Cool summer morning
funny that
day will be hot
with more sweat

Walked in this morning
soothing breeze
wind on my face
strolled with ease

I know that it is no big deal to people north of the Appalachian Mountains or in the Rockies, but it's big when we get an inch or more down here in the Southeast. And we have two inches right now! Everything is so ... so bright, so clean. The snow is a natural muffler. The air is fresh as if the individual flakes are "scrubbing bubbles" purifying ( Read more... )

Jason’s Friend

Early in the afternoon of the third day of travelling with the king’s soldiers they arrived at the gate of the city of Naz. The journey had been quite pleasant and the commander avoided them most of the time. Jon and Jason hopped off the wagon once inside the gate. The commander ignored them, “Good riddance!” he muttered under ( Read more... )

And so today the students are back. Thousands of late teenage to early 20's kids from all nations roaming from building to building. Some look confused, some scared, others confident. Some seem to have little common sense, going about in shirt sleeves and sometimes short sleeves. Admittedly the day is warmer, finally crawling above freezing. Still ( Read more... )

I looked back through my Live Journal and saw that I promised someone almost 5 years ago that I would have them out of the desert. The story is now going to change dimensionally to two journeys - one of Jon and Jason and the other of the rest. To refresh, Jon and Jason are going back to Jason’s homeland in Nazlandia for two quests - to restore ( Read more... )

For the Serbian Community as well as the Russians, today is Holy Theophany. While I worked at Siemens from January 2008 - June 2009 I had the privilege to work with an Serbian American. He was a world class professional soccer player for nearly 10 years, who sustained an injury to his knee that put him out of play. He later came to America with his ( Read more... )

I'm at work today ... since I am a temp employee if Steve don't work, Steve don't get paid. So I sit here with no one in the building but the guards and me.

I wonder if it is some omen to be alone most of the first day of the first year of the new decade? I would think that being with a group of friends in a warm cozy home watching parades and ( Read more... )

Well, my wife Tricia, my daughter Rebekah and I have returned from a trip to New York City between the 26th and the 30th. We stayed in Elizabeth, NJ and commuted each day by Express bus to the Port Authority Terminal at 42nd Street.

1st Day: We flew in to Newark Airport and made our way to Manhattan around 2pm. It was a drizzly day that turned into ( Read more... )

First, I looked back through my LJ and I see that I am coming up on 7 years of posting. I also found many entries that I needed to copy to my latest laptop.

So, I went out at lunch and slogged through the rain, trying to get at least a mile walk done. I wasn't the only creature out braving the elements - I saw a robin looking for earthworms to ( Read more... )

The majority of the students are gone for the semester/holiday break. I walked through campus alone this morning with hardly a car on the streets, no students out looking for coffee, and hardly any staff about except for an occasional “gator” of the groundskeepers. I detoured to the student center to get some breakfast - the only thing open is a ( Read more... )