Mark's Remarks
Lifestyles
Is this normal? | Mark’s Remarks
When you get to a certain age, people coming to you and asking for an opinion is rare.
You see, we get in the mode...
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Idols | Mark’s Remarks
I dropped one of my kids at an activity once and wheeled around in the parking lot to head back the way I’d arrived.
As...
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Need to know basis | Mark’s Remarks
System overload.
All I can say is this is the reason as I grow older, I no longer have a need for superfluous information...
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Cleared schedules and memory loss | Mark’s Remarks
I think we all might have been created with the innate ability to crave solitude and peace. And clear schedules.
What do you think?...
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Food nostalgia | Mark’s Remarks
I wax nostalgic over just about anything.
Lately, it seems I’ve had several conversations with people about the foods we used to eat all the...
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Feeling dumb | Mark’s Remarks
I have been a genealogist of sorts since I was a little kid. I would sit at my grandma’s kitchen table and jot down...
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Is there anything we can do? | Mark’s Remarks
I have one more year to teach and I will then end my 34-year career.
It absolutely blows my mind, because I still feel much...
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Snow day stories | Mark’s Remarks
As I write these words, the weather folks are predicting Snowmageddon once again. Surely our friends up north are laughing at us.
My dear friend...
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My kingdom for a coat | Mark’s Remarks
I used to wonder why older people in my life seemed to hang on to articles of clothing for what seemed a lifetime.
I...
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Ogs, hoosiers and white trash | Mark’s Remarks
The dictionary defines the phrase “Old Guard” as “the original or long-standing members of a group or party, especially ones who are unwilling to...
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Patience | Mark’s Remarks
Aren’t you tired of people always using the new year to make a life change?
Maybe I’m not tired of other people but I’m...
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His face | Mark’s Remarks
As far back as I can remember, I’ve heard people say “help us to seek your face” or something of that nature when they...