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Awww…isn’t he cute? One of his far-distant cousins has decided to take up residence in our house. He’s small, he’s furry, and he is wonderful entertainment for our aging cat, Taz. In fact, it’s entertaining to watch Taz play with him, only to let the mouse go so he can seek refuge and give the…
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Honestly, I don’t know what the hell I’m thinking. These things rarely, if ever, turn out the way you want them to. I mean, it’s easy enough to sit here, listening to Lady Antebellum, thinking that I can keep up a daily blog for 2011. I mean, I absolutely promised myself that I wasn’t going…
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A Christmas Legacy by Rus VanWestervelt copyright 2010 Part One: A Darkening Solstice Ellie sits in the darkness by the decorated tree, where faint shadows ebb and glow on the walls opposite the candles on the fireplace mantel. The lunar eclipse—an astral event that happens every 500 years or so on Winter Solstice, is in…
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Greetings, all: Since yesterday, I have received 11 Cyber Monday emails from three companies alone. The blitz to get my e-business is frantic, desperate, and embarrassing. My wife and I did not participate in any Black Friday sales, nor did we shop at all this weekend in any stores or online. We spent the time…
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Boy it’s been a while. It’s not that I haven’t been writing. I’ve been spending a lot of time over at Cool Blue Souls getting that site off the ground (if you haven’t stopped by yet, I encourage you to visit us. Lots of good stuff–all free). My daybook writing continues to chug along at…
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I was struck this morning by the satellite image of the three storms brewing in the Atlantic Ocean. The National Hurricane Center is predicting an above-average likelihood for storms to hit the east coast this year, making the stretch between North Carolina and Massachusetts as likely to get hit as Florida or the other Gulf…
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As you can tell from the pictures and the stories that I have shared here and on Facebook in the last week, my family and I have had an enriching experience that will be remembered for many years to come. There is no doubt that my children will reflect on these days as their defining…
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(all photos taken by rus vanwestervelt, assateague/chincoteague island national seashore, july 29, 2010) In the end, it was a darkness different than the pre-dawn trip to Assateague that enveloped me, and haunts me still. Ten hours earlier I knew nothing of the cries. When we stepped outside of the bayside condo to head south toward…
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(photo taken by rus vanwestervelt, july 27, 2010, ocean city, md; mick jagger imitation by my son purely coincidental) The warm temperatures of the water, the pull of the full moon, and the restlessness of the mid-summer Atlantic all led me to believe that, on this day along the ocean’s shoreline, the water would be…
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(all pictures taken 26 July 2010, rus vanwestervelt, ocean city, md) In what seemed like the fastest trip ever to Ocean City (and yet, the longest and “most boringest” ride to my son, Braeden), we finally made it back to Ocean City, MD for our much-anticipated week at the beach. Last year, when my family…
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