas Hill Country Homewaters]]></description><link>https://www.steveramirezauthor.com/post/peace-y-all-a-moment-of-zen</link><guid isPermaLink="false">695286c423e37bb956994274</guid><pubDate>Mon, 29 Dec 2025 13:49:28 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="http://video.wixstatic.com/video/e0dc1e_df727c5333254c80a74ee6f7194d5118/1080p/mp4/file.mp4" length="0" type="video"/><dc:creator>sramirez652</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Merry Christmas Y’all!]]></title><description><![CDATA[I wish each of you and everyone you love a very joyful Christmas Day and Season! This day was set aside by men of our past to mark the birth of a being known to history as Jesus of Nazareth. History records that he was the child of poor and homeless Middle Eastern refugees who were seeking safety and shelter from the persecution of a petty king. And no matter if you believe him to have been “The Son of God,” or “The Son of Man” or a “great profit” or a “wise rabbi,” one thing we can hopefully...]]></description><link>https://www.steveramirezauthor.com/post/merry-christmas-y-all</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69528549386e8faaa21fb60a</guid><pubDate>Mon, 29 Dec 2025 13:44:53 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e0dc1e_7e74d689383b4d9b82632e5ab909c28e~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_500,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>sramirez652</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Circle that Ends – Until it Circles Back Around – Maybe ]]></title><description><![CDATA[“These moments we're left with May you always remember These moments are shared by few And those harbor lights, lord, they're coming into view We'll bid our farewells much too soon So drink it up, this one's for you it's been a lovely cruise…” ~ Jimmy Buffett, Lovely Cruise The last movie that I shared with y’all was Guillermo Del Toro’s Frankenstein which to my mind, was a masterpiece of filmmaking and storytelling. Now I have another film to share with you that felt significant and...]]></description><link>https://www.steveramirezauthor.com/post/the-circle-that-ends-until-it-circles-back-around-maybe</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6942d3a533c5123904ed726e</guid><pubDate>Wed, 17 Dec 2025 16:08:02 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e0dc1e_3c1abe40e945403f868087d9aa47a172~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_851,h_479,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>sramirez652</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[New Artwork from Bob White ]]></title><description><![CDATA[My new one-of-a-kind, original Bob White art pencil sketch of me in Patagonia… is Home above my writing desk. Bob took the photo while I was going about my business of tying a mediocre knot while attaching a lovely wet fly to my line and pondering my good fortune. Each day for the remainder of my current mortal lifetime I will look at this beautiful piece of art and reflect on this dear friendship as part of my morning ritual to begin another new day of life and living. Every day of Life and...]]></description><link>https://www.steveramirezauthor.com/post/new-artwork-from-bob-white</link><guid isPermaLink="false">694173c1ae76fefd5325eb33</guid><pubDate>Tue, 16 Dec 2025 15:02:44 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e0dc1e_f04479148b0d4b78bc3bd2f73e955a04~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>sramirez652</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Moment of Mindful Peace ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Nature Saves Us... It's Time that We Return the Favor]]></description><link>https://www.steveramirezauthor.com/post/a-moment-of-mindful-peace</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69402fad7d3431799f8cd84e</guid><pubDate>Mon, 15 Dec 2025 15:57:38 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="http://video.wixstatic.com/video/e0dc1e_72b0f84013194dbab278eaba6302f488/1080p/mp4/file.mp4" length="0" type="video"/><dc:creator>sramirez652</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[On Being Thoughtless ]]></title><description><![CDATA[“None of the things in life - like love or faith - was arrived at by thinking; indeed, one could almost define the things that mattered as the ones that came as suddenly as thunder.” ~ Pico Iyer Time in Nature Sets Us Free Sometimes I try to be thoughtless – and by this I do not mean that I am stiving to be inconsiderate but rather, being without thoughts that come to be as a jabbering of voices in my head. I find this to be extremely difficult when I’m alone and nearly impossible when I’m...]]></description><link>https://www.steveramirezauthor.com/post/on-being-thoughtless</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69401ccb7d3431799f8ca016</guid><pubDate>Mon, 15 Dec 2025 14:41:11 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e0dc1e_752a3c8471f44a75a14bd057d1a2d3c0~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>sramirez652</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Season in Patagonia - An Angler and Naturalist’s Journey to a New World ]]></title><description><![CDATA[To be released by my publisher, Lyons Press  in September of 2026 which will be here before we know it! As much as I love each and every book in my four book Lyons Press "Casting Series" I must admit being quite excited to give you a sneak peek at the cover of my next book: A Season in Patagonia - An Angler and Naturalist’s Journey to a New World. I will keep y'all posted whenever it becomes available for preorder!]]></description><link>https://www.steveramirezauthor.com/post/a-season-in-patagonia-an-angler-and-naturalist-s-journey-to-a-new-world</link><guid isPermaLink="false">693820ab9931ca60a8706f97</guid><pubDate>Tue, 09 Dec 2025 13:19:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e0dc1e_b8bcc7008e3348a995c3cabb0326abb0~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>sramirez652</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Visionary and Revolutionary Mission of Writers, Poets, and Artists in the Modern Time of Seeming Decline... We Create our own Hope. ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Stories lie deep in our souls. Stories lie so deep at the bottom of our hearts that they can bring people together on the deepest level. ~ Haruki Murakami When I wrote Casting Homeward, I wrote it for the times we’ve just passed through and the consequences of the choices of a critical mass of our national society and the global human race. Each book is a book for our times. They are far more than they may appear on the cover… each cover I have designed and embedded with symbolism and...]]