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, Charles Maynard, family history, Mark Maynard Archives, Mark's ancestors, Mark's birthday, Mark's mom, Norfolk, Norfolk Southern, 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, Charles Maynard, 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, sacrifice, Sarah Palin, tea party, thankful, Thanksgiving, things I'm thankful for, Tom DeLay, Turkey, Ypsilanti |
By Mark | February 20, 2017
I’ve been in Kentucky these past few days, cooking and cleaning for my mother, who just had hip replacement surgery, so I’m a bit behind on the news. For the most part, it doesn’t look as though I missed much. Trump apparently alluded to a terrorist attack in Sweden that had never actually happened, and […]
Posted in Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged Arctic, CIA, Devin Nunes, Exxon, FBI, Felix H. Sater, hip replacement, House Intelligence Committee, Kremlin, Kremlingate, Logan Act, Michael D. Cohen, Michael Flynn, national security, National Security Council, NATO, oil, Paul Manafort, Putin, Republican National Convention, Republican platform, RNC, Russia, sanctions, Ukraine, Viktor Yanukovych, Vladimir Putin, witch hunt |
By Mark | February 11, 2017
The above photo of my mom and dad, I’m told, was taken when my mother was about six months pregnant. So, according to WebMD, my skin would have still been transparent, and I would have just been starting to produce white blood cells to help fight disease and infection. My parents, as you can see, […]
