THE GREAT HOCKEY SAGA & HOW DAD SAVED MY LIFE (photo of D1 poised to score)
This memory comes from a time when I was about, Junior High age, the same age as D1 shown in the picture above. I did not have a picture of myself so had to use one of him. However the…
JIMBORED REMEMBERS THE INVENTION OF TV AND SEATTLE WORLDS FAIR – 1957
Now that I have pried loose some early memories of my childhood, I find that I am hit with a flood of flashbacks to the past. It is as if I have unleashed long pent up “dogs to the hunt”.…
CHILDHOOD MEMORIES II – CATCHING MORE FIREFLIES (dad top row, left end WWII)
In this post, I will continue from where I left off yesterday. I will dredge up a few more pieces of incidents I remember from childhood. Wherever possible, I try to filter out parts of these memories that I am…
MEMORIES THAT FLIT PAST AS FIREFLIES IN THE NIGHT (picture of dad in the 1920’s)
In this first blog of 2021, and still, while mostly, under Deysi’s program of self isolation, I am going to gather up some more flashes from my early days. Understand, there is not one chain of memories, that link me…
ANOTHER QUICK TRIP TO CANADA FROM MARYLAND 1994
Today, I am journeying back, in my mind, early in the year 1994. At that time we had been relocated to our company’s home office in Maryland, just outside of Washington, DC. We had been transferred to the DC area…
A MEMORY OF IRON MIKE TYSON IS REVIVED THIS WEEKEND
A memory from Scotland, in the year 2000, was jarred loose this past weekend. When I realized that a boxing match was being held by two elderly fighters. Their names, Mike Tyson and Roy Jones Jr. Both of whom have…
I CAN’T LEAVE WITHOUT ONE LAST LOVE STORY FROM THE ANDES – 1979
Just as I was preparing to move on, from reminiscing of the good old days in Peru. I read a comment from ol’ Bubbaloo which caught my eye. It stirred up a memory from deep inside the cobwebs that now…
RON DISCOVERS THE SMELLS OF JAPAN AND OFFERS CRITIQUE – 1983
And once again, while searching my mind for inspiration, I unearth a fond memory of our time in Japan. This one of our daughter Ron, who was now 4 years old and as full of life as anyone ever born.…
A FRIEND AND STRANGE GUY – PERU 1978
Once more my mind drifts back to my early days in Peru. And to the memory of a character I met and bonded with soon after my arrival in the Andes. I am not quite sure why my memory keeps…
UNCLE J’S FAMOUS HALF GAINOR AND BACK LAYOUT DIVE
Always on our assignments around the world, one of our favourite times was of receiving visits from friends and family. The girls especially loved these times, because of the major dose of “spoiling” soon to be heaped on them. This…
