Mark’s Remarks

When I was growing up, I often remember how my family bragged about good manners.  I came from hard-working farm folk, and clean houses, clean cars, clean kids and good…

OK, so it may not be an obsession but since I’m considered a journalist, I thought I’d go the route of sensationalism and try to get ratings for this column.…

Sometimes I start telling stories to my friends or family, and as I’m telling the story, what seems to be a normal reminiscing turns into a tale in which the…

It wasn’t until I started working retail when I was in my late teens that I realized that older people aren’t as patient as I thought they were.  Until then,…

Did you ever stop and think about how frightening Christmas can be? I think I’d sort of forgotten myself.   Then I happened upon several reels of parents scaring the…

Last week marked our 30th wedding anniversary.   To me, it’s mind boggling for a plethora of reasons.  She’s put up with me that long, we have made it through…

How many times have you used the old saying “I wish I’d thought of that?”    I mean, shoot, some of the things floating around these days amaze me. Who…

Here I go again.  I think just about every holiday season I have ever written about probably talks about something I’m nostalgic or sentimental about. I can’t help it. Humor…

I’ve said it before and I’ll keep saying it: I think people rush Christmas every year because they long for something to change. They are not happy with something going…

People have been rewriting history for a long, long time. Folks like to blame liberals and “the woke.” But really, it’s nothing new. People have been messing with history for…

Toys have an emotional impact, no matter what people say.   Regardless of how many you had growing up, there is at least one special toy someone can recall.  …