the Rushern is

...not a Nordic woodsman.

Leslie Rusher was my great grandfather, Old Grandie. He was a carpenter, a missionary and a writer. The Rushers have a long history as writers and bookshop owners going back as far as my Grandma can find to the 1700s in Oxfordshire, England.

Leslie's daughter, my mum's mum, Grandma Ethel, is a natural writer and researcher. My cousin Stephanie Hazeltine (my mum's sister's daughter) is a teacher and writer. Check her out at www.stephaniehazeltine.com

The 'n' in the Rushern denotes a few things -

1) Leslie's wife was my Old Grandma Edith (nee Hansen), of Danish descent. The en is important here; Old Grandma is indispensable to our story.

2) adding the n for Hansen creates the suffix -ern, denoting a "place or towards a place", like northern or southern (Nordic Australian?), which lends itself to adding the definite article, creating a noun of a place that beckons or calls, receiving and sending the message to communicate.

3) It's Rusher raised to the enth degree. How many generations has it been and will it be?

So the Rushern is a space to carry on that impulse to write, with the full force of a multi-century family tradition - random tid bits, thoughts, ideas, poems, essays.

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Many poems and essays are from my early 20s (I'm now in my 40s), including university assignments. The ones posted here are my favourites, even though they may be less mature in style or theme, and often have some fluff and filler in them. Be kind.

Established 09 Jan 2024 - there's a lot to upload still, and plenty of new to come.

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