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Mark Joseph Jochim

Mark Joseph Jochim

RETIRED TEACHER, PHILATELIST, BLOGGER, NOVELIST


  • 18th November 2025

    First Chapter, First Paragraph: Tuesday Intros #124 – Shutter

    First Chapter, First Paragraph: Tuesday Intros #124 – Shutter

    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
  • 16th November 2025

    Cancelling My Life No. 12 – Nov. 16, 1965

    Cancelling My Life No. 12 – Nov. 16, 1965

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

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    2025, Cancelling My LIfe, Philatelic ’65
    Bahamas, cruise ships, Einar Benediktsson, EPCOT, Iceland, Kiev, Moon phases, MS Gripsholm, My Life in Stamps, nautical covers, November 1965, ocean liners, Paquebot, poets, Soviet Union, space probes, Spaceship Earth, statues, Swedish American Line, The Rolling Stones, The Supremes, USSR, Venera, Venus, Walt Disney World, waterfalls
  • 16th November 2025

    Sunday Summary #169

    Sunday Summary #169

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

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    2025, My Life, Sunday Summary
    astronomy, English lessons, essays, foreign teachers, lesson planning, local area, morning assembly, new job, new school, November 2025, P5, Phuket, reading, school museum, Science lessons, Sunday, TBR, teaching in Thailand, Thailand, Thailand mourning
  • 11th November 2025

    Nonfiction November 2025: Week 3 – Book Pairings

    Nonfiction November 2025: Week 3 – Book Pairings

    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
    As You Wish, Buddhism, Cary Elwes, cookbooks, Ehtan Nichtern, fiction and nonfiction pairings, fiction books, films, Jenn Fujikawa, making of movie books, nonfiction books, November 2025, Rachel Robison-Greene, Richard Greene, Rob Reiner, S. Morgenstern, Tao, TBR, The Dharma of The Princess Bride, The Princess Bride, The Princess Bride and Philosophy, The Princess Bride: The Official Cookbook, William Goldman, Zen
  • 11th November 2025

    First Chapter, First Paragraph: Tuesday Intros #123 – Bog Queen

    First Chapter, First Paragraph: Tuesday Intros #123 – Bog Queen

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

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    Book Memes, Tuesday Intros
    Anna North, Big Queen, books to read, forensic anthropology, mysteries
  • 9th November 2025

    Sunday Summary #168

    Sunday Summary #168

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

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    2025, My Life, Sunday Summary
    blogs, burgers in Phuket, food trucks in Phuket, haircut, home cooking, job search, markers, Mexican food in Phuket, movies, new job, November 2025, Phuket, Pose Office, rainy weather, reading, Reeces Peanut Butter Cups, Sakura Pigma Fineliners, socks, Sunday, TBR, term break, Thailand, Thailand mourning, Zebra Mildliners
  • 7th November 2025

    Cancelling My Life No. 11 – Nov. 07, 1965

    Cancelling My Life No. 11 – Nov. 07, 1965

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

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    2025, Cancelling My LIfe, Philatelic ’65
    Affligen Abbey, Anthony Van Dyke, Brussels, Cameroon, Caravelle, Central African Republic, crescent rolls, EuropAfrica Convention, first flight cover, Girona (Spain), Jean de Vos, King Alfonso XIII Monument, Madrid, My Life in Stamps, November 1965, Pillsbury Dough Boy, Poppin’ Fresh, SABENA, Tunisia, Tunisian regional costumes, Yaounde, YouTube videos
  • 7th November 2025

    New Issue of the Day #1: November 7, 2025 – Greenland’s Christmas Stamps

    New Issue of the Day #1: November 7, 2025 – Greenland’s Christmas Stamps

    Twenty twenty-five has not shaped out to be the philatelic-heavy year I imagined twelve months…

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    2025, Christmas Stamps, New Issue of the Day, New Stamp Issues, Philately
    Christmas stamps 2025, Greenland, New Issues 2025, November 2025, Tusass Greenland Filatelia
  • 5th November 2025

    Nonfiction November 2025: Week 2 – Choosing Nonfiction

    Nonfiction November 2025: Week 2 – Choosing Nonfiction

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

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    2025, Books & Reading, Nonfiction November
    A Message From Ukraine, Admiral of the Ocean Sea, Aquanaut, Choosing Nonfiction, Columbus on Himself, Folio Society, Miracle in the Cave, nonfiction books, November 2025, Rising Water, TBR
  • 4th November 2025

    A First Look at the 2026 U.S. Stamps

    A First Look at the 2026 U.S. Stamps

    In years past, I have set out each November or December with the intention of…

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    2025, 2026 Stamps, New Stamp Issues, Philately
    America 250, Semiquincentennial, United States 2026 Stamps, United States Postal Service, USPS
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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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