Mark Graham
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I am a person who really likes to read and write and to share what I learned with all my education. My page will mainly be book reviews and critiques of old and new books that I have read and will read. There will also be other bits, too.
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Beach Music
Pat Conroy has written a family novel entitled 'Beach Music'. This is the story of a man named Jack McCall the first-born son of Lucy McCall Pitts. He has four other brothers all with their own quirks to live with and deal with their mother's illness. Jack at the start of the story is living in Rome with his young daughter Leah and he has noticed that he has had a follower. 'Beach Music' will cover the decades through various stories told by his friends from the sixties about his and his friends' activities, as well as stories from his friends' parents from the Depression to the World War to Vietman. It is also a story of nature and how to deal with climate change. 'Beach Music' is a novel that will have you laugh and cry sometimes at the same time.
By Mark Graham2 years ago in Critique
Our Flag
What does it mean to fly the flag? The flag is the symbol for enduring freedom for all. Flying the flag on the Fourth of July, Flag Day or any other patriotic day shows that one cares for their country and to those who have served to protect it from invaders. The flag that shows in its' stars and stripes how proud we citizens are for what we have. The flag is a symbol of honor, so let it fly high in the sky.
By Mark Graham2 years ago in Critique
The Fourth of July
Happy Fourth of July!!!! This is the day that America celebrates our independence of England oh so long ago. Now it is the holiday that we celebrate veterans of all wars from the Revolution through Desert Storm and ones still going on in some ways. It is a day of picnics, games and at night fireworks.
By Mark Graham2 years ago in Critique
The Rifleman
'The Rifleman' starring Chuck Conners was a television western about Lucas McCain and his son Mark in the town of North Fork near Laramie. In each episode there was a lesson to learn whether for an adult or a child. I remember the beginning when Lucas is slowly walking shooting the rifle rapid fire with Chuck Conners staring at the camera. This was a series that was before my time, but I have seen a few reruns from time to time. It was a series that followed a particular sequence from episode to episode. There is a crime and investigation of sorts and a solution sought after and a decision made.
By Mark Graham2 years ago in Critique
Valley of the Dinosaurs
Back in the day on Saturday mornings in the late seventies there were various kinds of programs from the normal cartoon to live action programs. There was a cartoon that I remember entitled 'Valley of the Dinosaurs' a cartoon about the Butler family and their trip of exploration into the prehistoric past. The cartoon was well-detailed in depicting the Butler family and the cave family they encountered and their surroundings from the flora to the fauna (dinosaurs). There were lessons to learn about cooperation and accepting others for who they are.
By Mark Graham2 years ago in Critique
Adult Coloring Books
I really appreciate all the reads and comments I have received on my Color art pictures that I have done in a few adult coloring books that I have shared. Along with some of my original art drawings. I mainly wanted to share that I have published several adult coloring books on the site known as 'artwanted.com'. I have print and PDF versions of my books there. If you happened to be interested, go to the site and click 'BROWSE' and type my name. They are all pencil sketches in the coloring books. I also have a gallery of my artwork posted there as well. You can even buy them if you would like to. They are drawn using markers, crayons and stylus computer icons. Please comment.
By Mark Graham2 years ago in Critique
Land of the Lost
'Land of the Lost' was a live action program on Saturdays that took a family of explorers to the era of dinosaurs. There was the father Rick Porter and his son and daughter Will and Holly. There were plenty of adventures in this land, but they had to be careful of the Slestack a group of walking and hissing lizards that were usually green except for one named Inca or something like that who helped the Porter family. There were pylons all over the place where they could enter and go to other times. Once again there were lessons for viewers to learn and in this one science was a good subject.
By Mark Graham2 years ago in Critique
Gunsmoke
"Bang" 'Gunsmoke' starring James Arness as Marshall Matt Dillion. This was a television western cowboy show where the good guys won and the bad guys lost. There was Miss Kitty, Festus, Doc, Newly and before them Quint and Chester as deputies. 'Gunsmoke' was a drama but also had a lot of comedy thanks to Festus at times. There were plenty of lessons one could learn as well.
By Mark Graham2 years ago in Critique
Grizzly Adams
There was an old television show in the mid to late seventies named 'Grizzly Adams' starring Dan Haggerty who portrayed the main character who was accused of a crime he did not commit so he left his family and went out into the wilderness. The time period was the 1800's. Adams made friends with a grizzly bear hence the name of the show, called Ben along with a trader trapper by the name of Mad Jack and an Indian, his blood brother, named Nicoma. This was also show that in a way taught various survival skills in the wilderness that one can still use today when going camping and even the basics of right and wrong in solving various issues.
By Mark Graham2 years ago in Critique
That Girl
Here is another old television program that I remember watching when I was younger 'That Girl' starring Marlo Thomas the daughter of Danny Thomas. Marlo Thomas played the character of Ann Marie a want-to-be actress who moved to New York City to pursue this dream. There were many situations in this show that could still be issues even today. For instance, parents who want the best for their children, but not sure if the children are ready as in Ann's father does not think she's ready. 'That Girl' is really a show for all decades even though it is set in the late sixties and very early seventies.
By Mark Graham2 years ago in Critique
Dobie Gillis
There is another old television program from the 1950's named 'Dobie Gillis' that I found on the ROKU channel. This is the story of a teenager who is always trying to figure out what life is all about from his friends and his parents. Dobie spends a lot of time just thinking for in a way this show let the viewers learn to think before you leap into various solutions to any issue or problem that you may have in your life as a human. The only issue I had about this show is that the actors seemed a little old to be playing these characters even back then, but really they would fit into today's world believe or not.
By Mark Graham2 years ago in Critique
