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After spending nearly the last thirty years of my life in the restaurant industry I am finally free to pursue my love of reading and writing. Reading and writing give me the opportunity to expand my horizons by reading what others have to say and by giving

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Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Nature: 10 of 578

To Watch the Moon Rise As the Harvest moon rises Behind a great tree Such a comforting sight Yet most fail to see. Hasten it not Let slowly it rise Before dawn returns And the nighttime dies. Imagine if you will Folks on the frontier As they hunted for life, For elk and for deer. Farmers at night Their crops they would reap ...
Politics, News & Issues > Environmental Awareness Easy to implement environmental resolutions for the new year: 5 of 64

Easy to Implement Environmental Resolutions Making New Years resolutions is easy; keeping them is the difficult part. Maybe they're hard to keep because most of them apply to us as individuals and not to others. It's much easier for me to disappoint myself than others. If you are in the same boat here is a chance to improve ...
Politics, News & Issues > US Economy Should we replace our tax law with a flat tax or a national sales tax?: 1 of 12

Whether we like it or not we are taxed from the moment that we come into this world until the moment that we leave this world. That in and of itself seems unfair. What makes it further unfair is the fact that some of us pay more taxes and some of us pay fewer taxes. In a country established and based on freedom and equality ...
Society & Lifestyle > Social Values & Norms Society's values vs. personal values: 3 of 35

Society's values appear to be more dictated by "shock value" versus societal values and we the people have allowed it to become that way. Our level of acceptance encourages the very behavior that we decry as immoral and corrupt. Society's values today lack people values or put another way society today fails to value people....
Creative Writing > Reflections Reflections: Alzheimer's disease: 3 of 29

Watching Death Alzheimer's: A Very Long Goodbye Why in this day and age of modern miracles do there remain so many incurable diseases? Over thirty years ago we put men on the moon. Computers have become nothing more than everyday household appliances. We have cell phones that function as hand held computers, televisions in c...
Society & Lifestyle > Personal Morals & Values Do you see the world from the half empty or half full perspective?: 3 of 27

Here comes a true contradiction, in spite of my pessimistic attitude I truly see the glass as half full, if not more than half full. There are so many things in our world to be happy and excited about. Just to simply have the opportunity to wake up each day and observe what is happening outside of my four walls is something ...
Politics, News & Issues > Environmental Awareness Best ways to go green: 10 of 57

Let's start "going green" by changing the slogan to "living green" because it all begins with mindset and lifestyle. We, you and I, need to start living a more environmentally friendly life. We need to start thinking about how our choices and actions effect the world in which we live. More importantly we need to think about ...
Creative Writing > Reflections Reflections: What would you consider to be the most important things that have been a major inspiration in your life and why?: 25 of 133

My Major Inspiration Looking back over a lifetime of living I've come to the conclusion that there have been numerous inspirational moments that have caused me to want to achieve more or attempt to become a better person. Lord knows there are numerous reasons for me to become a better person. I have to go beyond attempting a...
Parenting & Pregnancy > Parenting Tips Manners and morals of today's children and teens: 6 of 30

Are the majority of children today lacking manners and morals or is it the minority of children that catch our attention either through their deeds or misdeeds? Could this lack of moralistic and well-mannered behavior be generated by what they see on television, see on the Internet and hear on the radio? Or could their lack ...
Politics, News & Issues > Politics, News & Issues (Other) English is the official language of the USA: 3 of 15

I'm not sure if we can, technically speaking, call English the official language of the USA. The various languages spoken by the the Native Americans that inhabited this great country might have to be considered. Having said all of that though I do feel that English is the official language of the USA today and has been for ...