Scott Woodsmall

My Christmas Wish List | Mark’s Remarks

When we were kids, my brother and I would look in the JC Penney catalog at the toy section, often looking at this huge Matchbox car garage that probably cost…

Hairy Christmas | Mark’s Remarks

Why is hair such a dominant thing in our lives? When I look back on my life, I can think of so many times hair has seemed to be such…

What Does Your Heart Say? | Mark’s Remarks

If you are like me, you have realized that our hearts are not always nice places.  I always wondered what it would be like to take a drive through the…

Weighing in on Hot Topics | Mark’s Remarks

Sometimes I see something good on Facebook and I share it, only to have people spouting off immediately. Well, I suppose it’s their right. After all, I shared the post…

‘Green Book’ | Movie Review

Nearly 30 years ago, “Driving Miss Daisy” told the story of an unlikely friendship between an elderly woman and her African American driver. While watching, audiences could predict easily that…

Reoccurring Dreams | Mark’s Remarks

I continue to have this dream about two neighbors I once had.  They were very special, like a third set of grandparents to my brother and me. They both died…

‘The Front Runner’ | Movie Review

If you weren’t around or old enough to know much about the Gary Hart scandal during the late 1980s, you might want to read up on it before you see…

‘Widows’ | Movie Review

Steve McQueen has made challenging films about difficult subjects with his first three movies, which focused on a politically motivated hunger strike, sex addiction and slavery. After his last effort,…

Trivia Terminators | Mark’s Remarks

Sometimes when you talk too much and make a public spectacle of yourself, people ask you to do things like emcee trivia nights.  I’ve been asked a few times, and…

Ouija | Mark’s Remarks

I remember a time near Halloween when we were going uptown after school to paint spooky scenes on business windows.  I’m pretty sure we were in eighth grade. On a…