SAN FRANSISCO AT LAST – THE GREAT EARTH MOVING EPISODE
Finally we have arrived in San Fransisco and are waiting our goods from Canada. Everything is going well and I’m settling into a new job, new town, new country and more travels. Now before I jump into our life and…
JAPAN THE LAST SUPPER FINALLY SOME GOOD BARBECUE
I am coming to the end of our Japanese adventure and judging by the decline in readers over the last couple of days, it is probably a good thing. Today’s story is about the last dinner we had in Japan…
SUMO THE SPORT OF BIG BOYS AND THEIR GAMES
Today I am reminded of one of my favourite times inJapan. My introduction to the sport of Sumo or Sumo wrestling. Prior to my arrival in Japan I had little knowledge of this sport. Some of the guys at work were…
THE GREAT BICYCLE TRIP OR “TOUR DE JAPAN” 1983
As you have seen from my previous stories and memories, my life was full of bad choices or errors in judgement. Most of them costing me major abuse and Inca style punishment. Well this next one is no different. It…
A SHORT STORY OR CHICKEN DINNER SAGA
This is an animal story and one that traumatized our baby for a long time. It started around easter (possibly) when we visited a local church for a service. In Japan most people were Shinto Buddhists, but come Christmas or…
WHEN IN JAPAN IT IS CRITICAL TO KEEP YOUR GUTS DRY
This story was again framed around the time of our arrival and demonstrates how worldly I had become, and how sophisticated I was, in discovering and experiencing new and exotic tastes. As I mentioned, I had arrived a couple of…
HOLD IT NOT SO FAST WHERE DYA THINK YOU ARE GOING
One last story that I just couldn’t pass up, before I go on to our travels to Japan. Again the setting is in Toronto on January 26, 1980. It was on the occasion of our arrival from Peru. There we…
WINTER 1980 THE GREAT TOBOGGANING EPISODE
As I reflect on the early times in Canada, after our arrival from Peru, I am reminded of a great adventure story. It took place in my hometown, at mom and dad’s. On a clear, cool winter day I decided…
1980 THE WATERBED OR DEAD ELEPHANT STORY
This story is about settling into Canada after two years away and watching Bubbaloo adapt to the new country, a new baby and life away from her family. We located ourselves in a small two bedroom apartment while I looked…
BULL FIGHTING, NOW THIS IS WHAT I’M TALKING ABOUT (REPEAT OF OLDER POST)
One of my fondest memories of Peru was the sport of bullfighting Peruvian style. Somehow the subject came up that, there was to be a major “bull fighting” event on the coming weekend. “Would I like to go”, I was…
