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Flowing with Van Gogh

Posted by rusvw on 08/28/10 9:36 AM in Blessings, Nature, Teaching

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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Sunrise ride by the Gunpowder River

Posted by rusvw on 05/30/10 8:16 AM in Maryland Outdoors, Nature, fitness/health/nutrition

Absolutely love sunrises when hiking or biking…. My friend T and I went to Gunpowder State Park along Jerusalem Rd. in Kingsville, MD this morning to check out the trails that rise and fall along the Gunpowder River. We were wonderfully surprised by the well-maintained trails (the Gunpowder and Hobbes trails) that formed a nice [...]

 
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Blizzard of 2010: Update no. 2

Posted by rusvw on 02/6/10 9:54 PM in Blizzard 2010, Nature

It’s 8:23 p.m., and I’ve just returned from taking some friends to their parents’ home in Lutherville. Their power has been out since 5 this morning, and the temperature was hovering around 50 degrees before I picked them up. BGE has no idea when their power will return. They couldn’t take the chance–not with two [...]

 
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Blizzard of 2010: Update no. 1

Posted by rusvw on 02/6/10 11:35 AM in Blizzard 2010, Nature

10:13 a.m. Good morning. This is the view of our front yard/street at 8:30 a.m. (This would be a great I-Spy picture: can you find a car by a tree?). We’ve already measured 24+ inches of heavy, heavy snow, and it’s not supposed to end for another 8 hours. The sustained winds are blowing at [...]

 
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Fire on the Ice: Winter Cycling on the NCR Trail

Posted by rusvw on 12/30/09 1:35 PM in Nature, fitness/health/nutrition

(all photos taken with my Blackberry Curve this morning) One of the things I’ve always enjoyed doing is confronting nature’s elements head-on. It’s one of the quickest ways to feel as alive as I possibly can. Thoreau put it this way in “Where I Lived, and What I Lived For” in Walden: I went to [...]

 
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Sunday Prayers

Posted by rusvw on 09/13/09 11:33 AM in Blessings, Nature

Good Sunday, everyone. A few days ago, I arrived home and was greeted by my screaming son, who wanted to know if I saw the praying mantis outside. I told him that I did not, and just as quickly as he told me all about the green-brown bug standing sentry by the front door. he [...]

 
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It’s a Natural World: Some Summer of ’09 Photos

Posted by rusvw on 08/12/09 8:32 PM in Nature, my3*6*5

Greetings, all: I’ve been writing in various places, but I didn’t realize that so much time had passed since my last post here. I thought I’d spend a little time sharing my “best of” nature photos from the last few months. All of these photos were taken with my Nikon D300 with a Nikkor 105 [...]

 
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Tranquility: Peace in Process

Posted by rusvw on 07/25/09 9:05 AM in Blessings, Nature, the spiritual

photo: http://alittlecrafty.com I’ve always been fascinated with Chinese characters, and the symbol for Tranquility is one that means a great deal to me. Quite literally, the symbol depicts male dominance in the Chinese tradition, where the smaller symbol of a man’s “roof” hovers over the symbol for “woman.” I like the explanation provided in The [...]

 
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Summer of 2009: Day 5 in OC, Part II

Posted by rusvw on 07/20/09 8:07 AM in Nature

What a magnificent day. From the early-morning shoot, to a day at the beach, then over to Assateague for a brilliant sunset, then back to the Boardwalk for a late-night walk, we could not have asked for a more complete and memory-filled day. Sunday served as our climactic “event” day of our vacation; now we [...]

 
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Summer of 2009: Ocean City, Day 5, Early Morning

Posted by rusvw on 07/19/09 9:51 AM in Nature

Good morning. I just don’t think I’m going to make it for a sunrise while we’re down here, at least not for a photo shoot. Truth is, I don’t have the lens for it, or the tripod. No worries…. :) Gives me good reason to sleep in a bit! I did get up at 6 [...]

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