Posts Tagged ‘mark’s remarks’

I used to laugh at older folks who got in such a tizzy about cell phones or computers.  Being a “tweener,” I came along on sort of the tail end…

When I was growing up, I often remember how my family bragged about good manners.  I came from hard-working farm folk, and clean houses, clean cars, clean kids and good…

OK, so it may not be an obsession but since I’m considered a journalist, I thought I’d go the route of sensationalism and try to get ratings for this column.…

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…