By: Jerry Nix | Freewavemaker, LLC Date Published: Wednesday, September 21, 2023 Education in America has many strengths – but it also has many weaknesses. On the one hand, the US has some of the best universities in the world. My daughter and son-in-law teach at one of them. University students in the US have …
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Work from home – or not?
By: Jerry Nix | Freewavemaker, LLC Date Published: Wednesday, September 20, 2023 Working from home has advantages and disadvantages for both employers and employees. The purpose of this article is to delve deeper into both from both perspectives. Where did it all start? For many in the workforce today it started with the so-called “Covid …
Lack of Child Discipline
Written by: Jerry Nix | Freewavemaker, LLC July 9, 2023 As I grow older, at least in America, it seems that our young children are becoming more and more outspoken – and not in a good way. It seems that more and more it is about them with “me, me, me and mine, …
What is your favorite story about your father?
Note to my readers: Many of you know that my daughter (Dr. Samantha Nix) has sent me several questions for me to answer for her, her siblings and my grandchildren. This is just one more of those questions that I felt deserved to be published here. Dear Samantha; Probably the greatest story about my father …
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What was your childhood bedroom like?
Note to my readers: Many of you know that my daughter (Dr. Samantha Nix) has sent me several questions for me to answer for her, her siblings and my grandchildren. This is just one more of those questions that I felt deserved to be published here. Dear Samantha; To make a long story short … …
A Motorcycle Adventure Worth Writing About
My brother, Ed Nix, and I try to take at least one Long Distance Motorcycle Trip each year. We've been doing this since 2008 and will continue to do it until our old bodies no longer let us hold up the two wheeled motorcycle or lift our legs over the saddle of a Trike. We …
What was your first boss like?
Note from the Author: This is the 3rd Question my daughter sent me to answer for her and my other three children and grandchildren. I have to admit I kind of went wild with this one an answered more than about my first boss. Read it and you will understand. Dear Samantha; Rather than answer …
What was your mom like for you as a child?
NOTE FROM THE AUTHOR: This is another one of those stories I wrote for my kids based on a request from my daughter, Samantha Nix, with her 2020 Christmas Gift to me - a subscription to Story Worth. Please enjoy even if you are not in the family and don't know my mom. Dear Samantha; …
What were your grandparents like?
NOTE FROM THE AUTHOR: My daughter, Dr. Samantha Nix, gave me a Christmas gift in 2020 that was a subscription to "STORY WORTH" a blog site for private journaling. In giving me this gift she asked me to answer one question per week for about 90 to 100 weeks. I have the right to change …
My Friend …
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 …