Mark’s Remarks

There are days and weeks and months when I am pretty sure I’m going to go full-blown curmudgeon.   Michelle would say to me “Don’t look now” as she usually…

I’m not kidding you, I feel like crying is part of growing older.  But I’m often quite surprised at what can cause me to tear up. Sometimes it’s annoying. Sometimes…

There’s something about summer that sticks with you. Not just the heat or the longer days, but the way it wraps around your memories and pulls them out of hiding.…

My grandparents were married 97 years ago on June 8, 1928. I was fortunate enough to be around them long enough to ask a million questions and sort of have…

OK, so I told everybody I wouldn’t be writing any more columns about teaching, kids, parents and retirement. I’m a big talker.  I also said in February that I’d lose…

Are any of you like me and often get in a mundane rut?  When the days start to get a little longer and the weather reminds us that sunlight and…

his is the time of the year when there is so much going on, we almost feel like it’s a holiday season of sorts. Someone called the month of May…

I have often thought of the contrasts that present themselves when we look back at our early days on this earth; or for that matter, even before we got here.…

I just saw a Snow Angel Challenge video, which the kids call reels these days. It was a guy in swim trunks who had been challenged to dress that way,…

It occurs to me quite often how many of us spend an enormous amount of time trying to be proactive with people.  If you are a people pleaser like me…

We recently saw a performance of “The Screwtape Letters,” a story by C.S. Lewis which was made into a 90-minute play. It was extraordinary. I would recommend reading the book,…