Mark’s Remarks

It’s sort of funny how we put up with things around our house. Heck, it’s much like our own bodies. “Oh boy. I gotta go see the chiropractor. I gotta…

Those of us who work with children every day are often unaware of some of the factors that cause children to behave the way they behave. Unfortunately, in this day…

“Oh, change the record!” I told you before that I am a fan of British television shows. I have come to understand and hold dear many of their expressions. One…

How many of us have sat wide-eyed as someone told us a scary story. Many of us delight in being scared, probably due to the adrenaline rush we get.  Still,…

No, I’m not old enough to refer to the Sears catalog the way my grandparents did. The catalog had many functions and gave a whole new meaning to the word…

We took my mom along for a weekend trip recently, and it’s always fun to have her along.  Our parents remind us we are someone’s child too, even when we…

I was tinkering around the house the other day and an infomercial came on. It was “The Lost Episodes of the Carol Burnett Show.” It was the first time I’ve…

It’s not easy coming up with things to write about every week. The hardest part is having an idea hit you, make total sense and seem to be such a…

You really never think it’s going to happen to you. Suddenly, you find you have lost touch with modern society and much of what you know is passe. Just like…

I can’t tell you how many people I’ve talked to in the past few weeks about the amount of paperwork and extra things they seem to have to do at…