Writing started
here,
floodgates opened;
A muse was given voice,
water overflowing.
A long-forgotten
dream,
a murmur over the waters;
Fifty-five thousand poems ago,
Words were given power.
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Edited March 1, 2024
Writing started here – v2
April 22, 2023
Writing started here
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/04/writing-started-here.html
April 22, 2023
Words have power
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/04/words-have-power.html
Edited April 12, 2023
capturing bits of gossamer – v5
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/04/capturing-bits-of-gossamer-v5.html
Edited April 12, 2023
I do not hold the words too tightly – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/04/i-do-not-hold-words-too-tightly-v2.html
March 20, 2023
I do not hold the words too tightly
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/03/i-do-not-hold-words-too-tightly.html
&
January 10, 2022
8AM Live
https://www.facebook.com/groups/2096806100400276/posts/4728305977250262/
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edited January 9, 2022
capturing bits of gossamer – v4
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/01/capturing-bits-of-gossamer-v4.html
edited January 8, 2022
capturing bits of gossamer – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/01/capturing-bits-of-gossamer-v3.html
edited January 8, 2022
capturing bits of gossamer – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/01/capturing-bits-of-gossamer-v2.html
January 8, 2022
capturing bits of gossamer
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/01/capturing-bits-of-gossamer.html
January 8, 2022
Out of chaos, a calling
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/01/out-of-chaos-calling.html
merged January 8, 2022
Order my steps – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/01/order-my-steps-v3.html
January 8, 2022
8AM Live
https://www.facebook.com/groups/2096806100400276/posts/4722797944467732/
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edited January 7, 2022
Order my steps – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/01/order-my-steps-v2.html
January 7, 2022
Order my steps
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/01/order-my-steps.html
edited January 7, 2022
still my spirit – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/01/still-my-spirit-v2.html
January 7, 2022
set goals before you
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/01/set-goals-before-you.html
January 7, 2022
Live on purpose
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/01/live-on-purpose.html
January 7, 2022
still my spirit
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/01/still-my-spirit.html
January 7, 2022
8AM Live
https://www.facebook.com/groups/2096806100400276/posts/4719988754748651/
January 6, 2022
8AM Live
https://www.facebook.com/groups/2096806100400276/posts/4716871001727093/
“How to walk daily purposefully in our purpose on purpose...
1. Remember our vision...👓
2. Review our goals 🥅
3. Make a list 📜
4. Begin in prayer 🙏🏿”
January 6, 2022
Keep praying
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/01/keep-praying.html
Matthew 7:7-8 AMP
edited January 6, 2022
Discerning our path – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/01/discerning-our-path-v2.html
January 5, 2022
Discerning our path
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/01/discerning-our-path.html
January 5, 2022
8AM Live
https://www.facebook.com/groups/2096806100400276/posts/4713899988690861/
“S.M.A.R.T. goal setting:
Specific: General goals are “fuzzy” goals;
make goals as specific as possible.
Measurable: Goals must be measurable so you can
monitor your progress as you work on them.
Actionable: Goals are designed to involve action;
they speak of something to be done.
Realistic: Your goals should involve faith,
but must be in touch with the reality around you.
Time-targeted: Every goal must have a deadline;
a time it should be completed and evaluated.”
