Front Porch Review
A literary magazine for the young of heart and mind

Verdant Pathway

Duck Pond

Birch Grove

By Bill Martin

Bill Martin spent his entire career in the computer business, starting with IBM before the dawn of the computer and culminating as a grizzled computer veteran among bright young techies. He directed the launch of a barcode-based software product in the emerging and exciting new-tech world.

For the past twelve years he has volunteered each Wednesday for Habitat for Humanity as a "Habaholic," one of a group of similarly-driven retirees who sport their own T-shirts and build houses in Lake County, Illinois.