By Mark | August 20, 2019
If you’re reading this in the future, and want to send a cyborg back in time in order to keep me from being born, so that I don’t destroy Skynet, or do whatever terrible and awesome thing it is that I’m going to do in my remaining years here on earth, this is where you […]
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The family and I have spent the last four days in the Maine woods, where my aunt and her husband had rented a cabin so that our extended family could celebrate my father’s 75th birthday together. Aside from falling in Maine’s largest lake while completely clothed, having to scrub vomit from the upholstery of a […]
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By Mark | February 11, 2019
Today, at 3:09 PM EST, I will have completed my 51st trip around the sun. To mark the occasion, my father, who I’ve never known to write much in the way of family history, wrote a long, detailed letter about coming to see me, after hearing that my mother had gone into labor. Here, because […]
Posted in History, Mark's Life, Uncategorized | Also tagged 1413 Pine Meadow, Arthur Robert Avery, birth stories, broken arm, family history, Mark Maynard Archives, Mark's ancestors, Mark's birthday, Mark's mom, Norfolk, Norfolk Southern, Pat Maynard, Portsmouth, Portsmouth Naval Hospital, Robert Avery, Vietnam |
By Mark | November 21, 2018
A few years ago, I made the decision not to write anything new for Thanksgiving, but, instead, to recycle something that I’d written the year before. And, ever since then, I’ve been posting the same damn thing. Well, here it is again. I was tempted to remove some of the old references, and replace them […]
By Mark | November 23, 2017
A few years ago, I made the decision not to write anything new for Thanksgiving, but, instead, to recycle something that I’d written the year before. And, ever since then, I’ve been posting the same damn thing. Well, here it is again. I was tempted to remove some of the old references, and replace them […]
Posted in Mark's Life, Uncategorized | Also tagged Andover, Arlo, Clementine, Dan Richardson, It's a Wonderful Life, Kentucky, Linette Lao, Mark's ancestors, Mark's mind, Matt Krizowsky, money laundering, mosquito, New Jersey, Newton, Pat Maynard, sacrifice, Sarah Palin, tea party, thankful, Thanksgiving, things I'm thankful for, Tom DeLay, Turkey, Ypsilanti |