&
edited January 6, 2022
Whispers of angels
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/01/whispers-of-angels.html
January 6, 2022
The whisper of angels
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/01/the-whisper-of-angels.html
edited January 5, 2022
Between waking and sleeping
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/01/between-waking-and-sleeping.html
edited January 5, 2022
Between waking and sleep – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/01/between-waking-and-sleep-v2.html
January 4, 2022
Between waking and sleep
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/01/between-waking-and-sleep.html
inspired by comments by Delilah on her show 1/4/2022
&
edited January 4, 2022
God spared my life – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/01/god-spared-my-life-v2.html
January 4, 2022
8AM Live
https://www.facebook.com/groups/2096806100400276/posts/4710919742322219/
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edited/new January 3, 2022
God spared my life
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/01/god-spared-my-life.html
January 3, 2022
God kept me alive
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/01/god-kept-me-alive.html
near fatal accident on New Year’s Eve
driving 60 mph on Route 16 in
St. Augustine, FL, with only
1 of 5 lug nuts on passenger front tire
&
January 3, 2022
what didn’t I learn
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/01/what-didnt-i-learn.html
December 29, 2021
Pushing freight in a pandemic
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/12/pushing-freight-in-pandemic.html
edited October 25, 2021
Another SKU - haiku
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/10/another-sku-haiku.html
converted to haiku based on challenge in comments
October 25, 2021
Another SKU
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/10/another-sku.html
&
edited January 3, 2022
On the precipice, the brink
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/01/on-precipice-brink.html
January 1, 2022
8AM Live
https://www.facebook.com/groups/2096806100400276/posts/4702205693193624/
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December 31, 2021
at the precipice, the brink
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/12/at-precipice-brink.html
edited December 31, 2021
on the cusp of tomorrow – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/12/on-cusp-of-tomorrow-v2.html
December 31, 2021
a prayer for a new beginning
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/12/a-prayer-for-new-beginning.html
edited/new December 31, 2021
Walk forward boldly
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/12/walk-forward-boldly.html
December 31, 2021
Fear not the future
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/12/fear-not-future.html
December 31, 2021
8AM Live
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Joshua 1:9
&
December 31, 2021
on the cusp of tomorrow
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/12/on-cusp-of-tomorrow.html
December 30, 2021
8AM Live
https://www.facebook.com/groups/2096806100400276/posts/4695536357193891/
&
edited December 30, 2021
Seek God’s Heart – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/12/seek-gods-heart-v2.html
edited December 29, 2021
A prayer for calling, for purpose – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/12/a-prayer-for-calling-for-purpose-v2.html
December 29, 2021
Seek God’s Heart
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/12/seek-gods-heart.html
December 29, 2021
A prayer for calling, for purpose
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/12/a-prayer-for-calling-for-purpose.html
December 29, 2021
8AM Live
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December 28, 2021
8AM Live
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December 27, 2021
8AM Live
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&
edited December 26, 2021
If I want to be a writer
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/12/if-i-want-to-be-writer.html
December 26, 2021
If I am going to be a witness
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/12/if-i-am-going-to-be-witness.html
edited December 25, 2021
The path of humility – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/12/the-path-of-humility-v2.html
edited December 25, 2021
Wonder of His Birth – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/12/wonder-of-his-birth-v2.html
December 25, 2021
May our days be holy
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/12/may-our-days-be-holy.html
8AM Live
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floodgates opened;
A muse was given voice,
water overflowing.
a murmur over the waters;
Fifty-five thousand poems ago,
Words were given power.
Edited March 1, 2024
Writing started here – v2
Writing started here
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/04/writing-started-here.html
April 22, 2023
Words have power
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/04/words-have-power.html
Edited April 12, 2023
capturing bits of gossamer – v5
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/04/capturing-bits-of-gossamer-v5.html
Edited April 12, 2023
I do not hold the words too tightly – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/04/i-do-not-hold-words-too-tightly-v2.html
March 20, 2023
I do not hold the words too tightly
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/03/i-do-not-hold-words-too-tightly.html
&
January 10, 2022
8AM Live
https://www.facebook.com/groups/2096806100400276/posts/4728305977250262/
&
edited January 9, 2022
capturing bits of gossamer – v4
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/01/capturing-bits-of-gossamer-v4.html
edited January 8, 2022
capturing bits of gossamer – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/01/capturing-bits-of-gossamer-v3.html
edited January 8, 2022
capturing bits of gossamer – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/01/capturing-bits-of-gossamer-v2.html
January 8, 2022
capturing bits of gossamer
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/01/capturing-bits-of-gossamer.html
January 8, 2022
Out of chaos, a calling
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/01/out-of-chaos-calling.html
merged January 8, 2022
Order my steps – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/01/order-my-steps-v3.html
January 8, 2022
8AM Live
https://www.facebook.com/groups/2096806100400276/posts/4722797944467732/
&
edited January 7, 2022
Order my steps – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/01/order-my-steps-v2.html
January 7, 2022
Order my steps
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/01/order-my-steps.html
edited January 7, 2022
still my spirit – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/01/still-my-spirit-v2.html
January 7, 2022
set goals before you
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/01/set-goals-before-you.html
January 7, 2022
Live on purpose
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/01/live-on-purpose.html
January 7, 2022
still my spirit
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/01/still-my-spirit.html
January 7, 2022
8AM Live
https://www.facebook.com/groups/2096806100400276/posts/4719988754748651/
January 6, 2022
8AM Live
https://www.facebook.com/groups/2096806100400276/posts/4716871001727093/
“How to walk daily purposefully in our purpose on purpose...
