Wild Horses
(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 [...]
OC 2010: Day Two
(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 [...]
OC 2010: Day One
(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 [...]
Gaining Experiences
My friend recently returned from a trip to the west coast. Business carried him there, but his real mission was to gain the experience of driving along the Pacific Coast Highway, reflect a bit on his life, ponder the passing of his father just a few months ago, and work on a longer piece of [...]
Contemplating the Next Education Milestone
For those who know me at all, you know how much I believe in serendipity and the beauty and wonderment that follows. Several times in the past few weeks, I’ve come across accidentals in teaching and writing that suggest the time has come to take the last big plunge and pursue my doctorate in Education, [...]
On the Sunny, Sunny Side of the Street
I first heard this song performed by Manhattan Transfer on the soundtrack for A League of Their Own (great soundtrack, by the way, with covers by James Taylor (“It’s Only A Paper Moon”) and Billy Joel (“In A Sentimental Mood”), and an original by Carol King (“Now and Forever”), which was nominated for a Grammy [...]
The Flame
Uncut. I have been working these past five days or so on some articles for a new website my writing partner and I are launching. It’s a place to help individuals find that flame that’s burning inside of them that, somehow along the way, was nearly extinguished. Life gets in the way, and if we’re [...]
Coming together
(photo: Taken July 4, 2010, Rus VanWestervelt) I feel like there’s been some kind of explosion in my life, a bursting of energy that is giving me strength like never before. I am finding the strength to write, to exercise, to journey, to live. It could just be that I have the time to do [...]
Just a lot on my mind
I’m definitely in the mood to uncut for just a bit. I miss my ’10 grads. I saw a picture today of one of them, with her UMass friends, looking so forward to classes beginning in the fall. She, like all the others, looks so different already. To think they were in high school just [...]
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