on Garth's retirement

what will you do now
if you really *do* retire?
the wide world is yours

Online Styleguide: For Alan

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separates text and icon
in every link

Arctic Monkeys

so much hype threatens
to drown out all the music
will it be worth it?

anthemion

glimpses of fresh ink
shades of violet and black
pleasant, surprising

tapestry

needle in, needle
out, soothing repetition,
wool's meditation

Mothering Sunday

one of the best things
I gained in my marriage is
my mother-in-law

scattered papers

the endless charts and
patterns distract me from the
real project at hand

team meeting

another re-org
wondering how we'll fit in
with our new teammates

that rascal Puff

a dragon-shaped cloud
floating over Mount Rainier
in the early morning

something fishy

Rita's out of town
abandoning her poor fish
but Bait will be fed

Congratulations Suz & Eric!

friends and family
gathered to welcome the new
mister & missus

vernal equinox

the sun shines brightly
in a crisp blue sky on this,
the first day of spring

launch night

hurry up and wait
bursts of excitement mixed with
hours of boredom

pre-launch jitters

things will be just fine
scripts will be run, and we'll all
be home before dawn

St. Patrick's Day

in good times and bad
she acknowledged that she had
always been Lucky

R.I.P. P.W.E.I.

a cryptic message
reveals a world no longer
so Incredible

happy anniversary

a surprising year
I could not have predicted
so much happiness

jet lag

it's barely Tuesday
two-thirty in the morning
and I'm wide awake

commute

driving into work
did the past two weeks happen?
my heart tells me yes

65-minute flight delay @ BHX

the only good thing
was that it reduced the time
I spent in Newark

last full day in Brum

I'm sad to say that
this poor fool and her honey
are too soon parted

Whitby

climbing nearly two
hundred worn-down steps for a
prospect of Whitby

Blackpool

grey skies add to the
gloom in this seaside town still
closed down for winter

Manchester

lost in winding streets
an unplanned, undesired tour
of a humdrum town

flu or food poisoning?

it doesn't matter
which -- shivering nausea
and pieces of toast

engagement tattoos

a thousand needles
pushing pigment under skin
marking me as his

Ironbridge

happy wanderings
through a Victorian town
going back in time

Dudley JBs

seeing the Stuffies
playing their home town, dancing
surrounded by friends

St. Ives

as I was going
to St. Ives, I met no man
at all... wives or no

to Norwich

blizzard conditions
crawling down the motorway
aching hands and arms

Happy Birthday Wil!

you're my best friend, my
beloved, now my husband
I wish you great joy!