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Mark Joseph Jochim

Mark Joseph Jochim

RETIRED TEACHER, PHILATELIST, BLOGGER, NOVELIST


  • 30th November 2025

    The Sunday Summary #171

    The Sunday Summary #171

    Welcome to “The Sunday Summary” in which I try to summarize the week that came…

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    2025, My Life, Sunday Summary
    American Thanksgiving, Cancelling My Life, cool gadgets, Craft, Dan Brown, digital bullet journal, digital flashcards, English lessons, foreign teachers, good food, Immigration changes, Lee Child, lesson planning, massaman curry, new school, Nonfiction November, November 2025, P5, Phuket, reading, Riley Sager, school views, Science lessons, Steve Berry, student projects, Sunday, TBR, teaching in Thailand, Thailand, Thailand visa rules, Watson
  • 29th November 2025

    Cancelling My Life No. 17 – Nov. 29, 1965

    Cancelling My Life No. 17 – Nov. 29, 1965

    Welcome to the 17th installment of “Cancelling My Life” in which I am taking a…

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    2025, Cancelling My LIfe, Philatelic ’65
    Antarctica, Delta DC-9, first day covers, first flight covers, icebreakers, Lake Tritriva, Madagascar, McMurdo Sound, My Life in Stamps, naval covers, November 1965, Operation Deep Freeze, population growth, taboos, U.S. Coast Guard, U.S. Navy, United Nations, USCGC Southwind, USS Atka, volcanic crater lakes
  • 29th November 2025

    Nonfiction November 2025: Week 5 – New to My TBR

    Nonfiction November 2025: Week 5 – New to My TBR

    This is my second year participating in Nonfiction November, hosted by Liz, who blogs at Adventures in…

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    2025, Book Reviews, Books & Reading, Nonfiction November
    25 In 25, A Bunker In Kyiv, Advice for Future Corpses, By The Second Spring, Finding the Mother Tree, Ice Ghosts, Islands of Abandonment, Lost Gardens of the World, Moonlight Express, New To My TBR, nonfiction books, November 2025, On Tyranny, Out of the Darkness, Packing For Mars, Ramona Emerson, Seek, Shutter, Spell Freedom, TBR, The Arctic Fury, The Bookseller at the End of the World, The Dead Beat, The Indian Card, The Ship Beneath the Ice, The Stranger In The Woods, The Warmth of Other Suns, Tunnel 29, Walking the Bones of Britain, Who Owns This Sentence
  • 26th November 2025

    Cancelling My Life No. 16 – Nov. 26, 1965

    Cancelling My Life No. 16 – Nov. 26, 1965

    Welcome to the 16th installment of “Cancelling My Life” in which I am taking a…

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    2025, Cancelling My LIfe, Philatelic ’65
    Antigua, French satellite Astérix, LIFE, My Life in Stamps, November 1965, Paquebot, RMS Andes, ship’s mail, Time
  • 25th November 2025

    Cancelling My Life No. 15 – Nov. 25, 1965

    Cancelling My Life No. 15 – Nov. 25, 1965

    Welcome to the 15th installment of “Cancelling My Life” in which I am taking a…

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    2025, Cancelling My LIfe, Philatelic ’65
    Beirut, butterflies on stamps, Christmas stamps 1965, Hanoi, Lebanon, My Life in Stamps, Nativity scene, Norman Morrison, North Vietnam, November 1965, Peru, Vatican City
  • 25th November 2025

    First Chapter, First Paragraph: Tuesday Intros #125 – The Devil Is A Southpaw

    First Chapter, First Paragraph: Tuesday Intros #125 – The Devil Is A Southpaw

    First Chapter, First Paragraph: Tuesday Intros is a weekly meme hosted by Socrates Book Reviews…

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    Book Memes, Tuesday Intros
    books to read, forensic anthropology, mysteries, Navajo, New Mexico, Ramona Emerson
  • 23rd November 2025

    Sunday Summary #170

    Sunday Summary #170

    Welcome to “Sunday Summary” in which I try to summarize the week that came before.…

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    2025, My Life, Sunday Summary
    Cancelling My Life, Christmas stamps 2025, Craft, David Bowie, digital bullet journal, English lessons, flooding in Thailand, foreign teachers, Immigration changes, lasagna, lesson planning, music, my novel, new school, Nonfiction November, November 2025, P5, packages, Phuket, postcards received, reading, recipes, Science lessons, Squid Game: The Challenge, student artwork, Sunday, TBR, teaching in Thailand, Thailand, Thailand visa rules, The Beatles, video clips, Watson, Waves of Paradise
  • 20th November 2025

    Cancelling My Life No. 14 – Nov. 20, 1965

    Cancelling My Life No. 14 – Nov. 20, 1965

    Welcome to the 14th installment of “Cancelling My Life” in which I am taking a…

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    2025, Cancelling My LIfe, Philatelic ’65
    Abraham Lincoln, Adlai Stevenson, Antarctic exploration, ASDA National Postage Stamp Show, exhibition stamps, football games, George Harrison, Icebreaker Fuji, Japan, Michigan State Univerisy, My Life in Stamps, November 1965, poster stamps, The Beatles
  • 19th November 2025

    Cancelling My Life No. 13 – Nov. 19, 1965

    Cancelling My Life No. 13 – Nov. 19, 1965

    Welcome to the thirteenth installment of “Cancelling My Life” in which I am taking a…

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    2025, Cancelling My LIfe, Philatelic ’65
    1c magenta, birds on stamps, British Guiana, Christmas seals, Guyana, International Cooperation Year, Kellog’s Pop Tarts, maps, My Life in Stamps, November 1965, rare stamps, Rhodesia, Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia, Tunis, Tunisia, Tunisian birds, unrecognized countries, Zimbabwe
  • 19th November 2025

    Nonfiction November 2025: Week 4 – Diverse Perspectives

    Nonfiction November 2025: Week 4 – Diverse Perspectives

    This is my second year participating in Nonfiction November, hosted by Liz, who blogs at Adventures in…

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    2025, Book Reviews, Books & Reading, Nonfiction November
    diverse perspectives, diversity, nonfiction books, November 2025, TBR
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About MARK JOSEPH JOCHIM

Born in the U.S.A. on 3 December 1965, I have lived on the island of Phuket, Thailand, since late December 2004. I teach English as a Second Language to young students, somehow finding time to read books, collect stamps, and write about these and much more on my blogs.

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