To the reader from the author: This story has been on my blog for a number of months and if you read it now you may notice some changes. I was asked by one of the family members to remove the story from the blog because they did not feel it represented my friends siblings …
Category: Creative Writings

It’s yours for the taking …
I just had a phone conversation with a distant relative. A young man at the age of 16 that sounds much older than his age. He is going to school (high school) and working at McDonalds. He wants to start saving money. He indicated that he would like to save as much as possible. This …
The Watts Family Murders – By Kylie Nix
Note from the owner of the website: This is the second of two Article's my granddaughter, Kylie Nix, has written that is being posted to this website. The first article can be found here. I think you may find this one both Very Sad and Very Interesting … Jerry Nix On August 13, 2018 Christopher …
Comparing Norway’s Prison System to the U. S. By: Guest Writer – Kylie Nix
Note from Website Owner: I received an email from my granddaughter this week and she had sent me two papers she had written for classes in College. I think she did this because she as read some of the things I've written about that interests her. The first article was about Neuro linguistics in the …
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We need more babies in America
Current Trends ... We need to have more babies born in America ... if we are going to survive long-term ... not less babies. For the population to reproduce itself at current numbers, the “total fertility rate” needs to be 2,100 births per 1,000 women of childbearing age over their lifetime, researchers for the Centers for Disease Control and …

Facebook Question Deserves and Answer!
Note from Author: This all starts with a Facebook Post between two cousins that I got involved in. I probably should have not got involved … but I did and now I need to answer for my post. I decided to answer here so that all could see my thoughts -- right or wrong! The …
People Not Making Decisions
The one thing that really burns me is the inability of most American People to make a decision and stick with it. I am in the process of helping my mother and brother sell some items that belong to my mother so that she can move into a retirement community. She is certainly downsizing her …

Why do I write?
The early years ... Many people, since my retirement, has asked why I write. I've loved writing since I can remember first learning how. One of my favorite subjects in school growing up on the south side of Chicago was writing. I hated math, reading, spelling, history, social studies, geography, art, and even P. E. -- …

Why do I Risk the Ride?
Before telling you why I risk riding Motorcycles ... perhaps it is best if I give you a little history about the various motorcycles that I have owned. My First Motorized Bike ... The year was 1964-1965; I was about 13 or 14 years of age with a morning paper route. I also worked the afternoons in …

I’m Tired of Gun Control
Mass Shootings Two mass shootings within 24 hours, leaving 31 people dead, has once again brought the spotlight on gun ownership and gun control in the United States. An attack on a Walmart store in El Paso, Texas on Saturday left 20 dead, while nine died in a shooting in Dayton, Ohio on Sunday. The …