The Survivalist by Mark Lyons Image by hoobychubes from Pixabay SammySocks Etc. Blog - Comments and Observations from Someone Who Is a Retired Educator and the Father of Sammy of SammySocks Etc. Visit us at www.sammysocksetc.com. “Yeah, I’m pretty sure that I could be on that survival show,” says Mark to his wife Sally as he stares at the TV. “You know I was a Boy Scout.” “Was that before or after fire was invented?” asks Sally. “Well, uh, ….. after,” replies Mark. “I got to the rank of Star. We did a lot of camping out.” “Oh, yeah,” says Sally. “You told me this before. Didn’t you have to spend the night alone in the forest...
The Regimen by Mark Lyons Image by Tumisu from Pixabay SammySocks Etc. Blog - Comments and Observations from Someone Who Is a Retired Educator and the Father of Sammy of SammySocks Etc. Visit us at www.sammysocksetc.com. “Let me just save this grocery list as a power point presentation and then print it out,” says Mark. “I have each item listed exactly in the order I will find them as I go up and down each aisle in the grocery store. They are color coded as to product, canned goods, beverages, meats, toiletries, paper goods, refrigerated foods, and frozen foods. Then I cross referenced each one as to its location in the store to every other item, the shelf it is...
Cat Scratch Fever! by Mark Lyons Image by Margot Liebert-Korell from Pixabay SammySocks Etc. Blog - Comments and Observations from Someone Who Is a Retired Educator and the Father of Sammy of SammySocks Etc. Visit us at www.sammysocksetc.com. “Ooooooooouuuuuuuch!” hollered Mark. “I think the cat scratched me!” “What?” asked Sally. “What did you do?” “I wasn’t doing anything!” explained Mark as he peered over his vintage glasses at a tiny line on the back of his right hand. “Really?” asked Sally. “All I did was brush by his tail,” said Mark. “That’s all?” asked Sally. “Uh-huh!” replied Mark. “And maybe try to grab it.” “Yeah, see,” said Sally. “He was just defending himself.”...
Mark and the Creature by Mark Lyons Image by JamesDeMers from Pixabay SammySocks Etc. Blog - Comments and Observations from Someone Who Is a Retired Educator and the Father of Sammy of SammySocks Etc. Visit us at www.sammysocksetc.com. “Honey, we have something living in the backyard!” says Mark as he rushes into the house. “I think it’s living in our super cool, mini-wildlife sanctuary. What do I do?” Sally looks up from the book she is reading and says, “By wildlife sanctuary you mean the pile of old Christmas trees you threw out in the backyard every year because you never got around to chopping them up? And now things are living there?” “Uh, yes, but every time...
Things I Have Time for Now That I Am Retired by Mark Lyons Image by Thorsten Frenzel from Pixabay SammySocks Etc. Blog - Comments and Observations from Someone Who Is a Retired Educator and the Father of Sammy of SammySocks Etc. Now that I am retired, I have time to do many things that I never had time for before. This list is my no means complete but here are some of the highlights. Contemplate my navel. Watch documentaries about the noises older men make. I think it’s a six part series. Get to say things like: “Let me see, No, nope, I got nothin’ this week.” “Oh, wait, I don’t have to go to work tomorrow.” ...
