Mark’s Remarks

I have written several times that I am a recovering neatness-nut. It’s a struggle.  However, wasted quality time with family and friends over the years simply because I was more…

As I write, we have returned from our recent family vacation to the Great Smoky Mountains.  I sit in a living room littered with the unpacked cargo we brought in…

Believe it or not, I took journalism courses and was editor of my high school newspaper. I was blessed to have, for at least a couple of years, the legendary…

Like most seniors, we had gotten out of school a week before and returned briefly that next week for graduation practice. All of us seemed more relaxed and happy, the…

Do you ever start off the week with a seemingly endless list of “to dos”?  I’m sure we all have weeks like that. This is one of them. Indeed, as…

Here I go again, writing about social media. I am afraid I can’t help but speak my mind about it from time to time. In my opinion, it has become…

As I grow older, I become less tolerant of the idiosyncrasies of people. That’s really not a good way to be, is it? I mean, if I feel this way,…

When I was little, going shopping in town was going “uptown.” I always thought it was because we had to drive up the big hill on First Street to get…

We just booked a trip to the Great Smoky Mountains for our summer vacation. Taking a vacation is a major deal for us and we are not only grateful to…

You might remember that I wrote a column a few years back about the need to get glasses. It was about five years ago. I could read most things with…

Yes, you could call me hard-hearted Hannah (I wonder how people named “Hannah” feel about this moniker). I have a hard time understanding the fluffy stuff we have in our…