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May.27.2013
"You'll never run again!" The doctor's word's hit me like a fist from a prized fighter.
The arthritic pain in my hips became a reality I had never considered facing. The 14,300 mile running career had take its toll and I knew my running days were...
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May.10.2013
When we let our minds sleep, often we become oblivious to the things going on around us. Through times of grief, depression, sickness, and even the influential drama in our own little worlds, we find a way to shut down our minds to things we would rather not be a part of,...
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Apr.15.2013
On a ride into the mountains with my best friend, Sonya, I took in a lot, and thought about a lot as we rode and talked and just let conversation go. I found myself pondering such things as personal talents, and what it is that drives us to go after our dreams. What...
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Apr.09.2013
Still unable to speak at the age of seven, Nicholas has a way of brightening the days of anyone he encounters. The happy mood reflected in his smile causes others to stop and take notice. When people are upset, sad, angry, or frustrated with their personal stresses, for the brief moment they...
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Mar.12.2013
What inspires a person to write in a blog? Why do it? Is it a source of venting? Writers never need a reason. How many of us doodle on a piece of scrap paper when we are gabbing on the phone? I bet the number that do is greater than the number that do not. To me, this "...
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Jan.28.2013
The pain was unrelenting. The arthritic pain in my hips had gone beyond that threshhold where I felt I could deal with any pain that came about. I was wrong. It grasped me. The pain had finally won. Day by day I fight back the tears of pain that engulf me and yet today I...
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Jan.06.2013
As with many of my written reports back in my Masters Degree studies, prior to writing this blog I have done a little looking around on the internet to back up my claim. By creating a thought that guns and bullets will eventually be banned or stopped, "gun-control"...
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Dec.18.2012
Browsing through the video-games behind the secured glass doors of my local Walmart I thought to myself "would it not be better to have educational videos as opposed to videos that create a fascination in killing?"
As one thought leads to another in...
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Dec.07.2012
The old man sat rocking in his chair on the porch attached to the house of his dreams. The sun had not yet come up on this cool spring morning and the steam lifted up out of his coffee cup, as he stared out into the meadow like he did each morning.
The...
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Dec.04.2012
It is the "lost and found" box for relationships. It is where people can brag about themselves, their friends, and their families. Worse than drugs and alcohol combined, it can become an addiction to completely absorb our lives. Hobbies have been sacrificed for its...
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Nov.26.2012
Many times we find ourselves in awe when we discover things about family, friends, and acquaintences we never would have dreamed may happen. Scrolls of literature could be written on the mistakes I have made in my life and the things I have done in my travels that may or...
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Nov.04.2012
The men headed out to the woods to hunt for white-tailed deer. The place was Hubbardton, Vermont, and the time was in the mid sixties.
My dad, Ray Sr., noted for his abilities at hunting the gray ghosts, directed Tommy to sit by a fence along a...
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Oct.14.2012
Clicking away. The camera never stops. It captures that which others take for granted. That sunset that others block with sunglasses, the photographer captures within a moment of time. A moment, that, if not appreciated would be lost forever. The child eating an ice-cream...
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Sep.11.2012
Sitting outside his TeePee the indian chief watched his son approach and sit down. The young boy's face looked sad and the chief questioned this.
"Father, I hunt every day, to try to make you proud. Yet, I still have not been successful in my hunts...
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Aug.31.2012
In the two books I have written to now (although neither has been published yet) Ray Billings, starring first in "Troubled Memories" and then in the sequel "The Bird Nest" returns in his latest adventure "Deep Cover: Applied Intelligence."
Someone...
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In Life we may Amass Ten Thousand Pieces of Silver, Yet in Death we cannot take with us even a single copper penny.”
—Kung Fu Proverbs
About Raymond
My love for writing began in the 3rd grade of Orwell Village School in Orwell, Vermont. I had won my first writing contest. My life has been very diverse and I have experienced many things in many places. I detested school in my younger days but at the age of...
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Raymond’s Favorite Books
My Side of the Mountain,
Split Second,
Hour game,
Reilly's Luck,
The Black Stallion,
The Third Deadly Sin,
The Iron Mistress,
Flint,
Night of the Grizzlies,...
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