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…
THE TIME I SHOT MY BROTHER TO MAKE HIM PAY ATTENTION
My story for today is from my early years, say in the early ’60’s. It is about something that still makes me shudder as I think about it and makes me understand, just how close I was to being seriously…
FAMOUS LAST WORDS – DISNEYLAND PARIS SUMMER 2001
I have just had a request from a faithful reader named Ange, for more tales and memories of our multiple visits to Disneyland over the years. This was and still is her “happy place”. If she could, she would gladly…
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…
KICKING MYSELF AND THIS BLOG BACK ON TRACK FOR 2021 WITH A DISPLAY OF PHOTOS.
For the past few weeks and over the Christmas Season in the year 2020, I have been bopping around, in my mind, and breaking from the chronological order of our life and travels. The reason being, I think, was that…
REPOST OF AN EARLIER STORY – DANCING THE PERUVIAN TWO STEP
EDITOR’S NOTE: I am reposting this article because it had unusually high traffic, many of whom appeared to be robots which my program identified and dealt with. However for those that missed this post, here it is again. AUTHOR I…
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 READER POST – IN CASE I LOSE FOCUS – 2021
To start off the New Year I am posting this offering from a loyal reader and faithful friend. This article reminds me of how I found Alberta upon return, after many years of living and working in milder climes. It…
