Pistachio 

The pistachio nut is hard to pronounce 
They are sold here mostly by the ounce

They taste so good you can hardly put them down 
If you eat them too fast you will have to slow down

They are used In many recipes that are so tasty 
My Favorite is Pistachio Ice Cream. I eat it rather hasty

Mark Waldrop 
May 30, 2022
Written for My Friends
Jim, K8EIK, and Karen Hartzler Xenia, Ohio

Tennis 

I think I see why I May having trouble playing tennis 
I want everybody on my side of the court when I finish

It takes opposite sides to bat the ball back and forth
Though our friends, Fierce competition is brought forth

So it is in the game of life
Friends are friends with some strife

When it’s all said and done
The love of GOD covers everyone

May 29, 2022
Mark Waldrop

Mr  President 

I have not felt the Load The President Bears
 Hours of Anguish THAT brings many tears

Wishing the right decision to be made
For Many hours we do Pray

The Burden is to heavy and difficult to bear
Without the Hand of GOD lifting our care

I pray the right decision will be made
Having Faith in God that We’ll never be Afraid

May 22, 2022
Mark Waldrop

Data 

What is Data
Data is Information used for analysis 
By someone smarter than me

It can be used for all kinds of things
We can’t understand or see

It doesn’t change the truth
Or add to the material we see
It just explains deeper what is before me

It takes special people to keep their pen in hand
To solve the last computation to bring it to an end

The joy of the completion 
Far outweighs the many hours of toil and despair
When trying to pull the answer from the thin air

Sometimes I just have to ask GOD 
To Show me where

May 19, 2022

Written Specially for my Friend 
Coffee Bean
Jim Petroski  W8NRX 

My Little Home

Spike O’Dell’s W4WGN boyhood home
My little home means a lot to me
It belonged to my Mama and Daddy you see

I think GOD knew I would be arriving there 
HE knew I would find much love and care

I didn’t know I was sent from GOD above
I just knew there was lots of love

Looking back I can see now
They must have Prayed to GOD and made a pact somehow 

HE was always watched over me
No matter where I might be 

I see and understand now
Why Momma and Daddy prayed to GOD for Me

May 21, 2022

Written for my friend
William T “Spike” O’dell  W4WGN

Mitchell 

Mitchell is my wife’s nurse
At Roper St Francis Hospital, Charleston South Carolina
He has treated many a patient with angina 

He is a very polite young man
Eagerly waiting to do all he can

He has given His life to serve others
To Help His Sisters and Brothers 

His Faith shines through in all that He does
Even when He moves in quiet Buzz

He lends a Helping Hand to all he meets
Even though some may not be very sweet

Thank you Mitchell for being so Kind
You will remain a fond memory in our mind

April 13, 2022

Diane & Mark Waldrop

When My  Savior Calls Me Home 

When that path I have to Travel
When My Savior calls Me Home

I will leave in the Darkness with JESUS
Only to arrive in the light of My New Home

 The Light of HIS FACE Calls Me
With HIM I Shall Never More Roam

The Joy That HE Brings Me
That Joy has set Me Eternally Free

It is only in the Light of His Face
That I have Found Amazing Grace

Oh I Sing Throughout Eternity
Praises of JESUS How HE LOVES me

I Never could have imagined
The Amazing LOVE He Had for Me

Oh The LOVE That Came Down that day
Thank you JESUS for washing my sins away 

There are no words to express 
How I am so wonderfully Blessed 

I can only Bow My Head and say
Thank You JESUS I Pray

March 15, 2022
Mark Waldrop