SAN FRANSISCO & THE RIDE-SHARE FROM HELL
Another of my earliest memories of life in San Fransisco, was of the commute from across the Bay, through the countryside, into Oakland and then under the Bay Bridge to San Fransisco. From Concord, where we decided to live, it…
PEOPLE SHOULDN’T LIVE WHERE PALM TREES DON’T GROW
The title to this memory comes out of the mouth of a wise old hillbilly that I met on arrival at work in San Fransisco. On hearing where I was from and where I had been born and raised, he…
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…
OK THE FUN IS OVER, BACK HOME AND WHERE TO NEXT
Well we have now had our break between assignments, spent our money, seen everyone in Peru and now its time to go to work. We spend the next 3-4 months in Edmonton, and after waiting for the new assignment to…
AN UPDATE ON LIFE IN SOLITARY CONFINEMENT DAY 28
Here I am on day 28 of my penal servitude. I am still alive and Bubbaloo has not yet done away with me. One thing you might say about this solitude. It makes the days go by very slowly and…
FASHION AS I SEE IT, TRENDS I HAVE SET
After unrelenting pressure from my fans, those with obvious taste in fashion and style. I am going to ramble on a bit about how I see the world of fashion and some of the trends I have set. This ramble…
THE GREAT BATTLE OF THE ROOF A MEMORY OF PAPI 1984
The following is a fond memory of the family patriarch, fondly called Papi by all who knew him. He was my friend as well as my teacher of all things Peruvian. Oh how he made me laugh. This glimpse of…
A NOSTALGIC VISIT TO OUR BEACH IN MOLLENDO PERU, 1984
As part of the joy of returning to Peru in 1984, I am posting these images try and capture a small part of the reunions, with friend’s that I hadn’t seem for 5 years, the introduction of Deysi’s younger sister’s…
BASTARDS HAD TO PUT THEIR FINGER IN MY EYE NOW I’M HOT
They just won’t leave me alone and nobody can say I went looking for this fight. The bastards seek me out, I know. So there I am calmly going about my business in the Amazon Jungle. When along comes an…
HOW FLEXIBLE THE MIND OF A 4 YEAR OLD (BILINGUAL CHILD)
One of my most vivid memories of all time, was the re-introduction of our daughter, to her birthplace of Arequipa, Peru. She had left Peru when she was very, very, young and had returned with her mother two times between…