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Aug.02.2010
I look at my little boy and think, "how did he get here?" No, I don't need the birds-and-the-bees explanation. I think I have that part figured out. It's not really even a question, but more of an observation. I met his mother in Fort Devens, MA, 18 years before she and I later...
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Jul.31.2010
The alarm goes off. What an annoying sound. I awaken, well, kind of. Stumbling through the haze to the kitchen my hand feels for the button on the coffee pot. Okay, this is progress. Lacing on my shoes, I load the truck with my fishing supplies as I prepare to head out before it gets light. I...
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Jul.31.2010
We've all heard them. The would-be judges of our favorite movies or TV shows. I'm a fan of a wide variety of fiction. I like action, adventure, drama, crime scenes, high speed chases, martial arts, disasters, etc.
My favorite move ever is/was Titanic. How many times I have heard people...
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Jul.30.2010
That little word. Such amazing and awesome power. The word itself grabs everyone. It cannot be avoided. Just seeing those two consenants interrupted by a vowel, and yet the power is something from out of this world. Its magnetism is one of the most amazing forces on earth. If you don't believe...
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Jul.30.2010
Recently asked, "If you haven't been published, what's the point in continuing to write?" If you have to ask that question, it is obvious you have never been a writer. It's also likely you have never had a passion for anything in your life, because if you did, you could fully...
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Jul.26.2010
Ever been "the new kid?" Have you ever had to stand up in front of a large (or small) group and give a speech or presentation? If you have, then you fully understand the "butterflies in the stomach" feeling.
There are different levels of shyness and different things...
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Jul.22.2010
The endless rows of bottled water...... Why? What have we done? Why can we not drink the water that was first meant for our drinking? What happened.
These questions I have so often asked myself. I think of our explorations of the red planet we now call "Mars." I wonder, were we...
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Jul.05.2010
Imagine a world without prejudice. Think of a time when all of mankind will work together, play together, and accept each other for who they are. Gene Roddenberry had this vision in the mid 1960s when Star Trek was created. Within the main cast are people from Russia, the U.S, Scotland, Africa...
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Jul.04.2010
The challenges of life sometimes keep us from doing the things we really like to do. Or, at the very least, they become great excuses.
Life had all come together for us. Good job, decent place to live and daily smiles that were the icing on the cake. Maybe on that day after memorial day,...
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Jan.23.2010
It's been a while since I've written here......(been trying to re-define the word "busy.")
I write today, with troubled heart. I have heard things over the past week in reference to the Haitians and the problems they are now suffering, due to the devastation that has ruined...
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Dec.29.2009
We all want peace. Peace is prayed for on a daily basis, yet as a society we are in what the 80s group, "Quiet Riot," referred to as condition critical.
In 1966, Gene Roddenberry created "Star Trek." Just a TV show right? Ok, I'll agree to that, but let's break things...
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Dec.22.2009
Nope! I haven't vanished. I've just been very busy. I had to come in and share my thoughts.
Ever feel like you are battling a no-win scenario? I believe in Star Trek it was referred to as the Kobiyashi Maru (No I'm not sure of the spelling:).
Like Kirk in Star Trek, I do not...
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Dec.05.2009
A mother and her child with Attention Deficit Disorder, were walking through the grocery store. Tommy, the young boy, was getting into things and the mother was at her wits end. Trying to be patient (but patience was almost tapped out) the mother, Anne, began to raise her voice as Tommy didn't...
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Dec.02.2009
I recommend "Killerbyte" by Cat Connor as a book to be a great gift, and the link can be seen below.
http://catconnor.files.wordpress.com/2009/09/killerbyte-sample-chapter1.pdf
Be well All!
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Nov.29.2009
My blogs have a habit of being so long. I will try to express what I want to write about here in fewer words.
Nicholas Jeffrey Mallette was born on July 17th 2005 with Trisomy 21. That's a fancy medical term for Down Syndrome.
Immediately we were showered with the, "Oh I'm so...
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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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