Archive - Accidental Wisdom

Nothing Horrible Happened

My mother says “lovely” when she compliments something she doesn’t approve of.

Feb 21 • Mark Rothschild

A Few Miles from Dachau

Feb 7 • Mark Rothschild

January 2026

Everything Is Normal

Trish and I took two of our three kids to Florida for a late-June getaway.

Jan 24 • Mark Rothschild

Hello I Must Be Going

The Goodbye Letter I Didn’t Want to Write

Jan 10 • Mark Rothschild

December 2025

Three Hobbies and a Mild Crisis

When I sold my company and drifted into something resembling semi-retirement, people stopped asking me about my EBITDA and started asking me a far more…

Dec 20, 2025 • Mark Rothschild

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