Mark’s Remarks

Why bother? The older I get, the less energy I have for conversations that feel like I’ve been cornered at a family reunion by someone who wants to tell me…

Sometimes when I tell my kids stories about what life was like when I was growing up, they just blink at me like I’ve started speaking Latin. Every now and…

Sometimes when I tell my kids stories about what life was like when I was growing up, they just blink at me like I’ve started speaking Latin. Every now and…

I got a hold of one of the chairs that we used to sit in at Northside School in 1972. It was a little red wooden chair.   People who…

Do you know people who are so hard-headed that they seem as if they will never get it? I like to think I could easily qualify if I didn’t have…

Do you have times you do something, feel guilty about it, and then realize “Hey, I can do that, I’m an adult.” Since I am now semi-retired with a bit…

I am often amazed at the memory and what it keeps or kicks out of the retrieval  bank.  I’ve heard older people tell me all the time how they remember…

Both of my sons are currently living in big cities and we have traveled, of course, to visit them often.   During these visits, we’ve seen a lot of neat…

I am so grateful to be around people who are way smarter than I. I am equally grateful that there are mentally healthy friends, older than I am, who have…

How important was your bike when you were growing up? To most kids growing up in the 1970s and 80s, the bike was like an extra limb. I live in…