By Humble Jenkins Edited by Ahmad Jenkins For all the animals out there, I feel sorry. Especially the number that die by the day, not to mention those that die senselessly. If we were to take a guess, it could be said that almost 50% of all animals that are domestically raised - not to …
Category: Stories
Art of Love: The Art of Arguments.
“You can measure the happiness of a marriage by the number of scars that each partner carries on their tongues, earned from years of biting back angry words.” ― Elizabeth Gilbert, Committed: A Skeptic Makes Peace with Marriage It would be an understatement to say arguments are no fun, especially with a partner, …
The Art of Love
I remember when I first met her at my sister in law's (at that time my brother and she weren't married) birthday party. I fell for her the moment I saw her. For most of us love happens in that way, it can strike without warning, and if nurtured last a lifetime. “Love is a …
Building a Daily Writing Habit.
I've always been a fan of Jeff Goins 'Goins, Writer' blog. It's helped me a great deal in my own writing and promoting my craft as a writer. I thought for this next post I'd share one of his posts that I found helpful and informative on building a daily writing habit. Just like …
Inspired Youth Making a Difference.
By Ahmad Jenkins My second oldest son, Chad did something that made me so proud of him. He put forth all his intellect along with his fellow classmates to give back to a noble cause they felt strongly about. Inspiration to learn more: Young scientists in action The power and influence youth have on the …
Humble’s Climb
This short story is an excerpt from my upcoming book, "Young Warriors". I wanted to to write a series of short stories to begin to introduce the characters and their background. All her training had finally come to this moment, for Humble this would be her most challenging test so far in her …
An Animals’ Right to Humane Slaughter
Funny story, when I worked as a beef processor for Tyson's fresh meat. On one particular day as my ex-wife dropped me off to work, my children who decided to come along for the ride asked, "Daddy, where are the cows going?". Without really thinking about it (or how they would react) I explained …
The influence of Br’er Rabbit in African American Literature.
By Ahmad Jenkins “ It’s trouble that makes the monkey chew hot peppers” – African proverb My first introduction with the character Br’er Rabbit was in the 5th grade when I read 'Granny cutta the cord'. I loved the way Br'er Rabbit escaped getting eaten, but also saved his granny. These stories were …
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