IS JIMBORED FINALLY FINISHED – 2025
Perhaps some of you have noticed that Ol’ JimboRed has been somewhat silent of late. I must admit that the late winter and early spring were trying times. It seems that even with nothing to worry about, I could still…
IS JIMBORED FINALLY FINISHED – 2025
Perhaps some of you have noticed that Ol’ JimboRed has been somewhat silent of late. I must admit that the late winter and early spring were trying times. It seems that even with nothing to worry about, I could still…
THEY LEAVE JIMBORED BEHIND AND INVADE HOLLAND – 2011
I suppose you may have determined from the title, that this story will not be about JimboRed. Rather it is about a time when the girls took a break from me and ventured off to Europe. They left me and…
JIMBORED HAS DREAMS OF THE OPEN ROAD AND THEN WAKES UP- 2010
I am sitting here in front of my typewriter, trying to come up with something interesting to fill in the early years of our retirement. The problem is, that I cannot even find anything of note, to, vaguely, interest even…
HARVEST TIME AT THE FINCA – WE FINALLY START THE REAPING – AUGUST 2024
What follows here, is a small collection of gardening memories, which although trivial, finally lead us to the first harvests. As I have said before, a great deal of what we sowed, came from seedlings, planted and nurtured in Ron’s…
AN OLD MAN STARTS A NEW CAREER ON THE FINCA – 2024
I am not quite sure if anyone noticed, but I have not been writing for a while. Also, I am not quite sure why this literary “dry spell”, has occurred. In some ways, perhaps, I just got tired of my…
JIMBORED GOES OFF-ROAD AND DISAPPEARS INTO THE WILDERNESS – 2007
My vision of retirement, had for many years, included some time, set aside, for old JimboRed to get back into the bush and relive some of the days of my youth. In my younger days, my friends and I spent…
AND ALL THE WILD TIMES I OVERLOOKED WHEN WRITING THIS BLOG
Here I sit at the start of year 2024, staring into my screen, wondering what I will write about next. I am not having any great “AHHA” moments. So, I start to read thru a list I had made before…
JIMBORED, DINOSAUR HUNTER – 2006/7
One thing you find out quickly, shortly after retirement, is that you need some form of activity to fill in the long periods of free time, suddenly, at your disposal. For me, I already had a few. But even those…
THE FINAL RESTING PLACE OF TWO BONE WEARY TRAVELLERS – 2005
I sit here in front of my typewriter at 6:00AM, staring in and looking for inspiration. None jumps out at me. I am coming to the realization, that as we aged, our life became far less exciting than it once…
