I like to think of Resistance as looking a lot like Gollum from The Lord of the Rings: a whiny, sniveling little demon that sits on my shoulder and urges me to do anything else but the work I’m meant to do. * * * * * Some time ago, I started...
Yesterday was one of those rare early-Summer days in Atlanta: a sunny Saturday morning with bright skies, low humidity, and a faint, delicious chill in the air. When we walked outside on our way to the Piedmont Park Green Market, it felt like a...
We’re home from Romania! Outside of Bucharest (the capitol), fast wifi was hard to find, so I have a backlog of travel tales to share. But while I get these tidied up for posting, you might enjoy reading about our most memorable Romanian...
Twenty years ago today, I went on a first date with with a guy named Clyde Parks. We’ve been together ever since. I met Clyde at a movie night sponsored by a local church. I speculated that we might rent a movie from my favorite video store...
Vlad Tepes ruled a portion of Romania from 1456-1462. His practice of executing enemies, peasants, and even children by running them through with sharp sticks earned him the title “Vlad the Impaler.” (There are also stories of blood...
We spent a few minutes with our hosts at the excellent Hotel Christina talking about where to eat our first dinner in Bucharest. “We want to know your personal favorite restaurants,” we said. “Where you eat, any night of the week...
After a smooth, comfortable flight in Delta and KLM “Economy Comfort” seats, we’re all checked in at the fun, funky Hotel Christina. We’re in a beautiful corner room on the fifth floor, with a curved wall of windows looking...
Well, dear MadeByMark.com readers, on May 28th, Clyde and I will celebrate our 20th year together. (I am hopeful that, by our 25th, our nation will give our marriage the legal recognition it deserves.) We have a tradition of traveling for our...
A MadeByMark.com reader dropped me a link to this article on Patheos.com’s Bad Catholic blog. The piece is a bit long and rambling, so if you haven’t the time (or the stomach) for it, here’s my summary of his argument: Men with...
From USA Today: Wireless carriers and the federal government are launching a system to automatically warn people of dangerous weather and other emergencies via a special type of text messaging to cellphones. The Wireless Emergency Alerts service...
