Mark’s Remarks

There are so many things I talk about with my kids that might as well be a foreign language.  As they’ve gotten older, they’ve become more polite about my ramblings.…

I wrote last week about my son and me doing a podcast. Something fun. Something we enjoy.  He’s the one who actually looks at the subscriber list, and we both…

My oldest son and his wife recently moved closer to us, and of course, we were delighted. This means we can have dinner from time to time and jet over…

I get asked all the time how retirement is going. I retired a year and a half ago after 34 years as a classroom teacher, mostly with kids in grades…

Michelle and I make our biggest plans when we are absolutely certain we should be asleep. We’ll say good night, turn off the light, and then one of us will…

I really ought to be ashamed of myself. This time of year, I usually write about nice things – warm things, cozy things, spiritual things.  Instead, here we are. Again.…

You guys, I totally got all emotional and upset when I watched the reunion show for the cast of “Everybody Loves Raymond.”   As soon as Ray walked on stage,…

In October, Michelle convinced me to go on a pretty radical diet in which we ate next to nothing – most notably omitting sugar, bread, and anything tasty. Now, we…

I recently had my 40th class reunion, and it is as mind boggling as all facets of growing older are.   However, I will have to write about that reunion…

I thought I had published one of these lists every year since 2019 but upon further research, I discovered that might not have been the case.   I found “first…

One of the things I miss about teaching is the funny stuff we used to do in my classroom.  I had a cool calendar that I got sometime in the…