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Romancing the Storm is a collection of blog posts and articles that I will be publishing from Saturday, October 27, through the first week of November. In these entries, I will be chronicling the approach, landfall, and aftermath of hurricane Sandy as it makes its way toward and through the Mid-Atlantic region, adding my own…
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It sounds crazy, doesn’t it? Put YOURSELF first to be selfLESS? Such a contradiction, right? I mean, it goes against everything that we’ve been taught. How HORRIBLE of you to think of yourself first! Do you realize how much more helpful you could be if you devoted more time to others? Instead of taking that…
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For the last 90 days, I have been on a new and challenging path training for the Baltimore Half-Marathon on October 13 (you can follow my progress at my fitness blog here). One of the most common questions I get when I share this journey with others is about my motivation, and what happens after…
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I have to tell you, I’ve been very blessed. I’m 47, I’m in excellent health and I am continuing with a workout regimen to get me ready for the Baltimore Half-Marathon on October 13. I’ve got some great websites running (smash365.com, linesoflove.org, and ravenwater.com, to mention a few), and I am surrounded by great, great…
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To all of my followers and readers, I have a special request. This one comes from a very personal spot in my heart that I share with my sister Cindy, who has been battling cancer since 1990. Her husband and my brother-in-law, Rob Harris, has written a book about his 20+ years as her caregiver,…
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On the occasion of my daughter’s sixteenth birthday, I decided to pen 16 wishes for her that, I hope, she will keep close to her in the years to come. Enjoy. Please feel free to share, if you wish…. To Holland: My sixteen wishes for you, on your sixteenth birthday. 1. That nobody or no…
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What I must do is all that concerns me, not what the people think. This rule, equally arduous in actual and in intellectual life, may serve for the whole distinction between greatness and meanness. It is the harder because you will always find those who think they know what is your duty better than you…
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I Believe In You Originally Posted at http://linesoflove.org by Rus VanWestervelt on March 21, 2011 Readers: The following is a message I wrote last year to a few friends (and countless others who I know are feeling this way at times). I posted on our Lines of Love website, where we hope it reached some…
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Boordy Chambourcin grapes, own-rooted, planted 1965. Photo: rus vanwestervelt Boordy Vineyards, located in Long Green, is one of the best-kept secrets in the central Maryland region for year-round family and adult experiences. Our family has been to Boordy twice in as many weeks — first for my wife’s 5K “Charm City Run Trail Run at…
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My article on plot, “The Storyline Is In Our Genes,” was just published at Write Anything. You can read the piece here.
The Baltimore Writer 
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