Mark’s Remarks
The Art of Nosiness | Mark’s Remarks
There are people who are so good at it, you don’t even notice. You know what I’m talking about. Don’t you know a nosy person who has to know everyone’s…
Read MoreA Critical Spirit And Getting Scolded | Mark’s Remarks
I think there is a common thread, or many common threads, that run in groups of people who grow up in small communities. In those places, everyone knows everyone. Although…
Read More‘The Scared Witless Club’ | Mark’s Remarks
In my most evil moments, when I am ready to criticize and judge everyone on the face of the Earth, I talk about some people who are members of the…
Read MoreI Know You Pray | Mark’s Remarks
We attended church always, but I particularly remember going to a country church where we had service and then went in the back for Sunday school. When I was very…
Read MoreYouth | Mark’s Remarks
You see the older guy who still keeps himself fit and trim, and is admired because of it. But he won’t allow himself to be associated with older folks, so…
Read MoreFreedom and the Controlling People | Mark’s Remarks
I once knew an older couple who seemed to be very nice. Both of them worked in the community and were members of the church. By all appearances, they were…
Read MoreSwimming Lessons, 1974 | Mark’s Remarks
It was the summer of 1974 and my mother decided it was time for me to learn to swim. There I stood in my swim trunks, pasty white and skinny…
Read MoreRoxaboxen | Mark’s Remarks
A dear friend recently brought my daughter some books, and one of them was the classic story Roxaboxen by Alice McLerren. I had read the book long ago when I…
Read MoreFun Basements | Mark’s Remarks
Our first basement was unfinished and old. It leaked a little if it rained a lot. The concrete walls were cool. The uncovered rafters had pretty, untouched and solid wood…
Read MoreI’m Glad They Are Going | Mark’s Remarks
So many parents are gearing up for the weeping and gnashing of teeth at this time of the year. Their children are graduating and are going off to college. Now,…
Read MoreEnd of the School Year | Mark’s Remarks
How many of these have I written in the past 10 years of penning this column? I hope not too many. You’ll have to excuse me. This is my 28th…
Read MoreFlashbacks | Mark’s Remarks
When I was a kid, my mother and I were hit by a drunk driver as we turned on a country road while traveling to my grandparent’s house. He sideswiped…
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