by Rick Rude | Sep 24, 2026 | Writing Blog
Call me a hopeless romantic, but give me a nor’easter over a hurricane any day. A hurricane shows up like a headline: loud, scary, and gone in a night. A nor’easter moves in and stays a while. The sky goes pewter, the wind leans on everything, and the...
by Rick Rude | Sep 20, 2026 | Uncategorized
Sunrise, salt air, and a reminder of who’s in charge Summer went out this morning the same way it lived: with a little attitude. A strong, robust breeze came in from the southeast and woke me up with all that humidity on its back. Loose sand and tiny pebbles stung my...
by Rick Rude | Sep 6, 2026 | Uncategorized
If you are somewhere in your 40s or 50s, juggling your own family, your job, and a phone that might ring at 2 a.m. about your mom or dad — this one is for you. I just put together The Gen X Caregiver’s Guide for the Commonwealth of Virginia — a free,...
by Rick Rude | Jun 11, 2026 | Uncategorized
Truth is rude. Deal with it. That’s the tagline, and it’s also about the closest thing I’ve got to a mission statement. This site is where I’m putting the stories I’ve been sitting on for years — a Southern literary thriller called The...