></description><link>https://www.steveramirezauthor.com/post/the-visionary-and-revolutionary-mission-of-writers-poets-and-artists-in-the-modern-time-of-seeming</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69349deb57f9a8b2351f8111</guid><pubDate>Sat, 06 Dec 2025 21:24:44 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e0dc1e_75a2fef3821b499780c0d301d40422c3~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_500,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>sramirez652</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Tao of Friendship]]></title><description><![CDATA[“A friend who is far away is sometimes much nearer than one who is at hand. Is not the mountain far more awe-inspiring and more clearly visible to one passing through the valley than to those who inhabit the mountain?” ~ Kahlil Gibran Me and Bob in Alaska! When I was a small boy, I had a small group of friends and together we’d run wild in the farmer’s fields and get chased out of their orchards when we’d climb their trees and eat their fruit like the feral creatures we wished to be and then...]]></description><link>https://www.steveramirezauthor.com/post/the-tao-of-friendship</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69308eafbeedf468e530ec01</guid><pubDate>Wed, 03 Dec 2025 19:40:46 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e0dc1e_6b540d5579564bb1ab439aa0c6fd0588~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>sramirez652</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jedi Mind Suggestion: “Wouldn’t You Love To Have the Complete Set of the Lyons Press ‘Casting Series’ before they vanish?”]]></title><description><![CDATA[You: “I’d really love to have the entire set before they vanish.” Jedi Mind Response: “The Force is Strong in This One!” Writers Need Readers! And I appreciate and value everyone who chooses to read my books. Signed Copies via BobWhite Studio Unsigned Copies via all major and many independent booksellers with special discounts on multiple books within the set via Amazon. Books.]]></description><link>https://www.steveramirezauthor.com/post/jedi-mind-suggestion-wouldn-t-you-love-to-have-the-complete-set-of-the-lyons-press-casting-series</link><guid isPermaLink="false">692dc06bf9c99eb3d5d65239</guid><pubDate>Mon, 01 Dec 2025 16:22:35 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e0dc1e_6b1a87d0a6b040909db821dc0c5c31c8~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>sramirez652</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[December 1st, Monday Morning Message…]]></title><description><![CDATA[“Here is the test to find whether your mission on Earth is finished: if you're alive, it isn't.” ~ Richard Bach Good morning Y’all… We’ve been granted another day of simply being alive and as always, I am grateful! Life remains Beautiful. We are not done – yet. Ever since I was a lonely kid dodging the slaps of my mother at home and of angry nuns at Catholic school, I felt as if I was here to do something of value. And, for all my efforts and all my attempts, I don’t believe I’ve done it –...]]></description><link>https://www.steveramirezauthor.com/post/december-1st-monday-morning-message</link><guid isPermaLink="false">692db9f40170a61543ff8e36</guid><pubDate>Mon, 01 Dec 2025 16:03:08 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e0dc1e_631ea633990f4dc984196e36d9ea0bc8~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_998,h_907,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>sramirez652</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Casting Towards Hope, Meaning, and Healing…]]></title><description><![CDATA[“Societies in decline have no use for visionaries.” ~ Anais Nin I thought I’d share a sneak peek at a few illustrations that will be adorning my newest book, A Season in Patagonia - An Angler and Naturalist’s Journey to a New World. As with each of my book thus far, I have had the honor and the pleasure of including illustrations that were created exclusively for these books by my dear friend and soul brother - Bob White. I love all of them, but I will admit, the most meaningful for me is...]]></description><link>https://www.steveramirezauthor.com/post/casting-towards-hope-meaning-and-healing</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6921d5339fd6d3ea5267b1e1</guid><pubDate>Sat, 22 Nov 2025 15:26:38 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e0dc1e_c584b7b11ad14ddd83ac2e02f5e5fde8~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>sramirez652</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm Still... Casting Homeward ]]></title><description><![CDATA[“There is a great deal about living that rivers can teach us. They teach us how to bend and flow over, under, and around obstacles. Rivers know that the form and function that they embody today might not be the same tomorrow. Rivers understand that change is as inevitable as it is magical. They adapt and re-create themselves in such a manner that no matter the circumstances encountered, they remain true to their original nature – they continue to flow.” ~ Steve Ramirez, Casting Homeward If...]]></description><link>https://www.steveramirezauthor.com/post/i-m-still-casting-homeward</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6921d2de0acaec3132794601</guid><pubDate>Sat, 22 Nov 2025 15:20:10 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e0dc1e_78a069846fee427c83fa33bc90ca0f31~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_750,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>sramirez652</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The 5th Book… Our Journey Continues!]]></title><description><![CDATA[In the Amazon... Our Adventures Continue! Well… after two years of planning, logistics, physical training, travel, research, and writing...]]></description><link>https://www.steveramirezauthor.com/post/the-5th-book-our-journey-continues</link><guid isPermaLink="false">68cae841c6addb92238b210f</guid><pubDate>Wed, 17 Sep 2025 17:02:28 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e0dc1e_c866dcdc042e48c7a02e6dc16e9a3bab~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_915,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>sramirez652</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>