Category Archives: Adventure

May You Be Carried

Posted on October 31, 2013 by russtowne

“May you be carried in the soft direction of your dreams.” (Source: Ute Lark share Precious World’s post.) May your adventure take you to many places, and best of all to the secret places in your heart and spirit that … Continue reading →

Posted in Adventure, Dreams, Heart, Spirit | Tagged adventure, dreams, heart, spirit | 10 Comments

The Duck Who Flew Upside Down and a Quote

Posted on October 18, 2013 by russtowne

My fourth book, The Duck Who Flew Upside Down, was released today. I invite you to check it out and please spread the word! Thank you! Fun Quote (and perhaps related to the above announcement): “A little nonsense now and … Continue reading →

Posted in Adventure, Animals, Children's Stories/Poems I Wrote, Dreams, Fun, Humor, Joy & Happiness, LIfe Lessons, My Written Works Misc., Quotes I Love, Wisdom, Writing | Tagged book, books, cherished, children's author, children's books, children's stories, children's writer, childrens', Eileen Duck, Eileen the Duck, Roald Dahl, stories, The Duck Who Flew Upside Down, Wilbur, Wilbur Duck, Wilbur Mallard, Wilbur the duck, Wilbur the Duck Who Flew Upside Down, wisest | 18 Comments

“Poor, Hungry, and Determined” Were His PHD

Posted on October 17, 2013 by russtowne

Have you ever had Flamin’ Hot Cheetos? This is the guy who invented them and his story is fascinating. His name is Richard Montanez and he was the janitor at a Frito-Lay plant in Southern California when he came up … Continue reading →

Posted in Action, Adventure | Tagged choice, choices, commitment, courage, determination, hungry, poor, Success | 21 Comments

Heart Mountain

Posted on September 23, 2013 by russtowne

Source: Illuminating Soul’s photo With Love, Russ

Posted in Adventure, Breakthroughs, Challenges, Growth/Learning, Heart, Photos That Touched Me, Quotes I Love, Uncategorized | Tagged challenges, growth, heart, Love, mountain, parts of myself | 8 Comments

A Memory-Making Adventure

Posted on September 4, 2013 by russtowne

My Beloved and I are mostly homebodies, but knowing that variety is the spice of life, we occasionally do things as experimental adventures knowing that there is a decent chance we might not enjoy some of them but wanting to … Continue reading →

Posted in Adventure, Beauty, Making Memories, Marriage, Non-fiction Stories I've Written | Tagged Anger, author, beach, charity, coastal highway, disagreements, fight, fighting, Highway 1, marriage, non-fiction, picnic, Relationships, Romance, romantic, Sausalito, sunset, volunteer, wine, wine festival, writer, writing | 14 Comments

Full-Color Sketchiness and Poetic Silly Ideas

Posted on August 24, 2013 by russtowne

If you haven’t checked out my other blogs lately you’ve missed out on a lot of full-color sketchiness and poetic silly ideas. At A Grateful Man’s Poetry http:agratefulmanspoetry.com I’ve shared two brand new poems. At Clyde and Friends http://clydeandfriends.com I’ve … Continue reading →

Posted in Adventure, Project Updates for Children's Stories/Poems I Wrote | Tagged author, children's books, children's stories, Fred and the Frog are Friends, Fred the Toad, poetry, Rusty Bear, Rusty Bear and Thomas, Todd and the Toad Rode the Bull, Todd the frog, Too, writer | 4 Comments

Why I Write Children’s Books

Posted on August 17, 2013 by russtowne

I write children’s books because I love telling stories, especially to children. I love the looks of wonder and delight as they experience and become part of each adventure. I love children, and entertaining them. I love writing and creating … Continue reading →

Posted in Adventure, Children, Fear, Following Your Passion, My Beliefs, My Written Works Misc., Writing | Tagged "Clyde and I", author, children's books, children's stories, Clyde giraffe, green giraffe, Grumbly Grumpadinkle, Hippita Hippo, pet kindness named Love, Rusty Bear, Wendy Goodlight, writer | 4 Comments

“Rusty Bear and Thomas, Too”

Posted on June 19, 2013 by russtowne

Here are some excerpts and illustrations from my second children’s book. It’s titled “Rusty Bear and Thomas, Too”. It is scheduled for release at the end of September, and will be a part of my Kickstarter Crowd-sourcing campaign (which could … Continue reading →

Posted in Action, Adventure, Adversity, Animals, Challenges, Children, Children's Stories/Poems I Wrote, Choices, Compassion, Courage, Friendship, Goodness, Gratitude, Heroes, Inspiring, Kindness, My Written Works Misc., Project Updates for Children's Stories/Poems I Wrote, Teamwork | Tagged birds, carved bear, children's book, courage, crowd-sourcing, crowdsourcing, fear, friends, Heroes, Kickstarter, redwood trees, Rusty, Rusty Bear, Rusty Bear and Thomas, Thomas, write, written, wrote | 20 Comments

Two New Books Coming Soon!

Posted on June 14, 2013 by russtowne

I recently wrote two children’s books. Here are sample illustrations, and excerpts of the text for the first one. One is scheduled for release via Amazon.com and others late in August and the other two months later. I’m working with … Continue reading →

Posted in Adventure, Children, Children's Stories/Poems I Wrote, Dreams, Following Your Passion, Grandparenting & Grandkids, Project Updates for Children's Stories/Poems I Wrote, Teamwork, Uncategorized | Tagged author, children's author, children's books, children's stories, cover design, editing, editor, fun, humor, interior design, publishing, reading, release, sel-publishing, whimsical, writing | 22 Comments

Fun Photo, Quote, and a Brief Update

Posted on June 6, 2013 by russtowne

— A Quote I Love: “Your current safe boundaries were once unknown frontiers.” –Unknown (Source: tinybuddha) By coincidence, this quote actually ties into the updates below, as I’m largely in the “unknown frontiers” part of the adventure. — My learning … Continue reading →