John Vander Velden

John W. Vander Velden is a graduate of Purdue  University, a retired farmer living with his wife and their small dog in northern Indiana. An avid reader and life long story teller, he approaches life with open eyes, hearing ears, and a heart willing to feel, striving to put to words the world he observes, in ways that reach deep within others. He has attended Antioch Writer’s Workshop and is a member of Plymouth Area Writer’s Workshop. John  publishes on his literary blog titled, Ramblings… Essays and Such….