525,600 Minutes
525,600 minutes...So... It's finally 2022... If you're a computer software engineer (programmer), you're used to doing "time math," things like seconds in a minute are learned at a young age…
Where Are You Christmas – 2020
Wow! Where to start... It's been so long since I've written anything, and nothing I write can do justice... The beginning of the year marked the beginning of a pandemic…
Gray Cloud – A Tribute to September 11, 2001
This is a poem written by a friend and college roommate of mine, Jerry, on September 12, 2001. Gray Cloud There's a gray cloud over my house Like the smoke…
A Mother’s Love – Mary Beaton (Oct. 25, 1937-June 27, 1993)
So... Here we are twenty-five years since I said goodbye for the last time to my mom. Wow, that's hard to believe - a quarter century, and just under one…
Not All Heros Wear Capes – Frank Beato (Sept. 05, 1924-June 06, 1994)
It's been twenty-four years since I said goodbye for the last time to my dad. Wow, that's hard to believe - almost a quarter of a century, and just under…
“I’m feeding the fish.”
In his book, Dear Mr. Rogers, Does It Ever Rain in Your Neighborhood?: Letters to Mr. Rogers, published in 1996, Fred Rogers included this letter: One girl and her family wrote…
You still matter – Mental Health Month – May 2018
Each year millions of Americans face the reality of living with a mental illness. One in five Americans are affected by mental health conditions and the stigma associated with mental…
May we all be like the coffee
People have different reactions when tough times come - the advice of this grandmother is priceless: A young woman went to her grandmother and told her about her life and…
“… only love can do that.”
Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that. -- Martin Luther King On January 18th, we celebrated Martin…
Here lies…
One of my former jobs involved a lot of travel. I had the privilege and good fortune to travel to a lot of places: some near, some far away, some…