RAMBLINGS OF THE MIND – RECOLLECTIONS OF MY PARENTS
Now is the time to drift back a bit, and grasp onto a few of the fleeting reminders of my parents. A while back, I wrote a piece about how they came to live in Canada, where they met and…
OUR CHRISTMAS TREE AND THE TREE FAIRY – 2020
I just could not resist a last picture of our Christmas tree for the year 2020. This photo is of the piece we left behind after the trimming was done and after we had selected the perfect part for our…
KAPOWWW! THE SOUND OF BUSTED SPARE RIBS – PERU 1978
The other day when I spoke of my damaged arm, compliments of my attempt to revive a skating career, I was reminded by Ange, in a comment, that this was not the only time I had worked in a less…
OK IT’S DONE WHAT’S THE BIG DEAL – CHRISTMAS 2020
OK, the tree is up and decorated. I do not understand what the big deal was? After hacking this behemoth out of the forest; I then unloaded, unpacked and applied decoration to this monster, with the minimum of issues. Even…
HERE I SIT TONIGHT – STEAMED AND ABOUT TO BLOW A “FUSE”
Today, just three mere weeks from another long anticipated Christmas, I sit in the middle of the living room with a tree in place. You think this should be a happy time right? Well, think again. This cursed box of…
A FAMILY LEAPS INTO THE UNKNOWN 1994 – CANADA
After 16 years of travel around the world in the pursuit of work and adventure. The time had come to return to Canada and try to re-establish some roots. The decision to make this move came at a time, where…
OUR SHORT TIME IN AMERICA’S CAPITOL IN PHOTOS
We had a relatively brief stay near Washington, DC but used every spare moment seeing the sights and learning about this magic place. The girl’s were stoically silent and accompanied us on all of our excursions. In this post, I…
ROLLER BLADES STRAPPED ON – SKATING WITH THE STARS 1993
This next short story, is dedicated to my brother in law Cleeeef. He reminded me about this incident, very early in my blogging career. At that time I was writing posts in a more or less chronological order, and the…
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…
