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As some of you may know, I am a fan of the movie Blade Runner, and have written a number of pieces (articles, fanfiction, and lyrics) and contributed to fansites, (BladeZone, KippleZone, and the Off-world News) over the years.  This month, I've been researching about the Blade Runner blimp. And in this article, I focus on the dirigible billboard––also referred to as the

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Portrait of Col. Benjamin Simonds, by William Jennys in 1796. Throughout the month of October, I've been researching and compiling material about Benjamin Simonds. Between field trips to Williamstown, Massachusetts, Bennington, Vermont, and Walloomsac, New York, it was like I was walking in the shadows of his footsteps. I researched through the material of my own personal library, the

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In this article, I revisit a speech that I gave at the Commemoration of the 270th Anniversary of the Siege of Fort Massachusetts, on August 20, 2016—at Indian Ledge, in North Adams, Massachusetts—and expand upon it.  I put a lot of effort into researching and creating the Friends of Fort Massachusetts website content, and I didn't want it all to be in vain. The creation of the

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Since I've taken to the World Wide Web back in 1998, I have embraced the internet wholeheartedly. The computer has made it possible to produce and present content that would otherwise have been very difficult, if not, nearly impossible for me otherwise. I have created websites on subject matter that I feel very passionate about. However, when it came to the Gray Locke website, and my

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Back in May of 2016, I created a website about another local historic site -- Natural Bridge. In June, I had put together a brief history of the site. Then, in October of this year, I revised it and added much more material that I had come upon while working on another article for the site. The other article, where the visitor can learn a little more about the history of Natural Bridge, and

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~C.A. Chicoine

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"Why are you so scared?""You led me astray once before.""Have you not loved?""Yes, of course, I have. But, my love was forsaken.""Love, in this way, takes two hearts. And I beat for only one." ~C.A. Chicoine

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When black tides beckoned her from her coastal reverie, it was all she could do to set sail before the darkness came on. These kinds of journeys weren't planned; they never are. But she learned to prepare for them. She had always kept a sailboat moored at the wharf near the upper end of Sanity Point. And it was well stocked with provisions––not knowing how long she'd be gone. She often visited

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He gently caressed the side of her face with the back of his fingers, so as not to scratch her delicate skin with the calluses he'd acquired from work. And he couldn't help but smile. “What,” she asked, slightly bashful in her tone. “I'm just living in the moment,” he replied with an even bigger smile. “That's something that I can only do with you.” ~C.A. Chicoine

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"Electric Dreams Revisited" Tell me, boy Do you have room In your heart For the computer boom? Electric dreams Electric dreams He was a boy Who bought a computer To put him right Wake him up on time What an appliance A matter of science Taking over was Its only crime We interrupt this program for a brief introduction  Some of us go to see a movie because its

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In April of 2016, I began research on a local historical site -- Fort Massachusetts. And coincidently, around that same time, a local teacher had just released a book about the exact location of the fort, and of the house she grew up in nearby. The idea that I had was for a website to educate the visitor about this historic site while stressing its importance to its surrounding communities.

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Where HAS the time gone! The past two years have been full of emotion, and many new projects developing. Besides either coming up with a new idea or being inspired, part of the fun in writing for me is researching. I become very passionate about a subject that I just can't seem to learn enough about it! But I do what I can with what I have. Compiling and editing research material for a project

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I am of the mindset that if you haven't anything positive to say, then just say nothing at all. And though there were many times that I intended to write something in this blog, it just didn't happen – for whatever reason – until now, two years later. My family, my friends, followers, and fans, I apologize. Whether you know me personally, or through my association with the Blade

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I always liked the month of May here in New England. It's when, outside, everything really begins to flourish. The hedges begin to fill in. The lilacs come to full bloom. And, typically, it's not too hot or too cold. And it noticeably gets lighter earlier and gets darker later. Spring has sprung. I have also found that my creativity flows pretty well at this time of year as well. Although, the

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"Be patient toward all that is unsolved in your heart and try to love the questions themselves, like locked rooms and like books that are now written in a very foreign tongue. Do not now seek the answers, which cannot be given you because you would not be able to live them. And the point is, to live everything. Live the questions now. Perhaps you will then gradually, without noticing it, live

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February was a very productive month for me from the get-go. I completed an online article, titled Keeping the Human in Humanism. Created a webpage for a recipe that I perfected over the years I call Mrs. McFarlane's Coffee Cake. Completed another web article, titled CITYSPEAK Revisited. And I finished the first installment of a DADoES/Blade Runner fanfiction story, titled Tomorrow Started.

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I used to collect old newspapers when I was a teenager, and I found this recipe among them -- from a newspaper dated in 1917. I'm afraid I no longer have that newspaper, otherwise, I'd scan it to place on the website for prosperity. I used to call this cake, 1917 Coffee Cake. But, when I thought of putting it up on the internet to share with everyone, I thought it fitting to name it after

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CITYSPEAK Revisited: The story behind the story of the first Blade Runner fanzine. This article had been put on hold for quite some time. I initially began research for it in 2007. But, getting information on the fanzine, titled CITYSPEAK, and on its editor, Sara Campbell, had proved to be a challenge. First released in December of 1982–while the movie was still in theatres–the fanzine

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As a child, I had to know everything about everything. Where did we come from? How did we get here? Why are we here? Of course, I was given answers to those questions–and then some. But I sensed that there was something more than what I was told. So I did what any other child with an unbridled curiosity would do–take it all in with a degree of skepticism and a healthy dose of imagination. And as

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The time has come for me to limit the distractions some. There are a few projects that I need to finish up so that I can get back to work on the Gray Locke series. As much as I love perusing the world wide web, I'm afraid it does prevent me from getting anything accomplished in a timely manner. For the curious -- I am finishing up a screenplay based on a story that a friend and I wrote. (It

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Author’s Dialogue: An interview with Visionary Fiction author C.A.Chicoine, by author Terre Britton.http://www.siriuspress.com/Interviews/2011/05/08/craig-chicoine/

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I'm back to the beginning -- revising Giants of the Vale. There was a string of three days a couple of weeks ago when I was productive. But then I decided that the sub-plot of the story was getting way too complicated. So I had to scrap that idea -- which I had already invested a lot of time on. Oh, I'll be keeping some 23,000 words or so. And I put a scene back in that I had previously removed.

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It's been a busy month! It started out with a dose of reality–followed by a chaser of nostalgia. But, after the hangover wore off, I found that I survived virtually unscathed–although I can still sometimes taste the bile in my mouth. On the creative side of life, I developed a new program to showcase the Gray Locke series on USTREAM. I'll post more about that after the first episode is

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Enter to win one of five free copies available! Giveaway dates from Feb 04-Mar 04, 2011.http://www.goodreads.com/giveaway/show/8068-gray-locke-the-witch-of-clover-hill

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