{"id":186,"date":"2026-06-22T17:38:56","date_gmt":"2026-06-22T17:38:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/project2.1stopwebsitesolution.com\/vrapublishing\/?page_id=186"},"modified":"2026-07-01T23:48:44","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T23:48:44","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/project2.1stopwebsitesolution.com\/vrapublishing\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"186\" class=\"elementor elementor-186\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c1c0a05 bg-set e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"c1c0a05\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fc358f3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"fc358f3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">About Rick Ainsworth<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e058c5c e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"e058c5c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2018011 hx2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2018011\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><span>The<\/span> Sailor and Strategist Behind the Stories<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4e184de elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4e184de\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"454\" height=\"554\" src=\"https:\/\/project2.1stopwebsitesolution.com\/vrapublishing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/img-\u2192-Archer.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-54\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/project2.1stopwebsitesolution.com\/vrapublishing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/img-\u2192-Archer.png 454w, https:\/\/project2.1stopwebsitesolution.com\/vrapublishing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/img-\u2192-Archer-246x300.png 246w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 454px) 100vw, 454px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-53e5b8b elementor-absolute elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"53e5b8b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_position&quot;:&quot;absolute&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"546\" height=\"572\" src=\"https:\/\/project2.1stopwebsitesolution.com\/vrapublishing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/01.gif\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-106\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a5a8d1c elementor-absolute elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"a5a8d1c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_position&quot;:&quot;absolute&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"623\" height=\"612\" src=\"https:\/\/project2.1stopwebsitesolution.com\/vrapublishing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/02.gif\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-105\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0891532 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0891532\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Born and raised in Denver, Colorado, Rick Ainsworth discovered his passion for storytelling at a young age, closely observing the world around him. 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