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…
THE WILD GAS FIELDS OF ALBERTA 1997
This next post is from a time, while I was still trying to run my own business, in Calgary. It had been a whirlwind of work for the last 3 years. The contracts I received, had kept my butt overseas,…
1995-1996 THAILAND & READY TO TAKE ON THE WORLD SINGLE HANDED
Although, often distracted, I am trying to work my way thru memories of my life, in a somewhat chronological order. In this Post, I am going to describe one of the jobs I took on, while starting a business, in…
1994/5 A NEW LIFE AND SUDDENLY BUSY AGAIN (pic of 1st office in Calgary)
For the past few weeks and around the Christmas 2020 period. I have deviated and gone astray from the chronology of our life. Since finding each other in the Andes of Peru in early 1978. The chronology part, has taken…
THE DAY I HUNG MYSELF UP IN OUR TREE – GOODBYE CRUEL WORLD
Today I will post a memory from recent times before I lose grip on it forever. It appears that memories from a few short months ago are becoming harder to retain than those of 60 years ago. So, before I…
