Posts Tagged ‘mark’s remarks’

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…

Our youngest, according to her three older siblings, is spoiled.  Since she was 3, she has dreamed up and hosted several different parties. Her first Halloween party took place when…

I watched Kathy Bates on “CBS Sunday Morning” a couple of weeks ago because I like her.  She’s been in some really good movies and played some great characters.  I…

Sometimes I like to pretend I’m a famous columnist who makes so much money writing that he can write philosophical and clever columns from the den of my country house,…