Misguided Priorities

It's interesting what motivates people to write. I know good writers who are motivated by imagination, sorrow, joy, and many other emotions resulting from life's passages. For me, I have always been fascinated by historical fiction and how the writers of historical fiction can imagine dialogues and details for situations which have existed throughout history. Writing historical fiction would be the ultimate ability in my book. But what motivates me to write? Usually it has to do with a strong disgust or injustice perpetrated on myself or others. The reason for this blog? Well, don't get me started - or maybe, yeah, do get me started with this: Recently, my young son (21, which I still consider very young, especially for the male of the species) went down to the Carson City Community Center to shoot some hoops with friends. Upon their arrival, they found out they would have to pay $2.00 a piece to get in!!!! This is a community center folks. You know, one that's paid with tax dollars. OK, I understand times are getting hard for small community governments, but when this city can entice large business owners (namely Burlington Coat Factory) with $$$, why are they charging regular citizens to use publicly owned buildings that are specifically for public use! I grew up in this town. I graduated from Carson High School and so did my husband and children. When I look back on activities for teens at that time, there wasn't much and there isn't much today either. When my youngest son was in Middle School he went before the Board of Supervisors and asked for a bike park. Over the course of several months, he worked with the City Parks and Recreation Department to try to get a proposal to the Board. The result, "the insurance is too high," said PRD. My son's response, "why do other cities including Reno and Gardnerville, have bike parks if insurance is too high?" The project was dropped and no proposal went to the Board. That's the standard response from Carson City officials - "we can't." And so, you have a lot of kids in this town, including "adult kids" like my son, whose alternatives may include underage drinking, hanging around, and even drugs in some instances. Teen pregnancy problem? - You bet. When is Carson City going to get it. Our kids are our first line of defense. Keep them busy, offer then alternatives and you have a healthy youth base walking our streets. Don't hand out the tax dollars as business incentives for large businesses - invest in the youth, give monetary incentives to small businesses who can make this town a destination place and clean up downtown!

Welcome

Yes, friends and family, I have succumbed to the world of blogging! Since I am semi retired (which to me means lots 'a time, no money) and I figured my interests are not quite yet diverse enough, I should start on my writing journey. Since I know something about a lot of things and not a lot about any one thing, I plan to address a myriad of topics, all which are of interest to me at various times depending on the weather. Hopefully, everyone will be able to find something of interest to them.