Rus VanWestervelt

  • Day 5: Reunion

    This morning, I reunited with my best friend from high school (and beyond) after a 10-year “pause” in our best-friendship. Life, ya know? We picked… Read more.

  • Day 4: [Re]Launch

    Day 4: [Re]Launch

    Tonight, our family gathered around the television and watched the launch of Artemis II, a historic return to space as four astronauts began their 10-day… Read more.

  • Day 3: Revitalization

    Day 3: Revitalization

    In the last couple of days, I have taken two 3-mile hikes on local trails. The first was at Cromwell Valley Park, a moderate hike… Read more.

Rus VanWestervelt

If the world is too much with us, as Wordsworth suggests, then let us choose what we do with it. Let us allow that world to burn brightly within, so that we may throw the prismatic world of our own imaginings white-hot on to whatever canvas we are using.

The Author

“Books are a uniquely portable magic.”

— Stephen King, On Writing

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