What a strange set of connections that bring me to this blog post on Labor Day. I am not sure what the point of this blog post will be, but there seems to be something here worth documenting. Hymn Making "Who is that woman?" you might be asking of the blog header picture. She is … Continue reading Pondering: Connections, Hymns and Thoughts of Jesus
A System OC1, commonly called a SOC1, is a fatal error on an IBM MVS Mainframe. When I started testing Geneva at the time on it, it was a common result for an unstable system. Within the first few weeks of work, I wrote this poem. ODE TO SOC 1 While performing my testing one … Continue reading Ode to SOC1
I think Krista helped me write this for Mother's Day, 1993: My mother makes my Sunday clothes My mother always wipes my nose My mother makes great "peanut" lunch My mother stops when Abby I punch My mother teaches songs to me My mother reads the books I see My mother in the park will … Continue reading Children’s Poems for Mother’s Day
A Witness "Peace, be still!" to the sea he did cry. He calmed the waves; my fears all did fly. The words filled with power, and yet so much peace, I watched him help sinners their sinning to cease. "All ye that labor," he said consoling. He seem to be inviting, uplifting, enfolding. He felt … Continue reading Peter: A Witness
Kip on Character 