Dear Lonnie
Hi again, [Lonnie].
So nice to hear that your Mom is loving her retirement.
In the 80s, she used to talk about you sometimes. It’s wonderful to finally meet you – in email at least.
Well, she knows that I was working as a software engineer. In fact, she and I came into contact again right after I got that position in 1988. I worked through the ranks to a lead engineering position, where I programmed web site infrastructure until March of 2003. Since you’re in law, you’ve probably heard of the company I worked for – [...].
I was alone for most of that time, and so I left that position of 15 years to pursue my life’s dream of finding my dream girl. Then, once located, I hope to write about and publish the journey to her, to help comfort the people who have yet to find their soul mates, and have had to wait a long time for true love. I have about 20 complete pieces – articles, short stories, poems, and such. Adding more every month. The software job was so demanding that I didn’t have time to devote to the search. But now, time is plentiful, even though money is not! 
I’m also operating a fully computerized DJ business temporarily, until either the writing takes off, or some other opportunity comes up. You could say that I’m in a career-interim right now, a sabbatical, mid-life break, whatever. I suppose I’ll get on with part 2 of my working life when I meet Her.
I’m the treasurer of our school’s alumni association, and have recently inherited its web site. Plans are to extend the site and update its technology, so the web search engines (like Google, Ask, Lycos, and Alta Vista) will find our articles. We want to list (by year) every graduate of WPSBC, and feature articles of technological interest for the blind. It’s going to be great.
That’s good that you’re involved with the school, to sort of carry on your Mom’s tradition.
Well, that’s about it. Nice talking to you.
Take care,
Tom Hesley
