Jason Ray Morton
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Writing has become more important as I live with cancer. It's a therapy, it's an escape, and it's a way to do something lasting that hopefully leaves an impression.
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As The Pandemic Situation Changes, Allowing More And More To Return To The Office, What Becomes Of The Pandemic Pets They Adopted?
AN ESTIMATED 23 MILLION PETS WERE ADOPTED IN 2020 So, if you're like me, then the pandemic last year caught you off guard. Covid-19 brought about changes to all of our lives. It also brought about uncertainty, anxiety, fear, and loneliness. We all had to learn something new last year, some way to live through the worst year in modern history and the first massive public health crisis in the United States.
By Jason Ray Morton 5 years ago in Petlife
How Vocal+ And The Online Publishing Community Continues To Give New Life To The Dream Of Being A Writer By Making It Easy To Share Stories With The World.
Common denominators exist in all things and writing is no exception to the rule. Whatever it is that you're writing you're sitting there at your computer, typewriter, or a table with a pen and paper, because you possess a love of telling stories. Has your soul poured out of you, landing on paper in the form of a beautifully worded, magically written piece of poetry that your readers can feel your pain or joy as they read your stanzas? Are you working on a biography or history piece about your favorite person, thing, or event? Perhaps you are working on the next great screenplay that'll make millions of dollars at the theaters, or is it the next New York Times Bestseller? Either way, you are there because there are stories that need to be told, and you feel compelled to use your words.
By Jason Ray Morton 5 years ago in Motivation
A Fun Look At The Madness Of Science Fiction Meeting Science Fact As They Collide With The Press, The White House, And The Moral And Ethical Considerations Of A Concerned World
The year was 1974 and Claude Vorilhon was a French Journalist. If you have never heard of the French reporter don't be surprised. Vorilhon isn't exactly a newsworthy name. However, if you were guilty of paying close attention to the stories in the Associated Press during the late 90s and early 2000s, or having caught the special on his business ventures that aired in March, then you know why his story is out there. Claude Vorilhon is a modern-day mad scientist.
By Jason Ray Morton 5 years ago in FYI
Cordelia And The Magical Mysterious Links Episode 3
Please enjoy part 1 and part 2 if you haven't. Sunday came and went beneath a thick blanketing of dark clouds, telling me and others that today was going to be rainy from start to finish. Sitting alongside the river, looking out over the Mississippi from my second-floor brownstone window, I watched the storm roll across the area. It soaked the lands, raised the level of the river, and left behind floodwaters that covered the streets around my building. The intersection, completely submerged, had a small red Kia Soul stalled out, its' driver standing in knee-high waters as she struggled to stay on her feet in the fast-moving waters. She was having the kind of week I was, unbelievable.
By Jason Ray Morton 5 years ago in Fiction
From Social Security To The Great Train Robbery, A Nuclear Bomb To The End Of A President, This Weeks History Had A Lot.
August is a special month. August is the last real month of the summer season, children prepare to return to school and start classes, my brother was born in August, and the days start to really get shorter. There are many reasons to celebrate August.
By Jason Ray Morton 5 years ago in FYI
Natures Homeless Children
A brilliant hue of yellow streaked by my eye and I stopped to see what it was, realizing I'd never seen this before. The American Goldfinch. Truly, a beautiful bird. I watched it on a bush as I looked it up by color and size, amazed that it was just sitting there, its head bobbing around the way bird's heads tend to do. Then the thought hit me, what was it doing there? I have been around these parts for many years and never before have I seen one of these feather-covered creatures. The American Goldfinch does migrate for short distances, usually summering further north than West Central Illinois.
By Jason Ray Morton 5 years ago in Petlife
Life's Wonderful Messiness Makes It Interesting
Having no recollection of where I was born or the people and places I would have seen there, I can only tell you that I was born in the state of New Hampshire in 1972. But, for all intent and purpose, I'm an Illinois native that's been here for what feels like my entire life. I came from modest means and while my mom did the best she could as a single mother with more issues than Carter had pills, life was difficult at times. Looking back, through the good times and bad, for the first ten years, things were rougher than not. By the time I was ten years old, I had seen and felt death, was the witness in a rape case involving a little girl a couple of years younger than I, and had spent time in the hospital because of family drama.
By Jason Ray Morton 5 years ago in Journal
Forks In The Road
Where to go? What to do? Decisions, decisions, decisions. We've all been there, right? Our journey through this crazy thing called life has delivered us to an unexpected decision and we find ourselves unsure of which choice is best for us to take. From the point of our conception to the very last breath we will take in this life, our lives are filled with decisions that we may not expect when they present themselves.
By Jason Ray Morton 5 years ago in Motivation
The Big Bamboozle. Were Phillip Marshall And His Kids Murdered Because Of Something He Wrote, Or Was About To Reveal? Or Was It Indeed A Murder-Suicide?
February 4th, 2013 was the date and it should have been like any other date for the Marshalls. Author Phillip Marshall was at home with his two children, Alex and Macaila Marshall. Instead, it was a day that left one neighborhood and community in Calaveras County, California, saddened, stunned, and confused. In a gated golf course community known as Forest Meadows, in one of the region's most exclusive neighborhoods, and in the home of a career pilot turned successful author, police reported that deputies found Phillip Marshall dead in a pool of blood, inside the front door.
By Jason Ray Morton 5 years ago in Criminal
Trillion Dollar Apples, Spiderman, The World Wide Web, And The Most Important Thing We Have
August 1, 1774 It's always been there. We've always needed it to survive. What is interesting is that over 2500 years ago, the ancient Greeks identified it as one of the four elemental pieces of creation-along with earth, water, and fire. It is of course the air we breathe. While it is a charming, yet primitive notion, it lasted for centuries because there was little reason to argue the point until the late 1700s.
By Jason Ray Morton 5 years ago in FYI
Dating In The 21st Century: From A Man's Perspective
Dating in the 21st century has become much more complex than it was when I first started dating. Looking back, I now have four decades of dating experience to pull from, and yet, I still haven't figured out what happened to the process of building relationships with the opposite sex. I remember the simpler times. I remember them with a fond admiration and concern for those that are living and growing up in this new world of ours. How much, I wonder, are they missing out on in the world of instant gratification, "casual encounters", "NSAF", and "FWB".
By Jason Ray Morton 5 years ago in Humans
