Mark’s Remarks

I have found that, as I get older, I have a constant struggle between my selfish need to be comfortable and concerned for only myself and the more level-headed idea…

I told you that 15 years ago, I wrote two consecutive columns about moving to a new house.  Now, we have moved to another home, and I have enough information…

I’ve often wondered how many prospective parents would benefit from looking into a crystal ball to see what parenting is like. Or what if we all took tests for a…

As we prepared for our recent move, it was interesting to see what we had kept around, and also interesting to realize what we no longer valued and decided to…

With four kids, Michelle and I weren’t always up on things – especially when it came to losing teeth and getting the kids compensated for their lost teeth. Around late…

Have you ever heard the song “Santa, Teach Me to Dance”?  I listened to it the other day and can’t really understand why it didn’t catch on.   Sure, it…

I think I’ve written more than one column over the years on the rushing of the holiday and the commercialization of Christmas.   It doesn’t get me anywhere. People agree…

I’ve told you before about my little apartment when I was in college. I found out about this upstairs apartment from a co-worker at my part time job and after…

I had an extensive and hilarious response from last year’s “non-thankful” column, so I thought I’d do it again. Since I take notes when I get good ideas, and because…

When I was in school, we had a group of teachers who most of us thought must be at least 90 years old. I mean, they seemed ancient to us.…

I’ve been dragging my patootie out of bed long before the sun comes up since mid-summer.  You see, I finally made a plan I could stick to and finally collaborated…

Here we go again. Several years ago, I wrote two consecutive columns about moving to a new house.   One person I know well said “Don’t write about moving again.”…