Posts Tagged ‘mark’s remarks’

I wax nostalgic over just about anything.  Lately, it seems I’ve had several conversations with people about the foods we used to eat all the time.  Some of it, while…

I have been a genealogist of sorts since I was a little kid. I would sit at my grandma’s kitchen table and jot down names of people and birth dates…

The dictionary defines the phrase “Old Guard” as “the original or long-standing members of a group or party, especially ones who are unwilling to accept change or new ideas.” Do…

Aren’t you tired of people always using the new year to make a life change?   Maybe I’m not tired of other people but I’m tired of myself.  I tend…

Warning: the mental pictures created in this column may be disturbing to some. Viewer discretion is advised. If you are like me, you start to dread certain annual things. I’m…

You’ve heard the Franklin Delano Roosevelt quote over and over.  “We have nothing to fear, but fear itself.” We hear it and say “Yeah, yeah.  Heard it before.”   But…

I think I’ve written about manners and the way people behave way too much over the years.  I’m starting to get a little tired of myself, actually. But heck. What…

Back in the late fall or early winter of 1993, Michelle and I were an engaged couple who often took drives around the city or to places we wanted to…

It’s no secret to readers and folks who know me that I get a little bit passionate and up in the air when it comes to people bashing our schools. …

I may be late to the ballgame, as I am just discovering some articles and books on the subject of classical education. Now really, I’ve read this stuff before and…

When my brother and I shared a bottle of soda back in the day, we had to line the glasses up and measure to the tee.  As the older, more…