Mark Welkie

Bio

Born in Chester, PA and raised in Garden City, PA. Went to Nether Providence High School and graduated 1972. Married 22 years, divorced 10 years. Worked on loading docks & then warehouse of Scott Paper Co. Had my first breakdown, recovered to some extent, and became a realtor for 8 years. Took computer programming courses in which I graduated top of my class. Worked at IBM as a computer operator until they downsized & sent me to the warehouse where I began 30 years ago. I had a breakdown & haven't worked since. Became a news junkie and for many years did nothing but gather news from the internet, saving them to Word docs. Avid reader, I have over 1,200 books - 2/3 of them non-fiction and read 2-3 non-fiction books a week on politics, etc. Then I met Twitter and the rest is history.