1. Remember our vision...👓
2. Review our goals 🥅
3. Make a list 📜
4. Begin in prayer 🙏🏿”
January 6, 2022
Keep praying
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/01/keep-praying.html
Matthew 7:7-8 AMP
edited January 6, 2022
Discerning our path – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/01/discerning-our-path-v2.html
January 5, 2022
Discerning our path
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/01/discerning-our-path.html
January 5, 2022
8AM Live
https://www.facebook.com/groups/2096806100400276/posts/4713899988690861/
“S.M.A.R.T. goal setting:
Specific: General goals are “fuzzy” goals;
make goals as specific as possible.
Measurable: Goals must be measurable so you can
monitor your progress as you work on them.
Actionable: Goals are designed to involve action;
they speak of something to be done.
Realistic: Your goals should involve faith,
but must be in touch with the reality around you.
Time-targeted: Every goal must have a deadline;
a time it should be completed and evaluated.”
&
edited January 6, 2022
Whispers of angels
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/01/whispers-of-angels.html
January 6, 2022
The whisper of angels
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/01/the-whisper-of-angels.html
edited January 5, 2022
Between waking and sleeping
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/01/between-waking-and-sleeping.html
edited January 5, 2022
Between waking and sleep – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/01/between-waking-and-sleep-v2.html
January 4, 2022
Between waking and sleep
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/01/between-waking-and-sleep.html
inspired by comments by Delilah on her show 1/4/2022
&
edited January 4, 2022
God spared my life – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/01/god-spared-my-life-v2.html
January 4, 2022
8AM Live
https://www.facebook.com/groups/2096806100400276/posts/4710919742322219/
&
edited/new January 3, 2022
God spared my life
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/01/god-spared-my-life.html
January 3, 2022
God kept me alive
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/01/god-kept-me-alive.html
near fatal accident on New Year’s Eve
driving 60 mph on Route 16 in
St. Augustine, FL, with only
1 of 5 lug nuts on passenger front tire
&
January 3, 2022
what didn’t I learn
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/01/what-didnt-i-learn.html
December 29, 2021
Pushing freight in a pandemic
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/12/pushing-freight-in-pandemic.html
edited October 25, 2021
Another SKU - haiku
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/10/another-sku-haiku.html
converted to haiku based on challenge in comments
October 25, 2021
Another SKU
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/10/another-sku.html
&
edited January 3, 2022
On the precipice, the brink
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/01/on-precipice-brink.html
January 1, 2022
8AM Live
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&
December 31, 2021
at the precipice, the brink
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/12/at-precipice-brink.html
edited December 31, 2021
on the cusp of tomorrow – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/12/on-cusp-of-tomorrow-v2.html
December 31, 2021
a prayer for a new beginning
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/12/a-prayer-for-new-beginning.html
edited/new December 31, 2021
Walk forward boldly
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/12/walk-forward-boldly.html
December 31, 2021
Fear not the future
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/12/fear-not-future.html
December 31, 2021
8AM Live
https://www.facebook.com/groups/2096806100400276/posts/4698644396883087/
Joshua 1:9
&
December 31, 2021
on the cusp of tomorrow
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/12/on-cusp-of-tomorrow.html
December 30, 2021
8AM Live
https://www.facebook.com/groups/2096806100400276/posts/4695536357193891/
&
edited December 30, 2021
Seek God’s Heart – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/12/seek-gods-heart-v2.html
edited December 29, 2021
A prayer for calling, for purpose – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/12/a-prayer-for-calling-for-purpose-v2.html
December 29, 2021
Seek God’s Heart
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/12/seek-gods-heart.html
December 29, 2021
A prayer for calling, for purpose
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/12/a-prayer-for-calling-for-purpose.html
December 29, 2021
8AM Live
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December 28, 2021
8AM Live
https://www.facebook.com/groups/2096806100400276/posts/4689675184446675/
&
December 27, 2021
8AM Live
https://www.facebook.com/groups/2096806100400276/posts/4686361061444754/
&
edited December 26, 2021
If I want to be a writer
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/12/if-i-want-to-be-writer.html
December 26, 2021
If I am going to be a witness
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/12/if-i-am-going-to-be-witness.html
edited December 25, 2021
The path of humility – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/12/the-path-of-humility-v2.html
edited December 25, 2021
Wonder of His Birth – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/12/wonder-of-his-birth-v2.html
December 25, 2021
May our days be holy
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/12/may-our-days-be-holy.html
8AM Live
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