ONCE AGAIN CAPTIVE OF DAD IN HIS CAR FOR 3 DAYS
By now we had been in Pennsylvania for a year and a half and ol’ Bubbaloo was wanting to go see her dad, step mom and the rest of her family in Edmonton. I had been thinking, often, of visiting…
THE H…D’S DO TIMES SQUARE A NUMBER OF TIMES
During our 18 month stay in Pennsylvania, we had the opportunity to visit New York City on numerous occasions. I think I can safely say that it was one of Deysi’s favorite places to visit, both then and to this…
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…
42 YEARS AGO A CANADIAN WILDMAN MEETS AN INCA PRINCESS – an opinion piece
As I write the title for this blog, I am amazed at the number of years ol Bubbaloo and I have been together. It seems surreal and a bit unreal that this much time has passed like a finger snap.…
OUTRAGED TO THE CORE OF MY BEING – OR IS IT JUST BOLOGNA
As you can gather from the title of this next post, I am not quite sure, yet, whether I am about to go on a full out rant or whether I will pee my pants laughing at the political moves…
D2 TRAVELS TO PENNSYLVANIA FOR A LOOK SEE
Summer arrives and with it brings our first visitor, my second son D2. He was now a full fledged teenager, tall, scrawny, 18 years old and with an abundance of energy. He is ready for action and full of dreams…
AROUND PENNSYLVANIA IN PICS 1992-1993
This next post will deal with images of our home and surroundings in Pennsylvania during our time there from early 1992 to the middle of 1993. I am posting these images because they also have some stories to tell of…
EARLY MEMORIES FROM WALLINGFORD, PA. 1992
We had arrived in Pennsylvania in January 1992 and quickly got into the rhythm of a new place. Deysi immediately had the girls enrolled in schools and they, in turn, immediately started scouting out new friends. Relocation for the three…
I HAVEN’T BEEN ON A RANT FOR A WHILE, BUT NOW I’M PISSED
I haven’t been on a rant in a while but every now and then something happens that sets me off. I understand that my rants are not necessarily popular with all (or even most) of my readers. However, they do…
ON THE ROAD AGAIN, THIS TIME PHILADELPHIA 1992
I departed for Philadelphia right at the end of 1991 and landed smack in the middle of another project. Again with my employer of many years. Basically since our days in Edmonton in the early 1980’s (with a small break…
