Limericks, haiku, and love… my retirement gathering with cherished Red Hat colleagues…

~Friday~ Today after work, some of the wonderful Red Hat people I work with met at Busy Bee Cafe for a farewell celebration of my imminent retirement, on Monday, October 13. The calendar invitation read: John Martin is retiring | Let's celebrate/commiserate Reserving this time to celebrate John Martin's retirement. (His actual retirement date is … Read more

Haikus for the boss…

Two weeks before National Boss Day (NBD), which was Wednesday, October 16th, I sent an email to our department of (mostly) writers, asking them if they were interested in doing a little something for our boss, Laura, on NBD. In the email, I suggested we each write a haiku about Laura, if they’d be interested … Read more

A morning haiku, being loved a hole punch, fatter lean meat, and finding a possible nude model…

~Saturday~  Although it had stopped snowing by morning, its remnants were all about. With my morning coffee in hand, I opened the blinds on the windows facing my back deck, to a scene that prompted me to write this haiku: No sound on my deck. Is that the white noise of snow? Beautiful morning. While … Read more