Author: Rus VanWestervelt

• Stay in the stream?

  Distractions, distractions, distractions…. I am guilty of inviting them, these distractions. I interact with Facebook friends on an hourly basis… Read more.

• Returning to the tight-knit community

  loch raven reservoir. art: http://www.artofabbey.net/ Last month, I sketched out a monthly hiking plan that would send me all around… Read more.

• Uhhh…Guess what I didn’t do yesterday…

  Did ya miss me? In case you didn’t realize, my blogging pen spilled no ink yesterday (don’t feel bad–I didn’t… Read more.

• 2011/365/097: Suicide at 14

  SUICIDE HOTLINE: 800-273-8255 Earlier this week, a 14-year-old boy, active in his Christian middle school in my community (he was… Read more.

• 2011/365/096: Listening to Dillard

  Many highlights to this day (there always is when I’m teaching at Towson), but the surprise highlight has to be… Read more.

• 2011/365/095: Three Quick Thoughts

  Three quick thoughts for the night: 1. Today, the Baltimore Sun reported that Maryland Casinos took in a revenue of… Read more.

• 2011/365/094: The Orioles are 4–0!!!

  Just a few hours ago, the Orioles completed their home opener of the season, where they kept their formula alive… Read more.

• 2011/365/093: Final Edits for Cold Rock Completed

  Exhausted. I just finished editing Cold Rock, which is 51,000 words (I know–it’s a short book; my other book is… Read more.

• 2011/365/092: Writing Progress

  Yesterday, after meeting with a fellow writer, I made the decision to just push through with Cold Rock and write/edit… Read more.

• 2011/365/091: Busy as a. . . .

  photo: rus vanwestervelt . . . .full-time writer. (what–did you think I was going to say….Bee?) I had a great… Read more.