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A little humour. some serious thoughts and the adventures of Mr & Mrs T all in a melange/sandbox for you funky folks out there.

The aim is to bring a smile to the dial, stir the pot and not take ourselves too seriously.

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Passion for Words

You may know the feeling. You’re reading a vivid, enthralling passage by one of your favorite authors. As you turn the pages, you can’t help but ask yourself: Just how do they keep me hanging on every word?

I founded Marksandbox with the goal of helping readers demystify the writing process. As my posts dissect recently published books—taking deep dives into the characteristics of good writing—I hope to help you build a greater appreciation for what you read and even spark ideas for your own work.

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Welcome, voracious readers! If your appetite for reading is insatiable, and you love putting your own pen to paper, Marksandbox is the place for you. Let’s grow together as we delve into the world of words.

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“The most valuable of all talents is that of never using two words when one will do.”

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Marksandbox

A Bookworm’s Paradise

Welcome, voracious readers! If your appetite for reading is insatiable, and you love putting your own pen to paper, Marksandbox is the place for you. Let’s grow together as we delve into the world of words.

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Unusual Nuptials – The “operation”

The days prior to Thirza’s arrival saw Jerry energetically seeing to the ‘arrangements’ she had requested in her telegram. News of their...

Unusual Nuptials – A proposal

Thirza left her teaching post in Johannesburg to visit her older sister, Victoria and her family, on their farm near Durban. The letter...

It’s In the Blood

What follows is a “teaser” for a bigger story. Thirza Eagle Nash was seventy-six years old when she passed away. Her faculty yielded to...

A Free Range

I grew up in a house of round rooms, seven of them, set close to each other and joined by hallways and passages. We called them...

A Safe Meeting

Summer, for students, has always been a chance to work, to earn, and keep the wolves at bay, forsaking those trips to the beach. It was...

On a high

When our English teacher asked his esteemed pupils to consider auditioning for a role in the play, Day of Atonement, I put my hand up,...

Hope

August 2019. Temperatures, that summer had risen beyond belief. The North Pole’s ice-cap was shrinking in a hell of heat. Sea levels were...

Walk?

I went for a walk today. I walk everyday, but today was different. Today was a chance to walk with my wife, with friends and thousands of...

One Night…revisited

and George were driving home from Nadia’s 30th birthday party. Nadia was married to George’s long time friend, Boris. George had had a...

A Lesson Learned

There were a couple of inches of snow on the ground. It was the first day of December and Mark was starting a new job in a new country....

The purge of the ‘Peckers

It was a battle, uphill, endless. The ‘Peckers were incessant, fearless and determined. Every time a hole appeared in the cedar paneling...

Tropy for Talent

Hello. My name is Oscar and my title is The Academy Award of Merit. Such a mouthful! A Director of the Academy thought I looked like her...

A Taxing Time

This “off the wall” essay, I say with tongue in cheek, proposes to explain how taxes have evolved from the days of a tithe at 10% to a...

A Haggis To Stomach…or a Burning Supper

“Puddin” it together in easy steps This should all be done in a kilt to create an “inkling” of a highland fling. Make sure you have...

A Mincing of Words

The pierogi or its variant the “perogy” is a favourite Canadian morsel originating in Eastern Europe. It is made of unleavened dough...

Tough Cheese

The Cheese Factory Inc. About the Company: Our Mission, Our History, Our Products and Processes and Our Team. It is our mission to tickle...

The Wild Weather Show

THUNDER is sitting quietly at a table in the Rain Forest Café reading his lines for his role in the production of a play called “The...

Fair Play

The following lines from a poem by an American sports writer, Harry Grantland Rice, sums up the concept of a fair game. In the Alumnus...

A Brush With Fame

Ralph Phillip Klein, Order of Canada and the Alberta Order of Excellence. Ralph grew up in a working class part of Calgary. By all...

Baird’ Flight

The Baird Sandpiper is on de wing. Canada’s ex foreign affairs minister is looking for a place to roost. This Swift exit is a result of a...

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