Author: dgshipton
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The inside Spread: Top 10 Budget Rifles
https://theinsidespread.com/shooting/rifle/best-budget-rifles-2025/
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Dreams May not be Far
Many people dream of mansions, yachts, or homes with a pool out back. Give me a small home with space to go outside and hike, take photos, hunt, or simply set and listen to nature’s sounds. My dream isn’t so far away, but is the place my family owns, and my parents live. I enjoy…
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It’s a Different World
It’s a different world than I grew up in This past fall, before our world came to a crashing change I told my wife, “If someone would have told me years ago that I’d be making as much money as we were at the time I would have said they were crazy. And yet, we…
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A Sweet Peanut Butter Treat
Watching the snow out the window today reminds me of my childhood. When the snow was falling steadily like it was today, and I would be at my grandmother’s home she would often get into the baking mood. Well, the truth is that she would cook anytime anyone stopped or visited with her. Sometimes, especially…
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Take a Break from Everything
This past fall life threw us into a tailspin, and everything was changing. Losing a job, facing a group of people twisting the truth, attacks on personal character affecting other work and life, and losing our housing. Worry for the future and severe anxiety sat in, and for the first time in my life, I…
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Early Morning Lynx Call
The air was Crisp and still; our small peagle and I walked behind the house as I let her out. Daylight was an hour away with very little light showing through the woods. It was a normal morning routine before leaving for my teaching job. The dog ran back and forth at the end of…
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Recent Post to The Inside Spread: Archery Leagues
https://theinsidespread.com/shooting/shooting-skills/archery-basics/first-archery-league/
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Moving and Starting Over 8 Jan 2025
We had just finished emptying three rooms of the house. I sat down to think of recent days and weeks. Thoughts of how we’d dropped off a small load of things and my car at my parents 6 hours away. Then, we arrived back to continue the process of moving. We continued moving several boxes…
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Look at the Blessings Not the Pain
Psalm 118:8-9: It is better to take refuge in the Lord than to trust in humans.9 It is better to take refuge in the Lord than to trust in princes. Proverbs 17:17 17 A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for a time of adversity. Sometimes it can feel like the world is caving in on you, and…
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