Author: Rus VanWestervelt

• The Hope MixTape: Side A, Track 1. “Here Comes The Sun”

  Earlier this year, I asked a few friends on Facebook what songs bring them hope. The response was overwhelming, and… Read more.

• Are Local Stories Being Overshadowed by National Spectacles and Scandals?

  I cannot remember the last time I tuned in to my local radio stations. It used to be an every-day… Read more.

• No Big Deal

  15 January 2020 Hi. Once again, it’s been awhile. I know, I know. I come back every now and then,… Read more.

• Thanksgiving: Remembering the Past, Embracing the Present

  Like most of you, I have Thanksgiving memories rooted in tradition with my family. We watched football games, snuck chocolate… Read more.

• The Fragile Balance between Writing and Publishing

  For writers, the balance between writing and publishing is a fickle act where mind games play as big a role… Read more.

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  Once Upon A Time: Remembering Helen Kubik

  Many of us, when we approached the age of reading for ourselves, selected books that offered larger-than-life stories with fairy-tale… Read more.

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  A Declaration

  When I was much younger, I would stand on the side of the road watching the fireworks being launched off… Read more.

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  Catcher in the Sky

  It is late Friday, just after 10 p.m., and I turn off the news and walk toward the bright red… Read more.

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  To Exhale Experience: An Offering To The World

  To me, every hour of the day and night is an unspeakably perfect miracle. ~Walt Whitman How often we forget… Read more.

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  It’s Time To Rename This Thing Called Blogging

  I’m not much into branding, or rebranding, as this case may be, but I think it’s time that I abandon… Read more.