Lend and See

Huh!  I have a real blend of thoughts running through my mind. . . First, I appreciate all the dear friends who have wished me well, as I leave IBM.  There seems to be so many different exciting things out there to choose from, I’m wondering just where I’ll start. The most tempting words come [...]

October has brought the opportunity to visit two special homes in the U.S., the first here you see is that of Thomas Jefferson.  Monticello was built by Thomas as a dream house just 4 miles from where he was born.  The property was owned by his father who left it to Thomas.  It is a [...]

Yes, a lovely Saturday this weekend, we traveled up I-95 to Washington, DC to take in the National Galley of Art.  This lovely Leonardo Da Vinci is found there in the gallery and it is quite an inspiration to those passing through the museum.  There was a large group in front of this painting listening [...]

What a town!  Years ago when working in Lausanne, Switzerland one of my team, Hoisuk flew to Barcelona and came back all enthusiastic after a long weekend there. My turn finally came now almost 3 weeks ago as I, along my wife traveled there for business and yes some wonderful pleasure of getting acquainted with [...]

This past weekend (Labor Day weekend / September 1) we traveled by car to Williamsburg, Virginia to take in just a bit of local flavor.  It was a lazy trip preceeded by a trip to Aunt Sarah’s Pancake House in Richmond.  Upon arrival to Williamsburg, we thought we might make a quick side trip to [...]

O.k. so the first week in August headed to a new project in Richmond, Virginia.  I’ve started as the project manager for MeadWestvaco (MWV), an enormous packaging and chemical business in some 30 countries of the world. We located a cool apartment near Short Pump Town Center.  This has been a real shock moving from [...]

Hi there world.  I’m not new to blogs.  I regularly post inside IBM on BlogCentral.  I’ve just become so involved with social networking on the inside, I decided “hey it’s time to start jammin’ on the outside where my many friends across the globe could reach out and see what I’m doing and saying. I [...]