Posts Tagged ‘mark’s remarks’

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.  …

Here come the leaves.   It’s always interesting to me how long it takes for the leaves to fall off completely.  It’s also interesting to me how much my priorities…

 I tried to watch the classic Bela Lugosi “Dracula” the other night right after we said good night to the driveway fire pit and told the neighbors across the street…