diff --git a/init.lua b/init.lua
index 4cfdb4db..5483b562 100644
--- a/init.lua
+++ b/init.lua
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ require('lazy').setup({
       'hrsh7th/cmp-nvim-lsp',
 
       -- Adds a number of user-friendly snippets
-      'rafamadriz/friendly-snippets',
+      --'rafamadriz/friendly-snippets',
     },
   },
 
@@ -472,8 +472,14 @@ mason_lspconfig.setup_handlers {
 -- See `:help cmp`
 local cmp = require 'cmp'
 local luasnip = require 'luasnip'
+
+-- This next line, along with a line earlier which provides a collection 
+-- of snippets from GitHub: 'rafamadriz/friendly-snippets' loads a bunch of snippets.
+-- I prefer to write my own.
+--
 --require('luasnip.loaders.from_vscode').lazy_load()
---require("luasnip.loaders.from_vscode").lazy_load({ paths = { "/home/droscigno/.config/nvim/my-cool-snippets/markdown.json" } })
+require("luasnip.loaders.from_lua").load({ paths = "~/.config/nvim/snippets/" })
+
 luasnip.config.setup {}
 
 cmp.setup {
diff --git a/snippets/markdown.lua b/snippets/markdown.lua
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..24c8a8c7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/snippets/markdown.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+require("luasnip.session.snippet_collection").clear_snippets "text"
+
+local ls = require "luasnip"
+
+local s = ls.s
+local i = ls.insert_node
+local fmta = require("luasnip.extras.fmt").fmta
+
+ls.add_snippets("markdown", {
+  s(
+    "ytv",
+    fmta(
+      [[
+
+<div class='vimeo-container'>
+  <iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/[youtubecode]"
+    width="640"
+    height="360"
+    frameborder="0"
+    allow="autoplay;
+    fullscreen;
+    picture-in-picture"
+    allowfullscreen>
+  </iframe>
+</div>
+
+]],
+      {
+        youtubecode = i(1),
+      },
+      { delimiters = "[]" }
+    )
+  ),
+  s(
+    "trl",
+    fmta(
+      [[
+
+<div class='transparent-table'>
+
+|||
+|------|----|
+|<img src={require('./images/%courseimage+.png').default} class="image" alt="course logo" style={{width: '16rem', 'background-color': 'transparent'}}/>|ClickHouse provides free training on %coursetopic+ and many other topics.  The [%coursetopic2+ training course](https://learn.clickhouse.com/visitor_catalog_class/show/%coursecode+/?utm_source=clickhouse&utm_medium=docs) is a good place to start.|
+
+</div>
+
+]],
+      {
+        courseimage = i(1),
+        coursetopic = i(2),
+        coursetopic2 = i(3),
+        coursecode = i(4),
+      },
+      { delimiters = "%+" }
+    )
+  ),
+})
+