JIMBORED AND POSSE PRACTISE FOR THE INVASION OF CHILE – 2007 PART ONE
The year 2007 saw us comfortably living out life in retirement. My vague memories of work seemed far in the distant past. One longing memory, that remained, was of our times in Peru. Often, we reminisced about returning and seeking…
JIMBORED, DINOSAUR HUNTER – 2006/7
One thing you find out quickly, shortly after retirement, is that you need some form of activity to fill in the long periods of free time, suddenly, at your disposal. For me, I already had a few. But even those…
THE FINAL RESTING PLACE OF TWO BONE WEARY TRAVELLERS – 2005
I sit here in front of my typewriter at 6:00AM, staring in and looking for inspiration. None jumps out at me. I am coming to the realization, that as we aged, our life became far less exciting than it once…
THE WANDERING GYPSIES BREAK FOR FREEDOM 2005
After a long hiatus, a devastating period of writer’s block and a dose of literary constipation, it is now fall of 2023 and I feel a loosening of my (bowels), read “mind”. My shaking old fingers, feel ready to attack…
JIMBORED STORMS THE ALAMO -2002
Before I leave Texas, I must write my memories of the Alamo. For those who follow my feeble recounts, it will come as no surprise that I managed to find a history lesson there. It is hardly a secret, that,…
BUSTED IN SCHOOL MID SIXTIES
My next article comes from the deep recesses of my aging mind and takes me back to my high school days, circa 1965. The memory was triggered by a conversation with my eldest boy D1, over Easter. We were “chewing…
TAKE THIS JOB AND SHOVE IT – HOUSTON 2005
Aaaaahhh finally, I have reached a point, in my rambling thru life, where I have gloriously arrived at retirement. Oh Lord, how I dreamt of this day. My journey thru the cobwebs of my memory has very much, followed my…
JIMBORED AND THE LOST CITY OF THE INCA (again) – PERU 2004 – PART V
I have arrived at a place and time, in my mind, where I find myself back in Peru and back in the Andes. The time is late July 2004 and the place is Cusco, Peru. I am sure, by now,…
ANOTHER BUS ADVENTURE, THE PERUVIAN TRAVELLER AND A PERUVIAN HOTEL UPGRADE – PERU 2004 PART IV
We had just finished a whirlwind few days, zipping around Northern, Peru, and seeing whatever sights that area held for us. Notwithstanding my scepticism, I must say that I was completely amazed at what we encountered there. Needless to say,…
THE HELL YOU SAY, PYRAMIDS IN PERU? NO WAY – PERU 2004 PART III
This next memory came to me while I was replaying our trip, to Northern Peru, in my mind. Previously, I have stated that I am no longer trying to reign in my memories, rather I am now trying to unleash,…
