Posts Tagged ‘mark’s remarks’

Sometimes when I am majorly fed up with some of my own children and their idiosyncrasies, I try very hard to reach back in the recesses of my memory and…

When the end of summer rolls around, I begin to remember things I knew as a kid. I remember the katydids and crickets singing as the sun was going down.…

With each passing year, I am amazed at how quickly time goes by.  I’ve said it before, again and again, so much so that I risk the thought of you…

In the past few years, I’ve noticed that people don’t want to hear from anyone they disagree with, because people who disagree with them make them feel uncomfortable or not…

We have not had the best track record with dogs.   Our first two dogs met untimely deaths, one accidentally and the other due to health issues.  Both deaths were…

If you’ve read many of my columns, you can almost figure out what type of week I’ve had or what season of life I’m in.   When I read over…

Laura Williams Vallette was born in Dearborn County, Indiana in 1828.   Andrew Jackson won the presidency that year, defeating John Quincy Adams. Indiana had been a state for about…

One of my favorite parts of working at a well-known retail store was the intercom.   Somehow I finagled around and gained access, being allowed to do the “the time…

It’s interesting to look back at old photos, especially of family.   I like looking at ones from way back, when a traveling photographer might come by the house and ask…