About Mark's Sandbox/
Wordypecker
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.
So come play in the Sandbox
About Mark's Sandbox
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.
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.
Thomas Jefferson
“The most valuable of all talents is that of never using two words when one will do.”
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.
Havana Moon
Havana Moon is a concert film by the “Rolling Stones”. It marked a new age for music in Cuba’ after Fidel Castro’s hold on the country...
Heaven Or Hell
If memory serves me right I first heard “Hotel California” in my late late teens. Heard it on the radio messing around in a friends...
More About Patti Smith
#music #musicvideos
Wat’sa Bin Happin’n!!!
Well ya kin bet that someone out there Funky Folks knows sumting. Did you know that the three musketeers, Branson, Bezos and Musk himself...
Shocking…ley
“Out here in the fields” one can hear the shock of a le…yf falling, smacking the ground in a cloud of dust. It is so that “Shockley and...
A Lyrical Spaghetti Twisted Tale
FFFOT this little lyrical tale of lyrics and part-lyrics joined together like pieces of spaghetti evolving into a minute story of murder,...
A Capella
A Cappella could be as old as humanity itself. Research suggests that singing and vocables may have been what early humans used to...
Lyric Spaghetti
A little lyric story of lyrics, part-lyrics and nothing else, strung together like joined spaghetti. I stand accused It’s more than a...
A Funky Year Indeed
So FFFOT it has been a long 365 plus 7 days since the first post of this, what seems to have become, unintentionally a pandemic blogo....
The Fitbit
This story begins with a discarded Fitbit. I lay comatose in a drawer left there by my former wristy host. I was programmed to be a...
“Is Anyone Out There Funky Folks?”
Pink Floyd’s instrumental piece is new to me. For what it’s worth thought I’d share it with you folks. Something different and remember...
A Turkey For Two
Remember all the frantic runs on things like toilet paper 🧻 , sanitizer, leaving empty shelves and long lines at the checkout with...
This Drives Me Crazy Miss Daisy 🚖 😝
It’s a hoot Funky Folks. I ask of you big questions, “Why do we drive the way we do and does the way we drive reveal the kind of person...
Back-asswards 😜
So this morning Funky Folks the sun had not yet risen when I fell out of bed. It was dark. The bedside light that flickered like a candle...
Shindings
English Synonyms of “shinding“: get-together, party, social gathering, clambake, fiesta, fight, jam, racket, knees-up, do. A small...
Out of the Ashes
Ooooo!! Funky Folks I have a headache. A big perplexing question sits before me. So which came first, the chicken or the egg? The...
The Perfect Storm
When two or more unrelated events occur at the same time adding to the severity of a storm or by analogy to an event it is known as a...
A Funky Chicken Dance With Sunscreen
It’s long at 7 mins but fun. Thanks Lil for the heads up – will you dance the funky chicken dance with me if I wear sunscreen?
Footsteps to freedom
In a letter to his parents my father described in detail his escape from a prisoner of war camp in Italy. It was hard to read his hand...
What’s The Buzz?
This buzz is not Funk. A story within a story reveals that years ago, in the time of my misspent youth I was fortunate enough to join a...
