Welcome to Sunday Summary, the meme in which I attempt to summarize the week that came before. Most of the time, I put together these weekly summaries in the late evening hours on Sunday but this time I have begun at the crack of dawn. Later today, I will head to the bus terminal to … Continue reading Sunday Summary #6
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Monthly Meanderings: November 2015
I turn 50 years old in just a few days. I had planned to do a few things in order to celebrate my first half-century on Earth -- a "50 things about me" blog series for one thing, putting together an article picturing "my life in stamps" for another. I thought about "issuing" a series … Continue reading Monthly Meanderings: November 2015
What About Mark? #2: Birth (Part 2)
#2. BIRTH (Part 2): I was born at Parkland Memorial Hospital in Dallas. Parkland was where John F. Kennedy and his assassin, Lee Harvey Oswald (not to mention Harvey's killer, Jack Ruby), took their final breaths. Many years after my birth, my little sister was a medical student at the University of Kansas. Her area of … Continue reading What About Mark? #2: Birth (Part 2)
What About Mark? #1: Birth (Part 1)
NOTE: This new series -- "What About Mark?" -- is inspired by a series I used on a previous blog -- "101 Things You Didn't Know About Me." That, in turn, came about from a lesson I taught during my first year or so in Thailand and was basically a list of tidbits about myself … Continue reading What About Mark? #1: Birth (Part 1)
Muang Phuket Local Post: New Issue — Kennedy Assassination 50th Anniversary, 22 November 2013
Muang Phuket Local Post (MPLP) announces the release of a new artistamp commemorating the 50th anniversary of President John F. Kennedy's assassination in Dallas, Texas. This single 50-satang stamp is the second in MPLP's 'Americana Series' which began with the Gettysburg Address stamp issued on Tuesday (19 November). It has been printed in imperforate sheets … Continue reading Muang Phuket Local Post: New Issue — Kennedy Assassination 50th Anniversary, 22 November 2013
Veterans Day: A Personal View and My “American” Month
Today we celebrate the American holiday of Veterans Day, established back in 1919 to honor those brave men (and, later, women) who have served in our armed forces. It's one of one of the handful of days each year that I feel especially proud of my American heritage (one of the others -- Memorial Day … Continue reading Veterans Day: A Personal View and My “American” Month
Identity Crisis and Family History
Lately, I've been experiencing somewhat of an identity crisis. You see, I was adopted within a month of my birth in December 1965. I no longer have copies of the adoption papers or my birth certificate (and the latter is turning out to be as difficult to obtain as the former). I have never made … Continue reading Identity Crisis and Family History
Mark Joseph Jochim 