I wouldn’t say that I’m necessarily giving up on the idea of posting longer pieces about specific, god-awful things that are happening in the news. Knowing myself, I think it’s likely that, in the very near future, something will happen that will cause me to go back to my old ways, and spend an entire […]
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Mark’s Covid Diary… May 19, 2020
Posted in Health, Mark's Life, Uncategorized Also tagged 1918, 1918 flu, 209 Pearl Street, Arlo, Buster Keaton, chin curtain, Cleve Wise, COVID-19, Curtis Florian, dragonflies, flu, Franklin County, Grover Cleveland Wise, Kentucky, masks, Mattie Belle Wise, Minnie Wise Florian, Minor Branch, pandemic, pneumonia, public health, sex, sex for reproduction, Sherlock Jr., Totally Quotable Arlo, WHO, Woodlake, World Health Organization 14 Comments
In spite of everything, it was a pretty awesome weekend
There’s nothing specific that I want to write about today, so I’m just going to ramble for a bit. I told my son, I’d watch It Came from Outer Space with him before bed tonight, and I figure I’ve got about an hour. We’ll see how much I can cover in that time. This was […]
Posted in Mark's Life, Uncategorized Also tagged 1939, Abraham Lincoln, Austin, badminton, BBQ, biscuits, brisket, cooking, country ham, COVID-19, feather rolls, flour, George Cukor, gluten, grocery delivery, haircuts that destroyed families, He Who Gets Slapped, It Came from Outer Space, Joan Crawford, Kentucky, Lon Cheney, meat, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, MGM, Michigan Militia, Mimi Dorothy, Mimi Gladys, Norma Shearer, pandemic, ribs, rolling pin, Salt Lick, silent films, smells that make Mark happy, The Three Investigators, The Women, vegan, wine, yeast rolls 15 Comments
On finding myself in the Oregon darkness, not far from Ape Canyon
When I was a kid, I was fascinated by the prospect that we were surrounded by bigfoot. I had a ton of books about the evidence of their existence, and I spent a good deal of time traipsing around in the woods, thinking about them. Maybe it was all the episodes of In Search Of […]