I Don’t Wanna! by Mark Lyons Image by murovas2016 from Pixabay SammySocks Etc. Blog - Comments and Observations from Someone Who Is a Retired Educator and the Father of Sammy of SammySocks Etc. Stuff you may have had to do when the bad weather hit even though you didn’t wanna. Get up! Get wood for the fireplace. Go to a hotel. Drive on the bad roads. Unload the car in the ice and snow. Sleep with the cat in the bathroom as the power in the hotel is ...
Mark and the Big Bad Bird by Mark Lyons Image by gabicuz from Pixabay SammySocks Etc. Blog - Comments and Observations from Someone Who Is a Retired Educator and the Father of Sammy of SammySocks Etc. “If I put on my gray hoodie, put up the hood, duck down real low, and run as fast as I can, I think I can make it to the mailbox,” whispers Mark as he peers cautiously through the peephole in his front door. He backs away from the peephole and makes a few notations on a yellow legal pad. After a few more minutes of contemplation, Mark adds more to his original assessment. “If I throw in some zig-zags and flail my...
What If? by Mark Lyons Image by Ryan McGuire from Pixabay SammySocks Etc. Blog - Comments and Observations from Someone Who Is a Retired Educator and the Father of Sammy of SammySocks Etc. “Hmm, should I have the cardboard bran cereal with 25 grams of fiber or my homemade granola wheat toast with the gluten free, tofu based, omega-3 fatty acid infused, flaxseed salmon spread? Oh, nuts, I’m just going to IHOP.” Oh, hi. My mind was wandering, I mean, I was just thinking. After forty-four years as an educator and now retired, I sometimes think about what my life could have been like if I had chosen a profession other than teaching. I loved my career as...
The Trials and Tribulations of Being a Retired Teacher by Mark Lyons Image by Michael Jarmoluk from Pixabay SammySocks Etc. Blog - Comments and Observations from Someone Who Is a Retired Educator and the Father of Sammy of SammySocks Etc. Being a retired teacher is not all it’s cracked up to be. I used to look forward to all the days off at Thanksgiving, Christmas, and Spring Break. Summer was a big deal. Now, I’m off all the time. People would call me Mr. Lyons and Sir. No matter how much I try, my wife will still only call me Mark, Honey, Sweetie, and Cutie Pie. There were those special days when we could look forward to the...
The Bipartisanship of Socks by Mark Lyons Image by tookapic from Pixabay SammySocks Etc. Blog - Comments and Observations from Someone Who Is a Retired Educator and the Father of Sammy of SammySocks Etc. It is the wish and dream of American elected officials from the Republican, Democrat, Independent, and any other political party to work together for the good of the American people. One thing all politicians agree on are socks. (Oh sure, there may be a few “free-from-all-apparel” free thinkers out there who might disagree, but for the most part, they all agree.) Politicians of all parties have had a long and storied relationship with socks. Check out any painting of the signing of the Declaration of...
