REMEMBRANCE DAY 2021, MY THOUGHTS DRIFT TO MY FATHER
Today I must take a break from my normal business, and spill a few words in memory of my father, on Remembrance Day 2021. This morning, Ange pointed out to me, that she knew little of my dad’s (her grandfather’s)…
PERU AGAIN YEAR 2000, WILL THE FUN NEVER STOP – PART I
My next post is a collection of memories and photos, from another visit to my favorite place. Peru! This time we were lucky enough to have our friends, from Japan, California, NZ, and Philadelphia, with us. Over the years we…
Y2K JIMBO RED BATTLES THE HACKERS & SICKOs AGAINST VIRUS
Some of you will remember the dawning of the new century and the arrival of year 2000. My memory for this post, is about the ultimate second of Dec. 31, 1999 and the first microsecond of Jan.1, 2000. Everyone of…
SCOTLAND AND THE GREAT FAMILY FOOD CHALLENGE
Our time in Scotland, seemed to pass quickly and the girls were growing up. In my mind, I still see this period as a happy, tight family group. Although the girls were now reaching the age, where they no longer…
DEYSI, JIMBORED AND OUR ENCOUNTERS WITH THE QUEEN – 2000
Our leisure time in Scotland was spent travelling about and soaking in as many of the sights, sounds and smells as we could. For the most part, Ange accompanied us, however she was also, in the path of her mentor…
LA FLACA MARIPOSA OR THE SKINNY BUTTERFLY – PERU 1978
After a phone call, from Peru, last week, I am reminded of a colourful character from my days gone by. At this point, I must interrupt my chain of thoughts from our time in Scotland, to write about this memory…
ADVENTURES IN THE WORKERS UTOPIA OR HOW TO CHANGE COMMUNISTS TO CAPITALISTS
At one point, early in the year 2000, our company entered into a relationship with a Russian pipe manufacturing mill. The opportunity arose, because the pipe mill wanted to secure a huge pipeline Project, in Russia. And, under normal Russian…
ONE LAST VACATION WITH RON – MAJORCA 1999
Summer 1999 found us firmly ensconced in Scotland. I was busy at work, Ange busy with her circle of friends, Deysi busy shepherding us and Ron was enrolled at the University of Edinburgh. Life was good. One day Deysi decides…
SCOTLAND AND THE MANY FACES OF JIMBORED
In this post, I am going to reflect on how some people perceived me, during our time in Scotland. Some of their observations were sobering to me, from the viewpoint of my own self image. I titled this one, the…
SIGHTING OF BIGFOOT OR MAYBE SASQUATCH, COULD’A BEEN ELVIS
My next memory, although vague, is worth documenting. It took place in the early 70’s during one of the wilder times in my life. The event, that created this memory, is a little hard to fully believe. It involved me…
