Category Archives: Friendship

How Amazing You Can Be

Posted on July 19, 2013 by russtowne

Sources: Bears Cartoon: Chuckle’s photo “Anyone…”: Home Is Where The Heart Is photo “If you are always trying to be normal you’ll never know how amazing you can be.” –Maya Angelou (Source: Let’s Be Positive Together) If you’ve ever wondered … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Choices, Friendship, Fun, Love, Photos That Touched Me, Quotes I Love | Tagged bears, cartoon, Friendship, fun, humor, Let's Be Positive Together, Love, Maya Angelou, photo, quotes | 8 Comments

Making Dreams Come True & All the Fears & Shadows That are Coming Up For Me

Posted on June 30, 2013 by russtowne

A big part of my dream of bringing my first two children’s books to life and into the hands of young children and their loved ones was to give my friends and loved ones from various communities the opportunity to … Continue reading →

Posted in Challenges, Choices, Dreams, Fear, Feelings/Emotions, Following Your Passion, Friendship, Gratitude, Project Updates for Children's Stories/Poems I Wrote, Regret, Teamwork | Tagged abandonment, children's books, community, fear, Friendship, global community, Shame, support | 16 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

Friday Photo Fun

Posted on June 7, 2013 by russtowne

Sources: “When You Align…”: Let’s Be Positive Together Cop & Kids: The Secret To Humor Is Surprise Planting Cats: Kimberly Dowling Bed & Breakfast: The Secret To Humor Is Surprise Love, Russ

Posted in Animals, Dogs & Other Wonderful Creatures, Friendship, Fun, Heart, Humor, Photos That Touched Me, Quotes I Love | Tagged align, alignment, cats, dogs, fun, heart, humor, humorous, Kimberly Dowling, photographs, photos, quote | 10 Comments

Clyde and I

Posted on May 29, 2013 by russtowne

OK, this post is going to take some explaining first. In a recent reply to a comment made by fellow blogger and friend Diana S providing an update on the song that she and her daughter’s generosity inspired, I joked … Continue reading →

Posted in Children, Children's Stories/Poems I Wrote, Friendship, Fun, Grandparenting & Grandkids, Humor, My Written Works Misc., Poetry I Wrote, Teamwork, Writing | Tagged banana, bedtime, bedtime story, child, children, children's poem, Children's Stories/Poems I Wrote, children's story, fun, giraffe, grandparent, humor, pain in the neck, parents, poem, poet, poetry, rain, read, reading, story | 8 Comments

Tuesday Photo Humor

Posted on May 28, 2013 by russtowne

href=”https://russtowne.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/294242_308218319312358_688853986_n.jpg”> Sources in order from top: Positive P’s Page Photo, Paws To Talk shared I Love Dogs Photo, I Like Train’s photo, Forever Awezome.

Posted in Animals, Dogs & Other Wonderful Creatures, Friendship, Fun, Humor, Photos That Touched Me, Uncategorized | Tagged Dog, dogs, Forever Awezome, Friendship, journey, Life, paddling, weirdm mouse, weirdness | 10 Comments

Home Maintenance

Posted on May 23, 2013 by russtowne

Our lawns need mowing A cobweb’s growing A gate is sagging Repairs are lagging Shelves are dusty A latch is rusty A faucet leaks Our hall floor creaks Laundry’s piled on the floor A broken knob is on a door … Continue reading →

Posted in Family "Fun", Friendship, Humor, Joy & Happiness, Kindness, Loss, Marriage, Poetry I Wrote, Truth | Tagged ego, foundation, Friend, friends, Friendship, fun, home, home maintenance, honesty, humor, kindness, lies, Love, maintenance, poem, poetry, Relationships, Trust, truth, Work | 20 Comments

To Infinity and Beyond to Lend a Hand

Posted on May 20, 2013 by russtowne

(Source: A friend found this at http://buff.ly/10FHdqv. I haven’t checked out that site.) The photo made me smile. To infinity and beyond. It’s a great blessing to have friends who will go the distance to lend a helping hand. Love, … Continue reading →

Posted in Friendship, Heroes, Photos That Touched Me | Tagged Buzz Lightyear, Friend, Friendship, helping hand, lend a hand, to infinity and beyond, Toy Story | 14 Comments

To A Friend Who Is Going Through Tough Times

Posted on May 19, 2013 by russtowne

A friend who is going through tough times recently wrote something along the lines that she needed to get out into nature. Dear friend: I wrote the lyric for the song linked above, and Kevin Harris wrote the music. I’m … Continue reading →